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March 3, 2010 – Infosecurity
Solera Networks partners with EMC
“The Solera DS SAN solution, powered by EMC, breaks the single-system storage barrier by providing incident responders instant access to the full detail of historical network activity in up to one petabyte of captured network data.”
February 5, 2010 – Dark Reading
Aurora’ Attacks Still Under Way, Investigators Closing In On Malware Creators
“Aurora is a wake-up call,” says Peter Schlampp, vice president of marketing and product management for forensics firm Solera Networks. “Companies are waking up to the fact that they’ve under-invested in the area of security around surveillance and monitoring and forensics to get to the bottom of what happened.”
February 5, 2010 – SC Magazine
Preparing for the unknown unknowns – By Pete Schlampp
While most organizations implement security tools that target prevention, those same organizations fail to understand the full spectrum of security. Prevention is only one part of the equation. Detection and incident response are arguably more important.
February 4, 2010 – GSN Magazine
Are we prepared for cyber war? – By Steve Shillingford
Cyber threats are one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation. Every major defense agency, including the Departments of Defense, State, Commerce, Energy and NASA, has been infiltrated.
January 11, 2010 – VentureWire
With Public Dollars Flowing, IT Start-Ups Shake Hands With Washington
For Solera Networks Inc., being discovered by some security evangelists in the federal government was key to growing its business, said Steve Shillingford, its chief executive. The company, which has raised about $12 million from Allegis Capital and Canopy Ventures, makes appliances that monitor and record activity on a network, similar to a video surveillance system that monitors a bank.
November 10, 2009 – Business Week
Solera Networks and ArcSight Join Forces to Provide Network Security and Forensics Solution
Solera Networks has partnered with ArcSight, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARST) to enable integration between their high-speed network forensics appliances and ArcSight’s enterprise threat and risk monitoring solutions. This integration will help determine the true scope of any network or security issue by providing a record of network traffic and replay capabilities to event notifications.
November 3, 2009 – BT Secure Thinking
At first glance, the report paints a familiar theme of organizations needing “more security.” However, the hidden lesson from the survey is that security should be treated as a process, and not a product. “The trick is to reduce your risk of exposure regardless of the products or patches,” Bruce Schneier wrote in 2000.
October 19, 2009 – SearchSecurity.com
Network traffic collection, analysis helps prevent data breaches
Steve Shillingford, CEO of Solera Networks Inc., says his company’s traffic analysis appliances allow administrators to search and navigate through network traffic as easy as searching through files on a computer.
October 19, 2009 – Federal News Radio
Cybersecurity provider says most agencies have already been attacked
A new survey gauging the vulnerability of companies to cyberattack shows that most believe some sort of attack is inevitable.
Cybersecurity provider Solera Networks has recently completed a network forensics survey that looks at what a lot of companies have done, and are in the process of doing, to head off cyberattacks.
Listen to the interview with Chris Dorobek of Federal News Radio.
October 19, 2009 – Your Defence News
Solera Networks Provides Vital Support for Simulated Cyber War
With recent cyber attacks targeting federal agencies responsible for the protection of the American people, the need for cyber security is higher now than ever before. Cyber warfare training exercises and simulated cyber wars are one of the most effective ways to recruit new security talent and ensure that individuals responsible for securing government and private sector networks are prepared for cyber war when it occurs.
Solera Networks, has been selected by White Wolf Security to provide network forensics solutions for these simulated exercises.
October 5, 2009 – DarkReading
Most Companies Unprepared For Quick Response To Attack
Ray Owen, Defense/intelligence cybersecurity executive and advisor, said, “Management needs to understand that mounting an effective response to an attack requires real-time knowledge of what is happening across their networks. The industry needs the tools to help us do that quickly.”
October 1, 2009 – HelpNetSecurity
Most networks unprepared for attack response
While many survey respondents believe incident response is necessary; most do not have the capabilities to determine the full scope of an incident when it occurs. This is daunting, given that 75 percent of the respondents believe that an attack will have a significant impact on their company brand and reputation.
July 22, 2009 – HSTV
Cyber War & The State of US National Cyber Security
A look at the recent alleged North Korean cyber attacks against U.S. and South Korean Web servers, and an in-depth discussion of America’s current national cyber security posture.
July 14, 2009 – TMC Net
Solera Networks Wins $1.8 Million Contract from U.S. Federal Agency
A major U.S. federal agency has awarded a $1.8 million contract to Solera Networks to facilitate a rapid response in the event of a breach or attack. The unnamed agency will use Solera Networks’ network forensics appliances as a key component of its cyber security strategy.
July 01, 2009 – SC Magazine
Large and small enterprises are facing a number of issues when it comes to forensic investigations.
“We’ve been seeing a rise in digital forensics results being challenged by outside digital forensics experts hired by the other parties,” says Guidance Software’s Butterworth. “Evidentiary data designed for criminal court will come under tougher and tougher scrutiny.”
May 01, 2009 – InfoSecurity Europe
Infosecurity Europe: firms get access to military grade forensics
It’s not often that firms supplying specialist network forensics technology to US government agencies are allowed to supply their systems software to civilian companies, especially outside of the United States, but Utah-based Solera Networks has achieved this.
May 2009 – USA Today
Tech security firm assumes bad guys will get in
Solera’s innovation: it assumes bad guys will eventually breach perimeter defenses, such as firewalls, antivirus protection and intrusion detection systems, no matter how stalwart. Solera’s technology monitors corporate networks for the break in, much like surveillance cameras pointed at bank tellers’ windows.
April 2009 – The 451 Group
Solera Networks closes $7m B round, bringing
total raised to $15.9m
Solera has continued to leverage its ability to build upon off-the-shelf hardware and provide extremely fast network traffic capture and storage capabilities. The analysis tools it’s built are
eminently useful, not just for compliance with rule sets but for proper network forensics.
April 2009 – KSL
Need for cyber security has Lindon company growing
LINDON — A Utah company is looking to double in size because of all the attention on cyber security these days.
February 2009 – GSN
Planning for failure is key to effective cyber security
When preventative measures inevitably fall victim to unknown threats and our defensive systems fail, detection and response become crucial in ensuring cyber security.
January 2009 – ebizQ
The Ultimate CSO Oxymoron Embrace Failure
In terms of security failure is not a matter of if but when and overlooking such an inevitability is a failing in its own right
December 2008 – [IN]Secure Magazine
Five Strategies for Proactively Embracing Failure – By Steve Shillingford
As information security professionals, we constantly ask, “Are we doing enough?” To which, the answer is usually a resounding “No.”
Download [IN]Secure Magazine Issue 19
November 6, 2008 – ZDNet
Solera Networks – a different take on management and security
Solera Networks makes it possible to capture all of the network traffic in and out of both physical and virtual systems for later in-depth analysis.
September 19, 2008 – Datamation
DS Series Product Watch
Appliances Capture Network Traffic For Forensics
September 18, 2008 – Interop New York
Interop podcast with Steve Shillingford of Solera Networks.
Kurt Franklin Interviews Steve Shillingford about the need for fundamental Network Forensics
September 17, 2008 – Information Week
Network Recorders Are A Window To The Past
Solera Networks announced an OEM program providing data-capture services to others
August 21, 2008 – CRN Australia
Unixpac signs up data security firm
IT security distributor, Unixpac, has signed a partnership deal with Solera Networks, a provider of network traffic capture and search appliances.
May 1, 2008 – TechWeb TV
Solera Networks CEO, Steve Shillingford, Introduces the Solera V2P™ Tap
TechWeb TV’s Fritz Nelson Interviews Steve Shillingford and gets the details on Solera Networks’ innovative technology that helps secure virtual environments.
May 1, 2008 – Info World
Startups take on network security, management
Interop’s Start-up City showcased networking technologies and tools from these five newbies
May 1, 2008 – Computer World
INTEROP – Startups take on network security, management
Start-up City vendors showcase products to secure ports, manage services and accelerate file transfers.
April 30, 2008 – Network World
Interop start-ups take on network security, management and acceleration
April 30, 2008 – Network World
25 New Products Debuting At Interop Las Vegas 2008
April 29, 2008 – Computer Technology Review
Interop/Software 2008 in Brief
April 29, 2008 – TMC
Solera Intros DeepSee Search Engine
