Top Layer Security, a global provider of network Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), confirmed Thursday that its IPS 5500 provides customers with protection for new Microsoft vulnerabilities announced this Tuesday, including proactive protection for the critical vulnerability in the ActiveX Control for the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access (CVE-2008-2463) that could allow remote code execution.

Top Layer customers are encouraged to visit the following webpage for additional information on how to protect their infrastructure.

Top Layer Security develops and brings to market network security infrastructure solutions that help commercial and government organizations protect their critical on-line assets from the losses and risks associated with cyber threats. Top Layer Security is headquartered in Westboro, Massachusetts, with global sales and services support.

The IPS 5500 line of products is built in the US and offers high levels of network protection, performance, and reliability. By combining content-based IPS/IDS, firewall, and attack mitigation algorithms, the IPS 5500 provides Three Dimensional Protection (3DP) against malicious content, undesired access and botnet-based attacks. Top Layer's architecture enables the IPS 5500 to protect enterprises and service providers from sophisticated attacks in real-time, while enabling high throughput of legitimate traffic.

"We are proud to offer our customers zero-day protection for their networks and the sensitive data within them," said Mike Paquette, vice president and chief strategy officer, Top Layer Security. "The IPS 5500 is unlike many other IPS solutions, relying on extensive use of protocol validation modules rather than conventional IDS signatures for its protection. The IPS 5500 has been able to defeat attacks against this Snapshot Viewer vulnerability since July."

TopResponse is an Automated Protection Update Service that provides Top Layer IPS 5500 customers with advanced security services to maximize the security, availability and performance of their network.

In the case of the Snapshot Viewer vulnerability, as the IPS 5500 provided zero-day protection against exploits without any signature updates, the TopResponse service notified customers that they were already protected. In general, TopResponse provides automated threat updates, technical support, security advisory and software subscription services, along with access to Top Layer's Security Knowledge Base and special delivery programs.