5 IT Security Tools You Should Know

By Denise | November 17, 2014

Traditional security tools can’t always protect you from emerging cyber threats. Here are five innovative security tools you should know to keep you one step ahead of the hackers.

 

The daily news often brings horror stories of companies that have been hacked. From malware and spyware, to DDoS attacks and hijacked USB drives, IT managers have more than their share of threats to worry about.

Since traditional security tools can’t always protect you from emerging cyber threats, here are five innovative tools to keep you one step ahead of the hackers.

1. TaaSERA

TaaSERA, which means Trust as a Service, analyzes for zero-minute detection. This means it searches for trace signs of a new malware agent right when it starts to infect your system. According to the company, it does more than block known viruses; it uses a “correlated sequence of inbound exploits, binary downloads, command and control communication, and outbound scans” to diagnose attacks.

2. Seclore

Seclore goes beyond protecting your organization from the inside – it protects beyond your firewall. Seclore is an information rights management (IRM) tool that uses encryption, rights policies, full auditing, and other tools to protect your company’s sensitive information. Seclore can even control how long a document is in the hands of someone outside your company.

3. Trusteer Apex

Trusteer Apex employs an emerging security tactic, in which it checks for application vulnerabilities rather than using the kill-chain tactic (in which you learn about the attacker and how he exploits your system). Rather than focusing on signature-based protection and zero-day patches, Trusteer Apex analyzes what an application is doing to determine if it is exposed to threats. The tool will block any security gaps it finds as well prevent malware from communicating back to the Internet.

4. Seculert

Seculert is a big data analytics company that uses the Hadoop programming framework and Amazon Web Services to scour data stores for potential threats. Because data is ingested in large quantities and analyzed by botnets in the cloud, deployment is quick and inexpensive. Seculert even alerts other companies that might be in danger when it discovers an infection at another organization.

5. Veracode

Veracode VAST verifies and validates security compliance for third-party vendors. Its reporting tools do not access code directly, but they do analyze behaviors that could post a potential threat. So, you can use Veracode to vet potential vendors to be sure their apps meet your company’s security policies.

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