Startup LogiKeep Inc. last week began a service designed as a way to give information technology managers advanced warning of the rapidly growing list of threats on the Internet.
Founded by two former Naval intelligence officers, Dublin, Ohio-based LogiKeep runs an around-the-clock security threat and assessment center. The LogiKeep team of 45 security professionals scours the Web, news wires and bulletins from agencies such as the FBI for viruses, vulnerabilities and other security risks.
The LogiKeep team then informs customers of potential problems - such as viruses - through a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection to the customer site and via traditional methods of communication such as cell phones and pagers.
LogiKeep customer John Hartman, chief security officer at Cardinal Health Inc., a US$30 billion pharmaceutical wholesaler also based in Dublin, said the service could give his team extra time to get its e-mail servers off-line to avoid new viruses.
But LogiKeep's service offers more than early warning reports.
The company also developed a software application called Network Security Intelligence System that analyzes security threats in relation to each customer's unique computing environment. Customers link to the application through an SSL connection.
An annual subscription to LogiKeep's security service starts at $25,000.