HP Boosts DaaS with New Proactive Security Service, Adds Risk Management from Aon

… use Aon’s Cyber Quotient Evaluation (CyQu), an online assessment tool to determine what risk services an organization might require. “Knowing where you stand is the first step to strengthen any organization’s security,” Avery said.

The service includes a one-hour post-incident consultation. “Customers may also be eligible for advantage cyber insurance protection with enhanced terms and conditions and a streamlined application process to AON,” Avery said.

Timothy Lawlor, founder and CEO of RetroFit Technologies, a managed services provider and HP partner, said DaaS has become attractive to his commercial customers. “It’s become a very attractive model,” he said, adding there’s also increased demand for managed security services.

Meanwhile, HP demonstrated its Sure Sense technology at the conference. Sure Sense is a lightweight agent that currently runs on Windows PCs, that uses AI and deep learning to determine anomalies that might signify a potential threat that antimalware protection doesn’t detect. HP hasn’t decided how or when it will offer Sure Sense.