The alliance ushers in a new era of security, combining the best innovations from leaders in security and data management
Cohesity, a leader in innovative data management, announced at ReConnect, Cohesity's security and data management summit, its collaboration with the best cybersecurity companies, to offer customers more ways to counter cyber attacks.
The Data Security Alliance combines the best solutions of leading companies in the cybersecurity and services sector with the exceptional experience of Cohesity in data security and management. Ecosystem partners include BigID, Cisco, CrowdStrike, CyberArk, Palo Alto Networks, Securonix, Splunk and Tenable, as well as new security consulting relationships with Mandiant and PWC.
The complexities of security cannot be solved by one vendor alone. According to one research commissioned by Cohesity, nearly half of the organizations surveyed (47%) were affected by ransomware attacks in the first half of 2022.
When an organization is the victim of an attack, companies want to detect and stop the attack as soon as possible, avoid paying the ransom and, if necessary, restore core business operations as quickly as possible. Achieving these goals requires close collaboration and integration of security and data management solutions and services.
This new Data Security Alliance brings together the boldest solutions and brightest minds in security to provide customers with a comprehensive approach that integrates data protection and resiliency into an end-to-end security strategy. This strategy starts with prevention, extends to early detection and protection, and also includes rapid recovery, which is critical in the event of a cyberattack.
“Today's increasingly sophisticated and relentless cyberthreats require an inclusive approach. It is not the responsibility of one vendor to solve all cybersecurity challenges: it takes a team to fight cybercriminals. That's why we're starting today with the best security partners, with tens of billions of market caps, serving thousands of customers globally,” he said. Sanjay Poonen, CEO and President of Cohesity.
“As leaders in data security and data management, we are partnering with these industry heavyweights so they can leverage our platform, Cohesity Data Cloud, to help customers easily integrate data security and resiliency into their overall security strategy. Not only does this help companies better protect themselves from the threat of cyberattacks, but it enables CIOs and CISOs to collaborate to fight cybercrime in ways never before seen in our industry,” Poonen added.
“At CrowdStrike, we believe that easy data security is key to creating business value for our customers. We are constantly working to ensure organizations continue to operate unhindered with their endpoints, workloads and users, while data is continuously protected against breaches and insider threats, including ransomware exfiltration,” he said. Michael Rogers, Vice President of Global Alliances di CrowdStrike. “We are delighted to join this alliance and partner with Cohesity to help organizations strengthen their cyber resilience in the face of evolving ever more sophisticated adversaries.”
“For any organization affected by a cyberattack, backup environments must be free from security risks – the last thing an organization needs in a disaster situation is to introduce new risks,” he said. Ray Komar, Vice President of Technical Alliances di Tenable. “Tenable's Exposure Management capabilities and Cohesity's data management and security platform provide comprehensive visibility into the entire modern attack surface, including backup environments, so customers can reduce overall risk and improve own resilience".
“The value of the combination of Cohesity and Cortex XSOAR is strong, with a two-way flow of data and commands to rapidly detect and respond to ransomware,” he said. Pamela Cyr, Vice President Technical Partnerships di Palo Alto Networks. “Cohesity confirms infection and Cortex XSOAR automation platform initiates secure recovery of critical business data. We are delighted to be part of this growing ecosystem.”
Partners will be able to take advantage Cohesity Data Cloud in several ways to help customers improve their security. For example, with Cohesity, partners can leverage Cohesity's AI-powered anomaly detection to gain early insight into a possible attack in progress and accelerate response and recovery. Cohesity's API-first approach makes it incredibly easy for security partners to join the alliance and integrate their solutions with Cohesity's security and data management platform, essential as countering cyberattacks continues to evolve. Further details on the partners are below:
- BigID: Ensures visibility and control of all sensitive and critical data, helping organizations understand and minimize data risk in the cloud and on-premises with a data-first approach, for data security, privacy , compliance and governance.
- Cisco: SecureX is a cloud-native solution with XDR capabilities that integrates the Cisco Secure portfolio with your entire security infrastructure, accelerating detection, response, and recovery. When hit by a ransomware attack, customers can initiate workflows that allow Cohesity to recover data and workloads.
- CrowdStrike: Protects the most critical areas of business risk – endpoints, cloud workloads, identity and data – to keep customers one step ahead of today's attackers and stop breaches.
- CyberArk: the CyberArk Identity Security Platform enables unmatched protection of any identity – human or machine-generated – across the widest range of devices and environments from a single comprehensive platform.
- Mandiant: Threat intelligence and industry-leading experience drive dynamic solutions that help organizations develop more effective programs and instill confidence in their cyber readiness.
- Okta: Leading independent identity provider offers platforms and services for employee and customer identity.
- Palo Alto Networks: Cortex XSOAR provides the automation and flexibility that enables enterprises to deal with cyber-attacks and ransomware faster.
- PwC UK: Offers a comprehensive suite of managed security, implementation, and consulting services to enable organizations to build their cybersecurity defenses and respond effectively to cyberattacks.
- Securonix: Provides a solution for advanced threat defense in today's complex hybrid environments. Securonix Next-Gen SIEM uses the most advanced analytics and is based on a scalable and flexible cloud-native architecture.
- Splunk: Provides an extensible data platform that offers unified security, full-stack observability, and custom applications.
- Tenable: Enables organizations to understand and reduce cyber risk by providing visibility into the entire attack surface. Tenable.io powers Cohesity's CyberScan to easily assess data backup environments, which can be used as a proxy for sensitive production environments and to ensure that a recovery situation does not introduce vulnerable conditions into production.
“Cybercriminals continue to raise the bar, often attacking backups in an attempt to neutralize the organization's remaining alternatives and increase ransom demands,” he said. Kevin Mandia, CEO of Mandiant. “In a time when cyber threats are on the rise, it is imperative that cybersecurity, security and data management companies work hand-in-hand to collaborate and keep attackers at bay. We are thrilled to be a part of this security alliance.”
“A major concern of our customers is the increase in the number and severity of ransomware attacks. These destructive attacks have highlighted how important it is for organizations not just to have robust protection, but to combine it with comprehensive backup and recovery capability,” he said. Richard Horne, Partner di PwC UK. “Working alongside Cohesity helps us deliver an end-to-end strategy that not only protects our customers from cyberattacks, but also enables them to quickly restore core business operations in the event that they fall victim to a successful attack. ”.
“The Data Security Alliance is an important step in ensuring customers are better equipped to defend and recover from cyber attacks. Cohesity's approach of integrating the Cohesity platform with leading security vendors with an API-first strategy is absolutely the best way to increase customer protection,” he said. Randy Kerns, Senior Strategist and Analyst di Evaluator Group. “With the relentless threat of ransomware it is imperative that cybersecurity, security and data management vendors work together to provide customers with a solution to identify, prevent, protect and recover data in the event of an attack.”
