Expected, then revealed on the customer’s summit, here’s everything there is to know about the new multi-sector Verified Threat Intelligence Center by Fortra.
Fortra Threat Brain
Fortra Threat Brain acts as a comprehensive information hub, drawing from telemetry data across its extensive portfolio of products. This already robust set is further enriched by insights gathered from the dark web, social media, law enforcement, and a select group of strategic partners.
As the central component of the platform, Fortra Threat Brain ingests and normalizes IOCs (indicators of compromises) of from Fortra products, making the refined threat intelligence accessible throughout the platform. It also integrates crucial insights from Fortra’s team of security researchers, as well as its collaborative network, which includes global law enforcement agencies, ISACs (Information sharing and analysis center), private sector partners, and others.
The Fortra Threat Brain consists of three key components: people, technology, and a data-sharing exchange that enables the rapid corroboration of information.
The people:
- A world-class team of threat intelligence analysts and experts
- Select Fortra security partners
- Public law enforcement agencies
The technology:
- Fortra’s one-of-a-kind threat intelligence research solutions
- Our expansive portfolio of industry-leading cybersecurity products
- AI-based automation, coupled with machine learning
The data sharing exchange:
- Data from the dark web
- Information across social media platforms
- Combined intelligence from our solutions, partners, and law enforcement bureaus
How Threat Brain Works?
Fortra mobilizes machine learning to find threats faster and evaluate risks. Here are some examples of how we use ML to increase protected outcomes for our customers:
- Anomaly detection through unsupervised learning and clustering across operating systems; web applications; and cloud, network, and SaaS applications
- Malicious email and brand abuse detection using natural language processing (NLP), random forest classifier, and other techniques
- Dynamic vulnerability ranking via supervised learning to add multiple dimensions to the CVSS score
Fortra’s platform is both intelligent and user-friendly. It detects attacks from diverse threat vectors, aggregates telemetry data, and uses artificial intelligence (AI) to rapidly and accurately identify indicators of compromise. This enables organizations to proactively mitigate risks, ensuring a stronger, more secure infrastructure and a resilient security posture.
Fortra solutions are designed to integrate with the platform and existing tech ecosystems, whether that’s on-premises, SaaS, managed services, or a mix. The breadth of Fortra solutions and deployment models provides the flexibility to improve cyber maturity, and our collective intelligence across solutions delivers a comprehensive view of the cyber risk landscape.
GoAnywhere MFT and Threat Brain
It is consistently receiving the most up to date risks and indicators of compromise across all attack paths from the entire customer base.
GoAnywhere MFT will use reputation intelligence for IP addresses, Domains, emails, and URIs to pro-actively protect against cyber threats.
GoAnywhere Potential Threat Brain Integration Points
- Block malicious IP addresses from accessing the system
- Block outgoing Secure Mail to malicious email address(s)
- Block web user self-registration with malicious email
- Block resource connections with malicious IP / Domain
- Sanitize malicious URLs from free form text (forms, email body)
GoAnywhere will feed new data into Threat Brain whenever malicious IPs are detected through either automatic or manual detection (Automatic IP Block List).
Since cybercriminals often target multiple GoAnywhere deployments, blocking an actor on one system helps protect others, strengthening security across the entire customer base.
This shared intelligence enhances the defense of all GoAnywhere customers using the Threat Brain integration, fostering a collaborative network of protection.
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