See what is aimed at you
The sensor receives attack attempts rather than merely blocking them. It gives you a picture of what is actually probing your network, and contributes to the threat data every WF SecurityCloud device relies on.
Four steps, continuously
It exposes itself
The sensor looks from the outside like a system worth trying, without having anything of value behind it.
It receives the attempt
When someone tries to log in, scan or exploit a weakness, the whole attempt is recorded.
It reports
Address, method and time are sent in and weighed together with matching attempts against other sensors.
It becomes protection
Confirmed attackers end up in the block lists that clients and websites fetch.
Two benefits at once
The first benefit is your own: you see what is aimed at your network instead of guessing. That says something about who takes an interest in you and which weaknesses they are looking for.
The second is shared. An attacker caught by one sensor is blocked everywhere else running WF SecurityCloud. The more sensors there are, the faster new attackers are recognised.
- Your own picture of what is aimed at your network
- Attack attempts logged with address, method and time
- Contributes to the threat data protecting every WF SecurityCloud device
- Draws a licence from the same pool as the other products
A sensor blocks nothing on your real systems. It collects. If you want blocking you need the Windows client on computers and servers, or the WordPress plugin on websites.
Interested in a sensor?
Placement and setup depend on how your network looks. Get in touch and we will go through the conditions.