What BitDefender is really targeting is devices that canвЂ™t protect themselves, but still contain valuable data about our lives. If this still sounds familiar (like anti-phishing features in Chrome, Mozilla, Safari, and others), youвЂ™re still a bit off base.

Instead of having to click the вЂњupdateвЂќ button on your antivirusвЂ™ definitions library every 15 minutes, the Box automatically monitors threat archives to cross reference against your traffic as you actively surf. The issue with this classical approach - as IвЂ™ve covered in our previous piece - is that it fails to account for scanning traffic against a database thatвЂ™s being updated by the cloud in real time. The race to find a universal way to protect the devices of the future is on. It checks traffic as it comes in, and if it spots anything fishy, redirects either the malware or you to a secure environment where diagnostic changes can be made. Yes, the Box is, at least on the surface, a router with a built-in firewall. вЂњIвЂ™ve already heard of this technology, donвЂ™t enterprise solutions already take care of this on their own?вЂќ вЂњThis doesnвЂ™t sound any different from a routerвЂ™s onboard firewall,вЂќ you might be grumbling to your screen right now. It also supports 802.11n Wi-Fi, so it doesnвЂ™t need to be connected to a mass of Ethernet cables. Measuring just 1.1 by 3.5 by 3.5 inches and clocking in on the scale at only 3.25 ounces, the box is so unassuming youвЂ™d barely even know itвЂ™s there unless someone explicitly pointed it out. It looks like something straight off AppleвЂ™s conveyor belts, a design decision weвЂ™re sure is anything but unintentional. Powered by only a single-core 400MHz MIPS microprocessor, 16MB Flash memory, and 64MB DDR2 RAM, the Box itself is a beautiful piece of hardware for your home. Does the inaugural entry in this new class of router hold up to the pressure, or fumble under the weight of the expectations preceding it? Hands on review Said to scan all your data and traffic in real time, the Box will supposedly create an impenetrable wall between you, your appliances, and the rest of the Internet that keeps your family and their devices safe. The first into that fray is the Box, a вЂњnetwork attached peripheralвЂќ from the people at BitDefender which is being touted as the next step in the continuing evolution of what the company refers to as the вЂњSecurity of Things.вЂќ With 70 percent of all Internet of ThingsВ devices vulnerable to attack according to a recent report from HP, the numbers donвЂ™t lie: the race to find a universal way to protect the devices of the future is on, and now itвЂ™s just a matter of who can do it right the first time around. In that gush-fest, I listed several ways in which traditional antivirus solutions had failed to keep pace with the constantly evolving landscape of Internet security, and with great exuberance began to usher in the era of hardware-assisted protection as the next great hope for personal privacy on the internet. Small, white, and unassuming, the BitDefender Box was on my top five list of most anticipated releases this year, and represented (in my eyes at least) a possible revolution in the world of personal Internet security. Fitbit Versa 3ДЄ few weeks back, I was a bit excited about a new productВ that would be hitting the security scene in the next couple of months.

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