A10 Networks and Cylance Join Forces to Secure Networks from Perimeter to Data Center with OEM Agreement
Technology Partnership to Deliver Advanced Threat Detection and Mitigation Solutions for Encrypted Traffic
LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwired - August 04, 2016) - A10 Networks (ATEN) and Cylance® today announced a technology partnership designed to enhance cybersecurity for individual endpoints and users from the data center to the cloud by incorporating cutting-edge advanced threat protection for encrypted traffic.
As a result of this OEM agreement between the two companies, announced at the Black Hat USA 2016 event in Las Vegas, the Cylance anti-malware engine will be embedded into A10 Networks' SSL Insight and Thunder Convergent Firewall (CFW).
The partnership's significance is marked by customers challenged in securing their networks due to malicious attacks hiding within encrypted web and email traffic -- traffic that traditional security methods do not properly address. Newer security technologies, such as detonation of executable files, are effective for deep analysis but are not optimized for rapid block/allow decisions in network use cases. Additionally, the proliferation of dynamic content and unknown threats have also made traditional signature-based antivirus nearly obsolete and of little value.
This OEM agreement incorporates technology from A10 Networks, a leader in application networking and security, and Cylance®, a company that is revolutionizing cybersecurity through the use of artificial intelligence to proactively neutralize advanced persistent threats and malware. The agreement will also expand A10 Networks' security solution capabilities, enhancing security for endpoints and network services by offering an additional layer of protection in the network to predict and prevent malware and advanced threats with artificial intelligence-based file classification.
The combined A10 Networks and Cylance solution aims to fill the security gap by bringing together the best of secure application network technology with proactive prevention and detection of advanced persistent threats and malware. CylancePROTECT is an ideal complement for A10 Networks' Thunder SSLi and CFW solutions, which offer very high-speed SSL decryption for end-user traffic, protection against malware even when encrypted and protection for incoming and outgoing email traffic.
"For more than a decade, A10 Networks has engineered our products to deliver secure, agile application networking technologies," said Gunter Reiss, vice president, strategic alliances, A10 Networks. "Cylance's novel next-gen AV will augment the innovative A10 Thunder SSLi and Thunder CFW solutions to offer increased security for governments, gaming companies, healthcare providers, financial institutions and other markets facing critical security threats."
"With A10 Networks and Cylance as technology partners, customers can take advantage of next-generation anti-malware threat prevention at both the endpoint and the perimeter," said Joel Bauman, vice president of corporate and business development at Cylance. "Cylance is pleased to partner with A10 Networks to provide a solution that not only delivers cutting-edge anti-malware capability through predictive artificial intelligence, but also acts to complement and optimize A10 customers' existing investments in other security tools and processes."
Expected to be available in early 2017, the integrated solution will be available as a subscription service to A10 customers and will offer:
Scalable line rate advanced threat processing
Predictive static file analysis using machine learning
Effective versus known and unknown/zero day threats
No signatures
Triage to existing security stack
Force multiplier to existing security stack
Prune known good and known bad files with high confidence
Pass the suspicious files for other components for detailed extraction and detonation analysis
Reduced infrastructure and operational costs by:
Decrypting SSL traffic at a very high rate and low cost
Pre-filter known good and known bad files and reduce load on the security stack
Right-sizing security stack to focus on deeper inspection of only "suspicious files"
Cylance was recognized as a Visionary in the 2016 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms. Gartner called Cylance one of the fastest growing companies in the history of cybersecurity, its rapid growth due to their ability to secure every endpoint from advanced persistent threats and malware.
A10's solutions enable enterprises, service providers, Web giants and government organizations to accelerate, secure and optimize the performance of their data center applications and networks.
Resources
A10 Blog: A10 Networks, Cylance Partner to Integrate Real-Time Cybersecurity to Defeat Encrypted Attacks --http://bit.ly/2ajxEyE
About A10 Networks
A10 Networks (ATEN) is a leader in application networking and security, providing a range of high-performance application networking solutions that help organizations ensure that their data center applications and networks remain highly available, accelerated and secure. Founded in 2004, A10 Networks is based in San Jose, Calif., and serves customers globally with offices worldwide. For more information, visit: www.a10networks.com.
About Cylance® Inc.
Cylance is the only company to offer a preventive cybersecurity solution that stops advanced threats and malware at the most vulnerable point: the endpoint. Applying a revolutionary artificial intelligence approach, the Cylance endpoint security solution, CylancePROTECT®, analyzes the DNA of code prior to its execution on the endpoint to find and prevent threats others can't, while using a fraction of the system resources associated with endpoint antivirus and detect and respond solutions that are deployed in enterprises today. For more information visit: www.cylance.com
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