AGC Asahi Glass Selects i-FILTER® x FireEye® To Counter Targeted Attacks
～A new look at i-FILTER proxy: substantially reduce security risks of unknown
threats by combining proxy authentication with FireEye～

TOKYO, Japan (May 10, 2017) – Digital Arts Inc. (headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan; CEO: Toshio Dogu; “Digital Arts”; Code 2326), a leading provider of information security software, announced that ASAHI GLASS CO., LTD. (headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan; CEO: Takuya Shimamura; “AGC Asahi Glass”) has deployed i-FILTER, an enterprise-grade web filtering software to protect data leak and drive internal control, and its optional subscription to link i-FILTER to FireEye’s (headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan; CEO: Takayuki Nishimura, globally headquartered in Milpitas, California, U.S.A.; “FireEye”) network security platform, NX Series.

With a series of major security incidents where targeted attacks steal personal identifiable information from large corporations and organizations, AGC Asahi Glass has always felt the need to strengthen its security to protect highly confidential information related to developing glass for LCDs. AGC Asahi Glass has long used i-FILTER web filtering functions. In addition to general data security measures including firewall/anti-virus/IPS/IDS, the company made a decision to deploy i-FILTER’s proxy authentication together with FireEye, a sandbox security software, to reinforce its network security.

Unknown threats are not so easily detected by conventional security software, however FireEye has the ability to detect them in real time. Website URLs that unknown malware and unauthorized communication attempt to access are automatically obtained by i-FILTER to be blacklisted. The i-FILTER x FireEye collaborative option allows i-FILTER to instantly block unknown threats without the need of manual operation, and this combination created a successful framework to substantially reduce security risks by unknown threats at AGC Asahi Glass.