SOFTWARE SECURITY
Noetic Cyber | June 06, 2022
Noetic Cyber, an innovator in Cybersecurity Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM), today announced the availability of a new version of its Continuous Cyber Asset Management and Controls platform. The latest version of the Noetic platform is focused on delivering immediate time to value for security teams by identifying high priority security gaps and exploitable vulnerabilities, using innovative data science techniques.
Since its public launch in July 2021, Noetic has been working with security leaders in the United States and the United Kingdom to help them reduce their growing attack surface and improve their cybersecurity posture. The challenge these cyber leaders often face is to understand cyber risk across complex environments, where assets can exist for a short period of time in public or private cloud platforms, as well as having to manage legacy on-premises workloads. To gain the insights needed to be effective, they need confidence in their data quality, full visibility across all assets and contextual intelligence to help prioritize decision making.
"The continued innovation we are delivering reflects the expanding use cases we see across our customer base. "Security teams are putting cyber asset intelligence at the heart of their security programs and our ability to continuously adapt and respond to changing environments is critical to their success."
Paul Ayers, CEO and co-founder, Noetic Cyber
Delivering Immediate Time to Value
Security teams need to know what assets they have, and understand which ones are creating the most cyber risk. Noetic is delivering innovative cyber asset intelligence to help customers assess their current cyber posture readiness and focus the security team's efforts on the highest priority activities. The Noetic platforms helps customers successfully do this with:
External Cyber Asset Intelligence – Mapping industry data including CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, MITRE ATT&CK® mitigations and others to provide greater context on asset risk and exposure.
Coverage Gap dashboards –Helping security teams quickly identify common and easily resolved security coverage gaps.
Support for ad-hoc security data – Many organizations keep important information on critical applications or security risks in spreadsheets. Noetic's new data ingestion capability supports importing ad-hoc data into the model.
Simplifying and Extending Cyber Asset Management use cases
The Noetic platform uses Graph database technology to map cyber relationships between assets. This innovative technology approach enables Noetic to navigate deep hierarchies and find hidden connections, providing the context to help security teams to make more informed decisions. The latest release of the Noetic platform builds on native Graph capabilities to deliver additional value such as:
Understanding & improving data quality –Noetic's new data analytics feature automatically and continuously analyzes data for each different source for completeness and accuracy, providing a data quality score.
Simplifying Graph queries – Noetic has adopted openCypher, a widely used open query language. Noetic has developed a graphical point-and-click UI to guide security analysts through the steps of creating powerful relationship-based queries with little or no training.
Supporting Cloud and On-premises applications – Organizations need to protect assets across public and private clouds, as well as traditional on-premises networks. Noetic Outpost supports secure ingestion from behind the corporate firewall, and private clouds.
"The challenge of identifying and managing assets in the context of cybersecurity has grown considerably in recent years," said Dr. Ed Amoroso, CEO of TAG Cyber. "Noetic's innovations are important as their ability to prioritize and automate helps security teams to focus on critical areas of cyber risk."
About Noetic Cyber
Noetic provides a proactive approach to cyber asset and controls management, empowering security teams to see, understand, fix and improve their security posture and enterprise ecosystem. Our goal is to improve security tools and control efficacy by breaking down existing siloes and improving the entire security ecosystem. Founded in 2019, Noetic is based in Boston and London.
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DATA SECURITY
ControlCase | July 11, 2022
ControlCase, a leading provider of IT Security Certifications and Continuous Compliance Services announced its recent partnership with ConnectWise and FifthWall Solutions. Under this partnership, Managed Service Providers (MSPs) can now access the ConnectWise MSP+ security best practices framework from the ControlCase Compliance HubTM platform for both self-assessment and verification by ControlCase. This partnership also provides the rate-quote-bind assistance required for procuring insurance.
ConnectWise’s MSP+ framework is derived from the NIST CSF framework and aims to help MSPs strengthen their cybersecurity program, increase cybersecurity maturity, and ultimately lower their risk of a data breach. MSP+ provides an affordable compliance framework that can be used as the foundation for an MSPs cybersecurity program. The MSP+ program is split into 3 parts:
1. MSP+ Self Assessment – Allows the MSP to access the framework and start implementing controls and closing gaps at their own pace.
2. MSP+ Advanced – Includes assistance with remediation and final verification by ControlCase.
3. MSP+ Mastery – Demonstrates a mature cybersecurity program and is also verified by ControlCase.
“This partnership is a gamechanger for MSPs,” said Mike Jenner, CEO at ControlCase. “Security incidents involving MSPs, and their clients continue to rise. This rise necessitates stringent security controls to be implemented and the MSP+ framework provides a great place for MSPs to start learning about cybersecurity and implementing necessary controls.”
Speaking on the achievement, Raffael Marty, General Manager -Cybersecurity at ConnectWise said “Cyber insurance is a critical element to help partners protect their legacy by building a more cyber-resilient business. This partnership will help MSPs increase their cybersecurity maturity, prepare for and procure insurance; eliminating dozens of steps they and their customers would otherwise have to take.”
The ControlCase Compliance HubTM platform is integrated with ConnectWise Manage. MSPs can complete their MSP+ assessments without ever leaving their PSA. The MSP+ Advanced and Mastery offerings also include real-time compliance status and vital statistics such as risk rating and security milestone planning.
“FifthWall is excited to be the dedicated Cyber Insurance & Risk Management Solution Provider,” said Reid Wellock, President, FifthWall Solutions. “We work with 35+ insurers to limit clients’ cyber exposure and give peace of mind for businesses of any size.” This partnership greatly simplifies MSPs and their clients' access to insurance.”
For more information on this partnership and the related offerings, please contact Kimberly Simon at ksimon@controlcase.com
About ControlCase
ControlCase is a global provider of certification, cybersecurity, and continuous compliance services. ControlCase is committed to empowering organizations to develop and deploy strategic information security and compliance programs that are simplified, cost-effective, and comprehensive in both on-premises and cloud environments. ControlCase offers certifications and a broad spectrum of cyber security services that meet the needs of companies required to certify to PCI DSS, HITRUST, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, PCI PIN, PCI P2PE, PCI TSP, PA DSS, CSA STAR, HIPAA, GDPR, SWIFT, and FedRAMP.
About FifthWall Solutions
FifthWall works with 35+ carriers to limit your clients’ cyber exposure and give peace of mind for businesses of any size. With our policies, MSPs and their clients are covered from business interruptions, cyber crimes, and several of the consequences that follow. With breach prevention and response tools, MSPs and their clients avoid risk and minimize impact in the event of a security incident.
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ENTERPRISE SECURITY
DTEX Systems | June 18, 2022
DTEX Systems, the Workforce Cyber Intelligence & Security Company™, today announced that it has been named to the Enterprise Security Tech Cyber Top 20 List. The list recognizes the top cybersecurity companies providing the most value to market based on technical product/service innovation, industry analyst recognition, customer testimony, diversity and inclusion initiatives, talent development initiatives, and contributions to the cyber community.
“The future of data loss prevention and protection is human-centric, not data-centric. “We’re thrilled to be named to this inaugural list of top cybersecurity companies by Enterprise Security Tech, as it is further testament to the success of DTEX’s innovative, human-centric approach to enterprise security and our team’s continued efforts to expand beyond the capabilities of legacy cybersecurity solutions.”
Jonathan Daly, Chief Marketing Officer at DTEX Systems
As the first and only Workforce Cyber Intelligence and Security platform to put humans at the center of an organization's cybersecurity matrix, DTEX InTERCEPT offers an innovative approach to data collection and analysis that centers around human activity and intent, providing organizations with the context needed to escalate and remediate an event before malicious insiders attack, or data exfiltration occurs. The InTERCEPT platform brings together the capabilities of Insider Threat Management, User and Entity Behavior Analytics, Digital Forensics, and Behavioral DLP in an all-in-one lightweight, cloud-native platform. Only DTEX InTERCEPT delivers the behavioral context and activity intelligence that answers the Who, What, When, Where, Why and How related to any potential insider threat situation, compromised account event or data loss scenario without invading personal privacy.
“The cybersecurity industry is going through an evolution right now,” said Jack Campbell, Editor, Enterprise Security Tech. “The threat landscape is growing at a faster pace than organizations can keep up with - so companies need innovative tools and services that leverage automation and simplification to combat threats at scale. We’re honored to be able to recognize these leaders for the value that they are bringing to the market and their contributions to the fight against cyber threats.”
This accolade comes on the heels of two notable industry recognitions from Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM), which named DTEX ‘Most Innovative Data Loss Prevention’ and ‘Publisher's Choice Insider Threat Prevention’ in the 10th annual Global InfoSec Awards.
About DTEX Systems
DTEX Systems helps hundreds of organizations worldwide better understand their workforce, protect their data, and make human-centric operational investments. Its Workforce Cyber Intelligence & Security platform brings together next-generation DLP, UEBA, digital forensics, user activity monitoring and insider threat management in one scalable, cloud-native platform. Through its patented and privacy-compliant meta-data collection and analytics engine, the DTEX platform surfaces abnormal behavioral “indicators of intent” to mitigate risk of data and IP loss, enabling SOC enrichment with human sensors and empowering enterprises to make smarter business decisions quickly.
About Enterprise Security Tech
Enterprise Security Tech is a specialized cyber media company with a global presence. The Enterprise Security Tech blog is a cybersecurity blog written for CISOs, CIOs, and security-minded CEOs that brings together critical news, expert insights, and product information to help security leaders make informed business decisions. Enterprise Security Tech is also home to The Cyber Jack Podcast, which brings listeners the latest cybersecurity insights via security experts from around the industry.
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SOFTWARE SECURITY
BlastWave | June 17, 2022
BlastWave, a zero-trust networking solution provider that reduces the cost and complexity of remote access VPN management, today announced enhancements to its zero-trust security software solution, BlastShield™. The enhancements include added security capability for the three main cloud service providers, identity manager unification, Azure gateway security integration and easy bulk onboarding. BlastWave sees these updates as increasingly important with the global workforce shift to remote cloud environments on multiple vendor platforms.
The recent update allows BlastShield users to link with hybrid cloud network providers like AWS, Google, and the most recent addition, Azure, in one secure environment without forcing a user to rely on the respective security measures of each provider. This means users can have workloads distributed across provider environments but only one user authentication system. The update continues BlastWave's mission of convenient, cutting-edge cybersecurity, all while offering enhanced protection within identity management systems. Most importantly, users can take advantage of BlastShield's heightened speed and functionality, two vital features in multi-functional, cloud environments.
This latest update also adds support for gateway security in Azure environments, expanding on BlastShield's previous gateway security capabilities in GCP, AWS, ESXi and COTS hardware systems. This new gateway security integration increases functionality for Azure users, allowing them to rely on password-less authentication instead of dated VPN security measures within their cloud-based Azure environments.
BlastShield's latest update streamlines bulk onboarding, a typically arduous process, leveraging customers' SSO functionality. This update's features rely on an industry-standard API, System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM), designed to simplify the management of user identities in cloud-based services as well as applications. It enables the automatic exchange of user information between identity domains, eliminating the insecure provisioning of identity managers when onboarding large numbers of users in distributed cloud environments. Identity managers have conventionally suffered from potential exposure to credential theft, SIM jacking, and other threat vectors. BlastShield's update addresses these vulnerabilities without hampering the convenience of identity managers.
"BlastShield's latest update enhances our proven security mechanisms with single sign-on identity management tools and offers simplified bulk onboarding. "Many competitors are focusing more on endpoint security in these hybrid cloud environments, but we're offering a macro-level security approach that combines the convenience of identity management systems like Okta and One Identity with the proven agile security of BlastShield's network-level ZTNA and microsegmentation."
Michael Bacon, BlastWave Solution Engineer
The recent software update and resulting functionality are automatic for new subscribers and can be implemented with the click of a button in the BlastShield interface for current professional and enterprise customers.
"In the past, cybersecurity may have elicited groans from providers, largely due to its perceived inconvenience. This update lends BlastWave's proven security stack to the login convenience offered by established identity managers," said Mel Knight, Brier and Thorn CISO. "Once again, whether through bulk onboarding via secure provisioning or enhanced Azure environment security, BlastWave continues to imbue existing technologies with their patented, proven ZTNA security solution. We are excited for our customers to experience this update's improved, secure convenience, bulk onboarding, and multi-vendor cloud security."
About BlastWave
Founded by former executives and technologists from Apple and Cisco, BlastWave is taking a fundamentally different approach to security aimed at protecting privacy and connected devices from cyberattacks. BlastWave's patented product, BlastShield™️, is an integrated, zero-trust stack that combines state-of-the-art passwordless multi-factor authentication with high-performance, resilient encrypted connectivity and built-in microsegmentation. BlastWave is backed by Rocket Strategies, Lucas Venture Group, and Millennium Investments. The company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
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