Carbon Black Announces Cb Protection 8.0, the Only Application Control Solution to Automate Lockdown of Data Center Servers, Outpacing Symantec and Trend Micro

Carbon Black Announces Cb Protection 8.0, the
Only Application Control Solution to Automate Lockdown of Data Center Servers,
Outpacing Symantec and Trend Micro

Cb Protection was the
only vendor to secure a perfect prevention score in NSS Labs’ Advanced Endpoint
Protection (AEP) test

SINGAPORE — May 4, 2017—Carbon
Black, the leader in next-generation endpoint security, today
announced the release of Cb Protection 8.0, the
only application control solution on the market to automate lockdown of data
center servers.

Cb Protection is
deployed on 4 million computers worldwide, including at leading Fortune 500
organizations. Customers use Cb Protection to lockdown servers and critical
systems to stop all forms of cyberattacks including malware, ransomware,
zero-day attacks and non-malware attacks. Cb Protection was the only security
solution to earn 100% protection efficacy in NSS Labs’ Advanced Endpoint
Protection test.

Simple and Fast Server
Security with “Rapid Configs”

Cb Protection 8.0
features “Rapid Configs,” which enable the highest form of server protection
quicker and more effectively than ever before. These out-of-the-box and
cloud-delivered protection rules simplify configuration of application control
policies and optimize protection against attacks targeting servers.

Some of the Rapid
Configs included with Cb Protection 8.0 are: OS Hardening, Browser Protection,
and MS Office Protection. These configurations can be delivered from the cloud,
so as Carbon Black receives feedback from customers, we can rapidly develop and
deliver. With “Rapid Configs,” users experience fast time to value while
establishing and maintaining the highest form of lockdown security available.

“‘Rapid Configs’
dramatically simplifies configuration for users and eases day-to-day
management,” said Michael Viscuso, Carbon Black’s co-founder and chief
technology officer. “Now, customers can experience superior protection for data
center servers without the additional effort traditionally associated with
application control solutions.”

Cb Protection 8.0
includes a few, additional product enhancements:

Improved Protection
Against Non-Malware Attacks

Enhanced PowerShell and Script
Protection: Cb Protection 8.0
features more granular control of policies through command-line arguments. With
the increase in attacks leveraging frameworks such as PowerShell, Cb Protection
empowers administrators to specifically control command-line usage in the data
center as a measure to harden servers. This feature means administrators have
continuous access to the benefits of command-line tools while also being
protected against attacks attempting to exploit them.

Streamlined Management
at Scale

Unified Management, Rapid Rendering and API
Improvements: Cb Protection 8.0
features a new, modern UI and the ability to manage all servers from a single
console, regardless of deployment location. Unified Management allows customers
to keep “local” data “local” in order to meet compliance requirements. Rapid rendering
dynamically displays content to users when it’s available, dramatically
improving UI response times.

Role-Based Access Control: New controls restrict which users can make
changes to specific device groups or policy changes to specific servers. These
controls also provide better visibility to mitigate insider threats by limiting
access to specific, trusted users.

“Servers are under
attack and are among the most breached assets,” said Viscuso. “Traditional
defenses, such as antivirus, are ineffective at stopping advanced attacks
against servers. Cb Protection provides the strongest form of lockdown security
for servers with minimal impact to systems.”

Cb Protection empowers
security teams to:

Lockdown Servers: Cb Protection combines application control, file
integrity monitoring and memory protection for the strongest form of server
lockdown. Cb Protection enables security teams to control files and
applications, monitor activity, prevent all unauthorized change, and harden
servers.

Achieve Continuous
Compliance: Cb Protection
enables security teams to maintain continuous regulatory compliance with
security controls required by regulatory bodies. The result is minimized
compliance risk and full audit trails of all changes.

Simplify Server Administration: Cb Protection simplifies administrative tasks
commonly required for servers, including configuration management and emergency
patching. Additional automation, preconfigured protection templates and
policy-driven configuration offer faster time-to-value and low system-resource
impact.