Security professionals have long dismissed security by obscurity or attempts to hide information from hackers. In such schemes, hackers will sniff through the decoys and find the real assets. A new class of security technology – distributed deception – may change that thinking. Distributed deception...
By: Carolyn Crandall, Chief Deception Officer/CMO From Sun Tzu to George Washington, some of the greatest military strategists in history have lived by the philosophy that “the best defense is a good offense,” and the proverb also rings true when it comes to IT...
Attivo Networks announced today that it has received two 2018 InfoSec Awards from Cyber Defense Magazine. The company was named Most Innovative in the Deception Based Security category and received a Best Product Award in the Insider Threat Detection category. Winners will be honored at the...
There is widespread industry discussion and debate about the current Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act (ACDC), introduced to Congress in March of 2017, that would allow companies the right to hack back after a “persistent unauthorized intrusion.” This bill has become increasingly relevant in the...
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Tony Cole, CTO of cybersecurity firm Attivo Networks, told CyberScoop that the attacks on Cisco switches showed that organizations are still slow to detect advanced hackers that have breached their networks. “Today’s preventative-focused security infrastructure is and will continue to be somewhat inept at stopping...
"The biggest threat posed by cyber-criminals today is their ability to remain undetected in the network for months, once they have bypassed perimeter defences," he said. "New technologies and approaches like deception-based threat detection will be one of the techniques and investments that organisations will...
By: Tony Cole Earlier this month I joined Attivo Networks and a lot of friends and colleagues asked me, “Why move from a large public cybersecurity company to a startup?” The answer is pretty simple, because the technology actually works and closes a gap not...
Attivo Networks®, the leader in deception solutions for cybersecurity defense, has received recognition from Tech Tribune as one of the inaugural winners of the Top Ten Best Tech Startups in Fremont. To select the winners, the Tech Tribune staff identified the top startups in Fremont...
By: Carolyn Crandall The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is expected to radically change the global data usage and protection landscape when it becomes effective on May 25th. This European legal framework will hold any organization collecting, controlling or processing EU personal data accountable to...