NSS Labs unveils new threat modeling and forecasting services

Information security research specialist NSS Labs uses a workshop at the BlackHat USA conference today to announce new threat modeling and forecasting services to help clients better understand how they're at risk.

These new services use data from NSS's research and from its BaitNET real-time monitoring technology to deliver information about exploit and malware trends.

NSS Threat Modeling allows companies to see which vulnerabilities pose the greatest threats to their networks. It can model individual security layers and show which exploits can bypass them.

Threat Forecasting meanwhile monitors malware and exploits around the world in order to predict which threats are likely to present the greatest risk based on an enterprise's specific systems. Using BaitNET technology, which captures and verifies information in real time, it can help organizations respond quickly to the immediate risks.

Vikram Phatak, CEO at NSS Labs says, "Every security organization runs into limitations where more manpower, budget, and technology (or all three) are no longer available for solving security problems. What matters then is having real, actionable information that you can use to make informed security decisions about how to deploy the resources that you do have. With these new services, we go beyond simply telling clients what threats are out there to actually 'forecasting' whether or not a threat is likely to impact their organization".

You can find out more about the workshop on the BlackHat USA website.

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