Texas Teams Up with FireEye to Tackle Ransomware
September 17 2020 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
FireEye and Mandiant to support the State of
Texas in its efforts to combat evolving cyber threats
FireEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: FEYE), the intelligence-led security
company, today announced that it is working with the Texas
Department of Information Resources (DIR) through Carahsoft, Inc.’s
DIR contract DIR-TSO-4288 and DIR’s Bulk Purchase Agreement
#BP2020-028, to offer cyber security defenses to Texas public
sector agencies.
While ransomware victims span nearly every geographical region
and industry, attacks on state and local municipalities have become
especially pervasive. This is likely due to the fact that threat
actors know the disruptive and destructive impact that these
targeted ransomware incidents can have on critical operations of
these high-availability organizations.
DIR facilitates contracts for state and local government
entities, putting master contracts in place for technology products
and services at discounted prices. Through the end of 2020,
FireEye® security products and Mandiant® Solutions services are
available to all Texas agencies, county governments, cities and
school districts through DIR’s Bulk Purchase Initiative for
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions, located at:
https://dir.texas.gov/View-Contracts-And-Services/Pages/Content.aspx?id=39.
Available FireEye products and services through the EDR
include:
- FireEye Network Security, FireEye Email Security
and FireEye Endpoint Security to safeguard critical computer
systems
- FireEye Helix™ security operations platform
allowing organizations to take control of incidents from alert to
fix
- Mandiant Managed Defense and Mandiant Threat
Intelligence to inform on attacker behaviors and help influence
the taking of decisive action
- Mandiant Expertise On Demand for access to a wide range
of Mandiant security skills, experience and knowledge to augment
security teams with the help they need, when they need it
- Mandiant Purple Team Assessments to evaluate a security
team’s ability to prevent, detect and respond to cyber attacks
through the most relevant, realistic scenarios to improve detection
response
“DIR has made resources available to the Texas public sector
market to effectively combat the evolving threat of ransomware, and
the need for these resources became even more apparent following
last August’s ransomware attack on multiple local governments
across Texas,” said Amanda Crawford, DIR Executive Director. “With
these contracts for robust cyber security tools and services, we’re
enabling Texas government entities to efficiently strengthen their
ransomware defenses.”
“Mandiant ransomware investigations have skyrocketed in recent
years,” said Pat Sheridan, Senior Vice President of Sales, Americas
at FireEye. “We’ve also seen threat actors accelerating their use
of new and destructive tactics to increase the likelihood of ransom
payment. From big cities to small towns, no government is immune to
ransomware. When organizations can detect and remediate the initial
compromise quickly, it is possible to avoid the significant damage
and cost of a ransomware infection. We applaud DIR for paving a
clear path forward for its local agencies.”
Resources
FireEye remains committed to helping government leaders stay
informed on today’s cyber threats. Learn more about protecting
important assets from ransomware attacks, and what can be done in
the event of experiencing one by registering for this September 29
webinar:
https://carahevents.carahsoft.com/Event/Details/180665-FE
More on ransomware protection can also be found in the following
blog post:
https://www.fireeye.com/blog/products-and-services/2020/09/ransomware-recon-before-the-breach.html
For additional details on FireEye products and Mandiant
services, please visit https://www.fireeye.com/products.html and
https://www.fireeye.com/mandiant.html
Additional Texas Department of Information Resources EDR bulk
purchase agreement information can be found at
https://dir.texas.gov/View-Contracts-And-Services/Pages/Content.aspx?id=39
About FireEye, Inc.
FireEye is the intelligence-led security company. Working as a
seamless, scalable extension of customer security operations,
FireEye offers a single platform that blends innovative security
technologies, nation-state grade threat intelligence, and
world-renowned Mandiant consulting. With this approach, FireEye
eliminates the complexity and burden of cyber security for
organizations struggling to prepare for, prevent, and respond to
cyber attacks. FireEye has over 9,300 customers across 103
countries, including more than 50 percent of the Forbes Global
2000.
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