Cybersecurity risk management
provider MRK Technologies announces their partnership with
Horizon3.ai to help their customers continue to combat the ever-evolving
ransomware threat with a new Autonomous Penetration Tests as a Service
(APTaaS). By leveraging Horizon3.ai's NodeZero platform, penetration tests can
be automated and run as often as needed to ensure all systems are secure.
"We pride ourselves on
continuously bringing the best technology to our customers,"
said John Tookman, Chief Revenue Officer and Senior Vice President of MRK
Technologies. "We're excited to add Horizon3.ai's NodeZero platform to our
managed security services, which allows us to help ensure our customers'
systems are secure."
Annual penetration testing is often
perceived more as a compliance requirement, and less about the value added.
Many pentests only offer a point-in-time glance at a network - only relevant
for a short period of time. This new continuous APTaaS is a true SaaS offering,
which helps cybersecurity teams continuously find and fix vulnerabilities
within their systems before attackers can exploit them.
"Threat actors know how to chain
together network misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, harvested credentials, and
dangerous product defaults to create attack vectors you never imagined would be
exploitable," said Snehal Antani, CEO and co-founder of Horizon3.ai. "Our partnership with MRK Technologies
allows us to provide APTaaS to customers, helping them to harden their security
postures with pentests that can run as often as they wish."
This new offering joins MRK
Technologies' Security Operations Center's already robust managed securities
offering, which includes Managed Detection & Response (MDR/EDR), Managed
Security Information & Event Management (SIEM), Managed Deception
Technology and Managed Network Detection.
"In the last couple of years,
we've doubled down on our efforts to build out our Security Operations Center
in order to provide best-in-class service offerings to our customers,"
added Tookman. "Adding APTaaS is just the next step in continuing to
achieve our mission of helping our customers achieve a stronger security
posture amidst the ever-evolving threat landscape."