About Glasswall Halo

Glasswall Halo is built upon powerful cloud-native architecture using scalable Kubernetes. Our CDR technology removes potential threats from unknown files in less than a second, without compromising the file’s contents.

Traditional antivirus solutions don't provide complete protection because newer threats still evade detection. Sandboxes are often better at addressing malware compared to antivirus solutions, but this often affects user experience by interrupting productivity.

Glasswall can enable organizations to deploy our solution into their own environments. The Glasswall API endpoints are provided as standard, to ensure that integration is as friction-less as possible.

What is CDR?

CDR stands for Content Disarm & Reconstruction.

Glasswall’s CDR technology works by:

• Inspecting a file’s digital DNA
• Cleaning risky content according to a set policy
• Rebuilding to ‘known good’ standard
• Delivering a safe & visually identical file

Compared to traditional sandboxing and antivirus solutions which fail to detect zero-day threats, our CDR technology provides an on average 18-day protection advantage.

Key Features

• Content management policy for Microsoft Office and PDF files which can be controlled dynamically via the API.
• Intuitive REST-API endpoints to help developers devise the most effective integration approach to meet their needs.
• Kubernetes-based architecture which can be deployed via a managed Kubernetes service such as AKS.
• Terraform deployment scripts and helm charts to support a managed Kubernetes service
• Always-on service via a range of deployment options to provide organizations with ability to establish resilient patterns, spanning multiple availability zones and regions around the world
• Cloud APIs are compliance with the OpenAPI v3.x specifications, allowing development teams to rapidly create client software integrations using codegen tools
• Deep file inspection, beyond artefacts such as the so-called magic number, to accurately report what file data suggests about the true file type
• Over 85+ supported file formats and counting

Glasswall Halo APIs

Synchronous API

Glasswall's synchronous REST API endpoints enable security teams to present file analysis and rebuild requests to Glasswall Halo – securing files in under a second. In addition, the REST API facilitates policy management actions – enabling security teams to match the processing of file components with their organizations risk appetite.

Asynchronous API

While the Synchronous API effectively meets the need for handling substantial volumes of data, certain client architecture patterns will require the incorporation of an asynchronous mode.

With Glasswall Halo's Asynchronous API, requests can be handled via a two-stage process. Initially, a UUID is generated for a request, which can subsequently be used to retrieve the processing outcome. This enables the client to continue at its own convenience, eliminating the requirement to wait for file processing.

Kubernetes

Glasswall Halo is built using scalable Kubernetes (k8s). This is a technology that automates deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. Containers within an application are grouped into logical units for easy management, and Kubernetes provides a way to schedule and deploy those containers. It also scales them to your desired state and manages their life cycle.

Learn more about Kubernetes.