I recently wrote about a the 60 Minutes special on cyber security, and how a former chief of national intelligence didn’t believe the U.S. is prepared for a sophisticated attack that could bring down a major power grid. Opinions varied about the special itself, but the one thing people shouldn’t overlook is that cyber threats are real and that the infrastructure that protects our power grids needs to be defended.
The spotlight on this need continued last week when President Obama issued a statement saying December was Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Month. Proclamations like these won’t change the world. Our systems won’t magically become secure, and most of the people responsible for these systems are already working hard to defend them.
That said, this proclamation adds to the increased awareness of the need for infrastructure protection against all attacks including cyber attacks. Continue reading this post…
Earlier today, GlobalSCAPE, Inc. (NYSE Amex: GSB) announced that it has entered into an investment term sheet with CoreTrace. Subject to definitive agreements, GlobalSCAPE will invest in CoreTrace in return for an equity position and a seat on the CoreTrace board of directors.
In the announcement, Jim Morris, president and CEO of GlobalSCAPE, explained part of his company’s interest in CoreTrace:
“Because malware has proliferated exponentially, traditional solutions are increasingly stressed beyond their ability to keep pace with the virus of the day. The CoreTrace whitelisting technology has tremendous potential, similar to the early days of the anti-virus market.” Continue reading this post…
November was a busy month for security stories. The month kicked off with more stories of massive security patches from both Microsoft and Apple leaving me to wonder when the patching madness will ever end. Windows 7 was found to have a flaw that allows denial of service attacks. Internet Explorer v7 (IE7) even made it into the news with the latest vulnerability, but I question efforts to patch an aging application, why not just upgrade or use Firefox? If they aren’t willing to upgrade, do people really think they will patch IE7?
Without further delay, here are the stories that caught my eye in November: Continue reading this post…
Patrick,
Congratulations to you and your entire team on being named the top provider in InfoWorld’s inaugural application whitelisting product review, just edging out second place finisher, CoreTrace. Roger Grimes did an excellent job of assessing each of the solutions. While we honestly believe that our BOUNCER solution is the better product (as you would expect), we wanted to congratulate you on your win this round.
We are very excited that the application whitelisting market is coming of age, and that all of the benefits are becoming well known and documented. Reviews like this one, combined with increasing customer adoption and Microsoft’s big push of AppLocker, are all clear evidence of this sea change.
Roger’s review reflects what we both know and are experiencing in competitive deals everyday: it is quickly becoming a two horse race between our two companies. This review is further evidence that any company considering Bit9 should look at CoreTrace, and vice versa.
We are looking forward to jointly growing the application whitelisting market with Bit9, and to competing aggressively with you going forward.
Congratulations again and good luck in the future,
Toney
Please join Paul Roberts, senior analyst of enterprise security at The 451 Group, for a completely new look at Application Whitelisting in his webinar entitled “What Are The Real Benefits of Application Whitelisting: Security, Operations, Compliance?”
The webinar, sponsored by CoreTrace, will be held on October 27th at 2:00 p.m. EDT/11:00 a.m. PDT. Continue reading this post…