Alert Logic Forms Network Threat Research Team.

HOUSTON -- Former Snort Release Manager at Sourcefire Leads 24X7 Security Monitoring and Reporting Team

Alert Logic, Inc., the company that protects data networks from within, today announced the formation of the Alert Logic Research Team (ALRT), which is headed by Jeremy Hewlett, former Snort release manager at Sourcefire. ALRT tracks and reports on emerging security threats such as worms and Trojans that attempt to attack networks that Alert Logic protects for its customers. Most recently, ALRT was credited with releasing to the SANS Internet Storm Center the first analysis of the Zotob worm and developing for bleedingsnort.com the only open source Snort rules that provide immediate detection of this fast moving threat.

ALRT conducts around the clock research of security threats and their behaviors to provide active protection for its customers against zero day attacks. The Team is staffed by SANS Institute and CISSP certified professionals who monitor network activity to discover new or undisclosed threats. ALRT provides early discovery and multi-step scenario modeling of suspected threats using a patent-pending expert system. The system is based on algorithms that simulate human logic and model interdependencies between profiles of malicious network traffic, attacker behavior patterns, security vulnerabilities and network topology changes. See today's related press release (Alert Logic Transforms Internal Networks into Distributed Defense Systems).

"ALRT continuously monitors activity on production networks around the globe for our customers, which puts us in a unique position to identify the emergence of malware and automated attacks as soon as they happen," said Jeremy Hewlett, director of ALRT. "Since we observe threats as they develop across multiple networks and geographies, we are able to analyze their activity using our threat scenario modeling technology and accurately profile their behavior. This ability to fingerprint attacks enables our customers to defend against them, and allows us to report new threats to the industry at large."

About Alert Logic

Alert Logic protects data networks from within, where perimeter defenses typically fail. The company's core product, Invision Security(TM), protects the network interior against worm infections and intrusions through a patent-pending threat scenario modeling, ranking, and remediation system that transforms network devices into a distributed defense grid. Leading e-commerce, energy, healthcare, and manufacturing companies rely on Alert Logic to secure their networks and information assets. For more information about Alert Logic and its products, please visit us at www.alertlogic.net.