Wedge Networks today launches release 2.0 software of the Wedge Advanced Malware Blocker (WedgeAMB). Wedge adds Avira to WedgeAMB, elevating their network level detection and real-time malware block. Version 2.0 also adds the ability to scan East-West traffic on top of North-South traffic; this maximizes efficacy and the scope of use for enterprises globally.

WedgeAMB is the flagship product of Wedge’s Absolute Real-time Protection Series. It orchestrates industry leading threat detection and blocking technologies developed by Wedge Networks. They also feature their partners such as Kaspersky Labs, Cylance, and now Avira.

“The addition of Avira to WedgeAMB gives our customers the option to use one AV technology, or the other, or to run them all concurrently,” says Dr. Hongwen Zhang, President and CTO of Wedge Networks, Inc. “This freedom to choose which AV technologies to license and activate is very important to certain customers, such as government agencies that may have standardized on one vendor or another. WedgeAMB’s locally orchestrated approach to security scanning is unique, enabling depth of security functionality, without increased latency. This allows our customers to maximize threat prevention and network performance concurrently.”

“Avira is excited to partner Wedge Networks to further enhance WedgeAMB and the broader portfolio of Wedge Networks,” says Travis Witteveen, CEO of Avira Networks. “Our SAVAPI anti-malware technology is a perfect complement to WedgeAMB’s focus of detecting and blocking malware before it’s delivered to endpoints.”

WedgeAMB 2.0

The new WedgeAMB now supports hair pinned traffic inspection. This lets it inspect traffic flowing laterally through the enterprise network as well as the traffic going in and out. This increased functionality adds protection to detect and block locally introduced threats, such as from a USB drive, before malware is broadly distributed, minimizing risk and response efforts of quarantining and removing threats from infected devices.

Wedge has already deployed Release 2.0 of WedgeAMB in customers’ proof of concept trials. These trials managed some excellent results and got new purchase orders from various clients. The release  of WedgeAMB 2.0 is available as a software upgrade to existing deployments. It’s also available for all future WedgeAMB users.

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