Applications of Computing in Industry : Lecture

StreamShield, a family of high-performance technologies, products and services, equips Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Communications Service Providers (CSPs) with a comprehensive, network-based content security capability. Designed for Tier-1 service providers, our carrier-class platforms have been designed from the outset for ultra-high-speed Internet Protocol (IP) networks, and provide near real-time analysis and content filtering with minimum latency.

The StreamShield platform helps reduce operational costs by detecting network abuse and malicious content, providing lifecycle management and automated remediation through, for example, identifying bot-infected subscribers and blocking outbound spam.

Our platforms also provide valuable business intelligence to ISPs and CSPs. This gives them a holistic view of traffic flow and content across the network to ensure investments, resources and services are focused where they are needed.

The talk will provide an overview of the technology that underpins the StreamShield platform, the challenges in deploying and managing it, and some of the use cases that implement our vision for a clean, safe, and secure Internet.

Andy Cheadle is a Senior Manager within Detica's Electronic Systems Group, and is responsible for research and development within the Network Technologies Service Line Area. The service line develops a range of technology platforms that perform line-rate inspection and stream-based analytics at speeds in excess of 40 Gbps to enable near real-time network analytics that support many Cyber Security applications and missions.

Prior to joining Detica, Andy has held a variety of senior research, engineering, and architecture roles within FTSE 100 Telecoms companies and Enterprise software start-ups. He is an alumnus of Imperial College London, having obtained MEng and Ph.D. degrees in Computing, and has held research posts within Imperial College's IC-PARC, a department that span out of the Department of Computing within the Faculty of Engineering.