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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer Security, Computer Software |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Founder | Julio Casal, Dominique Karg |
| Headquarters | San Mateo, California (US) and Madrid, Spain |
Key people | Barmak Meftah, CEO; Roger Thornton, CTO; Jaime Blasco, Chief Scientist |
Number of employees | 200+ |
| Website | alienvault.com |
AlienVault is a developer of commercial and open source solutions to manage cyber attacks,[1] including the Open Threat Exchange, the world's largest crowd-sourced computer-security platform[2] with more than 26,000 participants in 140 countries that share more than one million potential threats daily.[3] The company has raised $116 million since it was founded in 2007.[4] In 2015, AlienVault researchers released a study disclosing that Chinese hackers were circumventing popular privacy tools.[5]
Products
In addition to their free products, AlienVault offers a paid security platform, called Unified Security Management, that integrates threat detection, incident response, and compliance management into one solution.[6] Threat applications are offered via hardware, virtual machines and as a cloud service.[1]
The Open Threat Exchange (OTX), which is free, enables security experts to research and collaborate on new threats, better compare data and integrate threat information into their security systems.[3] A big data platform, OTX leverages natural language processing and machine learning.[3]
AlienVault also runs the Open Source Security Information Management (OSSIM) project, which helps network administrators with computer security, intrusion detection and response.[7][8]
History
The OSSIM project began in 2003 and was founded by Dominique Karg[9] and Julio Casal.[10] It became the basis of AlienVault, founded in 2007 in Madrid, Spain.[11]
The company hired the management team of Hewlett Packard's Fortify group in 2012, including AlienVault CEO Barmak Mefteh, CTO Roger Thornton and five others.[12]
In 2015, the company partnered with Intel to coordinate real-time threat information.[13] A similar deal with Hewlett Packard was announced the same year.[2]
In June of 2015, AlienVault Chief Scientist Jaime Biasco released a report saying that Chinese hackers found a way to circumvent both virtual private networks (VPNs), and Tor, anonymity software that hides a computer’s location by routing its requests through a series of Internet Service Providers.[5][14]
Finances
In August of 2015, the firm raised $52 million to expand its security business. The round was led by Institutional Venture Partners and and included GGV Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Trident Capital, and Caufield and Byers.[7][1]
The company said in 2015 it was adding 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]
Awards
In 2015, AlienVault won the "Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) Solution of the Year" presented by The Computing Security Awards.[15]
In 2014, AlienVault was nominated for “Best SMB Security Product” and Jaime Blasco, Director of AlienVault Labs, was nominated for “Technology Hero of the Year” by V3, a technology industry publication.[16]
Competitors
AlienVault competes in the SIEM and network security industry against HP ArcSight, IBM QRadar and LogRhythm, among others.[17]
References
- ^ a b c d Miller, Ron (19 August 2015). "AlienVault Secures $52M Round With Eye Toward IPO". TechCrunch. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ a b Raywood, Dan (24 April 2015). "HP partner with AlienVault on Cyber Threat-Sharing Initiative". ITPortal.com. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ a b c Barker, Ian (August 2015). "Open Threat Exchange brings a community approach to fighting attacks". betanews. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ "AlienVault". Crunchbase.com. Crunchbase. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ a b Perloth, Nicole (12 June 2015). "Chinese Hackers Circumvent Popular Web Privacy Tools". New York Times. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ Kepes, Ben (19 August 2015). "AlienVault picks up $52M to secure all the things". ComputerWorld. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ a b Kerner, Sean (19 August 2015). "AlienVault Raises $52M to Grow Its Security Business". eWeek. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ Kerner, Sean (20 February 2014). "AlienVault Advances Open-Source SIEM". eWeek. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ "Dominque Karig". SourceForge. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ "Julio Casal". SourceForge. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ Cohan, Peter (7 August 2012). "AlienVault is Catching the Internet Security Wave". Forbes.com. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ Dunn, John (17 January 2012). "AlienVault grabs entire managment team from HP division". Techworld. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ Neal, David (13 May 2015). "Intel and AlienVault partner on real-time threat information sharing". The Inquirer. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ Ashford, Warwick (15 June 2015). "Chinese hackers are by-passing web privacy tools, say researchers". Computer Weekly. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ "The Computing Security Awards 2015". ComputingSecurityAwards.co.uk. Computing Security. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ Bennet, Madeline. "V3 announces winners of Technology Awards 2014". v3.co.uk. V3. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ Scarfone, Karen (September 2015). "Comparing the best SIEM systems on the market". TechTarget. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
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