For example, worms with Trojan horse payloads provide support for identity theft, credit card fraud and the snaring of financial-system passwords.

Anti-Virus and Intrusion Detection Systems are not enough to keep pace of with the bad guys since these solutions are reactive and rely on signatures or patches that are available only after an attack has started. Attackers generally monitor vendor patch announcements then reverse-engineer the patch to discover its vulnerability.

To eliminate these weaknesses, organizations need to authenticate not only the identity of a remote user but also employ “machine authentication” to verify a remote user’s computer or device before allowing a connection to the enterprise VPN, and to block that connection if the machine fails to comply with the established security policies.

The Solution
TrustedID validates the authenticity of an approved computing environment (remote computers), thereby protecting the network from being compromised by viruses, Trojan horses, spyware and other malicious code. TrustedID prevents network access by a party using a non-approved computer or device. TrustedID also utilizes a personal firewall to further secure end user data from being secretly transmitted to spyware servers.

How it Works

	A remote user attempts to log into the company network.
	TrustedID sends the machine ID to the TrustedID server to authenticate the remote machine.
	Once successfully authenticated, then malware detection scanning is performed.
	If successfully passed, the TrustedID personal firewall is invoked to further secure end user data.
	The user will now be allowed to access network service.
	If any of above steps fails, TrustedID will give “denial of service.”