VMworld - SecureWorks Corp. (NASDAQ: SCWX), a leading
global cybersecurity company that keeps organizations safe in a
digitally connected world, is developing a new managed solution
that leverages VMware AppDefense TM technology to protect
applications running on VMware vSphere®-based virtualized and cloud
environments.
The new service will be part of the SecureWorks Cloud Guardian
TM portfolio and will deliver security detection, validation and
response capabilities across a client’s virtual environment. This
solution will leverage SecureWorks’ global Threat Intelligence, and
will enable organizations to hand off the challenge of developing,
tuning and enforcing the security policies that protect their
virtual environments to a team of experts with nearly two decades
of experience in cyber security.
AppDefense will further enhance the SecureWorks’ machine
learning horsepower. AppDefense uses the vSphere hypervisor to
monitor provisioning events and learn about the normal behavior of
an application. With this authoritative knowledge of the
application’s intended state, AppDefense will monitor the
application in real-time to check for deviations from a baseline
policy, which may indicate a security threat. Leveraging AppDefense
will allow clients to apply policies that enforce a ‘least
privilege’ security model, and SecureWorks’ Counter Threat Platform
TM (CTP) will identify the criticality of any deviations from the
intended application behavior and help stop abnormal behavior that
could disrupt data center operations.
“SecureWorks’ new solution leveraging AppDefense will bring the
power of our CTP to clients to enable faster detection and response
to security events across virtualized environments,” said Matt
Eberhart, vice president of global product management at
SecureWorks. “AppDefense will enable SecureWorks to orchestrate
security policy, detection, and response quickly to stay ahead of
threat actors and will empower IT and business teams to meet their
goals while feeling confident in their security defenses.”
This new solution will deliver the security transformation
organizations need to compete in the digitally connected
world. Leveraging AppDefense, SecureWorks is able to properly
respond to a threat, whether that be blocking malicious behavior,
quarantining the application or taking a snapshot of the virtual
machine. In addition, the technology’s runtime learning and
behavioral modeling capabilities make tuning policies smarter and
more efficient over time.
When AppDefense detects suspicious behavior, the CTP will
perform additional investigation and then send security events of
interest to one of SecureWorks’ global Security Operations Centers.
The CTP combines machine learning and analytics capabilities with
up-to-the-minute threat intelligence and is backed by the expertise
and insight of the company’s Counter Threat Unit TM (CTU) research
team. Together, this mix of human and machine intelligence will
enable organizations to effectively detect, validate, contain and
eradicate the cyber-threats facing them today.
“We are excited to be working with SecureWorks, such an
experienced security provider with extensive knowledge of the
threat landscape,” said Tom Corn, senior vice president, Security
Products, VMware. “Bringing together SecureWorks’ solution and
VMware AppDefense will deliver a new level of protection for
critical applications. The ability to lock down applications,
combined with richer context for investigations and automated
response mechanisms, will shrink the attack surface and reduce the
time to respond.”
AppDefense requires VMware vSphere® 6.5 or higher. The
SecureWorks solution is slated to be available in fiscal year
2018.
About SecureWorks
SecureWorks® (NASDAQ: SCWX) is a leading global cybersecurity
company that keeps organizations safe in a digitally connected
world. We combine visibility from thousands of clients, artificial
intelligence and automation from our industry-leading SecureWorks
Counter Threat Platform™, and actionable insights from our team of
elite researchers and analysts to create a powerful network effect
that provides increasingly strong protection for our clients. By
aggregating and analyzing data from any source, anywhere, we
prevent security breaches, detect malicious activity in real time,
respond rapidly, and predict emerging threats. We offer our clients
a cyber-defense that is Collectively Smarter. Exponentially Safer.™
www.secureworks.com
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
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of the date of this press release.
Actual results and events in future periods may differ
materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking
statements because of risks, uncertainties and other factors,
including those relating to: SecureWorks’ ability to achieve or
maintain profitability; SecureWorks’ ability to enhance its
existing solutions and technologies and to develop or acquire new
solutions and technologies; the rapidly evolving market in which
SecureWorks operates; SecureWorks’ reliance on personnel with
extensive information security expertise; fluctuations in
SecureWorks’ quarterly results and other operating measures;
intense competition in SecureWorks’ markets; SecureWorks’ ability
to attract new clients, retain existing clients and increase its
annual contract values; SecureWorks’ reliance on its largest client
and on clients in the financial services industry; SecureWorks’
ability to manage its growth effectively; SecureWorks’ ability to
maintain high-quality client service and support functions;
SecureWorks’ service level agreements with clients requiring
credits for service failures or inadequacies; SecureWorks’ ability
to continue expansion of its sales force; SecureWorks’ long and
unpredictable sales cycles; risks associated with SecureWorks’
international sales and operations; SecureWorks’ ability to expand
its key distribution relationships; SecureWorks’ technology
alliance partnerships; real or perceived defects, errors or
vulnerabilities in SecureWorks’ solutions or the failure of its
solutions to prevent a security breach; the ability of SecureWorks’
solutions to interoperate with its clients’ IT infrastructure;
SecureWorks’ ability to use third-party technologies; the effect of
evolving information security and data privacy laws and regulations
on SecureWorks’ business; SecureWorks’ ability to maintain and
enhance its brand; risks associated with SecureWorks’ acquisition
of other businesses; SecureWorks’ recognition of revenue ratably
over the terms of its managed security and threat intelligence
contracts; the effect of timing differences between the expensing
of sales commissions paid to SecureWorks’ strategic and
distribution partners and the recognition of associated revenues;
estimates or judgments relating to SecureWorks’ critical accounting
policies; SecureWorks’ exposure to fluctuations in currency
exchange rates; the effect of governmental export or import
controls on SecureWorks’ business; SecureWorks’ compliance with the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and similar laws; SecureWorks’
ability to maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures;
the effect of natural disasters and other catastrophic events on
SecureWorks’ ability to serve its clients; SecureWorks’ reliance on
patents to protect its intellectual property rights; SecureWorks’
ability to protect, maintain or enforce its non-patented
intellectual property rights and proprietary information; claims by
third parties of infringement of their proprietary technology by
SecureWorks; SecureWorks’ use of open source technology; and risks
related to SecureWorks’ relationship with Dell Technologies Inc.
and Dell Inc. and control of SecureWorks by Dell Technologies
Inc.
This list of risks, uncertainties and other factors is not
complete. SecureWorks discusses these matters more fully, as well
as certain risk factors that could affect SecureWorks’ business,
financial condition, results of operations and prospects, under the
caption “Risk Factors” in SecureWorks’ annual report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended February 3, 2017, as well as in
SecureWorks’ other SEC filings, including SecureWorks’ quarterly
report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal first quarter ended May 5, 2017.
Any or all forward-looking statements SecureWorks makes may turn
out to be wrong and can be affected by inaccurate assumptions
SecureWorks might make or by known or unknown risks, uncertainties
and other factors, including those identified in this press
release. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on the
forward-looking statements made in this press release, which speak
only as of its date. SecureWorks does not undertake to update, and
expressly disclaims any obligation to update, any of its
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of circumstances or
events that arise after the date the statements are made, new
information or otherwise.
VMware, AppDefense, and vSphere are registered trademarks or
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