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On August 3, Tidal Cyber, the creator of Threat-Led Defense, and Carahsoft Technology Corp. announced a partnership. Under the agreement, Carahsoft will serve as Tidal Cyber’s public sector distributor, making Tidal Cyber’s Threat-Led Defense platform available to federal, state and local government agencies as well as education and healthcare markets through Carahsoft’s reseller partners and NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) V, Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2 (ITES-SW2), National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) ValuePoint, The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS) and OMNIA Partners contracts.
“We are pleased to partner with Carahsoft, which has supported public sector markets for decades, and now commercial markets as well,” said Rick Gordon, CEO of Tidal Cyber. “We chose Carahsoft to help us continue to build the market demand for Threat-Led Defense, a new product category that organizes security around procedures and how adversaries actually execute attacks versus abstract threat techniques, which lack the context needed to disrupt attacks effectively. Through our partnership with Carahsoft, public and commercial sector organizations can now align security investments, prioritize risk and improve defensive effectiveness based on real-world attack execution.”
As cyber threats become increasingly sophisticated, organizations face growing challenges in assessing risk, identifying critical security gaps and prioritizing defensive actions. While security teams have access to unprecedented volumes of asset, vulnerability and threat data, they often lack the context needed to understand how adversaries execute attacks and where defensive action will have the greatest impact.
The Threat-Led Defense platform addresses this challenge by placing attack execution at the center of defensive security. Rather than evaluating threats, vulnerabilities, assets and controls independently, the Tidal Cyber platform correlates them through adversary procedures, the real-world steps attackers take to achieve their objectives. This enables organizations to understand how attacks unfold, identify defensive gaps and prioritize actions based on actual risk, according to the company.
Built on deep expertise in MITRE ATT&CK, Tidal Cyber extends beyond traditional threat intelligence by operationalizing procedure-led threat intelligence through its Threat-Led Defense platform. This approach provides organizations with a level of granularity and context that has long been unavailable, the company said.
Tidal Cyber’s latest innovations include enhanced cyber threat intelligence (CTI) separation across ATT&CK, Tidal Cyber, open source and proprietary intelligence sources, providing organizations with more accurate visibility and threat attribution. New Threat-Led Asset Visibility and Vulnerability Prioritization capabilities help security teams understand how adversaries leverage specific assets and vulnerabilities and assess their potential impact on attack campaigns. Together, these solutions enable organizations to operationalize procedure-led intelligence across defensive security to effectively disrupt attacks across the entire kill chain.
“Government agencies are increasingly seeking cybersecurity solutions that deliver actionable insights, measurable outcomes and a more comprehensive understanding of risk,” said Steve Jacyna, director of innovative cybersecurity solutions at Carahsoft. “Tidal Cyber’s Threat-Led Defense platform provides a unique approach to aligning security operations with real-world adversary procedures, enabling organizations to prioritize resources, optimize defenses and strengthen cyber resilience. Together with our reseller partners, Carahsoft and Tidal Cyber are empowering public sector organizations to make more informed security decisions and proactively defend against evolving threats.”
Source: Carahsoft
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