Blue Coat Systems has unveiled a new Endpoint security alliance ecosystem - Alliance Ecosystem of Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) partners - to allow actionable intelligence gathered from endpoint security solutions to be shared with the entire Blue Coat security portfolio. Blue Coat said that this information will enhance customers' ability to protect, detect and respond to incidents, and to have end-to-end security for their devices. The aim of the EDR ecosystem is to help companies to fight malware.
The other founding members of the alliance are Bit9 + Carbon Black, Countertack, Digital Guardian, Guidance Software, Promisec, and TripWire.
According to Bluecoat, while the secure proxy remains the most critical control point providing complete visibility and control of the network, the intelligence and actionable data that can now be gathered from endpoint devices, such as Windows PC's and Linux machines, is extremely useful for the security operations and incident response teams.
Jon Oltsik, senior principal analyst, ESG
With more and more employees using smartphones, tablets, watches and other devices to connect to enterprise networks, endpoint detection and response takes on a higher level of importance. This alliance provides customers the ability to proactively protect their network with proven endpoint security solutions that are well integrated, providing an added benefit of a potential return on investment.
Neal Creighton, CEO, CounterTack
As new technologies like EDR emerge in the cyber security market, organizations are realizing that integrating innovative platforms quickly is essential in countering advanced attacks. Our tight integration with Blue Coat is driven by what our customers want, and we're excited about the go-to-market opportunities together as we deliver best-of-breed endpoint security and network security solutions to the market.
