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GSN 2016 DIGITAL YEARBOOK OF HOMELAND SECURITY AWARDS RECIPIENTS
2016
Vendors of IT and Cybersecurity Products and Solutions
illusive networks
2016 Winner
Awards Category:
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Best Endpoint Detection and Response Solution
Reason this entry deserves to win:
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illusive networks’ premise is that “you cannot keep applying
the same approach hoping for a different result”.
It tackles cyber security from a different angle - the
perspective of the attackers. Focusing on the actors of
the attack, rather than just their instruments, it exploits
their vulnerabilities, changing the asymmetry of cyber
warfare.
illusive networks pioneered a new type of defensedeception
based cybersecurity. Its patent pending
Deceptions Everywhere ® technology is a deception
management system (DMS) that neutralizes targeted
attacks and Advanced Persistent Threats (APT). It distributes,
monitors and continuously manages deceptions by
weaving a deceptive layer over the entire network. This
means that every endpoint, server and network component
is coated with deceptions. The moment an attacker
penetrates the network, they are in an ‘illusive’ world
where all the data is unreliable.
Alternative ‘Solutions’
Before Deceptions Everywhere, enterprises were
relying on honeypot vendors. Honeypots have a low
detection rate, high level of false positives, are easily
traceable, hard to deploy and complicated to maintain.
They look for malware, but build passive honeypots that
the attackers may or may not stumble upon.
Illusive’s deceptions change dynamically over time
and best fit the environment. Highly dynamic, scalable
and effective, illusive differs from its competitors:
• identifies and visualizes attack risks before the
attack takes place
• visualizes where deceptions are deployed across
the network
• visualizes incident alert location on a map which
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