Trellix actively aligned with the global network of public and private sector partners

John Fokker, Head of Cyber Investigations and Principal Engineer, Trellix

Impact of cyber-attacks on the critical infrastructure of companies

Critical infrastructure is frequently targeted by bad actors due to its vast reach, interconnection, and use of embedded systems, not to mention the fact that much of it relies on a mix of legacy and more modern equipment. Being prepared for evolving threats that exist is one of the most difficult tasks that companies and their critical infrastructure face. Most attacks fall into one of three categories: espionage, extortion, or sabotage. Today, organizations are looking for state of the art systems to build resiliency and security.

Managing critical events and emergency incidents

By providing threat-centric and business context, automating analytics and remediation, and minimizing data for machine-human teaming, XDR eliminates time-consuming detection and investigation processes, allowing businesses to respond to threats faster. It gives businesses, infrastructure providers, and other enterprises greater confidence in the security and resilience of their environments, even when confronted with the most sophisticated threat actors and this can boost the priorities of organizations against cyberattacks.

The solutions to protect the infrastructure

Cybersecurity must be a business priority in order to effectively combat threats, which can occur at any time and without notice. The XDR ecosystem can help protect against threats that can result in huge losses. Trellix is also coordinating with government and industry partners to help provide greater visibility into the evolving threat landscape. As a member of the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) convened by the U.S. Cyber and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Trellix is actively aligned with this global network of public and private sector partners focused on rapid response efforts to protect critical infrastructure.

As people continue to work from home, the risk of sensitive personal and corporate data being compromised has multiplied. Remote work has also provided criminals with access to remote systems, allowing them to implement a variety of malicious threats that could affect not only users working from home, but also the organizations for which they work. These threats include the distribution of spam and malware, as well as the use of risky methods to disguise malicious activity and compile their tools on the machine.

Our XDR platform generates and prioritizes comprehensive threat insights from outside and inside the company to adaptively strengthen detection so that enterprises can keep up with the changing global threat landscape and reduce risk by using security analytics and automation to prioritize investigations and accelerate incident detection and response.