Webroot has unveiled new cloud security services for enterprises. The company's new BrightCloud Security Services for Enterprise are designed to provide threat intelligence through integration with popular network security and management platforms.

Dan Kobialka, Contributing writer

June 24, 2014

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Mike Malloy Webroot39s executive vice president of products and strategy
Mike Malloy, Webroot's executive vice president of products and strategy

Webroot, a cloud security software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider, has unveiled new enterprise-class threat intelligence services.

The new BrightCloud Security Services for Enterprise are designed to provide threat intelligence through integration with popular network security and management platforms, according to the company.

BrightCloud Security Services collect and analyze threat intelligence across multiple vectors from a network of nearly 35 million users protected by Webroot’s endpoint security solutions and the company’s technology partners, including:

  • Aruba Networks

  • Cisco Systems

  • F5

  • Microsoft

  • RSA

Webroot said it correlates this data through its Intelligence Network to deliver real-time threat intelligence.

“Businesses are struggling to identify and stop new web threats because the rate of change is faster than many current security technologies can keep up with. Either they are too slow to recognize new threats, or they are simply overwhelmed by the amount of data generated,” Mike Malloy, Webroot’s executive vice president of products and strategy, said in a prepared statement.

“Webroot’s BrightCloud Security Services for Enterprise provide truly actionable insight by continuously assessing the risk of incoming IPs based on both their reputation and their relationship to other IPs, malicious URLs, files and apps, and we tailor that intelligence to each customer’s unique environment.”

The first services within Webroot’s BrightCloud portfolio, BrightCloud for Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) and BrightCloud for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), support integration with security solutions from Palo Alto Networks (PANW) and Splunk (SPLK).

Webroot pointed out its automated machine learning and big data analytics solutions allows enterprises to “augment the threat data in their existing network appliances and security management solutions with highly accurate and customized intelligence to gain earlier and more complete insight into potential Web-based threats.”

The company noted its SaaS solutions protect over 7 million consumers worldwide.

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About the Author(s)

Dan Kobialka

Contributing writer, Penton Technology

Dan Kobialka is a contributing writer for MSPmentor and Talkin' Cloud. In the past, he has produced content for numerous print and online publications, including the Boston Business Journal, Boston Herald and Patch.com. Dan holds a M.A. in Print and Multimedia Journalism from Emerson College and a B.A. in English from Bridgewater State College (now Bridgewater State University). In his free time, Kobialka enjoys jogging, traveling, playing sports, touring breweries and watching football (Go Patriots!).  

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