HP introduces actionable security intelligence

HP has announced to deliver actionable security intelligence to mitigate business risk through its newly formed HP Security Research (HPSR) organization.

This new group will provide actionable security intelligence through published reports, threat briefings and enhancements to the HP security product portfolio.

This is the first time that HP has come up with an entry level model without compromising on its quality as the smaller companies always look for solutions with low cost of compliance and reduce cost of security.

The company also released findings from its annual cyber security risk report, providing insight into the vulnerability landscape, with a range of data covering technologies such as web and mobile.

As part of the HP Enterprise Security Products (ESP) business unit, HPSR will lead HP's security research agenda, leveraging existing HP research groups, including HP DVLabs, a research organization focused on vulnerability discovery and analysis, and HP Fortify Software Security Research, which is focused on developing software security practices.

HPSR also will manage the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), which focuses on identifying software flaws that have led to cyber attacks and security breaches.

A core focus of HPSR is to provide research that directly influences the development of the HP ESP portfolio. As such, HP has enhanced its HP Reputation Security Monitor (RepSM) 1.5, which protects clients against advanced threats by leveraging data feeds directly from HPSR.

These data feeds enhance the identification of peer-to-peer network use and improve detection of potential spear phishing and spam floods, while also recognizing patterns over time, such as reconnaissance scans and abnormal activity levels.

The new HP RepSM enables clients to defend against sophisticated attacks by detecting dangerous interactions with ill-reputed sites to prevent a breach. After a breach occurs, the solution identifies the infected assets, communicating with ill-reputed command and control centers, before intellectual property is leaked.

For mid-market organizations with large volumes of data and limited resources, HP ArcSight Express 4.0 combines security information and event management (SIEM), log management and user activity monitoring in an out of the box solution, including connectors to HP Arc Sight Identity View and HP RepSM. The solution simplifies the collection, analysis and management of security events quickly and cost-effectively.

Clients can be up and running in minutes, quickly gaining insight into potential security threats by pulling information from hundreds of data sources. The solution also monitors user and application activity for
security anomalies, such as suspicious behavior.

"Organizations need the latest in security research to effectively prevent, detect and combat the growing number of sophisticated threats," said Damanjit Singh Uberoi, chief solutions architect & evangelist, South Asia HP Enterprise Security Products.

He further stated that HP empowers clients to address the most advanced threats by combining access to a global network of security experts and published research with the power of that expertise built directly into our products and services.

HP RepSM 1.5 will be available worldwide on March 31. HP ArcSight Express 4.0 will also come with a free trial version of HP RepSM.