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MANDIANT Launches Threat Identification

May 20, 2008
Consulting and Technology Combine to Identify Malicious Activity and Advanced Persistent Threats

MANDIANT, an elite provider of information security consulting services and solutions, introduced their Threat Identification Program (TIP) today. TIP combines the Company’s professional services with its recently-launched MANDIANT Intelligent Response technology to seek out malicious activity and advanced persistent threats throughout an enterprise’s network.

MANDIANT responds to computer security incidents on a consistent basis, witnessing the rapid proliferation of compromise throughout client networks and recognizing trends in the types and sources of threats targeting those systems. Organizations dealing with persistent threats require enhanced capabilities to effectively identify, scope and remediate these threats within their enterprise.

MANDIANT’s Threat Identification Program is targeted for security professionals and incident responders in government agencies, the Defense Industrial Base and the commercial sector. Through network monitoring, host-based monitoring and signature detection, TIP is successful in identifying malicious activity that hides in routine network traffic or that lies dormant until it is required to maintain access to the network. MANDIANT Intelligent Response technology is leveraged in TIP to review thousands of systems in an expedited manner, looking for specific indicators of compromise or to investigate anomalous network activity from a host. Clients are able to conduct static and dynamic analysis of hostile programs and rapidly deploy signatures to identify or respond to potential incidents.

By implementing TIP, organizations will know if they have a persistent threat and will not have to spend significant amounts of time conducting tactical remediation prior to understanding the extent of the compromise. "We have combined our professional service experience with our MIR technology to develop advanced tactical countermeasures to mitigate persistent threats," said Kevin Mandia, President & CEO of MANDIANT.


About MANDIANT

MANDIANT is the information security industry’s leading provider of incident response and computer forensics solutions and services. Headquartered in Alexandria, Va., with offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Reston, Va., MANDIANT provides products, professional services and education to Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, government agencies, domestic and foreign police departments and leading U.S. law firms. MANDIANT comprises one of the industry’s largest incident response and forensics forces. The authors of eleven books, MANDIANT security consultants and engineers hold top government security clearances and certifications and advanced degrees from some of the most prestigious computer science universities. To learn more about MANDIANT visit www.mandiant.com, read M-unition, the company blog: http://blog.mandiant.com, or follow on Twitter @MANDIANT.