When a significant data breach hits the news, a firestorm of emails and articles inevitably follows. Some stick to sharing the facts. Others attempt to capitalize on the fear, uncertainty, doubt, and damaged trust to sell more products. Most of this noise does nothing to contribute to improving the security of their customers.
We respect the challenge FireEye faces in responding to this breach and feel that the security community needs to be supportive of their effort to disclose and contain the risks.
ExtraHop has received many inquiries, and expects many more, about whether we can protect our customers in the wake of this breach. The purpose of this post is to acknowledge that when a breach happens it changes the risk landscape for everyone, and it reinforces the need for a layered security approach that emphasizes post-compromise visibility and response. ...read more!
