Vectra Cognito platform now available for the Department of Homeland Security Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program

Vectra today announced that its Cognito platform is now available under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Program, enabling 66 Federal Civilian Agencies, as well as State and Local Government entities, to purchase Vectra cybersecurity products.

The CDM Program provides DHS with the capabilities and tools needed to identify cybersecurity risks on an ongoing basis, prioritize these risks based on potential impacts, and enable cybersecurity personnel to mitigate the most significant problems first.

“Vectra is committed to meeting the needs of the Federal Government to help protect its infrastructure from malicious nation-state actors and other threat actors that attempt to exploit Government IT systems and networks,” said Sonia Walia, head of Federal sales at Vectra.

“Our technology uses patented artificial intelligence to identify attacker behaviors in real-time so security teams can take action before damage is done,” Walia added. “We believe our industry-leading technology is one reason that Vectra Networks was named as the sole Visionary* in the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems.”

Congress established the CDM Program to provide adequate, risk-based, and cost-effective cybersecurity and efficiently allocate cybersecurity resources. Vectra Cognito is approved for purchase by all civilian organizations and the DoD for CDM Phase 3 DEFEND, which focuses on incident response and ongoing assessment.

The Vectra Cognito platform was approved for CDM Phase 3 DEFEND by continuously detecting attacker behaviors in real time, correlating alerts into incidents, and prioritizing the highest-risk threats. This reduces attacker dwell-time and speeds-up incident response – from cloud and data center workloads to user and internet-of-things devices – leaving attackers with nowhere to hide.

“Vectra is again proving that measurable improvement in enterprise cybersecurity is not only essential, but effective and affordable,” said Jane Holl Lute, president and CEO of SICPA North America, former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and former CEO of the Center for Internet Security (CIS).

Learn more about Vectra Cognito for the Federal market at https://vectra.ai/federal. Also download the 2018 RSA Conference Edition of the Attacker Behavior Industry Report at https://info.vectra.ai/2018-abir. To schedule a meeting with top Vectra executives at the RSA Conference, visit https://info.vectra.ai/rsa-2018-engage-with-vectra.

*Gartner, “Magic Quadrant for Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems,” Craig Lawson, Claudio Neiva, 10 January 2018.

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