Cisco has announced that the company is delivering the ability to create and integrate new open-source application identification capabilities into its Snort engine through the release of OpenAppID. Open-source application detection and control allows users to create, share and implement custom application detection so that they can address new app-based threats as quickly as possible.
OpenAppID provides application visibility, accelerates development of application detectors, and controls and empowers the community to share detectors for greater protection. As new applications are developed and introduced into corporate environments at an unprecedented rate, this new language provides users with increased flexibility to control new or custom apps on the network. OpenAppID is especially important for organizations utilizing custom-built or specialized applications and those in highly regulated industries that require the highest levels of identification and control.
OpenAppID will accelerate and expand the breadth of application detection, by facilitating open community sharing and enhancement of new application detectors. It also supports the following critical capabilitie – application detection/reporting, application context associated with network intrusion events, actionable application detection and control
Cisco's commitment to open-source security projects, including Snort and ClamAV, provides users and developers the ability to engage and strengthen their solutions, while demonstrating technical excellence and providing rapid threat protection. The acquisition of Sourcefire has strengthened Cisco's extensive contributions to the open-source software development community.
