SOFTWARE SECURITY
AI Spera | April 12, 2022
AI Spera announced Criminal IP, a new cybersecurity platform, today. Criminal IP is a total Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) search engine intended to identify potential vulnerabilities that threatening companies or individuals' IT assets. It also offers a new way to manage them comprehensively by allowing users to find results for malicious IP address, malicious domains, phishing sites, forged certificates, all IT assets, and other security related information immediately.
The company has been recruiting beta service testers and plans to operate beta service for three months from April 28. Testers pre-registering for beta service will be given a three-month free license and if testers participate in the service survey, they can receive an additional one-month free license as a reward.
Criminal IP visualizes all IT assets connected to the Internet based on IP addresses held by companies and individuals. This allows users to see the details of their assets at a glance, from DB servers, files servers, middleware servers, administrator servers as well malicious sites, and easily spot the assets exposed to the attack surface.
The solution also provides all possible information about domains in real time, including network logs, used programming technologies and security-related information, without having to directly access websites. Analyzing this information with AI/Machine learning technology, it shows an overall score of the domain and DGA (Domain Generation Algorithm) score in five stages (Critical, Dangerous, Moderate, Low, Safe) allowing users to determine and respond to threats.
Users can prevent security problems in advance by searching for vulnerabilities in IT assets and identifying cyber attackers' attack points for attack surface management purposes through Criminal IP data. In addition, everything that has happened to a particular IP address can be recorded like a criminal record to track malicious behavior of an IP address.
"Above all, this platform is the ultimate comprehensive solution that maximizes user's convenience by providing all CTI information distributed by different solutions in one place. In hopes that Criminal IP can be used in a variety of areas to defend against evolving cyber threats, including education and research, corporate security teams, white hackers, state agencies, and cybercrime investigations, we decided to operate free beta services to receive feedback on product improvement."
Byungtak Kang, CEO at AI Spera
Features and benefits of Criminal IP include:
providing a wide range of cyber threat information, including malicious IPs, C&C domains, various domain information, threat intelligence images and CVEs, which map IP& Domain scoring algorithms and various threat information based on big data on 4.2 billion IP addresses and billions of domain addresses worldwide
analyzing all possible details about domains including screenshots, domain category, whois information, used technologies, connected IP addresses, page redirections, certificates, network logs, cookies as well as interesting security-oriented features like possible malicious contents and replicated phishing domains with overall score of the domain and DGA (Domain Generation Algorithm) score
searching and updating global IP addresses and domains in 24/7 to extract applications and services in use, and provide information on security vulnerabilities of IT assets to enable real-time automatic attack surface management
offering straightforward search result based on a wide range of specific search filters so that users can conveniently access the right information they need
About AI Spera
AI Spera is a fast-growing company in the field of cyber threat intelligence. Based on AI and Machine Learning technology, the company focuses on detection of anomalies and data-oriented security solutions. The company supports as many corporates, security developers and researchers as possible to view the attack surface through the eyes of an attacker and provide various AI-based intelligence security solutions across industries including online games, financial, security and national institutions.
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PLATFORM SECURITY
Red Sift | May 09, 2022
Red Sift, provider of the only integrated cloud email security and brand protection platform, today announced a strategic partnership with SMX, the cybersecure email specialist, to help enterprises in Australia and New Zealand strengthen their email security posture and threat protection. Through this exclusive arrangement, Red Sift’s best-in-class Reporting Platform integrates with SMX’s new Domain Protection Service (DPS) to deliver a new joint DMARC implementation offering, helping customers improve email threat monitoring and agility in responding to threats. Red Sift and SMX will be showcasing their joint offering at AusCERT 2022 in Broadbeach, Australia, May 10-13 (booth #B19).
SMX’s DPS service enables enterprises to maintain an effective DMARC implementation, using Red Sift’s best-in-class Reporting Platform to identify, quantify, and respond in real-time to dynamic threats. Red Sift’s real-time reporting provides vital data that allows SMX to deliver their expertise in refining the security profile and manage SMX DPS deployments effectively across an enterprise’s domains. SMX’s expertise, coupled with Red Sift’s reporting capabilities, provides the level of agility and monitoring required to keep up with today’s email threat landscape.
“Every company in Australasia has a unique threat environment and clients increasingly want a region-specific, locally designed and supported approach to cyber security,” says Richard Fraser, CEO of SMX. “Our DMARC managed service, DPS, made possible through this strategic partnership with Red Sift, provides clients with the tailored protection profile required to respond in real-time to dynamic threats, and will enhance email cyber-security throughout Australia and New Zealand.”
According to Gartner, 90% of the Global 2000 will have DMARC in place by 2026. As email threats continue to evolve and become increasingly complex, it is more important now than ever before that enterprises establish a streamlined and sustainable DMARC implementation process that can be easily updated to reflect today’s dynamic digital environment. With the Red Sift and SMX partnership, enterprises now have access to an end-to-end email threat monitoring service, powered by real-time reporting with actionable insights that enable them to maximize their agility in quantifying and responding to threats. As a result, customers have greater confidence in their DMARC implementation and overall email security posture.
“SMX shares our mission to provide enterprises with the solutions necessary to proactively protect their business and brand reputation from email security threats, rather than ‘mopping up’ after an attack. Our partnership with SMX enables us to help more organizations in Australia and New Zealand strengthen their DMARC implementations, and we’re excited to continue to scale globally in partnership with SMX.”
Cameron McLean, Regional Manager, Asia Pacific, Red Sift
Experts from Red Sift and SMX will be on hand at booth #B19 at AusCERT 2022 to showcase their joint DMARC managed service for enterprises.
About Red Sift
Red Sift enables security-first organizations to successfully communicate with and ensure the trust of their employees, vendors and customers. As the only integrated cloud email and brand protection platform, Red Sift automates BIMI and DMARC processes, makes it easy to identify and stop business email compromise, and secures domains from impersonation to prevent attacks. Founded in 2015, Red Sift is a global organization with international offices in the UK, Spain, Australia, and North America. It boasts a client base of all sizes and across all industries, including Wise, Telefonica, Pipedrive, ITV, Dominos, and top global law firms. Find out how Red Sift is delivering actionable cybersecurity insights to its global customers at redsift.com.
About SMX
SMX is a cyber security company with specialist expertise in email. It’s all we do. That means you get local expertise to help you secure your organisation’s email. And when you protect your email, you’re also protecting your brand reputation.
For more than 17 years, our in-house development team has been delivering that to hundreds of public and private sector businesses, offering training, support and the latest in tech solutions.
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PLATFORM SECURITY
Swimlane | April 19, 2022
Swimlane, the leader in low-code security automation, today announced the general availability of Swimlane Cloud in the Asia-Pacific Japan (APJ) region. This deployment is further evidence of Swimlane’s continued commitment to empowering APJ customers to enable new use cases previously not possible with traditional security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR). This includes unlocking the use of automation beyond the SOC, where Swimlane serves as the system-of-record for the entire security organization.
Meeting the APJ Staffing Shortage Head-On with Swimlane Cloud
The APJ region faces a significant cybersecurity talent shortage with an estimated 2.045 million open cybersecurity roles, accounting for 66% of the total global shortage, signaling the struggle to find qualified, skilled professionals to handle increasing security alerts. Without automation, these overburdened security administrators must manually perform repetitive and time-consuming tasks needed to track, mitigate and resolve security events across multiple security platforms. Despite significant time investments, security teams cannot realistically analyze and adequately prioritize security alerts and events at the rate necessary to protect networks.
“In order to mature our security operations, we knew it was necessary to advance how we monitor and respond to threat intelligence by taking a more proactive approach to security operations,” said Tanajak Watanakij, CISO, R V Connex. “With our existing talent pool, we turned to Swimlane’s low-code security automation offering to create a centralized system of record for our Security Operations Center (SOC) and remove dependencies on a host of manual processes. Swimlane’s interactive dashboards and automated, easily customizable workflows reduced our mean time to respond and ultimately helped us ensure continuous compliance and prevent breaches across the entire R V Connex Corporation and our MSSP customers.”
“Security teams across APJ need solutions that reduce the manual operations needed to respond to security threats and speed up incident response. We are a customer-focused company with a powerful platform for helping companies ease the burden security teams face daily. Swimlane is fully dedicated to supporting the region’s ongoing cybersecurity challenges through the adoption of low-code security automation.”
Johan Wikenstedt, Vice President of Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) for Swimlane
Demand for Low-Code Automation Continues to Climb
Swimlane’s current product initiatives in APJ continue to drive regional market traction highlighted by:
173% revenue growth of regional presence in the past four months, with more than 7x revenue growth in the past 6 months.
142% growth of regional employee headcount in the past six months.
New sales offices established in Australia, Malaysia and South Korea.
Net-new customer adoption in Australia, Bangladesh, India, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and New Zealand.
Vertical expansion of customer adoption across banking, technology, financial services, government, MSSP, and manufacturing industries.
8 new go-to-market partners established in the region.
Lumen Technologies turned to Swimlane after experiencing a rapid period of growth that challenged the company’s security team to capacity. Swimlane’s low-code security automation platform allowed the organization to maintain the integrity of its security operations and quickly adapt to business growth across its SecOps infrastructure. Within the first quarter of implementing the solution, Lumen achieved a 30% automation level. Today, 70% of security events hitting the Security Operations Center (SOC) can be fully automated without human intervention.
“Swimlane was a partner from the start, helping us ensure the solution was easy to manage and operate and providing technical support whenever we needed,” said Wai Kit Cheah, Director of the Security Practice at Lumen Technologies. “With Swimlane’s robust automation engine, events can be processed from any source, enabling our security team to integrate security automation with user and entity behavior analytics (UEBA) and third-party threat intelligence feeds. This allowed us to achieve a holistic look at our ecosystem and has quickly made Swimlane’s platform an essential component of our SOC.”
Swimlane Medley Partner Program Expands to Malaysia
Swimlane has invested significantly in Malaysia due to the region’s robust national cybersecurity strategy and world-class talent. As part of its growth in the region, Swimlane recently announced a partnership with CyberSecurity Malaysia, the national cyber security specialist agency under the purview of the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia (KKMM), to assist the organization on its mission to build a more resilient cyber ecosystem throughout Malaysia.
“Our strategic partnership with Swimlane comes at an exciting time for CyberSecurity Malaysia as we seek to elevate a strategic cybersecurity vision for the region,” said Dato’ Ts. Dr. Haji Amirudin Abdul Wahab, CEO of CyberSecurity Malaysia. “Together, Swimlane and Cybersecurity Malaysia will leverage our combined experience, capabilities, and products to deliver innovative cybersecurity solutions across Malaysia and ensure companies in the region have access to the world’s most-capable low-code automation technology to safeguard their networks and data.”
Join Swimlane at the SecOps Automation Summit 2022
Swimlane will hold the SecOps Automation Summit 2022 in South Korea, Malaysia and Australia in late April and early May. Presenters include Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer Cody Cornell and other members of the Swimlane team, along with various current partners and customers, to explore new and future innovations in the dynamic field of security automation.
To learn more about the summit and Swimlane’s expansion in the APJ region, visit https://swimlane.com/swimlane-helps-address-asia-pacifics-security-skills-shortage.
About Swimlane
Swimlane is the leader in cloud-scale, low-code security automation. Supporting use cases beyond SOAR, Swimlane improves the ease with which security teams can overcome process and data fatigue, as well as chronic staffing shortages. Swimlane unlocks the potential of automation beyond the SOC by delivering a low-code platform that serves as the system-of-record for the entire security organization and enables anyone within the organization to contribute their knowledge and expertise to the protection of the organization.
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NETWORK THREAT DETECTION
SecurityScorecard | April 07, 2022
SecurityScorecard, the global leader in cybersecurity ratings, today announced a Pan-European exclusive distribution agreement with Exclusive Networks, a global cybersecurity specialist for digital infrastructure, to accelerate adoption of security ratings throughout Europe. The partnership, with Exclusive Networks owned specialist value-added distributor Ignition Technology, enables European organisations to instantly rate, analyze and continuously monitor their security risk, to harden their security postures.
"The evolving geopolitical landscape is causing CISOs throughout Europe to reevaluate their cybersecurity postures, requiring them to have greater visibility across their attack surface than ever before. As the threat landscape expands, Exclusive Networks' expertise in helping disruptive cybersecurity solutions like SecurityScorecard breakthrough in EMEA will dramatically scale the number of European organizations that will be able to instantly improve their security postures through much needed data, visibility and insights."
Jan Bau, VP, EMEA Sales, at SecurityScorecard
SecurityScorecard provides comprehensive security ratings, automated assessments, and guidance from industry experts, providing easy-to-understand A-F graded scorecards for improved communication, effective compliance reporting and more informed decision making. The solution allows organisations to automate and accelerate questionnaire exchange with over 20 compliance survey templates and questionnaires at scale.
"Exclusive Networks is focused on meeting customer and partner demand across Europe for the most impactful cybersecurity solutions on the market today," said Sean Remnant, Chief Strategy Officer, Exclusive Networks. "SecurityScorecard provides our network of customers and partners with instant visibility into their security postures and that of their vendors and business partners, to fully understand their true cyber risk."
Exclusive Networks is a global trusted cybersecurity specialist for digital infrastructure driving the transition to a totally trusted digital future for all people and organisations. Located in 43 countries, with the ability to service customers in over 170 countries across five continents, Exclusive Networks has a unique 'local sale, global scale' model, combining the extreme focus and value of local independents with the scale and service delivery of a single worldwide distribution powerhouse.
About SecurityScorecard
Funded by world-class investors including Evolution Equity Partners, Silver Lake Waterman, Sequoia Capital, GV, Riverwood Capital, and others, SecurityScorecard is the global leader in cybersecurity ratings with more than 12 million companies continuously rated. Founded in 2013 by security and risk experts Dr. Aleksandr Yampolskiy and Sam Kassoumeh, SecurityScorecard's patented rating technology is used by over 30,000 organizations for enterprise risk management, third-party risk management, board reporting, due diligence, cyber insurance underwriting, and regulatory oversight. SecurityScorecard is the first cybersecurity ratings company to offer digital forensics and incident response services, providing a 360-degree approach to security prevention and response for its worldwide customer and partner base. SecurityScorecard continues to make the world a safer place by transforming the way companies understand, improve and communicate cybersecurity risk to their boards, employees and vendors.
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