McAfee Unveils New Global Security Operations Centers

McAfee Unveils New Global
Security Operations Centers

McAfee Security Fusion Centers Designed
as Blueprint for Customers Response to Cyberthreats

Singapore, March
27, 2018 –
McAfee, the device-to-cloud cybersecurity company, today unveiled two new state-of-the-art
cyber and physical security operations centers (SOC), named the McAfee Security
Fusion Centers, located in Plano, Texas and Cork, Ireland. McAfee Security
Fusion Centers are designed to support full visibility and management of risks
on a global scale. The purpose of the Fusion Centers is threefold: to protect
McAfee, to identify new cybersecurity product needs, and to act as a best
practices blueprint for customers and partners. The facilities are available on
a monthly schedule for customers who want to visit and understand how to better
manage the demanding requirements of their own security operations and to see human-machine
teaming in practice.

The McAfee
Security Fusion Centers are run by Grant Bourzikas, chief information
security officer and vice president of Labs Operations at McAfee.

“The McAfee
Security
Fusion Center was created as a blueprint that leverages security
operations technologies in new and innovative ways, enabling greater
collaboration between research teams, integration with endpoint detection and
response, and allowing for the future scalability of cloud-based technology,” says
Bourzikas. “We call ourselves Customer Zero because we are the first
organization to use McAfee’s new offerings and product updates, and because we
share our learnings to help customers implement faster and more smoothly.”

Security
operations has never been more essential or challenging for an organization. Attacks
are more sophisticated and attackers continue to become more skillful. At the
same time, organizations struggle to find the expert talent required to
maintain their detection tools and investigate potential threats. By utilizing human-machine teaming and deploying automated and advanced
analytics technologies to quickly elevate key insights and context, members of
the McAfee Security Fusion Center team tasked with examining cyberthreats can
focus their attention on high-value next steps, such as understanding a threat’s
impact across the organization and what’s needed to respond.

McAfee
Security Fusion Centers have a three-part mission:

1)      To
protect the company and McAfee’s technology infrastructure from cyberthreats,

2)      To help
McAfee build better products based on real-time security operations needs and experience, and

3)      To provide
an educational environment for customers to understand security operations technology
and operations best practices.

McAfee today
also announced a new
security operations architecture, built on a new version of McAfee Enterprise
Security Manager (McAfee ESM 11), the addition of McAfee Behavioral Analytics, new
enhancements to McAfee Investigator and McAfee Advanced Threat Defense, and new
integrations with McAfee Active Response. The entire new solution has been deployed
in the McAfee Security Fusion Centers, positioning McAfee as its own Customer Zero
and enabling McAfee to showcase a working blueprint for security operations in
real-time.

McAfee
ESM 11 and McAfee Behavioral Analytics are available to customers today. McAfee
Investigator will be available in April, and enhancements to McAfee Advanced
Threat Defense and McAfee Active Response will be available in May.

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About McAfee

McAfee
is the device-to-cloud cybersecurity company.  Inspired by the power
of working together, McAfee creates business and consumer solutions that make
our world a safer place. By building solutions that work with other companies’
products, McAfee helps businesses orchestrate cyber environments that are truly
integrated, where protection, detection and correction of threats happen
simultaneously and collaboratively. By protecting consumers across all their
devices, McAfee secures their digital lifestyle at home and away. By working
with other security players, McAfee is leading the effort to unite against
cybercriminals for the benefit of all. www.mcafee.com

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