Company:AlienVault

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AlienVault, Inc.
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryComputer Security, Computer Software
Founded2007
FounderJulio Casal, Dominique Karg, Ignacio Cabrera, Alberto Roman
HeadquartersSan Mateo, California (US) and Madrid, Spain
Key people
Barmak Meftah, CEO; Roger Thornton, CTO; Jaime Blasco, Chief Scientist
Number of employees
300+
ParentAT&T Communications (2018-present)
Websitealienvault.com

AlienVault, Inc. is a developer of commercial and open source solutions to manage cyber attacks,[1] including the Open Threat Exchange, the world's largest crowd-sourced computer-security platform.[2] In July 2017, the platform had 65,000 participants who contributed more than 14 million threat indicators daily. The company has raised $116 million since it was founded in 2007. On July 10, 2018, it was acquired by AT&T Communications, becoming a wholly owned subsidiary when the transaction was completed on August 22, 2018.[3][4]

History

The OSSIM project began in 2003 and was started by Dominique Karg,[5] Julio Casal[6], Ignacio Cabrera and later Alberto Román.[7] It became the basis of AlienVault, founded in 2007 in Madrid, Spain.[8]

The company hired the management team of Hewlett Packard's Fortify group in 2012, including AlienVault CEO Barmak Meftah, CTO Roger Thornton and five others.[9]

In 2015, the company partnered with Intel to coordinate real-time threat information.[10] A similar deal with Hewlett Packard was announced the same year.[2]

In 2015, AlienVault researchers released a study disclosing that Chinese hackers were circumventing popular privacy tools.[11]

In June 2015, AlienVault Chief Scientist Jaime Blasco released a report saying that Chinese hackers found a way to circumvent both virtual private networks (VPNs), and Tor, anonymity software that hides a computer’s location by routing its requests through a series of Internet Service Providers.[11][12]

AlienVault Open Threat Exchange had 26,000 participants in 140 countries reporting more than one million potential threats daily, as of June 2015. [13]

In February 2017, AlienVault released USM Anywhere, a SaaS security monitoring platform designed to centralize threat detection, incident response and compliance management of cloud, hybrid cloud, and on-premises environments from a cloud-based console.[14][15]

By July 2017, AlienVault Open Threat Exchange platform had 65,000 participants who contributed more than 14 million threat indicators daily.[16]

On July 10, 2018 AT&T announced to acquire AlienVault for an undisclosed amount.[17] The acquisition was completed on August 22, 2018 and the company became a subsidiary of AT&T through its communications unit.[18]

Products

In addition to their free products, AlienVault offers a paid security platform, called Unified Security Management, that integrates threat detection, incident response, and compliance management into one solution.[19] Threat applications are offered via hardware, virtual machines, and as a cloud service.[1]

The Open Threat Exchange (OTX), which is free, enables security experts to research and collaborate on new threats, better compare data and integrate threat information into their security systems.[13] A big data platform, OTX leverages natural language processing and machine learning.[13]

AlienVault also runs the Open Source Security Information Management (OSSIM) project, which helps network administrators with computer security, intrusion detection, and response.[20][21]

Finances

In August 2015, the firm raised $52 million to expand its security business. The round was led by Institutional Venture Partners and included GGV Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Trident Capital, and Jackson Square Ventures.[1][20]

The company said in 2015 that it was adding 300 to 400 new clients each quarter and it hired a Chief Financial Officer to help it prepare for a possible Initial Public Offering (IPO).[1]

By the end of fiscal year 2016, AlienVault recorded about 53 percent year-over-year sales growth and increased its install base by about 65 percent to approximately 5,000 commercial customers.[22]

AlienVault has raised $116 million since it was founded in 2007.[23]

Awards

In 2017, AlienVault won the "BEST CLOUD COMPUTING SECURITY SOLUTION" for EMEA presented by SC Magazine UK.[24] In the same year, Forbes featured AlienVault in their Forbes Cloud 100 list.[25]

Deloitte featured AlienVault in their Deloitte Technology Fast 500 list in 2015 and 2016.[26]

In 2015, AlienVault won the "Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) Solution of the Year" presented by The Computing Security Awards.[27]

In 2014, AlienVault was nominated for “Best SMB Security Product” and Jaime Blasco, Director of AlienVault Labs, was nominated for “Technology Hero of the Year” by V3, a technology industry publication.[28]

Competitors

AlienVault competes in the SIEM and network security industry against HP ArcSight, IBM QRadar and LogRhythm, among others.[29]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Miller, Ron (August 19, 2015). "AlienVault Secures $52M Round With Eye Toward IPO". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2015/08/19/alienvault-secures-52m-round-with-eye-toward-ipo/. Retrieved November 8, 2015. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Raywood, Dan (April 24, 2015). "HP partner with AlienVault on Cyber Threat-Sharing Initiative". ITPortal.com. http://www.itproportal.com/2015/04/22/hp-partner-alienvault-cyber-threat-sharing-initiative/. Retrieved November 8, 2015. 
  3. ↑ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/att-to-acquire-alienvault-300678446.html
  4. ↑ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/att-completes-acquisition-of-alienvault-300700645.html
  5. ↑ "Dominique Karg". http://sourceforge.net/users/dkarg. Retrieved November 8, 2015. 
  6. ↑ "Julio Casal". http://sourceforge.net/users/jcasal. Retrieved November 8, 2015. 
  7. ↑ "Alberto Román". http://sourceforge.net/users/alberto_r. Retrieved November 8, 2015. 
  8. ↑ Cohan, Peter (August 7, 2012). "AlienVault is Catching the Internet Security Wave". Forbes.com. https://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2012/08/07/alienvault-is-catching-the-internet-security-wave/. Retrieved November 8, 2015. 
  9. ↑ Dunn, John (January 17, 2012). "AlienVault grabs entire management team from HP division". Techworld. http://www.techworld.com/news/security/alienvault-grabs-entire-managment-team-from-hp-division-3330689/. Retrieved November 8, 2015. 
  10. ↑ Neal, David (May 13, 2015). "Intel and AlienVault partner on real-time threat information sharing". The Inquirer. http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2408353/intel-and-alienvault-partner-on-real-time-threat-information-sharing. Retrieved November 8, 2015. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Perloth, Nicole (June 12, 2015). "Chinese Hackers Circumvent Popular Web Privacy Tools". New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/13/technology/chinese-hackers-circumvent-popular-web-privacy-tools.html?ref=topics&_r=0. Retrieved November 8, 2015. 
  12. ↑ Ashford, Warwick (June 15, 2015). "Chinese hackers are by-passing web privacy tools, say researchers". Computer Weekly. http://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500248135/Chinese-hackers-are-by-passing-web-privacy-tools-say-researchers. Retrieved November 8, 2015. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Barker, Ian (August 2015). "Open Threat Exchange brings a community approach to fighting attacks". betanews. http://betanews.com/2015/07/28/open-threat-exchange-brings-a-community-approach-to-fighting-attacks/. Retrieved November 8, 2015. 
  14. ↑ "USM Anywhere simplifies security for organizations of all sizes". HelpNet Security. 8 February 2017. https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2017/02/08/usm-anywhere/. Retrieved 7 October 2017. 
  15. ↑ Ribeiro, Anna (9 February 2017). "AlienVault announces USM Anywhere unified security management platform; achieves AWS Advanced Technology Partner st". Computer Technologyy Review. http://wwpi.com/2017/02/09/alienvault-announces-usm-anywhere-unified-security-management-platform-achieves-aws-advanced-technology-partner-status/. Retrieved 7 October 2017. 
  16. ↑ Kobialka, Dan (25 July 2017). "AlienVault OTX Threat Intelligence Community Exceeds 65K Participants". MSSP Alert. https://www.msspalert.com/cybersecurity-news/alienvault-otx-threat-intelligence-community-exceeds-65k-participants/. Retrieved 15 November 2017. 
  17. ↑ https://urgentcomm.com/cybersecurity/att-closes-deal-alienvault-appoints-ceo-head-new-cybersecurity-unit
  18. ↑ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/att-completes-acquisition-of-alienvault-300700645.html
  19. ↑ Kepes, Ben (August 19, 2015). "AlienVault picks up $52M to secure all the things". ComputerWorld. http://www.computerworld.com/article/2971402/security/alienvault-picks-up-52m-to-secure-all-the-things.html. Retrieved November 8, 2015. 
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Kerner, Sean (August 19, 2015). "AlienVault Raises $52M to Grow Its Security Business". eWeek. http://www.eweek.com/security/alienvault-raises-52m-to-grow-its-security-business.html. Retrieved November 8, 2015. 
  21. ↑ Kerner, Sean (February 20, 2014). "AlienVault Advances Open-Source SIEM". eWeek. http://www.eweek.com/security/alienvault-advances-open-source-siem.html. Retrieved November 8, 2015. 
  22. ↑ Alvarez, Dean (1 February 2016). "AlienVault Announces 5th Consecutive Year of Hypergrowth in 2016". IT Security Guru. http://www.itsecurityguru.org/2017/02/01/alienvault-announces-5th-consecutive-year-hypergrowth-2016/. Retrieved 7 October 2017. 
  23. ↑ "AlienVault". Crunchbase. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/alienvault. Retrieved November 8, 2015. 
  24. ↑ "SC Magazine uk". http://www.scmagazineuk.com/. 
  25. ↑ "The Cloud 100". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2016/09/07/the-cloud-100-the-next-leaders-in-cloud-computing/#1ac598d966ef. Retrieved 7 October 2017. 
  26. ↑ "Technology Fast 500 List". Deloitte. https://www2.deloitte.com/fast500. Retrieved 7 October 2017. 
  27. ↑ "The Computing Security Awards 2015". Computing Security. http://www.computingsecurityawards.co.uk/. Retrieved November 9, 2015. 
  28. ↑ Bennet, Madeline. "V3 announces winners of Technology Awards 2014". V3. http://m.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2384032/v3-announces-winners-of-technology-awards-2014. Retrieved November 9, 2015. 
  29. ↑ Scarfone, Karen (September 2015). "Comparing the best SIEM systems on the market". TechTarget. http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/feature/Comparing-the-best-SIEM-systems-on-the-market. Retrieved November 8, 2015. 




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