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AT&T Cybersecurity
FormerlyAlienVault (2007-2019)
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryManaged security services, Managed security service provider (MSSP)
FoundedMadrid, Spain 2007; 17 years ago (2007)
Founder
  • Julio Casal
  • Dominique Karg
  • Ignacio Cabrera
  • Alberto Roman
HeadquartersSan Mateo, California
Key people
  • Rupesh Chokshi (AT&T VP - Products & Technology)
  • Gary Olson (AT&T VP - Sales & Marketing)
OwnerAT&T
Number of employees
400+
ParentAT&T Communications (2018-present)
Websitecybersecurity.att.com

AT&T Cybersecurity is a developer of commercial and open-source services to manage cyber attacks,[1] including the Open Threat Exchange, a crowd-sourced computer-security platform.[2]

History

The OSSIM project began in 2003 by Dominique Karg,[3] Julio Casal,[4] Ignacio Cabrera, and Alberto Román.[5] It became the basis of AlienVault, founded in 2007 in Madrid, Spain.[6]

The company hired the management team of Hewlett-Packard's Fortify group in 2012, including AlienVault CEO Barmak Meftah, CTO Roger Thornton, and five others.[7]

In 2015, the company partnered with Intel to coordinate real-time threat information.[8] A similar deal was announced the same year with Hewlett-Packard.[2]

In 2015, AlienVault researchers released a study disclosing that Chinese hackers were circumventing popular privacy tools.[9]

AlienVault Open Threat Exchange had 26,000 participants in 140 countries reporting more than one million potential threats daily, as of June 2015.[10]

In February 2017, AlienVault released USM Anywhere, a SaaS security monitoring platform designed to centralize threat detection, incident response, and compliance management of cloud, hybrid cloud, and on-premises environments from a cloud-based console.[11][12]

By July 2017, AlienVault Open Threat Exchange platform had 65,000 participants who contributed more than 14 million threat indicators daily.[13]

It was reported in 2018 that AlienVault had raised around $120 million since its inception.[14] On July 10, 2018, AT&T announced to acquire AlienVault for an undisclosed amount.[15] The acquisition was completed on August 22, 2018, and the company became a subsidiary of AT&T through its communications unit.[16]

On February 26, 2019, AlienVault was renamed AT&T Cybersecurity.[17]

Products

AT&T Cybersecurity offers a paid security platform, called Unified Security Management, that integrates threat detection, incident response, and compliance management into one application.[18] Threat applications are offered via hardware, virtual machines, and as a cloud service.[1] Other services that AT&T provides include network vulnerability scanning, vulnerability assessment, and vulnerability management. The Open Threat Exchange (OTX) allows security experts to research and collaborate on threats, compare data, and integrate threat information into their security systems.[10] A big data platform, OTX uses natural language processing and machine learning.[10]

AT&T Cybersecurity also runs the Open Source Security Information Management (OSSIM) project, which provides computer security, intrusion detection, and response services.[19][20]

Finances

In August 2015, the firm raised $52 million to expand its security business. The round was led by Institutional Venture Partners and included GGV Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Trident Capital, and Jackson Square Ventures.[1][19]

The company added 300 to 400 new clients each quarter, and it hired a Chief Financial Officer to help it prepare for a possible initial public offering (IPO).[1]

By the end of the fiscal year 2016, AlienVault recorded about 53 percent year-over-year sales growth and increased its install base by about 65 percent to approximately 5,000 commercial customers.[21]

Awards

  • Forbes featured AlienVault in their Forbes Cloud 100 list in 2016.[22]
  • Deloitte featured AlienVault in their Deloitte Technology Fast 500 list in 2015 and 2016.[23]
  • In 2015, AlienVault won the "Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) Solution of the Year" presented by The Computing Security Awards.[24]

Competitors

AlienVault competes in the SIEM and network security industry against Microfocus ArcSight, IBM QRadar and LogRhythm, among others.[25]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Miller, Ron (August 19, 2015). "AlienVault Secures $52M Round With Eye Toward IPO". TechCrunch. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Raywood, Dan (April 24, 2015). "HP partner with AlienVault on Cyber Threat-Sharing Initiative". ITPortal.com. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  3. ^ "Dominique Karg". SourceForge. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  4. ^ "Julio Casal". SourceForge. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  5. ^ "Alberto Román". SourceForge. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  6. ^ Cohan, Peter (August 7, 2012). "AlienVault is Catching the Internet Security Wave". Forbes.com. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  7. ^ Dunn, John (January 17, 2012). "AlienVault grabs entire management team from HP division". Techworld. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  8. ^ Neal, David (May 13, 2015). "Intel and AlienVault partner on real-time threat information sharing". The Inquirer. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ^ Perloth, Nicole (June 12, 2015). "Chinese Hackers Circumvent Popular Web Privacy Tools". New York Times. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  10. ^ a b c Barker, Ian (August 2015). "Open Threat Exchange brings a community approach to fighting attacks". betanews. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  11. ^ "USM Anywhere simplifies security for organizations of all sizes". HelpNet Security. February 8, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  12. ^ Ribeiro, Anna (February 9, 2017). "AlienVault announces USM Anywhere unified security management platform; achieves AWS Advanced Technology Partner st". Computer Technologyy Review. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  13. ^ Kobialka, Dan (July 25, 2017). "AlienVault OTX Threat Intelligence Community Exceeds 65K Participants". MSSP Alert. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
  14. ^ "AT&T acquires threat intelligence company AlienVault". VentureBeat. July 10, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
  15. ^ "AT&T closes deal for AlienVault, appoints CEO as head of new cybersecurity unit". Urgentcomm.com. August 31, 2018.
  16. ^ "AT&T Completes Acquisition of AlienVault". Prnewswire.com. August 22, 2018.
  17. ^ "AT&T Cybersecurity Is Born | AT&T Cybersecurity". Alienvault.com. February 26, 2019.
  18. ^ Kepes, Ben (August 19, 2015). "AlienVault picks up $52M to secure all the things". ComputerWorld. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  19. ^ a b Kerner, Sean (August 19, 2015). "AlienVault Raises $52M to Grow Its Security Business". eWeek. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  20. ^ Kerner, Sean (February 20, 2014). "AlienVault Advances Open-Source SIEM". eWeek. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  21. ^ Alvarez, Dean (February 1, 2016). "AlienVault Announces 5th Consecutive Year of Hypergrowth in 2016". IT Security Guru. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  22. ^ "The Cloud 100". Forbes. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  23. ^ "Technology Fast 500 List". Deloitte. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  24. ^ "The Computing Security Awards 2015". ComputingSecurityAwards.co.uk. Computing Security. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  25. ^ Scarfone, Karen (September 2015). "Comparing the best SIEM systems on the market". TechTarget. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LevelBlue&oldid=1163714048

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