AhnLab, Inc. announced the North American launch of the AhnLab Malware Defense System (MDS). AhnLab MDS is the enterprise strength security system that combines local and cloud-based analytics to stop advanced persistent threats (APTs) and zero-day threats anywhere across the organization. AhnLab MDS delivers comprehensive threat protection, applying rapid malware recognition and remediation with real-time blocking of malicious network traffic and dynamic disruption of active security breaches.

This advanced security system protects endpoints, servers, networks and cloud resources, all within a single architecture and integrated management environment. Benefits of AhnLab MDS include: Layered approach protects everything - networks, servers, endpoints and cloud resources; Simplified management and rapid response to APTs anywhere across the enterprise; Single source for security intelligence, product updates, systems management and technical support; Superior analysis of potential threats, including detailed bodies of evidence for behavior that is suspicious but not definitively good or bad; Automated malware removal and targeted disruption of malware network activity without affecting normal business operations; Scanning of popular file formats frequently used by APTs for propagation in real-time; malicious material hidden in Microsoft Office documents, JPEG images, Adobe Acrobat PDF files and Adobe Flash videos is stopped automatically before it can infect systems; Secure service enablement for social media and other essential online applications.