HP to create United Defense against Cyberattacks

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

 

In order to combat advanced cyber threats, HP(NYSE:HPQ) has announced HP Threat Central, a community-sourced security intelligence platform that will enable automated, real-time collaboration between organizations.  

Developed with HP Labs, the company’s central research arm, HP Threat Central, is a collaborative security intelligence platform for community members to share threat data, analysis and mitigations in order to disrupt the adversary faster and prevent successful attacks.

“Adversaries today organize around an underground marketplace for sharing resources and techniques to mount increasingly advanced attacks that cause extensive damage to organizations around the globe. To combat collaborative attackers, enterprises must join together by sharing targeted intelligence confidentially and in real time to create a unified industry defense,” said Ranndeep Singh Chonker, Country Manager, HP Enterprise Security Products, India.

Currently being piloted with a qualified group of HP ArcSight customers, the platform will provide participants with real-time intelligence on the attack vectors, methods, motivations and specific adversaries behind the threats they face. For example, the banking industry often falls prey to a domino attack where one organization is hit with an attack that is later used against its peers until many have been breached. With HP Threat Central, once a threat is identified, authorized community members are alerted in real time, enabling them to look for similar indicators within their own organizations to get ahead of the adversary.......See More