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Archives for October 2015
Sophos hits Gartner Leaders Quadrant seven times
Sophos has announced that it has once again been positioned in the “Leaders” quadrant of Gartner’s 8 October 2015 “Magic Quadrant for Mobile Data Protection Solutions”.
The report is based on an assessment of a company’s ability to execute and completeness of vision. Sophos has been placed in the Leaders quadrant since 2009, which the company believes demonstrates a proven consistency in product delivery and a mature vision for the technology.
“We feel this continued recognition is a testament to the value Sophos places on protecting data across all devices and environments,” says Brett Myroff, MD of Sophos distributor NetXactics.
“Sophos’ encryption everywhere philosophy, combined with its vision that security can be simple, drives the company to develop security solutions that are both powerful and easy to use. Sophos is enabling organisations of any size to implement next generation endpoint security technologies that work as a system to better protect their users and their business.”
Sophos is the only IT security company to be positioned as a Leader by Gartner in three security Magic Quadrant reports: 22 December 2014 Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP);l the 27 August 2015 Magic Quadrant for Unified Threat Management (UTM); and, once again, the 8 October 2015 Magic Quadrant for Mobile Data Protection (MDP). In June 2015, Sophos was placed in the Visionaries quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) Suites.
According to Gartner, the majority of buyers will select a vendor who can deliver both EPP and MDP. As noted in the 8 October 2015 report: “A more natural combination is for buyers to select Endpoint Protect (EPP) and MDP from the same vendor, resulting in better pricing and fewer points of management and support. Some vendors are good at making this connection with their buyers and others are not, resulting in missed revenue. Gartner experience indicates that at least two-thirds of buyers will select EPP and MDP together if they are aware that a vendor sells both product sets.”
Sophos hits Gartner Leaders Quadrant seven times
Anatomy of a Hack Disrupted
How one of SIEM’s out-of-the-box rules caught an intrusion and beyond
Blog by Randy Smith
Every year, organizations spend millions of frustrating hours and countless sums of money trying to reverse the damage done by malware attacks. The harm caused by malware can be astronomical, going well beyond intellectual property loss and huge fines levied for non-compliance. In 2014, the cost of malware attacks and resulting breaches was estimated at $491 billion. And these costs include more than just the money spent trying to directly respond to security breaches. Productivity, long-term profitability, and brand reputation are often severely impacted as well.
The malware threat is growing larger and becoming more challenging to respond to every year. It seems like every month there are more major breaches. Target, Neiman Marcus, and UPS have all been victims of costly breaches in the past couple years, with each event showing signs that the breaches could have been prevented. Phishing-based malware was the starting point 95 percent of the time in state-sponsored attacks, and 67 percent of the time in cyber-espionage attacks.
Can it happen to you?
It’s easy to shrug off the threat of malware and believe that the target will always be a retail organization or a huge brand name, that it will never be your organization. However, according to a 2015 Ponemon study, 80 percent of all organizations experience some form of Web-borne malware. So don’t be lulled into a false sense of security: All industries are at risk, including the financial, health care, and government sectors you hear about in the news.
Sophos Hardware Refresh Offer
Sophos has announced a hardware refresh for all existing Sophos UTM Customers. This is an awesome opportunity to upgrade to the new SG unit, and be able to enjoy the broader functionality in the latest software releases.
To find out more about the SG units, you can view our SG Series Appliances – Datasheet or give us a call.
As a reminder the UTM Series will be EOF June 2018 (Security Subscriptions)
The hardware promotion is only valid until December 31, 2015.
LogRhythm 7 Accelerates Cyber Threat Detection
LogRhythm 7 Accelerates Cyber Threat Detection & Response via Revolutionary Search, Optimization in Processing and Indexing
Extends Efficiencies and Effectiveness of Next-Gen SOCs
BOULDER, Colo.—October 8, 2015—LogRhythm, The Security Intelligence Company, today unveiled LogRhythm 7, a major upgrade to its leading security intelligence and analytics platform. New innovations in search, scalability, performance and security operations efficiencies will help organizations detect and respond faster to advanced cyber threats.
Version 7 of the LogRhythm security intelligence and analytics platform provides the visibility, automation and incident response orchestration capabilities required by the next-generation security operations center (SOC). The platform accomplishes this by collecting information from hundreds of thousands of disparate data sources, then analyzing and prioritizing the data and events. The resulting information becomes instantly available to SOC personnel.
In its 2015 Global Cost of Data Breach Study, the Ponemon Institute cited a continual rise in cyber attack frequency and the costs associated with resolving cyber incidents. As such, IT teams must increase their visibility and analytics capabilities to detect intruders faster and enable rapid, efficient and precise response to avoid a material breach or high-impact cyber incident.
HawkEye G for Next Generation Threat Detection and Response
Leading U.S. Energy Company Selects HawkEye G for Next Generation Threat Detection and Response
Customer to be One of the Company’s Largest Deployments and Validates Comprehensive Approach to Securing Endpoints and Network
HANOVER, Md., Oct. 01, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hexis Cyber Solutions Inc. (Hexis), a wholly-owned subsidiary of The KEYW Holding Corporation (NASDAQ:KEYW), and a provider of advanced cybersecurity solutions for commercial companies and government agencies, today announced that one of the nation’s leading energy providers has selected HawkEye G for next generation threat detection and response. HawkEye G will be deployed across tens of thousands of endpoints in the customer’s environment. This represents the first seven-figure deal for the recently released HawkEye G 3.0.
While companies across all verticals are susceptible to cyber-attacks, concern among energy companies is elevated considering the widespread implications a breach could have on critical infrastructure. Security teams increasingly understand that many traditional, signature-based security solutions are ineffective at stopping today’s stealthy attacks and many organizations continue to struggle with alert overload. Additionally, relying solely on manual response is no longer adequate and challenging to scale given the velocity of attacks combined with the security skills shortage.
“We know organizations are looking for increased enterprise visibility into advanced threats and incident response, and security teams are looking for better, faster ways to remove threats and reduce alert fatigue, not more manual tools,” said Chris Fedde, president, Hexis Cyber Solutions. “Companies need an integrated cyber defense solution that will protect endpoints and the network by delivering evidence-based detection, threat verification and automated response capabilities. The selection of HawkEye G by one of the largest energy companies in the U.S. is the latest validation of our HawkEye G 3.0 solution and our approach of integrated detection & automated response.”
The latest version for HawkEye G, released in April, includes improved behavior-based endpoint detection, proprietary technology called ThreatSyncTM for threat verification, and integration with leading third-party security technologies such as Palo Alto Networks and FireEye for detection and Splunk for increased threat intelligence. Increased confidence in detecting, verifying, and responding to threat alerts using HawkEye G empowers security teams to quickly and confidently defend themselves at machine speeds before damage is done.