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Acalvio Introduces ShadowPlex™ Distributed Deception PlatformSANTA CLARA, Calif., April 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Acalvio™ Technologies, an innovator in Advanced Threat Defense, today announced the immediate availability of ShadowPlex™, a comprehensive, distributed deception platform which provides early, accurate and cost-effective detection of breaches and insider threats. ShadowPlex is built on Acalvio's patented Deception 2.0 technology, representing a fundamental architectural advancement that delivers scale, automation and authenticity with low IT impact. ShadowPlex is designed for flexible deployment on premises, private clouds and public clouds. The platform has pre-built integration with major security information event management (SIEM) systems for delivering comprehensive threat intelligence. "With its patented Deception 2.0 technology, ShadowPlex supports organizations in and from the cloud to quickly and easily deliver high fidelity, cost effective and early detection of malicious activity," said Ram Varadarajan, CEO of Acalvio. "Leveraging our Deception 2.0 technology makes it simple to protect on-premises and cloud assets with an additional layer of defense. Deception 1.0 solutions established detection efficacy, but they were rather cumbersome and expensive for enterprise scale deployment. Deception 2.0 represents a fundamental architectural advancement. Through a unique combination of deception, data science and cloud technology, ShadowPlex fundamentally advances the Advanced Threat Detection industry." The market for deception technology is projected to reach $2.12 billion globally by the end of 2021, according to Research and Markets' Global Deception Technology Market report. This demonstrates the need for deception security technology across organizations. Specific ShadowPlex benefits include:
"Combating threat actors in a timely manner, with precision remains a very high priority for us. Consequently, deployment of deception-based Advanced Threat Defense is a strategic imperative," said Golan Ben-Oni, CIO at IDT Corporation. "ShadowPlex represents a very significant architectural advancement in the deception marketplace. Variable interaction deceptions, combined with its cloud deployment options, makes for greater efficacy and cost effectiveness. We are very pleased to partner with an innovator like Acalvio on ShadowPlex, a best-in-class distributed deception platform." "As the attack surface rapidly evolves, and threats become increasingly complex, it is important that customers can extend analytics-driven decisions across a multi-vendor security technology stack," said Haiyan Song, senior vice president of security markets, Splunk. "Through integration with Adaptive Response in Splunk® Enterprise Security, customers can leverage insight from multi-vendor security technologies within Splunk to dynamically deploy ShadowPlex distributed deception to increase the fidelity of detecting malicious activity." ShadowPlex is the next generation deception solution in the industry. It alleviates inherent structural limitations of Deception 1.0 solutions and represents a quantum leap in architecture and innovation. The solution delivers improved detection efficacy, flexible, cost-effective and improved threat intelligence. For more information on Acalvio and ShadowPlex, please visit http://acalvio.com/ and follow the company on Twitter at @AcalvioTech and on LinkedIn. About Acalvio PR Contact: To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/acalvio-introduces-shadowplex-distributed-deception-platform-300441722.html SOURCE Acalvio Technologies |