Nominum Partners with Malwarebytes to Add Remediation Options to its Network Protection and Device Security Solutions for Service Providers

Nominum Partners with Malwarebytes to Add Remediation Options to
its Network Protection and Device Security Solutions for Service Providers

Combination of Nominum N2 Product
Suite with Malwarebytes Brings Closed Loop Security Experience to Subscribers
with Infected Devices

REDWOOD CITY, CA—March 30, 2017—Nominum™,
the DNS security innovation leader and first to market with an extensible
DNS-based platform that accelerates digital transformation for service
providers, and Malwarebytes™,
the leading advanced malware prevention and remediation solution, announced
that they have joined forces to strengthen service provider cybersecurity
services. Through this partnership, Nominum and Malwarebytes are delivering a
closed loop security offering to communications service providers (CSPs)—an end-to-end
solution that enables DNS-based network protection, subscriber security and
personalized notifications, along with an easy-to-use, client-based option for
scanning and remediating infected desktop and mobile devices—providing
subscribers with a single solution for protecting and securing their online
activities.

The Nominum N2™ suite of DNS-based applications includes N2
ThreatAvert, N2 Secure
Consumer and N2 Reach to provide a strong cybersecurity
foundation for CSPs to keep networks and subscribers protected from emerging
cyberthreats like ransomware, phishing, DDoS attacks and other desktop and
mobile malware, and offers the ability to instantly notify subscribers when an
infection has occurred. Malwarebytes, recently recognized in CRN’s top 100
security solutions as a leader in the “Endpoint Security” category, offers
consumers and businesses a fast and easy way to remove both known and unknown,
or previously unidentified threats. In addition to the combined product
offering now available to service providers, Nominum and Malwarebytes will
collaborate through close sharing of research and insights from both companies’
expert data science teams.

“When a subscriber has an infected device, they are nearly four
times as likely to call their service provider’s help desk than a non-infected
subscriber and nine times as likely to churn off the service provider’s
network.  More so than ever before, it is important for CSPs to
proactively protect their networks and subscribers, provide personalized
security notifications and to offer subscribers an easy and effective way to
perform a fast “fix,” said Gary Messiana, CEO of Nominum. “The powerful
combination of Nominum and Malwarebytes allows CSPs to turn ordinarily costly
support issues into a hands-off revenue-generating opportunity by allowing CSPs
to cost-effectively identify cyberthreats, notify subscribers and offer them
easy remediation.”

“Companies and Internet users of all kinds are faced with the
risk of new cyberthreats every day,” said Marcin Kleczynski, CEO of
Malwarebytes. “Service providers are no exception, which also puts their
subscribers at risk. With our new partnership with Nominum, CSPs and their
subscribers can now rest easy that any malicious actors that end up on their
systems can be easily remediated. This new partnership will also serve as an
incredible asset to both companies’ threat intelligence. Together, we will have
even greater insight into the threat landscape, enabling us to continue to
protect consumers and businesses from the most dangerous cyberthreats.”

The financial damage caused by widespread cyberattacks is on the
rise. Cybersecurity Ventures predicts global annual cybercrime costs will grow
from $3 trillion in 2015 to $6 trillion annually by 2021, with global spending
on cybersecurity products and services projected to exceed $1 trillion by 2021.[1] As cited in the Nominum Data
Science and Security Report Fall 2016, ransomware is one of the
fastest growing types of cyberthreats because of its speed and efficiency in turning
virtual assets into real money. Locky, which possesses 17 percent of the
ransomware market, infects roughly 90,000 devices daily around the world, with
average payouts totaling $300 to $600 for each instance.[2]

Nominum N2: Protect, Secure and Notify for a
Better Subscriber Experience

The Nominum N2 product suite is designed to optimize and secure
subscribers’ online activities through robust DNS-based network protection,
subscriber/device security and personalized notifications when a breach
occurs—delivering a closed loop security experience. Through the combination of
Nominum’s industry-leading Vantio™ CacheServe unified DNS platform and N2, CSPs
strengthen their competitive advantage, accelerate revenue growth and increase
brand loyalty. The full product suite includes:

Malwarebytes Closes the Security Loop for
Subscribers

Malwarebytes empowers people to protect themselves against
advanced threats with Malwarebytes 3.0.
The solution replaces antivirus with superior technology designed to block
malware, ransomware, exploits, and other advanced threats that antivirus isn’t
smart enough to stop. Malwarebytes 3.0 is the first of its kind, employing
four independent technology modules—anti-malware, anti-ransomware,
anti-exploit, and malicious website protection—to block and remove both known
and unknown threats. The anti-ransomware and anti-exploit modules employ
signature-less technology so users are protected from advanced threats that are
not yet known to traditional antivirus research labs.

Malwarebytes pieces together threat traces and automatically
remediates compromised systems. This comprehensive approach to remediation
helps eliminate the possibility of new cyberattacks or lateral movements that
capitalize on leftover malware traces.