Threat hunting on endpoints can help organisations identify malware and other security risks to help them stay ahead of threats and strengthen their security posture. Being equipped to quickly identify a threat can prevent a breach from occurring and is vital in stopping malicious actors before it is too late.
With new threats emerging at a rapid rate over the last 12 months, it is crucial that organisations make threat hunting strategies their priority to limit the risk of them being vulnerable to compromise.
Open Threat Exchange (OTX) Endpoint Security, from MTI partner AT&T Cybersecurity, is a free threat-scanning service in OTX that is powered by the AlienVault Agent. It allows organisations to scan their endpoints to hunt for the presence of known Indicators of Compromise (IOC) catalogued in the OTX global intelligence community.
OTX enables organisations, independent security researchers and government agencies to openly collaborate and share up-to-date information about emerging threats, attack methods and malicious actors to help achieve greater security across the community.
As the world’s first truly open threat intelligence community, any member of the security community can contribute, discuss, research, validate and share threat data. Over 100,000 participants across 140 countries contribute in excess of 19 million threat indicators daily, making it one of the most comprehensive IOC catalogues.
- Free access to over 19 million threat indicators that are contributed daily.
- Collaborate with over 100,000 global participants to investigate emerging threats in the wild.
- Quick detection of a compromise on your endpoints.
- Up-to-date threat research from contributors.
- Leverage the latest OTX threat intelligence directly in your AlienVault USM or AlienVault OSSIM environment.
- Synchronise OTX threat intelligence with your other security products via the OTX DirectConnect API.
Next Steps
Getting started with OTX Endpoint Security is free, fast and simple. Powered by the AlienVault® Agent, a lightweight and adaptable endpoint agent based on osquery, it’s easy to install on Windows and Linux hosts and endpoints and has a small footprint.
OTX Endpoint Security uses the same agent-based technologies as more costly security tools and DIY open source agents without the expense.
To get started, download and install the AlienVault Agent on the Windows or Linux devices you want to monitor.
Every industry has its own unique security requirements, but often lack the resource, processes and tools to defend themselves. Read this article, 3 Elements of Threat Detection Every Organisation Must Have and understand why threat detection is a crucial line of defence when it comes to protecting your organisation from cyber attacks and improving your overall security posture.
- Free access to over 19 million threat indicators that are contributed daily.
- Collaborate with over 100,000 global participants to investigate emerging threats in the wild.
- Quick detection of a compromise on your endpoints.
- Up-to-date threat research from contributors.
- Leverage the latest OTX threat intelligence directly in your AlienVault USM or AlienVault OSSIM environment.
- Synchronise OTX threat intelligence with your other security products via the OTX DirectConnect API.
Why choose OTX Endpoint Security?
There are many benefits for organisations when using OTX Endpoint Security including:
- Free access to over 19 million threat indicators that are contributed daily.
- Collaborate with over 100,000 global participants to investigate emerging threats in the wild.
- Quick detection of a compromise on your endpoints.
- Up-to-date threat research from contributors.
- Leverage the latest OTX threat intelligence directly in your AlienVault USM or AlienVault OSSIM environment.
- Synchronise OTX threat intelligence with your other security products via the OTX DirectConnect API.