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Webroot Introduces Expanded Threat Intelligence Solution for Splunk
[June 08, 2015]

Webroot Introduces Expanded Threat Intelligence Solution for Splunk


BROOMFIELD, Colo., June 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Webroot, the market leader in intelligent cybersecurity for endpoints and collective threat intelligence, today announced the expansion of its BrightCloud Threat Intelligence for Splunk product family with the introduction of the Webroot BrightCloud Threat Intelligence Add-on for Splunk. The new solution integrates the industry-leading Webroot BrightCloud IP Reputation Service into Splunk Enterprise or Splunk App for Enterprise Security, enabling enterprises to more quickly detect connections to malicious IP addresses within their IT infrastructure. With BrightCloud threat intelligence, Splunk alerts of suspicious activities as they happen and provides detailed contextual information on each malicious IP so incident response teams can quickly investigate and remediate threats before they lead to costly data theft.

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According to the Webroot 2015 Threat Brief, over 85,000 IP addresses are reclassified from benign to malicious every day. This reinforces the importance of using real-time IP threat intelligence to effectively detect and alert of malicious IPs. With Webroot's dynamic list of known malicious IP addresses, which contains approximately 12 million IPs at any given time, the BrightCloud Threat Intelligence Add-on for Splunk enables enterprises to correlate network traffic and IP reputation data in their Splunk Enterprise or Splunk App for Enterprise Security environment to identify suspicious inbound and outbound IP connections.

"Because attackers change hosts and IP addresses frequently, enterprises can struggle to determine which new IP address activity indicates threats to their organizaton," said Mike Malloy, executive vice president of products and strategy at Webroot. "With Webroot BrightCloud Threat Intelligence Add-on for Splunk, enterprises can augment threat data in their existing security response solution with Webroot's big data analytics and automated machine learning to rapidly identify potentially dangerous incoming or outbound IP traffic, minimizing the window of opportunity for attackers."



Webroot Presents New Service at Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit

Webroot will demonstrate BrightCloud Threat Intelligence Services and BrightCloud Threat Intelligence for Splunk at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit on June 8-11, 2015 in National Harbor, Maryland, booth #717. Additionally, Webroot will be hosting a number of speaking sessions at the conference, including:


  • The 5 Must-Haves in a Next-Gen Endpoint Security Solution – On Tuesday, June 9 at 9:15 a.m. in room Potomac 1, Webroot chief technology officer, Hal Lonas, will host a session on preventing endpoint infections, as well as discussing detection and prevention techniques, such as the ability to predict which unknown files/URLs/IPs are truly malicious.
  • Using Collective Threat Intelligence to Prevent Unknown Threats – On Wednesday, June 10 at 1:20 p.m. in Theater A, Prince George's Hall C, David Dufour, senior director of security architecture at Webroot, will explain how to use big data analytics and deep data correlation to better identify threats and prevent future occurrences.
  • Defeat Cyber Threats with Collective Threat Intelligence & Smarter Endpoint Security – Presented daily in the Chesapeake Boardrooms, Webroot chief technology officer, Hal Lonas, will discuss how organizations can implement best practices in endpoint security and threat intelligence to provide faster detection and more comprehensive protection of their organizational assets.

About Webroot
Webroot provides intelligent cybersecurity for endpoints that harnesses collective threat intelligence to protect the Internet of Everything. We protect consumers, businesses and technology providers from malware and other cyberattacks using a cloud-based threat intelligence network. Computers, tablets, smartphones and the Internet of Things can be protected by our award-winning suite of SecureAnywhere® and BrightCloud® products. Webroot protects over 30 million devices and is trusted by market-leading technology companies, including: Cisco, F5 Networks, HP, Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, and RSA. Webroot is headquartered in Colorado and operates globally across North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region. Discover smarter cybersecurity at www.webroot.com and www.brightcloud.com.

© 2015 Webroot Inc. All rights reserved. Webroot, SecureAnywhere, Webroot SecureAnywhere, and BrightCloud are trademarks or registered trademarks of Webroot Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.

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