The US Navy has entered into a collaboration with Trellix, a cybersecurity provider based in Texas, aimed at enhancing the security of its enterprise grid. This partnership will see Trellix supply its advanced Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), a crucial component in bolstering the Navy’s defenses against cyber threats.

The IPS provided by Trellix is equipped with sophisticated detection and emulation features, designed to protect hybrid physical and virtual infrastructures while simplifying management tasks. This technology is part of Trellix’s broader Network Detect and Response (NDR) suite. The NDR suite is designed to facilitate rapid intrusion containment, simulate attack campaigns, and identify and eliminate cyber vulnerabilities at an enterprise level.

Gareth Maclachlan, Chief Product Officer at Trellix, emphasized the importance of robust cybersecurity measures for defense organizations that face covert threats from nation-states and various malicious entities seeking to compromise networks for espionage and other nefarious activities. He articulated the Navy’s move towards the full implementation of NDR and highlighted the critical role of network defense technologies like IPS in establishing baseline network behavior patterns. This is essential for enhancing the response capabilities necessary to address threats posed by suspicious network traffic.

He further noted, “With Trellix IPS, they have a next-generation intrusion detection and prevention system that discovers and blocks sophisticated threats across the network,” underscoring the system’s advanced capabilities.

The announcement comes on the heels of Trellix receiving a high provisional authorization at Impact Level 5 from the US Department of Defense earlier in the month for its cloud processing optimizer solution. This achievement further solidifies Trellix’s credentials in the realm of cybersecurity within federal defense operations.