One of the problems enterprise security experts must deal with is the constant influx of network traffic due to an ever-expanding attack surface. More access avenues means security solutions have to work harder to block unwanted interactions, which creates additional data for administrators to sort through.

Ixia (XXIA) is looking to help enterprises reduce their attack surface with the launch of ThreatARMOR, a security tool that blocks traffic from known bad IP addresses so administrators can focus on legitimate threats to the network. The solution is available now through Ixia’s channel partner ecosystem.

With ThreatARMOR, enterprise users can create a blacklist of malicious IP addresses and quarantine infected internal devices to prevent communication between botnet C&C servers. Customers can also block traffic by geography and block unused IP space and unassigned IP addresses from the network. By helping admins to cut back on the number of security alerts they need to monitor, Ixia believes it can make the average enterprise network easier to monitor and protect.

“As many recent breaches demonstrate, indications of intrusions and data exfiltration attempts are usually flagged through internal security alerts long before the intrusion is actually discovered. But determining the critical alerts is like trying to find a needle in a haystack, given the sheer number of security alerts that must be analyzed daily,” said Dennis Cox, chief product officer at Ixia, in a statement. “ThreatARMOR delivers a new level of visibility and security by blocking unwanted traffic before many of these unnecessary security events are ever generated.”

Ixia’s Application and Threat Intelligence (ATI) program generates the threat intelligence for ThreatARMOR, and creates a “rap sheet” to document malicious activity for each included IP address, according to the announcement. Ixia has promised to push continuous updates to all ThreatARMOR devices to provide customers with the latest threat protection.

ThreatARMOR is currently listed at $19,995, with a one-year ATI subscription running an additional $2,995.