Cybereason’s Executives Headline Speaking Sessions at Black Hat and BSides

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Cybereason Inc.

Jul 27, 2016, 11:10 ET

Boston (PRWEB) July 27, 2016 -- Cybereason today announced that members of its executive team will be headlining several speaking sessions at the Black Hat Conference, August 2-4 and BSides, August 2-3. Cybereason’s military-grade, real-time detection and response platform enables companies to become proactive hunters that disrupt and turn the tables on hackers, making them the targets. In addition, CEO Lior Div will welcome attendees to the Black Hat CISO Summit Breakfast, Tuesday, August 2, 7:30-8:30 a.m., taking place at the Four Seasons, Acacia Ballroom, 3960 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas.

Attendees can visit Cybereason at Black Hat by stopping by booth #539. Several informative booth speaking sessions are taking place Wednesday, August 3 and Thursday, August 4. Topics include:

  • Military Grade Prevention, Detection and Response
  • Hunting Fileless Malware
  • Fighting the Latest Attack Vectors
  • Beyond Infiltration
  • Conquering All Stages of an Attack
  • Prevention of Unknown Ransomware Made Possible

Cybereason’s speaking schedule is as follows:

Operation Escalation: How Commodity Programs Are Evolving Into Advanced Threats
Tuesday, August 2, 5:00-6:00 p.m., Tuscany Suites, Breaking Ground Florentine A.
CISO Israel Barak will discuss why low-risk, commodity-based click-fraud and adware programs shouldn’t be dismissed because hackers use these threats as conduits into companies.

How Security Professionals Are Approaching Current Challenges
Wednesday, August 3, 10:15-11:15 a.m., Mandalay Bay, Reef C
Vice President Ashish Larivee and Dark Reading’s Editor-in-Chief Tim Wilson will lead a discussion focused on the state of security departments across the globe. Attendees will also see results of Dark Reading’s 2016 Black Hat Attendee Survey and the Strategic Security Survey.

Watching Commodity Malware Get Sold to a Target Actor
Wednesday, August 3, 5:30-6:00 p.m. Mandalay Bay, Lagoon K
In his presentation, Israel Barak will cover black market trafficking of compromised enterprise resources and its impact on incident detection and response procedures. He will also explain what measures can be taken to detect that a commodity malware is going through a migration process and how this can be leveraged to increase the efficiency of the incident response process.

Cybereason has a proven track record of protecting Fortune 1,000 enterprises globally. The company has received many awards and accolades since its founding. Most recently, Cybereason topped a Gartner list of endpoint detection and response vendors. SC Magazine named Cybereason ‘Rookie Security Company of the Year.’ Also, CEO Lior Div was a 2016 EY Entrepreneur of the Year New England Finalist. In addition, Infosecurity Products Guide named Div ‘2016 CEO of the Year’ while Computer Reseller News named Cybereason’s military-grade detection and response threat hunting platform one of 30 cool products launched at the 2016 RSA Conference. And Dark Reading named the company one of the ‘20 Cyber Security Startups to Watch in 2016.’

About Cybereason:
Founded by members of the Israeli intelligence agency’s elite cyber security Unit 8200, the Cybereason platform mirrors the founders’ expertise in managing some of world’s most complex hacking operations. The Cybereason Detection and Response Platform leverages big data, behavioral analytics and machine learning to uncover, in real-time, complex cyber attacks designed to evade traditional defenses. It automates the investigation process, connects isolated malicious events and visually presents a full malicious operation. The platform is available as an on-premise solution or a cloud-based service. Cybereason is privately held and headquartered in Boston with offices in Tel Aviv and Tokyo.

For more information, please visit:

Website: http://www.cybereason.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Cybereason
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Cybereason
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/cybereason

Media Contact:
Bill Keeler
Director, Public Relations
Cybereason
bill.keeler(at)cybereason(dot)com
(508) 414-7755 (cell)

Bill Keeler, Cybereason Inc., +1 (929) 259-3261, [email protected]