The GSN 2015 Digital Yearbook

MEET THE SPONSORS
AppGuard uses prevention to keep cyberattacks from
harming businesses, government agencies
When it comes to handling cyberattacks, a small Virginia-based
company offers an innovative solution that
borrows from an old adage: an ounce of prevention is
worth a pound of cure.
Blue Ridge Networks has been in the cybersecurity
business for more than 15 years, offering its solutions
to government agencies and businesses. Its AppGuard
solution enables a client’s workforce to log in – even
from remote locations – and know they will not be at
risk of being infiltrated or inadvertently exposing their
colleagues to a hack.
AppGuard stops such destructive files as malware,
ransomware, weaponized documents and phishing attempts
from entering a user’s system. Those are the files
used by hackers through a user’s trusted applications to
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launch destructive cyberattacks.
“AppGuard is the only solution
on the market because it is not a
detection capability,” said Mike
Fumai, president and chief operating
officer for Blue Ridge. “We’re
blocking.”
Cyberattacks are not like traditional
robberies where the bad
guys arrive in dramatic fashion and
take their loot in one fell swoop.
Instead, they get small bites – or
Mike Fumai
President and COO
Blue Ridge Networks
bytes, mind you – at a time, usually when routine events
like reports are generated or updates are released. As
the attacks linger for weeks and months because the file
has not been detected, the little things begin to add up
to huge losses for the victims.
In the past year, the public has become more aware
of the damage hackers can wreak. Millions of customers
were affected by the attacks on such companies as
Anthem, Home Depot and Target. In Target’s case, it was
only discovered after customers called their banks and
credit card companies to complain about fraudulent