CIO Bulletin

Threat response platform automating enterprise security at IoT scale: WootCloud

Enterprise security has become increasingly vital for businesses. When customers do business with any organization, they entrust that company with many pieces of private information about themselves. In return, they expect the business to keep those details safe and protected. Depending on the type of work a company does, they may collect customer information such as credit card numbers, banking information, Social Security numbers, addresses, health information and more. The accounting and finance fields are two areas where enterprise system security becomes especially crucial. One of the central aspects of enterprise security is a risk management program, which will help businesses implement protection strategies by identifying their assets, threats and vulnerabilities. Businesses must continually assess both their enterprise security and risk management programs to stay abreast of potential weak points and areas for improvement. WootCloud HyperContext^® is an agentless, device focused, network segmentation, access control, and threat response platform that automates enterprise security at IoT scale. A privately held company, WootCloud is headquartered in San Jose, California, with offices in India and Argentina. All types of business devices are increasingly used by your employees, contractors and visitors to facilitate collaboration and communications ranging from managed Polycom devices and Smart TVs to unmanaged personal smart phones, tablets and other RF devices. According to WootCloud Threat Labs, 70% of these devices are unmanaged and invisible to your security tools? And even more worrisome, 20% are high risk due to malware or device vulnerabilities. This complex situation can leave your business vulnerable to high mitigation costs, compliance violations, and lost reputation due to everything from data breaches, hacked teleconference calls, and network infiltration due to misconfigured access points. WootCloud is the only device security platform that can not only uncover these devices on both the radio and network spectrum, but also provides critical context about each device by analyzing over hundreds of device parameters to generate a unique device identifier & risk rating.

Capabilities

WootCloud Enterprise is the only agentless device security platform that delivers detection, device profiling, micro segmentation and advanced threat protection across all spectrums in any business environment at machine speed and IoT scale using advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). Organizations today have a staggering number of devices entering their networks and securing all these devices is creating a threatening risk for companies. WootCloud Enterprise uses HyperContext^® engine to provide automated, accurate device detection, profiling and software-defined micro-segmentation thereby easing the burden on your IT organization. WootCloud Enterprise will uncover all the devices that go unnoticed by other security solutions. The WootCloud HyperContext^® platform collects hundreds of device characteristics from logical and operational touchpoints and performs deep packet analysis to provide in-depth context on every device in the organization as well as its relationship to other devices in the organization. Achieve greater organizational compliance with complete discovery and cataloging of all network-attached devices from infrastructure equipment such as switches and routers, to endpoint devices such as laptops, tablets, smartphones, and Smart TVs. WootCloud integrates with any Security Incident Event Management (SIEM) platform. Provides enriched event context at the device level utilizing patented advanced data correlation technology. WootCloud TrueID™ automatically, and accurately, identifies and fingerprints all devices seen in the organization beyond basic user and device identification.

Respond Confidently & Quickly

HyperContext^® recognizes anomalous behavior at the device level and uses its sophisticated policy engine to prevent vulnerable devices from propagating into the rest of the organization. It also offers security posture trends and analytics about each device and recommends actions to mitigate identified threats. Securing smart devices and the network they operate in is critical to prevent successful cyberattacks. The solution needs to intelligently recognize and counteract threats. According to the Ponemon 2019 Cost of a Data Breach Report, there is an estimated 28 billion devices expected to connect to networks in the next couple of years — and that the cost of a global data breach in 2019 is approximately $3.9 million — organizations cannot afford to have any hidden devices in their business environment going unnoticed and unprotected. The WootCloud HyperContext solution is the only enterprise device security solution that successfully leverages both the radio and network characteristics to neutralize device threats and empowers security and IT teams to identify both managed and unmanaged devices and proactively control access. The company’s scalable, agentless deployment capabilities, covering 100 percent of a network, enables actionable insights to detect behavioral anomalies faster at a lower cost. The time is now for both C-level and IT managers to ask themselves if all the devices in their environment are truly secure and, if not, how they can change their strategy to protect it effectively.

Amit Srivastav, CEO