Well it’s that time of year again. It seems like such a short time ago we were at Black Hat USA, and already Black Hat Europe is here again.

Black Hat Europe, taking place from the 3^rd to 6^th December, brings together more than 2,000 InfoSec professionals for networking, training and briefings. As a silver sponsor and exhibitor at this year’s event, we are looking forward to engaging again with the Black Hat cybersecurity community—including our Fusion partners, and fellow sponsors, Darktrace and Splunk – and seeing what’s new.

Cyber Skills Shortage: the perennial challenge

One of the interesting things about sponsoring Black Hat in different regions is seeing the common themes that emerge.

At Black Hat USA, back in August at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas there was much discussion about what we, as an industry, can do to combat the extreme shortage of skilled cyber professionals.

This is perhaps not surprising, given Black Hat’s strong focus on practical skills building, training and workshops. But it was interesting to talk to attendees about the challenges that this shortage of skilled people is causing, and what tools and strategies they’re implementing to help address those challenges.

A key theme was how tools like AI can help to reduce the burden on overworked analysts, leaving them free to focus on high-priority threats, and on proactive, rather than reactive, response. We talked to a number of attendees about why packet capture is such an ideal complement to AI tools because it provides the context that enables security teams to quickly prioritize, investigate and respond to the threats that their AI-based tools detect.

It will be interesting to see what attendees in London have to say about how their companies are addressing the cyber skills shortages in Europe.

What we’ll be talking about

We’ll be talking about our recently launched 9200 Series EndaceProbe Analytics Platform, the world’s first Petabyte Network Recording appliance.

We’ll also be showing how the unique architecture of the EndaceFabric allows customers to connect multiple EndaceProbes together to form single logical stacks of probes with multi-petabyte storage capacity that can monitor high-speed links of 100Gbps and beyond. This “stacking” approach, combined with the breakthrough density and price of the new 9200 Series EndaceProbes, gives organizations the ability to record and store weeks of full packet data.

Come and visit

We’re looking forward to catching up at Black Hat. So if you are attending, do drop in and see us. We’re at Stand 306.

We are delighted to report that Endace was announced as a double winner at Cyber Defense Magazine’s Global Awards for 2018 last week, winning both the ‘Cutting Edge Security Hardware’ and ‘Best Product Network Security & Management’ categories. The award was for our new EndaceProbe 9200 Series Analytics Platform, announced recently.

The 2018 Cyber Defense Global Awards marks the sixth year of the awards, which celebrate and honor cyber defense and information security innovators. Organised by Cyber Defense Magazine, winners are published in Cyber Defense Magazine’s annual print edition and were presented with their awards at IP EXPO Conference 2018 at London’s ExCeL.

On Endace’s double win, Gary S. Miliefsky, Publisher of Cyber Defense Magazine, commented: “Cyber Defense Magazine spent six months searching the globe to find the most innovative and cutting edge cyber security companies for our Cyber Defense 2018 Global Awards. Endace won these awards for Cutting Edge Security Hardware and Best Product Network Security & Management because it is an innovator on a mission to help stop breaches and get one step ahead of the next threat, proactively.”

You can learn more about Endace’s network monitoring products, analytics platform, and network packet history recording solutions here.

Endace is headed to Black Hat USA 2018. Now in its 21st year, this leading information security event provides attendees with the very latest in research, development, trends and solution showcase. The first four days (August 4-7) includes intense training for security professionals of all levels followed by the two-day (August 8-9) main event including the Exhibitor Showcase, briefings, arsenal, and more.

This is event is one of our USA team’s favorite event of the year.  Security professionals from across the country—and across the globe—converge upon the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas to learn about the latest tools and trends, and to really network and learn from their peers. Our conversations with attendees are always in-depth, meaningful and a learning experience for everyone involved.

Endace will once again be showcasing our EndaceProbe Analytics Platform at our booth located in the lobby area outside of the hall in location # L5. Over the last year, Endace announced partnerships with a number of leading vendors including BluVector, Cisco, Dynatrace, Idappcom and Plixer. By deploying these analytics solutions on the EndaceProbe Analytics Platform, customers can consolidate hardware to reduce cost and dramatically reduce the time required to install new analytics solutions.

Stop by our booth at L5 and visit with the team, we’ll be giving away great swag!

On Tuesday 19th June 2018, four members of the Endace EMEA team will be joining six team members from the Ministry of Defence to complete the National Three Peaks Challenge.

The 24-hour challenge will see the team climb the highest peaks of England, Scotland and Wales—Scafell Pike, Ben Nevis and Mount Snowdon. The team will be raising money for Dorothy House Hospice Care who provide compassionate care and support for people with a life-limiting illness.

The three peaks challenge means scaling Scafell Pike which is the tallest point in England (at 978m), Snowdon is the tallest in Wales (at 1,085m), and Ben Nevis is the tallest in Scotland (at 1,345m). The team will start at 5pm on the 19^th and will go non-stop until the challenge is completed by 5pm the following day.

Endace’s EMEA team’s sponsorship of various sporting teams such as Bobsled, the Royal Navy team at 2017 International Tattoo, and MOD Corsham Field Gun team at the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity Field Gun Competition acts as a driver for philanthropic activities.

Last year the team participated in the Tough Mudder with MOD Corsham, and this year it’s the Three Peaks.

Team members from Endace include Stephen Tsirtsonis, Endace Director of Defence EMEA, Tom Jones, Lead Engineer, Owen Gallagher, Professional Services Engineer, and Chris Bone, Global Sales Operations Manager.

Keep an eye out on Endace’s LinkedIn and Twitter to track the team’s progress—we wish them the best of luck!

If you’ve had time to read this, then you have time to sponsor us for Dorothy House, so please feed your positive Karma and donate what you can.

Donations

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As the Crusaders and Hurricanes fought it out on a miserable, cold rainy night in the stadium across the carpark, a crowd of almost 800 people, dressed in their finery, descended on Christchurch’s Horncastle Arena for the 2018 Hitech Awards last week.

The Hitech Awards is the glamour event for New Zealand’s Hitech sector and features a stellar cast of 70 international and national judges judging entries across 13 categories, including our own David Earl.

Diversity was a big focus for the Hitech Trust this year, and it was really pleasing to see so many women represented amongst the finalists. Jen Rutherford, Chairperson of the Hitech Trust said “The number of finalists with female CEO’s has almost doubled year-on-year. Whilst we are not there yet, we are moving in the right direction. Our industry is truly in great shape.”

Endace sponsored the Most Innovative Hi-Tech Hardware Product Award, which was a keenly fought category again this year, with a wide range of products from Ubco‘s radical, off-road electric bike to a 3D Bioimaging device from Mars Bioimaging and innovative construction equipment from Calibre Contracting Equipment. The winner of the award was Enatel for its smart, modular charging solutions used to power material handling equipment.

Congratulations to all the finalists and winners. We wish them all the best of luck in their endeavors. And we look forward to seeing what innovative technology will appear at next year’s Hitech Awards.

For those that weren’t able to attend, here’s a highlights reel courtesy of our friends at Swaytech, who organized the event. Great job guys!

From the 5-7th June 2018, the Endace team will be exhibiting at Infosecurity Europe at Olympia, London. Infosecurity, Europe’s largest conference programme, offers more than 400 exhibitors (and 19,500 information security professionals) the chance to showcase market-leading information security solutions.

“The UK team will be demonstrating Endace’s range of products and how they can be integrated with security tools from partners like Cisco, Splunk, Plixer and Palo Alto Networks,” says James Barrett, Senior Director EMEA. “We’re looking forward to hearing some great keynotes, as well as participating in the tech and strategy talks, while sharing our expertise with attendees and other exhibitors.”

Infosecurity brings more than 240 free conference sessions, with attendees ranging from industry veterans to promising start-ups. Alongside the conference sessions and exhibition hall, the event provides networking opportunities for attendees to share knowledge and experience.

You can read more about Endace and our products on the Endace website or on Infosecurity’s exhibitor page. To meet the Endace team and receive a demo at Infosecurity, visit stand R100 or contact us here.

As cyber threats become increasingly sophisticated, ensuring you’re not subject to a security breach is more important than ever before. That’s why we’re pleased to announce a new partnership with AI-driven network security company, BluVector.

Cortex, BluVector’s next generation, AI-based intrusion detection solution can now be deployed directly onto our EndaceProbe Analytics Platform. In addition, Cortex  integrates with the Network History recorded by EndaceProbes, enabling analysts to go from an alert in the Cortex dashboard directly to the related packets in EndaceVision with a single click.

A security intrusion doesn’t have to lead to a major breach or cyber incident. But detecting, investigating and responding to threats quickly is critical. The combination of BluVector’s state-of-the-art threat detection combined with Endace’s 100% accurate packet-level evidence means that SecOps teams can investigate, respond to and neutralize intrusions with great efficiency. Information collected from thousands of disparate data sources is analyzed and prioritized and made available instantly to SecOps teams. This allows analysts to quickly understand the severity of threats and minimize them before they have the chance to escalate into a breach.

If you are going to the RSA Conference in San Francisco, both the Endace and BluVector teams will be at Booth 1615, South Expo demonstrating our combined solution. Be sure to visit us to see what our powerful partnership can do for you! If you’d like to find out more, check out our BluVector partner page: endace.com/partners/fusion/bluvector

We’re thrilled to announce that Endace is the proud winner of this year’s ‘One to Watch’ Company award at the 2018 Network Computing Awards.

The black-tie awards ceremony dinner was hosted on Thursday 22nd March by Network Computing at the Radisson Blu Edwardian in Bloomsbury, London.

The win is a testament to the exceptional efforts of our team around the world and reflects the growing recognition of our many business success stories in the UK and beyond.

Network Computing is the UK’s longest established magazine dedicated to network management. With the first ceremony in 2007, Network Computing has been running the awards for 11 years. The ‘One to Watch Company’ award was first introduced in 2016 and has previously been won by TDB Fusion and NBM Technology Solutions.

Congratulations to all the other winners and nominees and thank you to Network Computing for hosting a great evening.

You can learn more about Endace’s network monitoring products, analytics platform, and network packet history recording solutions here.