AlienVault and Emerging Threats Announce OEM Agreement

CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AlienVault, the producer of the technology deployed by more than half of all SIEM users worldwide, and Emerging Threats Pro, the producers of the fastest moving and most diverse Suricata and Snort Rulesets and firewall rules, today announced an OEM agreement that will include Emerging Threats Pro technology in AlienVault Unified SIEM. With this agreement the power of unprecedented attack detection is tightly coupled with the most integrated security management platform on the market.

“We already include far more of the technologies critical for security management and operations than any other SIEM vendor. Including the powerful rulesets of ET Pro with AlienVault Unified SIEM creates a platform which is yet another generation ahead of old-fashioned SIEM-only solutions.”

"We have been working with AlienVault for a long time to develop a holistic manner for detecting attack traffic and mapping that to network-wide awareness," said Emerging Threats Pro founder and CEO Matt Jonkman. "This agreement brings the completed commercial solution to the critical government and large enterprise customers and mid-sized businesses that AlienVault serves in a manner that will dramatically increase the effectiveness of their security infrastructures."

AlienVault's CTO and co-founder, Dominique Karg, says that the integration of ET Pro changes the game for other SIEM vendors. "We already include far more of the technologies critical for security management and operations than any other SIEM vendor. Including the powerful rulesets of ET Pro with AlienVault Unified SIEM creates a platform which is yet another generation ahead of old-fashioned SIEM-only solutions."

The AlienVault Unified SIEM will ship with ET Pro starting immediately. Existing AlienVault customers will receive the functionality with their standard product updates.

About AlienVault

AlienVault is the leading global provider of Security Information and Event Management solutions, providing the technology for more than half of all SIEM deployments worldwide. The creators of the original Open Source SIEM (OSSIM), the company provides the AlienVault Unified SIEM family of products through channels worldwide along with training and support services. For more information, visit alienvault.com.

About Emerging Threats Pro

Emerging Threats produces the fastest and most diverse IDS signature set and firewall rules available today. Through dedicated researchers and the support of its open source community, the company offers all users and organizations both free and commercial content that is compatible with both Snort and Suricata. For more information, please visit http://www.emergingthreatspro.com.

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