SANTA CLARA, Calif.,
Feb. 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT), McAfee
Labs, Palo Alto Networks® (NYSE: PANW) and Symantec (NASDAQ:
SYMC), co-founders of the industry's first cyber threat alliance,
today announced that Barracuda Networks, Inc. (NYSE: CUDA),
ReversingLabs, Telefónica, and Zscaler have joined the Cyber Threat
Alliance in its efforts to make united progress in the fight
against sophisticated cyber adversaries.
The mission of the Cyber Threat Alliance is to drive a
coordinated industry effort against cyber adversaries through deep
collaboration on threat intelligence and sharing indicators of
compromise.
While past industry efforts have often been limited to the
exchange of malware samples, the Cyber Threat Alliance provides
more actionable threat intelligence from contributing members,
including information on zero-day vulnerabilities, botnet command
and control (C&C) server information, mobile threats, and
indicators of compromise (IoCs) related to advanced persistent
threats (APTs), as well as the commonly-shared malware samples. By
raising the industry's collective actionable intelligence, alliance
participants will be able to deliver greater security for
individual customers and organizations.
QUOTE:
- "We appreciate the charter of the Cyber Threat Alliance and
believe there should be closer collaboration across security
researchers, industry, education, and government. We look forward
to sharing critical data across threat vectors that can be
leveraged not only for delivering Total Threat Protection for our
customers but also toward benefiting the community as a whole."
– Stephen Pao, GM Security of
Barracuda, which provides cloud-connected security and storage
solutions that simplify IT
- "Telefónica firmly believes that the collaboration against
cybercrime with leading companies in the security practice will
lead us to a better cyber-resilience in the digital world. We are
excited about the opportunity to work with the CTA members. Our
internal capabilities together with our Cyber Security services
based on digital intelligence that Telefónica has been developing
for many years, will add value to this alliance and will boost CTA
member's knowledge for better collaborative protection."
– Pedro Pablo Pérez, CyberSecurity Director, Telefónica, which is
one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world.
- "Organizations combatting today's cyber threats require both
internal monitoring and external context to identify an adversary's
intentions and tactics. The Cyber Threat Alliance provides a
collaborative vehicle for sharing critical external information and
improving identification of advanced threats."
– Mario Vuksan, CEO of
ReversingLabs, which provides enterprises and security vendors a
foundation for protecting digital assets.
- "Today's security threats are more insidious and difficult to
thwart than ever and they are outpacing the ability of
organizations to protect themselves. The exchange of actionable
threat intelligence fostered by the Cyber Threat Alliance is a
critical step toward a new level of industry collaboration that
will result in greater security for vendors and clients alike."
– Michael Sutton, Vice President,
Security Research for Zscaler, which provides
a Security-as-a-Service platform delivering a safe and
productive Internet experience.
For more information on the Cyber Threat Alliance and its
members, or how to join, visit: www.cyberthreatalliance.org.
ABOUT FORTINET
Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) protects the
most valuable assets of some of the largest enterprise, service
provider and government organizations across the globe. The
company's fast, secure and global cyber security
solutions provide broad, high-performance protection against
dynamic security threats while simplifying the IT
infrastructure. They are strengthened by the industry's
highest level of threat research, intelligence and
analytics. Unlike pure-play network security
providers, Fortinet can solve organizations' most
important security challenges, whether in networked,
application or mobile environments - be
it virtualized/cloud or physical. More than 210,000
customers worldwide, including some of the largest and most complex
organizations, trust Fortinet to protect their brands. Learn more
at www.fortinet.com.
ABOUT MCAFEE LABS, PART OF
INTEL SECURITY
McAfee Labs is
the threat research division of Intel Security. Its team of
more than 400 researchers collects threat data from millions of
sensors across key threat vectors—file, web, message, and network.
It then performs cross-vector threat correlation analysis and
delivers real-time threat intelligence to tightly integrated McAfee
endpoint and network security products through its cloud-based
McAfee Global Threat Intelligence service. McAfee Labs also develops core threat detection
technologies—such as DeepSAFE, application profiling, and graylist
management—that are incorporated into the broadest security product
portfolio in the industry. The mission of Intel Security is to give
everyone the confidence to live and work safely and securely in the
digital world. www.intelsecurity.com.
Note: Intel, Intel Security, and McAfee are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries. Other
names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
ABOUT PALO ALTO
NETWORKS
Palo Alto Networks is leading a new era in
cybersecurity by protecting thousands of enterprise, government,
and service provider networks from cyber threats. Unlike
fragmented legacy products, our security platform safely enables
business operations and delivers protection based on what matters
most in today's dynamic computing environments: applications,
users, and content. Find out more at
www.paloaltonetworks.com.
Palo Alto Networks and the Palo Alto Networks Logo are
trademarks of Palo Alto Networks, Inc. in the United States and in jurisdictions
throughout the world. All other trademarks, trade names or service
marks used or mentioned herein belong to their respective
owners.
ABOUT SYMANTEC
Symantec Corporation is an information
protection expert that helps people, businesses and governments
seeking the freedom to unlock the opportunities technology brings
-- anytime, anywhere. Founded in April
1982, Symantec, a Fortune 500 company, operating one of the
largest global data-intelligence networks, has provided leading
security, backup and availability solutions for where vital
information is stored, accessed and shared. The company's more than
20,000 employees reside in more than 50 countries. Ninety-nine
percent of Fortune 500 companies are Symantec customers. In fiscal
2014, it recorded revenues of $6.7
billion. To learn more go to www.symantec.com or connect
with Symantec at: go.symantec.com/socialmedia.
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