12 January 2022

CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike launches Falcon Fund II

CrowdStrike Holdings, a provider in cloud-delivered protection of endpoints, cloud workloads, identity and data, announced the launch of Falcon Fund II, a $100 million investment vehicle in partnership with Accel focused on cross-stage private investments within cybersecurity and relevant adjacent markets. Five times the size of the initial Falcon Fund, Falcon Fund II represents CrowdStrike’s commitment to growing the cybersecurity technology ecosystem across adjacent markets as one of the largest strategic venture arms in cybersecurity. CrowdStrike’s Falcon Fund II will build on the success of the original Falcon Fund, which has made investments in companies like Corelight, Cribl, JumpCloud and Tines in 2021. Falcon Fund II will continue to broaden CrowdStrike’s ecosystem of meaningful technology partnerships, including new vendors for the CrowdStrike Store. “Falcon Fund II exemplifies our firm commitment to private company investments that enable us to support technologies and leaders,” said George Kurtz, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, CrowdStrike. “This venture goes beyond our mission to build the best product suite in the market that protects endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data. Together, with the next generation of market disruptors, we can help shape the future of cybersecurity with a shared goal of protecting critical areas of risk for organisations and making this world a safer place.” “We saw great success with the launch of the initial Falcon Fund, and with Falcon Fund II, we will support the next wave of cybersecurity and technology leaders,” said Sameer Gandhi, Partner at Accel. “Security is a critical ecosystem and we look forward to the possibilities that one of the largest strategic venture arms in cybersecurity will present.” With Falcon Fund II, CrowdStrike aims to: Dramatically increase its ability to fund the next generation of emerging vendors Build upon the success of the initial Falcon Fund Form long-term alliances with companies that can benefit from CrowdStrike’s expertise and knowledge base CrowdStrike Holdings has redefined modern security with an advanced cloud-native platforms for protecting critical areas of enterprise risk – endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data. Powered by the CrowdStrike Security Cloud and AI, the CrowdStrike Falcon platform leverages real-time indicators of attack, threat intelligence, evolving adversary tradecraft and enriched telemetry from across the enterprise to deliver hyper-accurate detections, automated protection and remediation, elite threat hunting and prioritised observability of vulnerabilities. Purpose-built in the cloud with a single lightweight-agent architecture, the Falcon platform delivers rapid and scalable deployment, superior protection and performance, reduced complexity and immediate time-to-value.   Media contact Rebecca Morpeth Spayne, Editor, Security Portfolio Tel: +44 (0) 1622 823 922 Email: editor@securitybuyer.com

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Todd Research

Intersec 2022 – Todd Research X-ray scanners

Todd Research, a global expert in threat detection X-ray equipment for safety and security, is excited to be presenting its high-resolution TR15 cabinet X-ray scanner and accompanying e-learning program for operators at Intersec 2022 in Dubai. This international exhibition, from the 16-18 January, provides the ideal platform for Todd Research to reconnect, collaborate and share insights with other security businesses, to continue its purpose-designed path of building a safer and more secure present and future. Visitors to the Todd Research stand will discover the latest generation TR15 X-ray scanner, with an impressive ability to detect as little as three grams of powder for an enhanced level of detection. It also includes options for a unique ‘Callmy’ emergency messaging service, an innovative solution allowing quick and easy emergency contact with first responders for remote decision-making. Also on the stand will be detailed information about the larger TR40 scanner, offering a new benchmark of threat detection and image management for compact cabinet scanners. Any scanner is only as good as its operator. It is critical for users to be adequately trained and equipped with the knowledge to methodically identify potential threats, however, the COVID-19 pandemic has meant conventional face-to-face training being put on hold. The new e-learning program from Todd Research addresses this issue, allowing users to undertake this experience remotely on a PC or hand-held device. It has been carefully designed to make learning easy, interactive and more accessible, and culminates in a visual test of the operator’s understanding and cognisance. Founded in 1950, Todd Research has a proud history of designing, manufacturing and supplying X-ray scanners, metal detectors and blast suppression equipment across a diverse range of public and private market channels.   Media contact Rebecca Morpeth Spayne, Editor, Security Portfolio Tel: +44 (0) 1622 823 922 Email: editor@securitybuyer.com

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Honeywell expands OT cybersecurity portfolio

Honeywell and Acalvio Technologies announced the launch of a new solution designed to detect known and unknown (zero-day) attacks across the operational technology (OT) environments in commercial buildings. Honeywell Threat Defense Platform (HTDP) powered by Acalvio employs sophisticated active defense – featuring autonomous deception tactics to outsmart attackers – and provides high fidelity threat detection. Honeywell’s technology features an approach recommended by governments and cybersecurity standard bodies because of its ability to detect and control attacks. Traditionally, building OT environments rely on prevention technology and passive detection such as perimeter security and network traffic analysis to secure systems. Yet, more than 1 in 4 (27%) surveyed facility managers experienced a cyber breach of their OT systems in the last 12 months, according to a recent survey conducted by Honeywell Building Technologies. Threat actors continue to target building systems with both targeted attacks and ransomware attacks. These attacks can go beyond accessing private customer data and may potentially impair the operations for critical organisations that keep society running such as utilities, data centers, hospitals and airports. HTDP uses deception tactics to confuse and mislead threats away from critical assets and devices, resulting in low false alerts and a high rate of detection. The solution leads threat actors to decoy assets, which appear to be valuable OT and IT devices; however, none of the devices are real and there is no access to the enterprise assets. The solution makes real, critical operational devices harder to find, slowing down adversaries and helping security teams capture them faster. “The quantity and complexity of cyberattacks unfortunately are increasing every day, reinforcing the need for building owners and operators to rigorously monitor, maintain and protect their OT environments,” said Mirel Sehic, Global Director of cybersecurity, Honeywell Building Technologies. “Incorporating Acalvio’s autonomous deception technology into our OT cybersecurity toolbelt provides a highly effective solution to help protect our customers’ buildings from increasingly sophisticated attacks.” Powered by Acalvio’s breakthrough deception technology, HTDP incorporates design-, intent- and industry-specific knowledge into a seamless workflow to deploy effective deception across distributed enterprise OT networks. Using specially crafted deception elements, HTDP also helps detect ransomware and even zero-day variants with precision and speed. HTDP uses advanced analytics to confirm and investigate threats. “We’re excited to work with Honeywell to secure and keep building OT systems properly operating while also protecting the people and data throughout an organisation,” said Ram Varadarajan, Co-Founder and CEO, Acalvio Technologies. “Importantly, this technology is something that can benefit every building and facility – especially those that do not have teams of cyber experts. It requires no prior knowledge of attacker tactics and can be deployed without special training or modifications to existing OT environments.”   Media contact Rebecca Morpeth Spayne, Editor, Security Portfolio Tel: +44 (0) 1622 823 922 Email: editor@securitybuyer.com

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Keeper

Keeper Security launches Keeper Secrets Manager

Keeper Security, the provider of zero-trust and zero-knowledge cybersecurity software covering password management, dark web monitoring, digital file storage and messaging, announces the launch of Keeper Secrets Manager, a new cloud-based, zero knowledge solution for securing infrastructure secrets such as API keys, certificates, database passwords, access keys and any other type of confidential data. “Over 80% of successful data breaches involve compromised credentials, and to a cybercriminal, the most desirable credentials are the ones with full access to an organisation’s most sensitive data,” said Darren Guccione, CEO and Co-Founder of Keeper Security. “Yet these highly sensitive and privileged credentials are almost always hardcoded into source code, CI/CD systems or config files. Keeper Secrets Manager enables organisations to protect these ‘hidden’ credentials across all of its infrastructure.” Keeper Secrets Manager is fully-managed and 100% cloud-based, and it utilises a new patent-pending security architecture. Additionally, it leverages the same zero-knowledge security model as Keeper’s top-rated enterprise password management (EPM) platform. While competing secrets management solutions require customers to buy special hardware, install a proxy service or use a specific cloud services provider, Keeper Secrets Manager seamlessly integrates into nearly any data environment, without requiring additional hardware or cloud-hosted infrastructure. It offers out-of-the-box integrations with a wide variety of DevOps tools, including Github Actions, Kubernetes, Ansible and more. “Fast and seamless integration into organisations’ existing tech stacks is where Keeper Secrets Manager shines,” said Craig Lurey, CTO and Co-Founder of Keeper Security. “Organisations can get Keeper Secrets Manager up and running in about 20 minutes, which is less than the time it would take just to download competing solutions’ appliances. Keeper Secrets Manager is an elegant and secure solution for managing infrastructure secrets, without any added complexity, maintenance or security issues.” Keeper Secrets Manager is a natural extension of the Keeper Enterprise Password Management (EPM) platform. It is incorporated into the Keeper Web Vault, Desktop App and Admin Console, with integrations into Keeper’s Advanced Reporting and Alerts Module (ARAM), BreachWatch, Webhooks, SIEM integration and compliance tools. Keeper Security, is transforming the way organisations and individuals protect their passwords and sensitive digital assets to significantly reduce cybertheft and data breaches. Keeper is the leading provider of zero-trust and zero-knowledge security and encryption software covering enterprise password management, role-based access control, event tracking, dark web monitoring, secure file storage, secrets management and encrypted messaging.   Media contact Rebecca Morpeth Spayne, Editor, Security Portfolio Tel: +44 (0) 1622 823 922 Email: editor@securitybuyer.com

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Honeywell

Honeywell expands OT cybersecurity portfolio

Honeywell and Acalvio Technologies announced the launch of a new solution designed to detect known and unknown (zero-day) attacks across the operational technology (OT) environments in commercial buildings. Honeywell Threat Defense Platform (HTDP) powered by Acalvio employs sophisticated active defense – featuring autonomous deception tactics to outsmart attackers – and provides high fidelity threat detection. Honeywell’s technology features an approach recommended by governments and cybersecurity standard bodies because of its ability to detect and control attacks. Traditionally, building OT environments rely on prevention technology and passive detection such as perimeter security and network traffic analysis to secure systems. Yet, more than 1 in 4 (27%) surveyed facility managers experienced a cyber breach of their OT systems in the last 12 months, according to a recent survey conducted by Honeywell Building Technologies. Threat actors continue to target building systems with both targeted attacks and ransomware attacks. These attacks can go beyond accessing private customer data and may potentially impair the operations for critical organisations that keep society running such as utilities, data centers, hospitals and airports. HTDP uses deception tactics to confuse and mislead threats away from critical assets and devices, resulting in low false alerts and a high rate of detection. The solution leads threat actors to decoy assets, which appear to be valuable OT and IT devices; however, none of the devices are real and there is no access to the enterprise assets. The solution makes real, critical operational devices harder to find, slowing down adversaries and helping security teams capture them faster. “The quantity and complexity of cyberattacks unfortunately are increasing every day, reinforcing the need for building owners and operators to rigorously monitor, maintain and protect their OT environments,” said Mirel Sehic, Global Director of cybersecurity, Honeywell Building Technologies. “Incorporating Acalvio’s autonomous deception technology into our OT cybersecurity toolbelt provides a highly effective solution to help protect our customers’ buildings from increasingly sophisticated attacks.” Powered by Acalvio’s breakthrough deception technology, HTDP incorporates design-, intent- and industry-specific knowledge into a seamless workflow to deploy effective deception across distributed enterprise OT networks. Using specially crafted deception elements, HTDP also helps detect ransomware and even zero-day variants with precision and speed. HTDP uses advanced analytics to confirm and investigate threats. “We’re excited to work with Honeywell to secure and keep building OT systems properly operating while also protecting the people and data throughout an organisation,” said Ram Varadarajan, Co-Founder and CEO, Acalvio Technologies. “Importantly, this technology is something that can benefit every building and facility – especially those that do not have teams of cyber experts. It requires no prior knowledge of attacker tactics and can be deployed without special training or modifications to existing OT environments.”   Media contact Rebecca Morpeth Spayne, Editor, Security Portfolio Tel: +44 (0) 1622 823 922 Email: editor@securitybuyer.com

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Corero

Corero Network Security, ISP, OpenCape join forces

Corero Network Security, a provider of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) defense solutions, announces that they have won the 2021 SDC Awards’ Data Security Project of the Year in partnership with OpenCape, a not-for-profit internet service provider whose mission is to advance the quality of life by promoting access to broadband technology in Southeastern MA, Cape Cod & Islands and Rhode Island. The ability to provide an “Always on” service to their downstream customers is essential to OpenCape, so that they could be efficiently protected against DDoS attacks which represent a significant threat to their business. Corero is providing their Smartwall DDoS protection solution, enabling OpenCape to protect their critical infrastructure and their customers against the growing number of DDoS attacks. Before deploying the Smartwall solution, OpenCape had experienced attacks, resulting in several minutes of downtime for their customers. Now with SmartWall, more than 98% of the DDoS attacks are detected and mitigated automatically within seconds, eliminating the risk of downtime. Winning the SDC Data Security Project of the Year, Corero’s ability to provide deep packet inspection was a crucial differentiator for OpenCape. “Unlike other DDoS protection solutions, which rely on header-based 5-tuple flow information, SmartWall’s Deep Packet Inspection looks into every bit of the packet header, before it enters our network, plus the first 128-bytes of the payload at line rate, to deliver the most advanced DDoS attack detection, with surgical mitigation, to ensure legitimate traffic is not impacted by damaging false positives, or an increase in latency,” said Steve Johnston, CEO of OpenCape. “For our customers, the biggest benefit is they don’t have to do anything. For a minimal fee, they have peace of mind that we are protecting them from DDoS attacks.” “We are thrilled to have worked alongside OpenCape to provide them a comprehensive end to end solution that protects their downstream customers from DDoS attacks” commented Lionel Chmilewsky, CEO of Corero. “Responsible Service Providers like OpenCape play a critical role in delivering protected Internet service to their local and regional communities around the globe.” “Our experience working with Corero was seamless. Our top priority is our ability to respond to the concerns and needs of our customers, which range from cities and municipalities to large and small businesses and non-profit organisations,” said Johnston. “Our collaboration with Corero not only made that possible, but it was cost effective, and our downstream customers have benefited significantly from the offering.” Media contact Rebecca Morpeth Spayne, Editor, Security Portfolio Tel: +44 (0) 1622 823 922 Email: editor@securitybuyer.com

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