Cyber Security Suite
Network Kill Switch

Most network administrators rely solely on a “Firewall” to secure their IP networks. Some network administrators go one step further and also deploy an additional “Network Traffic Sniffer” which monitors and flags the transmitted and received data anomalies. However, very few network administrators actually plans for an eventuality after a “Firewall” has been breached and the “Network Traffic Sniffer” has recorded anomalies in the data that is being transmitted and received.

The VCL-2702 “Network Kill Switch” provides the last-line-of-defence in the event of a network security breach. The VCL-2702 “Network Kill Switch” can be used in conjunction with a “Firewall”, “Network Traffic Sniffer” and multiple VCL-2143 “Network-MouseTrαp(s)™” to automatically initiate a series of defensive actions that would have been planned by the network administrator, in the event of a network security breach.

Such actions would include:

• Generating “Audio-Visual Alarms”,
• Sending “SNMP Traps”,
• Sending “Network Security Alerts” to a centralized NMS,
• Initiate a “Fail-Over” to a standby “Firewall” / “Network”, and
• “Disconnect the Local Area Network from the Wide Area Network”.

Mechanical Drawing (PDF)

The Essential Last-Line-of-Defence for Securing the Data Network:

The VCL “Beyond the Firewall” cyber security suite of products do not negate or invalidate the role of the “Firewall” in any manner. The Firewall still remains the primary element of defence against cyber-attacks. However, cyber-attacks succeed because firewalls get breached. The deployment of the VCL “Beyond the Firewall” cyber-security solutions provide the next line of defence against firewall breaches to provide enhanced network security and resilience against cyber-attacks. The VCL-2702: Network Kill Switch becomes an indispensable tool to deploy defensive “counter-measures” that are to be automatically initiated in real-time, in accordance with the organization’s network security policy, in the event of a catastrophic network security breach.

Features and Highlights:

• VCL-2702 “Network Kill Switch” provides manual and automatic isolation of the Local Area Network from Wide Area Network, in an event of a network security breach / cyber-attack.
• VCL-2702 “Network Kill Switch” can be used in conjunction with a “Firewall” and a “Network Traffic Sniffer”; as well as with multiple VCL-2143, “Network-MouseTrαp(s)™” (Network Decoy Servers) to isolate the network in the event of the detection of a network intrusion / breach in the cyber-security perimeter of the network’s demilitarized zone.
• VCL-2702 “Network Kill Switch” helps to create and segregate operational zones in an organization, building or a campus network, with a purpose of securing them and individually isolating them from the external network in the event of the detection of a network intrusion or a cyber-attack.