The cyber security problem is hard to solve due to its sheer complexity and size. The constant cat and mouse security game has driven spending well over the $10B mark and created 1,000+ new technology startups in just the last 5-10 years alone. Venture Capital money continues to pour in and new innovations in prevention, detection, incident response and SecOps occur at a regular heartbeat.
Cyber security platform companies like Symantec are also innovating, but it’s important to recognize the importance what a vast and very creative community of companies can bring to the table in the fight against cybercrime.
To accelerate the collaboration and creativity across this eco-system, Symantec is announcing a new initiative called the Technology Integration Partner Program or TIPP for short. We’re openly inviting any cyber security company from small startups to well established security companies to join with us to put a big dent in cybercrime. Click here to apply: TechPartner@symantec.com
While many partner programs exist today, we have decided to focus on the technical integration aspect of partnership. This is the single most important aspect of making a difference in security. By working to integrate our data feeds, linking together our defensive platforms, leveraging each other’s advanced detection suites, automating workflows to increase productivity, only then can we make a real impact. The more technology companies want to integrate with our platform, the more they will be rewarded within TIPP. Technology vendors can read more about the program here: CLICK HERE
Our customers will want to hardness these integrations for the following reasons:
Enhance current security investments: A good example is utilizing the Symantec SSL Visibility Appliance to inspect SSL/TLS encrypted traffic that can be used by existing advanced threat or malware detection products. Without this, >70% of traffic would never be inspected.
Maintain a stronger security posture: A good example is utilizing the ProxySG/Content Analysis to pre-filter all potential bad web traffic before it must be sent for deeper level inspection, such as sandboxing. This dramatically improves the performance of the current installed sandbox/ATP systems.
Improve productivity: If the SOC team uses Splunk, Symantec has built a unified App to consolidate all data into one place from SEP/ATP/ProxySG, Security Analytics, WAF and more. This helps the analyst find a problem fast with direct access to Symantec systems to further validate or investigate.
We’re launching with over 100 integrations out of the gate with the broadest set of security technology companies around the planet. Customers will be able to find updates on new companies and integrations within Symantec Connect.
