NTT Security has announced the launch of its Global Threat Intelligence Center (GTIC). It is to replace the Security Engineering and Research Team which moved to NTT Security last year. This is about creating a threat intelligence powerhouse within the company and is a move away from regional units. It makes sense. Attacks are now global…
Enterprise Times recently caught up with Tim Rawlins, Senior Advisor and Director, NCC Group. We sat and talked about the state of cyber security, the problems of staff retention and threat intelligence. Rawlins accepts that there is a major problem across the industry when it comes to attracting and retaining staff. Interestingly, rather than over…
IBM has announced Watson for Cyber Security aimed at Security Operations Centres (SOC). It claims to be delivering cognitive computing to the SOC. Having spent a year feeding Watson over 1 million security documents IBM is now putting it to work. This is about giving the Security Operations (SecOps) teams access to data that their…
Accenture is to acquire the iDefense Security Intelligence Services business from Verisign. This deal will strengthen Accenture’s Cyber Defense Services division. It adds threat intelligence that Accenture will embed into services it manages for client. This will be easier than it sounds as iDefense already has its own APIs. It also has its own analysis…
Security analysts are struggling to utilise the data they have in an effective manner. They get bombarded with alerts about possible threats which are often false flags or inconsequential. They also struggle to build their own business intelligence solutions to extract the value from their data. Enterprise Times met up with Steve Ginty, co-founder of…
Security specialist Cyberbit has announced the latest version of their Security Operations Centre (SOC) 3D product. It boasts integrating with all the major Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) products. SOC 3D also supports the automation of runbooks and workflows. Perhaps the most interesting feature is the ability to prioritize incidents based on the impact…
Threat intelligence solutions are the latest “must-have” tool for IT security teams. The problem is that once installed, many struggle to deal with the vast amount of data they suddenly have at their fingertips. Part of the problem is that they lack the business intelligence and analytics skills of other parts of IT. This is…
Infoblox is to integrate its DDI Technology into the Qualys Cloud Platform. The goal is to improve the ability to detect new devices on the network and malicious events. This is the first DDI (DNS, DHCP and IP Address) Management solution integrated into the Qualys Cloud Platform. It is expected to deliver a single set…
Threat intelligence vendor Anomali says too much data is overwhelming security teams. This claim is based on a Ponemon Institute report entitled: “The Value of Threat Intelligence: A Study of North American and United Kingdom Companies.” The report can be downloaded here (registration required). The number of security teams who are struggling to deal with…
Security vendor Nuix has announced a new tool for security teams struggling to deal with threat intelligence. Nuix Insight Analytics & Intelligence (NIAI) is being positioned as a data analysis platform. It is based on the Nuix Engine that also underpins its eDiscovery products. This is important as it enables NIAI to import a wide range…