Advanced Malware Protection (AMP). Malware — malicious software or code — refers to programs or code created with the intent to cause harm or to make a system fail. In many cases the goal behind this kind of code is financial: obtaining valuable information that can be sold, and causing damage.
Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) has been an intrinsic part of the Meraki MX advanced security offering for more than two years. During that time, AMP has scanned hundreds of millions of files per week, blocked hundreds of thousands of malicious files per week, and sent thousands of retrospective alerts per week. That matters especially when you consider that malware volume has increased tenfold in the past two years.
Author: Brahian Cortés, Engineer.