Global Resilience Federation Leverages Cyware to Transform Threat Intelligence Sharing into a Collective Defense Model

NEW YORK --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cyware, the industry’s only Virtual Cyber Fusion platform provider, and the Global Resilience Federation (GRF) today announced a joint threat intelligence sharing index initiative that measures intelligence sharing performance benchmarks across ISACs and ISAOs. Cyware has helped GRF expand its threat sharing capabilities with year-over-year growth that features as much as a 300% increase in information sharing in communities managed by GRF, with more than 329,000 machine-to-machine observables generated, without false positives.

Cyware equips GRF and its ISAC and ISAO members to easily share and respond to threat intelligence data more efficiently. ISAC and ISAO members can further leverage Cyware’s Virtual Cyber Fusion platform to bolster their internal security operations, automation, threat hunting, and incident response capabilities.

GRF builds, develops, and connects security information sharing communities and manages information sharing and analysis centers (ISACs), organizations (ISAOs), and computer emergency readiness/response teams (CERTs) including Legal Services ISAO (LS-ISAO), Operational Technology ISAC (OT-ISAC), Business Resilience Council (BRC), Kindergarten Through Twelfth Grade Security Information Exchange (K12 SIX), Energy Analytic Security Exchange (EASE), and Professional Services Information Exchange (ProSIX).

“The shelf life of threat intelligence is incredibly short, making it pivotal that our members have access to real-time threat intelligence around the clock,” said William Nelson, Chair and CEO of Global Resilience Federation and Director of the Operational Technology ISAC. “Cyware’s platform enables us and our member organizations to easily collaborate and coordinate on end-to-end threat intelligence and response. This allows us to support our members in bolstering their security operations to address today’s ever-evolving threat landscape.”

By partnering with Cyware, GRF has increased its cadence of threat alert sharing while improving overall security operations for itself and its members. In the last nine months working with Cyware, GRF and its member organizations have scaled threat-sharing benchmarks, including:

Over 329,000 machine-to-machine observables generated, without false positives
300% increase in operational technology sector sharing
49% increase in professional services sector sharing
43,000 threat alerts shared, an 8% increase from the previous year

“We are ecstatic to be working with GRF to help fill key security gaps for its members,” said Anuj Goel, CEO, Cyware. “The success they have seen from leveraging our strategic and technical threat intelligence sharing technology is nothing short of incredible, and we look forward to continuing to work with them to build on the next-generation of collaborative security operations by enabling collective defense for ISACs, ISAOs, and CERTs.”

To learn more about how Cyware enables organizations to establish next-generation security operations programs, tune into Cyware’s presentation during the GRF 2021 Virtual Summit on Thursday, October 7, 2021, at 11:15 AM ET. Cyware’s Threat Intelligence Specialist, Neal Dennis, and Solutions Architect, Colin Blumer, will discuss:

Why and how SOCs unify people, processes, and technologies
Finding a balance between human intelligence and machine speed/automation
Using a data-driven approach to threat intelligence

About GRF

Global Resilience Federation (GRF) is a non-profit hub and integrator for support, analysis, and cross-sector intelligence exchange among information sharing and analysis centers (ISACs), organizations (ISAOs), and computer emergency readiness/response teams (CERTs). GRF’s mission is to help assure the resilience of critical and essential infrastructure against threats that could significantly impact the orderly functioning of the global economy and general safety of the public. Learn more at www.GRF.org, by visiting @GRFederation on Twitter or Global Resilience Federation on LinkedIn.

About Cyware

Cyware helps enterprise cybersecurity teams build platform-agnostic virtual cyber fusion centers. Cyware transforms security operations by delivering the cybersecurity industry's only Virtual Cyber Fusion Center Platform with next-generation SOAR (security orchestration, automation, and response) technology. As a result, organizations can increase speed and accuracy while reducing costs and analyst burnout. Cyware's Virtual Cyber Fusion solutions make secure collaboration, information sharing, and enhanced threat visibility a reality for enterprises, sharing communities (ISAC/ISAO), MSSPs, and government agencies of all sizes and needs. https://cyware.com/

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