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100kb of Unusual Code Protecting Nuclear, ATC and United Nations Systems
An anonymous reader writes: For an ex-academic security company still in the seeding round, startup Abatis has a small but interesting roster of clients, including Lockheed Martin, the Swiss military, the United Nations and customers in the civil nuclear and air traffic control sectors. The company's product, a kernel driver compatible with Windows, Linux and Unix, occupies just 100kb with no dependencies, and reportedly achieves a 100% effectiveness rate against intruders by preventing unauthorized I/O activity. The CEO of Abatis claims, "We can stop zero day malware — the known unknowns and the unknown unknowns." The software requires no use of signature files, white-listing, heuristics or sandboxing, with a separate report from Lockheed Martin confirming very significant potential for energy savings — up to £125,000 per year in a data center with 10,000 servers.
Sounds legit.
I'd really like to know on what principles this 'security driver' is based on
From TFS I'm going for homeopathy. It's tiny (less than 100 kb, compared to several GB for an OS installation), has no known mechanism of effectiveness ("the software requires no use of signature files, white-listing, heuristics or sandboxing"), uses meaningless techno-babble to explain how it works ("by preventing unauthorized I/O activity"), makes unrealistic claims of effectiveness ("reportedly achieves a 100% effectiveness rate against intruders ... The CEO of Abatis claims, 'We can stop zero day malware — the known unknowns and the unknown unknowns'") and also claims to save the world (" very significant potential for energy savings").