WATERLOO, Ontario, Feb. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- BlackBerry
Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) today announced new product
enhancements to the endpoint protection platform (EPP) and endpoint
detection and response (EDR) pillars of its BlackBerry Spark®
platform. Key features include single-agent deployment, custom
role-based access controls and accelerated incident
investigation with the release of CylanceOPTICS® v2.4.
BlackBerry helps to proactively reduce risk from cybersecurity
threats with a unified endpoint security (UES) layer that
can work with BlackBerry® UEM to deliver zero trust security.
The lightweight, single-agent deployment is managed from a central
management console, allowing organizations to easily deploy both
EPP capabilities with CylancePROTECT® and EDR capabilities with
CylanceOPTICS, maximizing the results of their security
investment.
"The addition of custom role-based access controls to
BlackBerry's endpoint protection offering reduces risk by
granularly defining and enforcing administrative permissions based
on roles within an organization," said Michael Suby, Research Vice President, Security
and Trust Products at IDC. "Security teams will appreciate the
ability to limit each user to only the features needed to perform
their business functions."
CylanceOPTICS extends the threat prevention delivered
with CylancePROTECT by using AI to identify and prevent
widespread security incidents. BlackBerry customers now
benefit from increased search parameter flexibility, alignment
with the MITRE ATT&CK Framework, and expanded automated
response via CAE rules.
To protect from the fallout of a widespread incident, businesses
need the ability and agility to investigate and respond to an
attack with speed and certainty. CylanceOPTICS v2.4 introduces
several new product enhancements to provide faster incident
response:
- Improved Registry Introspection
- DNS Visibility
- Windows Logon Event Visibility
- RFC1918 Address Space Visibility
- Enhanced WMI introspection via Windows API
- Enhance PowerShell introspection via Windows API
"BlackBerry's AI-driven threat detection provides comprehensive
attack surface protection, even against unknown malware," said
Dominic Grillo, President at Atrion.
"With the lightweight single agent we are able to automate detect
and respond capabilities, and drive consistent levels of
security throughout the organization."
Further, BlackBerry will introduce additional enhancements to
extend the value of its endpoint protection solution,
including:
- Feature and functionality parity of CylanceOPTICS for Windows®
and Mac® with several popular Linux operating system versions
including RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS and SUSE.
- Partial Device Lockdown to quickly isolate an infected or
potentially infected device to stop command and control (C2)
activity, exfiltration of data, or lateral movement of malware. The
lockdown feature gives administrators time to investigate the
device or physically remove the device from the network while
maintaining connectivity to business-critical systems and
processes.
- Remote Response, which streamlines system information and
actions from within the Cylance® Console by providing an interface
for users to intuitively and interactively execute scripts and run
'traditional' or 'native' commands. Users can quickly triage a
system and see the results of those commands in near-real-time in
the Cylance Console without ever needing to navigate away to view
returned data.
"BlackBerry simplifies endpoint security management with a
lightweight machine learning model and improved user interface,"
said Hector Lorenzana, Director of
Security Engineering at Trace3. "Trace3 is excited about the
upcoming Linux® for CylanceOPTICS agent, which will
extend prevention-based EDR capabilities across customer
datacenters and critical business systems."
"Prevention-first security can significantly reduce the number
of alerts generated by the security stack, decreasing the burden
and frustration associated with perpetual alert investigations that
lead nowhere," said Thomas Pace,
Vice President, Global Enterprise Solutions at BlackBerry Cylance.
"With CylancePROTECT preventing malware, malicious scripts, rogue
applications and fileless attacks from harming the business,
CylanceOPTICS provides the AI-powered EDR capabilities required to
keep data and businesses secure."
For more information on BlackBerry Spark, please visit:
www.blackberry.com/spark.
About BlackBerry
BlackBerry (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB)
provides intelligent security software and services to enterprises
and governments around the world. The company secures more
than 500M endpoints including
150M cars on the road today. Based in
Waterloo, Ontario, the company
leverages AI and machine learning to deliver innovative solutions
in the areas of cybersecurity, safety and data privacy solutions,
and is a leader in the areas of endpoint security management,
encryption, and embedded systems. BlackBerry's vision is clear
- to secure a connected future you can trust.
BlackBerry. Intelligent Security.
Everywhere.
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