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Pro-active behavior-based antivirus system of new generation - Smart UAC

Project description• The presence of anti-virus technologies responsive to new threats is a critical factor in

the defense and sovereignty of the state. Traditional antivirus systems do not manage to update the databases in time, because thousands of new threats appear every day.

• Moreover, such software entrusts a decision-making process entirely to the user – the weakest part in the security system.

• The project Smart UAC is aimed to provide users with an antivirus solution that finally is able to prevent virus epidemic, without waiting for database updates, and not putting the responsibility of decision-making on the user.

• Smart UAC is antivirus system of new generation, which combines the best aspects of existing methods: behavior-based analysis and traces-based analysis.

Proven advantages of the technology over main competitors

• Due to the tests conducted in Security Stronghold laboratory by our virus analysts, researches of users’ focus groups and online users testing we can say that the main advantage of Smart UAC is the level of protection, the ability to fight against unknown threats and to prevent virus epidemics in a short time (due to behavioral techniques and instantly transmission of information about the threat to their copies worldwide).

• Another advantage is complex product offer: antivirus, cyber threats protection, protection against Trojans, content filtering and graphical analysis.

Expected advantages of the technology over main competitors

• It takes the user’s psychology into account. • It is able to educate itself through the user’s choices. • Less involvement of the user into the process leads to the automatic scanning of

the intercepted processes with the use of the large database of already known threats.

• Beta version of the software with basic functionality (antivirus, cyber threats protection, protection against Trojans) is ready and tested by 5K users.

• The Company is developing decision making and content filtering modules. The software is constantly being improved.

• In the near future: full completion of the functional of anti-virus system; release of Pro, Enterprise and Free versions; active patenting; carrying out the expanded advertising campaign; active sales.

• Has got 2 patents (probabilistic antivirus analysis of objects), 1 patent application filed (the extraction device of the stable vectors of features).

• Innovations are also protected in the know-how mode.

Current R&D Status

The Market• Antivirus market (estimated at $17B) is very competitive. More than thousand

companies produce antivirus solutions for the wide range of different consumers. 40% of the market consist of free security related products.

• The world antivirus market grows at the rate of 10-15% a year. The Russian market grows 25% every year. Due to relatively unused potential of the large working applications and increase in the complexity of hackers attacks there is a wide range of opportunities for the involvement in this market in a medium and long- term perspective.

• Popular traditional antiviruses are: Kaspersky Internet Security, Norton Antivirus,

Avast Pro Antivirus, McAfee Antivirus and Eset Nod32 Antivirus.

Project details

Team/Company• The team of 16 is led by Konstantin Artemyev, CEO. 8-years’ experience. Graduate of

Astrakhan State Technical Univ. (ASTU), Automated Process Control System (APCS).

Valeriy Laptev, Business Dev. 20-years’ experience at ASTU. PhD, associate prof. of

Automated systems of information control and processing chair. • The company is focused on protecting computers from malicious programs like

viruses, Trojans, spyware, adware, trackware, keyloggers and other kinds of online threats. Its products are intended both for home and corporate users

• Since May, 2009 Security Stronghold company is the official partner of Intel® corporation

• Experience of projects’ implementation – 12 products in the sphere of the information security, having over 1,6 million installations worldwide

Team/Company

Project manager• Konstantin Artemyev – the sole proprietor, the head of team

and the general director of Security Stronghold Company. Experience of business activity - 8 years.

• Scientific activity: winner of the competition "Conference of Young Scientists on Information Search", Taganrog 2008; author of several scientific publications.

• Role in team: CEO, marketing, advertizing, communications with partners, system architecture, design of technologies and processes, subsystems of artificial intelligence, the general project management.

Investment Opportunity• Seeking $1.55M structured as $1.2M of equity investment, $.33M Skolkovo grant

and $.02M other funds to complete collective intelligence functionality; to release alpha, beta and commercial version of the product (with integrated e-commerce eSellerate and Avangate systems); to begin sales.

Contacts

Konstantin Artemyev, CEO+7 (903)347-4476

KonstantinArtemev@gmail.comwww.securitystronghold.com