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PENANG, Nov 5 (Bernama) -- A group of ICT experts from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has successfully developed a method of identifying threats to computer network in an organisation.
Prof R. Sureswaran, who heads the research team, said the innovation, by researchers from the National Advanced IPv6 Centre, was the first of its kind and expected to benefit the country tremendously.
He told a news conference here Thursday that the system, known as iNetmon-Distributing Platform for Networking Security and Monitoring, functioned as a platform in analysing activities on computer network.
"The unique features enable a consumer to analyse important information occurring in a network including hacking attempts," he said adding that virus attack, interference and network congestion, which were common place in ICT world, prompted the team to develop iNetmon.
Sureswaran was assisted by Muhammad Fermi Pasha, Mustafa Abdat and Ashraf Hamdan Aljammal.
He said the system was different from the ones available in the market as iNetmon acted passively and did not interrupt the traffic flow of a computer network.
"iNetmon is not an anti-virus; on the other hand it is a system to trace the cause of a problem in a network. When the cause is traceable, it would be easier for the user to act, and anti-virus software would be more effective," he said.
He said through iNetmon, users would get detailed information, including from where virus were sent and take proactive actions to destroy them.
Sureswaran said, the iNetmon package could be obtained in two versions -- a personal version for small organisations and an enterprise version for bigger organisations, costing between RM2,000 and RM50,000.
-- BERNAMA
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