New service offers up to six months of early
warning against malicious cyber threats using U.S. Department of
Homeland Security threat intelligence
CARLSBAD, Calif., March 2,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT),
a global communications company, today announced the launch of its
Trusted Cybersecurity Services (TCS) solution, a hosted intrusion
detection service that integrates classified government threat
intelligence to identify existing, potential and emerging threats
on an organization's network. The service leverages cyber threat
intelligence provided by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) through the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA)
Enhanced Cybersecurity Services (ECS) program to help protect
U.S.-based organizations from malicious cyber threats. Viasat is
the only company currently authorized by DHS as an ECS services
provider, and the ECS program offers a unique cybersecurity
capability available to the commercial market leveraging classified
U.S. government cyber intelligence.
This new Viasat threat detection service will reinforce cyber
defenses for private companies, critical infrastructure, and state
and local organizations by using CISA-sourced threat intelligence.
The service is designed to augment organizations' current cyber
monitoring, detection, and incident response practices, enabling
classified indicators of compromise to be leveraged for
non-classified environments. In addition, the Viasat TCS solution
will use Viasat's National Security Agency (NSA) certified
technology and machine learning to actively monitor network traffic
for government furnished indicators, as well as curated threats
gathered through the Viasat Cybersecurity Operations Center
(CSOC). Viasat's CSOC protects a global network with millions
of endpoints through a combination of machine learning automation
and a team of cybersecurity analysts actively investigating and
mitigating threats.
"Viasat is excited to support the mission of the ECS program and
bring to market a cybersecurity service that can give users an
advantage against emerging threats and adversaries," said
Craig Miller, president of Viasat
Government Systems. "As U.S. businesses and critical infrastructure
are increasingly targeted, this new service offers a unique
capability to help organizations strengthen their network security
posture and reduce cybersecurity risks by utilizing threat
intelligence which is not available through any other means to stay
ahead and protect against potentially damaging attacks."
Viasat TCS leverages both government threat intelligence and
Viasat threat intelligence collected by Viasat's advanced and
global CSOC. The service will detect and alert customers of
potential malicious activity on their networks up to six months
before other commercially available threat detection
indicators.
Viasat received DHS accreditation to operate as an ECS service
provider following a comprehensive audit of Viasat's cybersecurity
capabilities, security architecture and facilities to ensure high
standards of security competence and compliance, including the
ability to safeguard sensitive and classified information.
About Viasat
Viasat is a global
communications company that believes everyone and everything in the
world can be connected. For more than 35
years, Viasat has helped shape how
consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the world
communicate. Today, the Company is developing the ultimate global
communications network to power high-quality, secure, affordable,
fast connections to impact people's lives anywhere they are—on the
ground, in the air or at sea. To learn more
about Viasat,
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Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains
forward-looking statements that are subject to the safe harbors
created under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements include, among
others, statements about the capabilities, features and
benefits of the Trusted Cybersecurity Services to be offered by
Viasat. Readers are cautioned that actual results could differ
materially and adversely from those expressed in any
forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results
to differ include: new and increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity
attacks; contractual problems, product or software defects,
regulatory issues, technologies that do not perform according to
expectations; delays in approving U.S. government budgets and cuts
in government defense expenditures; and increased competition and
other factors affecting the government and defense sectors
generally. In addition, please refer to the risk factors contained
in Viasat's SEC filings available at www.sec.gov,
including Viasat's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K
and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Readers are cautioned not to
place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak
only as of the date on which they are
made. Viasat undertakes no obligation to update or revise
any forward-looking statements for any reason.
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