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SAIC Selects Bromium to Enhance CyberSecurity Edge(TM)(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) CUPERTINO, CA and MCLEAN, VA -- (Marketwired) -- 10/09/14 -- Bromium®, Inc., the pioneer of a new model of endpoint security using micro-virtualization, and Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), a leading technology integrator for government and select commercial customers, today announced the addition of Bromium vSentry® and Live Attack Visualization Analysis (LAVA)™ to SAIC's CyberSecurity Edge™ solution. Now, SAIC's CyberSecurity Edge customers can deploy Bromium to improve end-user security and reduce operational costs. Bromium vSentry and LAVA use hardware-isolated micro-virtualization to enable unparalleled end-user protection and complete visibility into today's advanced cyberattacks. Bromium solution partners have been trained in the deployment, management and integration of Bromium vSentry and LAVA solutions to securely enable the productivity benefits of cloud computing, employee mobility and legacy JAVA dependencies. "The evolution of cyberattacks and advanced persistent threats are making traditional malware detection solutions less effective," said Charles Onstott, SAIC vice president for Cloud, Cyber and Data Science. "SAIC is excited to introduce our customers to Bromium, which isolates malware through micro-virtualization to provide proactive protection for all threats -- both known and unknown." As a Bromium customer, SAIC will deploy Bromium vSentry and LAVA internally as an enterprise-wide solution protecting SAIC employees. "Just like our customers, we want to protect our company from cyberattacks. Within SAIC, we will maximize the full potential of Bromium's solution to isolate external threats," said Bob Fecteau, SAIC chief information officer. "Bromium vSentry's isolation capabilities stops many advanced attacks from harming our company. The Bromium LAVA application will help us to better see and understand the threat and improve our response capabilities in the future." SAIC leverages deep domain expertise and customer relationships to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex government and commercial projects. SAIC's CyberSecurity Edge standardizes the complex process of discovering, fixing and managing an organization's cybersecurity needs and requirements. Customers benefit from optimized solutions that meet their security needs fast, effectively and in a cost-effective manner. "Organizations are challenged to secure complex information technology systems in light of increasingly sophisticated attacks and rich attack surfaces," said Kelly Collins, vice president, Public Sector, Bromium. "SAIC retains an abundance of information security expertise, which it manifests through its CyberSecurity Edge, making it a superior choice for organizations selecting a solution provider." About Bromium, Inc.Bromium is re-inventing enterprise security with its powerful new technology, micro-virtualization, which was designed to protect businesses from advanced malware, while simultaneously empowering users and delivering unmatched threat intelligence to IT. Unlike traditional security methods, which rely on complex and ineffective detection techniques, Bromium protects against malware from the Web, email or USB devices, by automatically isolating each user-task at the endpoint in a hardware-isolated micro-VM, preventing theft or damage to any enterprise resource. Bromium's technological innovations have earned the company numerous industry awards including being named as a CNBC Disruptor and a Gartner Cool Vendor for 2013. Bromium counts a rapidly growing set of Fortune 500 companies and government agencies as customers, including NYSE and BlackRock. www.bromium.com Follow Bromium on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bromium About SAICSAIC is a leading technology integrator providing full life-cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC's deep domain knowledge and customer relationships enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex government and commercial projects. SAIC's approximately 13,000 employees serve customers in the U.S. federal government, state/local, and global commercial markets, specializing in providing a broad range of higher-end, differentiated technical capabilities. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of about $4 billion. For more information, visit www.saic.com For ongoing news about SAIC, please visit our newsroom. Bromium Press Contact: Clinton Karr Sr. PR Manager - Bromium Email Contact (408) 514-5962 SAIC Press Contact: Lauren Darson Media Relations Specialist Email Contact (703) 676-8982 Source: Bromium |