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Respond Software Named a Gartner 2018 Cool Vendor in Security Operations and Vulnerability Management
[May 15, 2018]

Respond Software Named a Gartner 2018 Cool Vendor in Security Operations and Vulnerability Management


Respond Software, a leader in the emerging field of Autonomous Security, announces its selection as one of industry-analyst Gartner's (News - Alert) Cool Vendors in the Cool Vendors in Security Operations and Vulnerability Management report.

In the report, Gartner states that "Security and risk management leaders responsible for security operations and vulnerability management seek to improve the visibility they have into the state of the IT environment and to monitor the activities there. Both of these areas present challenge. The products presented in this research address those challenges by helping security teams prioritize vulnerabilities, and identify and respond to security events that represent risk."

Respond Software offers the Respond Analyst™, the first security operations expert system to automate the monitoring and analysis tasks performed by front-line security analysts, emulating the judgment and reasoning of xpert security professionals with speed, scale and consistency unmatched by today's manual processes. Customer using Respond Analyst save significant time and money while improving their ability to respond to important incidents. Respond Analyst comes out-of-the-box with pre-built expertise for rapid and easy deployment and continues to learn from a customer's environment over time.



"We believe recognition as a 2018 Gartner Cool Vendor in security operations and vulnerability management validates the emerging era of autonomous security," states Mike Armistead, co-founder and CEO, Respond Software. "Companies large and small need automation to handle the onslaught of security-related data while dealing with a shortage of personnel who are skilled at determining what security incidents need attention and which don't. Respond Analyst tackles security-important, but people-challenging areas so security team members can expand what they cover or turn their attention to security activities needing human ingenuity and intuition."

The Respond Analyst is currently on the job augmenting security operations teams at large and small companies in the Energy, Financial Services, and Retail industries.


Gartner, "Cool Vendors in Security Operations and Vulnerability Management," Kelly M. Kavanagh, Anton Chuvakin, et al., 3 May 2018.

Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Respond Software

Respond Software redefines Security Operations by enabling expert analyst capability and capacity at dramatically lower cost. The Respond Analyst, driven by its patent-pending Probabilistic Graphical Optimization (PGO)™ technology, emulates the decision-making of an expert security analyst, effectively becoming a SOC team member that specializes in high-volume, low signal or time-consuming use cases while it learns, adapts and maintains an organization's tribal knowledge 24x7x365. Respond Software was founded in 2016 and is based in Silicon Valley. Its security and enterprise software veteran team, world-class investors, and customer base are building technology for security operations of the future.


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