NetLogic Microsystems and Endeavor Security Collaborate to Accelerate Intrusion Prevention Systems to 10 Gigabits-per-second (Gbps) Performance

The production-ready solution combines NetLogic Microsystems’ 10Gbps NLS210HAP knowledge-based processing solution and Endeavor Security’s market-leading FirstLight Signature knowledgebase to provide industry-leading signatures scanned at industry-leading throughput levels

Mountain View, Calif. – Oct. 8, 2008 – NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. [NASDAQ: NETL], the leader in the design and development of knowledge-based processors and high-speed integrated circuits, and Endeavor Security, Inc., the leader in intrusion detection system (IDS) and intrusion prevention system (IPS) technologies, today announced a broad collaboration between the companies to enable intrusion prevention capabilities for a wide range of performance levels, ranging from high-end carrier and enterprise networks to small and mid-sized businesses (SMB).  As part of this collaboration, the companies have demonstrated the industry’s broadest reference implementation of 10 Gigabits-per-second (Gbps) signature detection, by using a combination of Endeavor Security’s market-leading FirstLight signature knowledgebase and NetLogic Microsystems’ NETL7™ Layer 7 knowledge-based processors.  This combined solution enables customers to implement next generation secure web, unified threat management (UTM), IPS and policy gateway devices with unprecedented performance and uncompromised security protection against complex and mutated threats.

The solution uses NetLogic Microsystems’ NLS210HAP knowledge-based processing solution to accelerate detection of signatures in Endeavor’s FirstLight signature knowledgebase to wire-speed 10Gbps rates.  The NLS210HAP knowledge-based processing solution features NetLogic Microsystems’ revolutionary Intelligent Finite Automaton (IFA) architecture, which uses a multi-threaded hybrid of finite automaton algorithms to enable lower power consumption and memory requirements while enhancing performance, database flexibility and compilation speed for the largest and most complex intrusion prevention, anti-virus and application detection databases.  The IFA provides over 100 Terabits per second (Tbps) of ultra-low latency access bandwidth to on-chip rule databases to effectively accelerate complex and iterative content inspection, while eliminating the need to provision for the high-latency and costly off-chip memory which competing solutions may use.  The high performance of the NLS210HAP knowledge-based processing solution is enabled by its 8-lane PCI-Express® interface, which allows it to take full advantage of the bandwidth supported by the newest general purpose CPUs.

In addition to the high-end 10Gbps reference solution, the companies have also collaborated to provide a broad range of solutions that enable OEMs to seamlessly scale the performance of their products down to entry-level 250Mbps with a common hardware and software architecture.

“NetLogic Microsystems’ NETL7 knowledge-based processors have proven to be very powerful, easy to use, robust, and cost effective,” said Chris Jordan, CEO of Endeavor Security.  “Endeavor is excited to be partnering with NetLogic Microsystems to deliver high-performance solutions using our FirstLight signature knowledgebase.  Performing signature matching at multi-gigabit speeds with even a few signatures is already a significant challenge for our customers, and forces them to trade off security in favor of performance.  This collaborative partnership will enable our OEM customers to achieve wire speed performance of up to 10Gbps with a database of over 16,000 signatures, resulting in security without compromise.”

Endeavor Security’s FirstLight signature knowledgebase is the industry’s largest multi-vendor commercially-available IPS and malware database.  It is comprised of over 16,000 highly-accurate component-based signatures, which cover not only the attack exploit or vulnerability, but also the infection vector, payload and frame.  The FirstLight signature knowledgebase enables security OEMs, networking vendors, government agencies and Telco/ISPs to protect their networks against intrusions, viruses, vulnerabilities, compliance violations, blacklist address accesses, policy violations, web attacks and blended threats.  The FirstLight signature knowledgebase is supported by the FirstLight Active Malware Protection Grid, which captures new malware and attacks globally, enabling high speed signature generation for deployment to customers via Web XML SOAP.  The FirstLight signature knowledgebase is widely deployed by U.S. government agencies and leading security vendors such as Clavister, D-Link, Enterasys, Secure Computing, Trustwave and Watchguard Technologies.

“We are raising the bar by partnering with a respected security leader to deliver a real-world solution incorporating a best-of-breed intrusion protection signature knowledgebase,” said Chris O’Reilly, vice president of marketing at NetLogic Microsystems.  “Endeavor’s FirstLight signature knowledgebase has achieved broad customer adoption, and the combination of these two solutions creates a proven solution for OEMs to add security for high-speed security appliances and networking equipment, such as switches and routers.”

The NLS210HAP knowledge-based processing solution and the FirstLight signature knowledgebase are available now from NetLogic Microsystems and Endeavor Security, respectively.

About NetLogic Microsystems
NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETL), a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Mountain View, California, designs, develops and markets high-performance knowledge-based processors and high-speed integrated circuits that accelerate the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia content for advanced enterprise, datacenter, communications and mobile wireless networks.  NetLogic Microsystems’ products include high-performance knowledge-based processors, application-aware content processors, 10-Gigabit Ethernet interconnects and network search engines that are being deployed by Tier 1 original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in leading systems such as routers, switches, wireless infrastructure equipment, network security appliances, datacenter servers, network access equipment and network storage devices.  NetLogic Microsystems' knowledge-based processors and content processors employ an advanced processor architecture and a large knowledge or signature database containing information on the network, as well as applications and content that run on the network, to make complex decisions about individual packets of information traveling through the network. NetLogic Microsystems’ products significantly enhance the performance and functionality of next-generation networks that are designed to deliver high-definition video delivery over the Internet (IPTV), media-rich content over advanced mobile wireless services, voice transmission over the Internet (VoIP) and network security applications.  For more information about products offered by NetLogic Microsystems, call +1-650-961-6676 or visit the NetLogic Microsystems Web site at http://www.netlogicmicro.com.

About Endeavor Security, Inc.
Endeavor Security, Inc. is the leading provider of Signatures for use in Secure Web, UTM, IPS and Policy Gateway devices.  Its FirstLight knowledgebase (SAME) has over 16,000 Signatures and supports more vendor devices than any other service.  FirstLight uses a web xml soap service for delivery and constant updating.  Endeavor uses its Active Malware Protection global honeygrid, patent-pending algorithms and technical analysts, to produce over 500 signatures per month.  The FirstLight Signatures are formatted for the vendor engine to ensure maximum efficiency and capability.  The FirstLight Signatures also support PCRE format for high speed board applications.  The FirstLight global Active Malware Protection (AMP) honeygrid includes government and commercial entities.  For more information about Endeavor Security, visit our web portal at: http://www.endeavorsecurity.com

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