LAS VEGAS, Oct. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM INSIGHT
2014 -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new high-speed analysis and
criminal investigation software that is designed to uncover hidden
criminal threats buried deep inside massive volumes of disparate
corporate data. IBM i2 Enterprise Insight Analysis (EIA) can find
non-obvious relationships masked within hundreds of terabytes of
data and trillions of objects in just seconds. By fusing together
these multiple data sources, organizations can gain complete
visibility into threats across the enterprise, giving companies the
ability to transform how they protect themselves from increasingly
sophisticated attacks.
Organizations across industries face endless threats from
cybercrime and other criminals in pursuit of private customer
information, employee records, financial data and intellectual
property. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
estimates that cybercrime costs the global economy $445 billion each year. But companies are
overwhelmed with an increasing volume and diversity of data to
protect, giving cybercriminals the ability to hide their covert
activity for months after an attack. The proliferation of connected
devices and machines – from mobile phones to smart cars to remote
oil rigs – only compounds the problem by opening new avenues for
criminals to penetrate the enterprise.
Operating at high speeds and massive scale, i2 Enterprise
Insight Analysis accelerates the data-to-decision process by
uncovering new insights into criminal threats against the
enterprise that intelligence and security analysts might otherwise
not have realized for days, weeks or months later. EIA analyzes
huge amounts of disparate data to discover weak-signal
relationships that reveal the true nature and source of an attack.
The solution unravels these hidden connections that can be divided
by as many as six degrees of separation between disparate sources –
from corporate records and social media chatter to data accessed by
remote sensors and third-party applications. As developments
unfold, EIA provides always-on recommendations that proactively
alert analysts to new related abnormalities at the speed of
attack.
For example, consider a national retailer that hasn't yet
realized hundreds of its customers' credit card account numbers
have been stolen and sold on the black market. Any illegal
transactions can be easily lost in the noise of typical day-to-day
activity – such as a transaction denial, a billing dispute or
multiple purchases at the same store. But when connected together,
EIA can immediately spot commonalities that reveal the specific
store branches that were breached. This insight allows the retailer
to take action before millions of accounts are compromised and any
significant damage is done.
"Organizations can't afford to take a reactive approach to cyber
defense, nor can they do it alone. The speed of threat is too
great, and today's attackers are far more technically advanced,
proficient and organized than ever," said Maria Vello, President and CEO of The National
Cyber-Forensics & Training Alliance (NCFTA), a non-profit role
model organization for collaboration, information and resource
sharing between public and private organizations in the fight
against cybercrime. "Threat analysts and investigators need the
ability to look at every possible data set and relationship – no
matter how distant or unrelated they may seem – and be able to make
key associations and correlations in seconds. The new IBM i2
offering is an impressive tool in its ability to quickly analyze
these massive data sets in near real time to paint a complete
picture of the threat."
Built on IBM Power Systems, IBM i2 Enterprise Insight Analysis
can complement existing security or fraud solutions with additional
features, such as:
- Enhanced visualization capabilities: With
multi-dimensional visual analytics, investigators can gain a better
understanding of an attack by visualizing a comprehensive
situational overview of all possible related elements for a more
easily digestible viewpoint.
- Open, modular architecture that scales as needs change:
IBM i2 Enterprise Insight Analysis is fully customizable with fast
integration with third-party applications and features, such as
natural language processing and complementary analytics at the
tactical, operational and strategic levels.
- Interoperability inside and outside the organization:
The open design not only integrates with existing infrastructure
and other apps but also allows users to easily share critical
threat information across the company and with partners, customers
and other organizations.
- Out-of-the-box functionality: Out-of-box functionality
reduces the training, maintenance and deployment costs while
allowing organizations to quickly begin protecting their
infrastructure.
"While most organizations understand how big data can help
prevent the ever increasing threat of cybercrime, they are so
overwhelmed by massive data volumes that they can't act fast enough
to turn it into meaningful intelligence to stop criminals," said
Bob Griffin, General Manager, i2,
Threat and Counter Fraud, IBM. "With IBM i2 Enterprise Insight
Analysis, we've changed the ability of investigators to find that
illusive needle in a haystack that helps them detect a cyber
attack. This provides any organization with always-on analytics
that turns massive amounts of data into real-time insights in a way
that simply wasn't possible before."
IBM has established the world's deepest portfolio of Big Data
and Analytics technology that spans research and development,
solutions and software. IBM has invested $24
billion to build its capabilities in Big Data and Analytics
through R&D and more than 30 acquisitions. Today, more than
15,000 analytics consultants, 6,000 industry solution business
partners and 400 IBM mathematicians are helping clients use big
data to transform their organizations.
For more information about IBM i2 Enterprise Insight Analysis
visit:
http://www.ibm.com/software/products/en/i2-enterprise-insight-analysis
Contact information:
Sean
Audet
IBM Media Relations
spaudet@us.ibm.com
781.665.5213
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