Smart Protection Network: Cloud-based Services Parent topic

Smart Protection Network (SPN) is the industry's highest performing cloud-based malware protection service. Smart Protection Network has the following malware detection components:

SPN Services

Service Description
Web Reputation Services (WRS) Comprised of several correlated services providing proactive detection and blocking against known bad websites, domains, files and objects, as well as email-related items - including anti-pharming and anti-phishing detection.
  • Domain reputation
  • Page reputation
  • Email reputation
  • File reputation
URL Filtering Service Stores a URL database in the cloud for rapid updates and protects Trend Micro's global user base without the must download and update URL database files on the Deep Edge server. This provides up-to-date URL information to every customer and accelerates the proactive protection capabilities to reduce the time between the discovery of a bad site and the time it is added to the URL database to protect all customers.
Feedback Loop Provides real-time information from all of Trend Micro's products to update the SPN cloud-based components and URL filtering databases. Malware detected on customer equipment are fed back into the cloud architecture and used to fine-tune information in real time. This provides fast proactive protection with low false positives to Trend Micro’s global customer base.