New integrated solution empowers customers to stay ahead of threats

Cohesity, a provider of next-generation data management platforms, announced a partnership with Palo Alto Networks. 

The partnership will integrate Cohesity Helios next-generation data management platform with Palo Alto Networks’ CortexTM XSOAR security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) platform for improved ransomware detection and recovery.

“Any delay in ransomware response and recovery could result in extended downtime, data loss, and business disruption,” said Brian Spanswick, CISO, Cohesity. “This integration can help more effectively link data management and data security processes — key to staying one step ahead of ever-persistent ransomware attacks and improving an organization’s cyber resilience.”

“The integration of Cortex XSOAR with Cohesity’s next-gen data management platform is a significant advancement in helping our joint customers protect themselves from the impact of ransomware attacks and improve their cyber resilience,” said Matt Chase, director, Cortex Alliances at Palo Alto Networks. “The AI-powered Cohesity platform issues detailed alerts based on data anomalies. The granular quality of these alerts helps Cortex XSOAR security analysts more quickly and accurately determine the scope and severity of the incident, helping customers maintain business continuity in the event of an attack.”

The speed with which cyber-attacks, such as ransomware, can be identified and remediation steps initiated is critical to their defeat. This integration sends detailed automatic alerts when the AI-powered Helios platform detects anomalies in backup data that could indicate an impending attack.

After being alerted by Cohesity, Cortex XSOAR initiates an automated playbook to triage and mitigate the impact of a potential cyber-attack. Integrating a next-generation data management platform with SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) capabilities can significantly accelerate threat detection and response while lowering an organization’s risk exposure.

Detailed and timely alerts can help security analysts quickly determine how best to respond and can help relieve pressure and burnout. According to a study by Forrester Consulting, “The 2020 State of Security Operations,” security analysts are being asked to fight a fire with a garden hose. Only 47% of respondents said their organizations are able to tackle most or all of the security alerts they receive in a single day. The other 53% reported struggling in several ways: 

• 20% of alerts are manually reviewed/triaged by an analyst.
• Almost one-third of all alerts are false positives.
• 28% of alerts are never addressed by analysts because the volume is simply too high for them to keep up.

The integration of Cohesity Helios and Palo Alto Networks’ Cortex XSOAR is designed to address and help alleviate the above issues.