Acalvio was named a Tech Innovator in Preemptive Cybersecurity in the Gartner® “Emerging Tech: Tech Innovators in Preemptive Cybersecurity1. 👉 Get your Complimentary Gartner Research Report - 🛡️ According to this report, “Emerging GenAI-driven threats are challenging traditional detection and response strategies. Preemptive cybersecurity technologies, like advanced deception and predictive threat intelligence, offer enriched insights that significantly enhance existing security controls and improve cyber defense capabilities.” 💡 Gartner says, "By 2030, preemptive cybersecurity technologies will be included in 75% of security solutions that are currently focused solely on detection and response. Product leaders must take advantage of emerging technologies in this space to seize business opportunities and capitalize on this imminent shift." The shift toward preemptive cybersecurity strategies is expected to accelerate due to several key factors: ✅ Cost-efficiency: The technology offers a cost-efficient solution. ✅ Proven effectiveness: Its success can be demonstrated and validated. ✅ Flexibility and scalability: Deployment patterns are adaptable to various needs. ✅ Reduced security burden: Adoption alleviates overall security management. ✅ Automated responses: Features like isolation/quarantine and reprovisioning are automated. ✅ Operational compatibility: Deployment can align with existing service and operational plans. ✅ Phased adoption: Implementation can occur gradually or in stages. ✅ Existing investment integration: Compatible with current security solutions, including detection, response and threat intelligence systems. 1 Gartner® Emerging Tech: Tech Innovators in Preemptive Cybersecurity, By Luis Castillo, Isy Bangurah, Published 8 January 2025. GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

If you’ll be at #WEST2025, January 28-30, be sure to stop by our booth in Carahsoft’s partner pavilion to explore our AI-powered Cyber Deception solutions transforming the defense and maritime industry. #CyberDeception #AdvancedThreatDefense #IdentityProtection #InsiderThreat #Ransomeware

What the New Executive Order on Cybersecurity Means for Deception Technology On January 16, 2025, President Biden signed a landmark executive order to strengthen and promote innovation in the nation’s cybersecurity landscape. While the directive addresses a broad range of critical cybersecurity issues, it also creates new opportunities for advanced solutions like deception technology to play a pivotal role in bolstering national cyber defense. Key Provisions of the Executive Order and Their Implications for Deception Technology ✅ Establishment of Minimum Cybersecurity Standards ✅ Increased Focus on Combating Ransomware ✅ Preparation for Quantum Computing Threats ✅ Emphasis on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Cyber Defense ✅ Strengthening Software Supply Chain Security ✅ Enhancing Identity and Credential Security 🔥 Why Deception Technology is Uniquely Positioned to Respond ✅ Confuse and delay attackers, reducing the likelihood of successful breaches. ✅ Provide organizations with early warnings and actionable intelligence on adversary tactics. ✅ Offer measurable improvements in meeting compliance requirements and standards set forth by the executive order. ✅ Serve as a cornerstone of preemptive defense strategies, identifying and neutralizing threats before they can escalate. ✅ Enhance identity security by safeguarding credentials and monitoring for unauthorized access attempts. #CyberDeception #ActiveDefense #IdentityProtection #InsiderThreat #Ransomware

🔥 Hot Off The Press 🔥 Acalvio Fall Newsletter: Deception in Focus This edition covers insights from our recent collaborations, research initiatives, and thought leadership in deception technology. ✅ Acalvio protects large enterprise from a malicious insider attack ✅ NSA emphasizes deception for Active Directory security ✅ Attackers are leveraging AI, driving a fundamental shift in the threat landscape ✅ Elevating endpoint security: why modern threats need defense beyond EDR

Outsmarting a Malicious Insider: A Deception-based Success Story ☣️ Privileged insider threats remain one of the hardest challenges for any organization to address. With their trusted access, insiders can bypass traditional security measures, stealing sensitive data or causing substantial harm. ✡️ In a recent real-world scenario, one organization faced a malicious insider attack that could have had disastrous consequences. In our latest blog, discover: ✅ The insider's goals and their tactics ✅ Why existing security tools failed to catch them ✅ How the security team leveraged deception to find and stop this attack This story underscores the importance of proactive security measures and learning from real-world incidents. Read the full story here - #CyberDeception #InsiderThreat #Honeytoken #IdentityProtection

Elevating Endpoint Security: Why Modern Threats Need Defense Beyond EDR ☣️  Endpoint security needs new defenses beyond EDR as modern threats exploit coverage gaps and leverage AI to bypass traditional security. A layered defense approach is essential to eliminate gaps in individual security controls and stop attack propagation. ✡️ Read this informative blog by Suril Desai, our VP of Detection Engineering, that discusses: ✅ The gaps in EDR coverage and the implications ✅ Why endpoint security needs layered defense ✅ Effective countermeasures to protect your assets #cybersecurity #endpointsecurity #cyberdeception #EDR

Happy Thanksgiving! We thank our customers, partners, employees, and the #Cybersecurity community.

Thanks @HealthISAC! Suril Desai, our VP of Detection Engineering, presented at the monthly @HealthISAC threat briefing!

As a proud sponsor of @HealthISAC's 2024 Fall Americas Summit, we invite you to join us in Phoenix during December 02-06. 🏥 The healthcare industry is no stranger to the escalating variety of cyber threats. Cyberattacks represent a complex blend of challenges, from significant financial losses and organizational reputational damage to the dire implications for individuals whose data is compromised. ☣️ The Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices (HICP) Technical Volume 2, released by the Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council, posits cyber deception as an essential part of a comprehensive security posture. It guides how Healthcare Delivery Organizations (HDOs) can implement cyber deception techniques like honeypots, honeytokens, and other decoys to strengthen their defense strategy. ✅ Acalvio’s ShadowPlex Advanced Threat Defense and Identity Protection solutions offer a proven approach to protect healthcare organizations from cyberattacks. With no agent requirements, ShadowPlex guarantees easy deployment across healthcare enterprises. Pre-integrated with platforms like EDR, SIEM, and SOAR, ShadowPlex ensures interoperability with the enterprise ecosystem and provides healthcare-specific deception templates and strategies, ensuring immediate value. ✡️ Regardless of size or specialty, Healthcare Delivery Organizations (HDOs) are a prime target for cybercriminals due to their rich trove of sensitive data. Acalvio provides active defense solutions that form the backbone of cyber deception, equipping HDOs with powerful tools to disrupt attacks, provide early warning of intrusions, and minimize the impact of successful attacks. Visit us at booth #18 to learn more. #CyberDeception #IdentityProtection #HealthcareIT #Ransomware #InsiderThreat #MedicalDeviceSecurity

We are at the CrowdStrike Fal.Con Europe 2024, in Amsterdam this week. 👉 Join us at Booth #19 and learn: ✅ Honeytokens for Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR) and Zero Trust. ✅ Integrations with CrowdStrike Falcon® EDR and Identity Protection ✅ Honeytokens for Cloud Detection & Response (CDR) ✅ Early and precise threat detection for IT, OT, and Cloud protection To schedule a meeting with our experts, suggest your availability by clicking the “Schedule a Meeting” button at #FalCon2024Europe #IdentityProtection #CyberDeception #Honeytokens #CloudSecurity #ITDR #CDR

Join the OT Security webinar on November 13 with experts from Honeywell! 👉 Register now: 🔥 Adversaries are targeting OT infrastructure, with the increased connectivity between IT and OT resulting in an expanded attack surface. 🛡️Air gapping is increasingly less effective as an OT security control. The unique form factors of OT equipment make detection approaches challenging. Join this engaging webinar where the leading OT security experts Chris Christensen, Yu-Gene Chen, and Scott Hawk will discuss: ✅ How are adversaries exploiting OT infrastructure? ✅ Why are traditional approaches for OT security falling short? ✅ Strategies for elevating OT security #CyberDeception #OTSecurity

As a proud gold sponsor of CrowdStrike Fal.Con Europe 2024, in Amsterdem from November 6-7, we invite you to join us. Find more details here: Join us at Booth #19 and learn: - Honeytokens for Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR) and Zero Trust - Integrations with CrowdStrike Falcon® EDR and Identity Protection - Honeytokens for Cloud Detection & Response (CDR) - Early and precise threat detection for IT, OT, and Cloud protection To schedule a meeting with our experts, suggest your availability by clicking the “Schedule a Meeting” button at #FalCon2024Europe #IdentityProtection #CyberDeception #Honeytokens #CloudSecurity #ITDR #CDR

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Suril Desai, VP, Detection Engineering, will present at BSidesChicago on November 2nd. He will discuss the latest evolution in ransomware, why ransomware threats target identities, and the importance of honeytokens as a countermeasure for early detection of these stealthy threats. We look forward to sharing our threat research and innovative approaches for cyber defense with cybersecurity leaders and practitioners at BSides Chicago 2024! #CyberDeception #Honeytoken #Canarytoken #IdentityProtection #Ransomware

Are you attending @FSISAC Americas Fall Summit in Atlanta, October 27-30? Visit us at booth #46 to learn more about the latest advances in deception technology to protect financial institutions from cyber threats. 🌟 Adversaries leverage stealthy attack techniques to gain unauthorized access to sensitive financial data. The significant risk of data exfiltration, which can cause financial and reputational damage, underscores the urgency of addressing this issue. 🛡️ Defense teams find it challenging to detect stealthy and evolving threats using traditional security controls. ⚙️ Cyber deception is a proven approach to detect identity threats, ransomware, APTs, and insider threats that target financial institutions. ⌛️ If you are attending the FS-ISAC Americas Fall Summit in Atlanta, 27-30 October, please visit us at  booth #46 to learn more about the latest advances in deception technology to protect financial institutions from cyber threats. 🥙 We are also hosting an invite-only “Cybersecurity Leaders Dinner” on Monday, October 28th. 🔗 Please indicate your interest in attending the dinner and/or schedule a meeting with our experts by clicking “Schedule a Meeting” following the link below. #CyberDeception #FSI #FinancialServices #BFSI #IdentityProtection #Ransomware

Join the @cloudsa #CSACloudByte webinar on October 24th at 8 AM PST (11 AM EST) - Defending against the cloud adversary: detection and response in the cloud Adversaries are exploiting misconfigurations and identities to gain unauthorized access to cloud resources. Dynamic workloads, a rapidly evolving attack surface, and the adoption of multi-cloud architectures require a robust threat detection and response strategy to secure cloud environments. Join this webinar with Suril Desai, VP, Detection Engineering, in this engaging webinar with cloud security experts to learn more about: ✅What are cloud-conscious adversaries, and how do they operate? ✅What makes detection and response in the cloud challenging? ✅Strategies for effective threat detection in multi-cloud environments #CloudSecurity #CyberDeception #Honeytoken #Canarytoken #IdentityProtection

It’s Week 2 of Cyber Security Awareness Month, and we want to highlight this newly released impactful report - *** Detecting and Mitigating Active Directory Compromises *** 🔥 Security agencies from the Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance, composed of agencies from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the USA, including the NSA and CISA, published this report a few weeks ago. 🔥 This insightful report provides a detailed analysis of 17 commonly observed AD attack techniques and actionable recommendations on preventive controls and detection strategies to mitigate these threats. 🔥 What stands out in the report is the focus on the challenges of detecting AD threats through traditional approaches. AD attacks often mimic legitimate activity, making detection difficult. The report underscores the critical role of honeytokens (canary objects) in addressing these challenges. Honeytokens provide early and precise detection, independent of attacker tooling and the need for logs, offering a proactive defense mechanism. 🔥 This report's key takeaway is that any robust identity protection strategy should incorporate honeytokens as a foundational element. 🔥 Our solutions at Acalvio are not only aligned with this report's insights but also practical and effective. We combine advanced deception technology with AI, enabling the deployment and refresh of honeytokens at scale. This makes them a crucial and practical tool for detecting AD attacks and a key element in any robust identity protection strategy. 🔥 We’ve summarized key learnings from this new report in an in-depth blog that sheds light on the latest guidelines from the NSA, CISA, and global cybersecurity agencies for fortifying defenses against sophisticated attacks. The blog also highlights how Acalvio's cutting-edge deception technology, including honeytokens and AI-driven solutions, offers a robust defense against even the most elusive adversaries. 👉 Read Blog: #CyberDeception #HoneyToken #CanaryToken #CanaryObjects

Welcome to Cybersecurity Awareness Month! Our first publication this month is an informative blog on advances in threat hunting. The CrowdStrike Threat Hunting Report 2024 highlights the adversary pivoting across the identity, endpoint, and cloud domains to evade detection. This informative blog highlights the role of deception technology in threat hunting to identify latent threats across these domains. #cybersecurityawarenessmonth #threathunting #cyberdeception #honeytokens