Black Hat USA: Halcyon and Sophos tag-team ransomware fightback | Computer Weekly
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Halcyon and Sophos have created a joint venture for threat intelligence sharing, focusing on sharing data regarding indicators of compromise, adversary behaviours, and attack patterns. Announced at Black Hat USA, the partnership aims to tackle ransomware threats and improve detection and response capabilities. Simon Reed from Sophos highlighted that timely intelligence is crucial for defense, while Halcyon CEO Jon Miller noted Sophos's effective endpoint security performance. The collaboration follows Halcyon's establishment of a Ransomware Research Centre and Sophos's acquisition of threat hunting capabilities.
Ransomware tools and tactics are evolving constantly, and the best defense is timely, relevant intelligence that enables defenders to act quickly and with confidence.
By sharing insights with Halcyon, we're improving signal fidelity and accelerating detection across our systems, which strengthens protection for all the organisations we serve.
Halcyon is honored to partner with Sophos. Over the last four years, based on our telemetry, Sophos has time and time again proven to be one of the most effective endpoint security platforms.
Their dedication to innovate and roll out industry-leading and unique features continues to put their customers at an everyday advantage over the most sophisticated attacks affecting enterprises today.
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