Mandiant, Inc.
Subscription based malware detection under management system control

Abstract:

A method establishing communications between a management system and a malware detection system that collectively provide a distributed malware detection scheme. The malware detection system is configured to analyze network traffic to determine whether the network traffic includes malware. The management system is configured to set the malware detection system to a first level of malware detection based on a first subscription level purchased by a subscriber and control operability of the malware detection system.