Government Security News 2016 Digital Yearbook

2016
GSN 2016 DIGITAL YEARBOOK OF HOMELAND SECURITY AWARDS RECIPIENTS
Vendors of IT and Cybersecurity Products and Solutions
Wombat Security Technologies
2016 Winner
Awards Category:
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Best Email Security and Integrity Solution
Reason this entry deserves to win:
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Solution: PhishAlarm Analyzer (software companion
to PhishAlarm, an email analysis tool developed by
Wombat Security Technologies)
Launched in February 2016 and generally available
since July, PhishAlarm Analyzer is a software-based
phishing threat analysis tool that uses machine learning
to identify and prioritize reported phishing emails for
incident response teams. It is a companion to Wombat’s
PhishAlarm email reporting button, which is a component
of the company’s ThreatSim simulated phishing
assessment tool.
One of the main advantages of this tool is the ability
to apply machine learning techniques to identify
potential threats and prioritize reported messages
accordingly. Its rapid identification and categorization
of suspicious messages allows info security officers and
security response teams to isolate and address phishing
emails that have slipped past email filters, including
zero-hour attacks. Another advantage of the tool is the
ability to scan each reported email and establish risk levels
based on data gathered from real-world phishing and
spear phishing attacks. In contrast, competing solutions
of this type only consider an end users’ ‘trustworthiness’
and ‘accuracy’ in identifying threats, an approach
that negatively impacts the reliability of results given it
can take months or even years to precisely judge users’
reporting abilities.
PhishAlarm Analyzer helps businesses educate their
employees on best security practices. Key benefits
include rapid scanning, consolidation of email notifications,
multiple implementation options, easy-to-use
references, and targeted routing of reports. PhishAlarm
Analyzer does more than just rank emails and alert response
teams. It also provides an HTML research report
with each categorized message, alerting designated staff
to the sources of the IOCs that are present in the email.
This saves considerable time and effort, and allows security
teams to more effectively manage their resources
and target the most credible and imminent threats
within their email systems.
PhishAlarm Analyzer is a prime example of the advantages
of Wombat’s unique Continuous Training Methodology
allowing infosec officers and security response
teams to isolate and address phishing emails that have
slipped past email filters or unaware end users, including
zero-hour attacks.
Link to Web Page of Nominated Organization:
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https://www.wombatsecurity.com/
Link to additional information:
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Overview of the product (Blog Post):
https://info.wombatsecurity.com/blog/phishalarmanalyzer-prioritizes-reported-emails-for-faster-remediation
https://www.wombatsecurity.com/security-education/phishalarm-and-analyzer
Nominating contact for this entry:
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Dasha (Daria) Ivanova, Account Coordinator
SHIFT Communications
office: 512-792-2543
cell: 713-705-0158
Nominating organization address:
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SHIFT Communications
200 E 6th Street, #202
Austin, TX 78701
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