Qualys Acquires Spell Security EDR: Key Capabilities Gained
Qualys says the Spell Security Platform will help customers with:- Deep malware threat research and reverse engineering expertise;
- additional niche agent data-collection techniques to detect malicious activities;
- continuous collection of host telemetry as well as MITRE-based detections across the endpoints through powerful in-house security and threat research;
- the ability to automatically correlate telemetry with the context of historical threat events through a powerful anomaly detection and reporting engine; and
- incident investigation and response instrumentation based on threat models.
- On-demand managed detection and response (MDR) with advanced breach investigation capabilities;
- Multi-vector threat hunting, monitoring and response across Linux, Windows, cloud and Apple Mac devices.
- Risk measurement and mitigation -- including on-premises phishing simulation and training, and advanced breach simulation to test control and blue teams.
Qualys Acquires Spell Security Threat Hunting: Executive Perspectives
“The entire Spell Security team and I are thrilled to be part of such a pioneering and innovative cybersecurity company. Qualys’ approach to delivering a unified cloud platform with all the information needed for protection, detection and response at your fingertips is well ahead of anything we’ve seen. This groundbreaking approach allows expert Threat Hunters, who are in great demand, to respond more effectively to the most sophisticated attacks. Thus, drastically reducing the time to respond,” said Rajesh Mony, founder and CTO of Spell Security. “We look forward to continuing to bring new technologies and capabilities to the Qualys Cloud Platform and its new integrated Multi-Vector EDR offering.”
“Spell Security delivers outstanding malware and threat research capabilities, front line experience investigating security incidents and data breaches, and powerful triage-driven threat hunting capabilities. Adding their technology to the Qualys Cloud Platform enables us to further strengthen our security and threat research, advanced endpoint behavior detection and provide customers with enhanced telemetry for even greater visibility, which helps them respond to threats more quickly. We welcome Spell Security to the Qualys family.”
Qualys Business Expansion
Qualys has been busy with R&D, product launches and tuck-in acquisitions. Recent moves include:- April 2020: Launching a vulnerability management, detection and response (VMDR) solution.
- July 2019: Integrating with Coalfire for Secure Cloud Automation Services.
- February 2019: Launching a patch management cloud application for IT and security teams.
- February 2019: Acquiring cloud applications management provider Adya.
