FaceTime Security Labs

Web 2.0 Application Research

FaceTime Security Labs is the industry's largest web security research team dedicated to the identification, collection, analysis, understanding, and management of Web 2.0 applications and threats coming through them. With facilities in the United States (West Virginia and California), the United Kingdom, and India, FaceTime Security Labs employs dozens of dedicated researchers and supports a global community of concerned individuals who contribute their own experiences to the research effort.

FaceTime Security Labs also maintains GreynetsGuide.com and the popular SpywareGuide.com. GreynetsGuide.com is a comprehensive reference center that helps enterprise network administrators better understand evasive and consumer-oriented applications like public IM clients, P2P file-sharing, anonymizers, IPTV and consumer VoIP that are increasingly being adopted by employees. The site details the source, behavior and effective removal tools for more than 2,000 Web applications of concern to IT managers. Spywareguide.com is the leading public reference site for malware research, providing details about spyware and adware applications, their known variants, and their behavior through an extensive and continually updated database. The site also offers a wealth of information to enable both IT professionals and home computer users to educate themselves on the problems and risks associated with malware and spyware.

Securing the Web for Business

FaceTime Security Labs provides the foundation for complete analysis of Web applications to secure their use from inbound and outbound threats by delivering detailed information about known threats that enable organizations to:

• Manage the use of legitimate Web applications
• Block P2P network use that could breach corporate security policy
• Prevent malware from being accidentally or intentionally downloaded by users
• Secure instant messaging against worms, Trojans, malware and rootkits
• Remain in compliance with data privacy and information security legislation

By combining analysis of all Web 2.0 applications from IM to P2P as well as spyware and malware, the FaceTime Security Labs team is uniquely equipped to provide organizations with the information they need to make informed choices about application behavior that will and will not be tolerated on their networks.

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