Rail Safety is front and center across the U.S. right now – with high-profile derailments, incursions, and fatalities grabbing the headlines and interests of community leaders and lawmakers. But, as
Haystax School Safety in Action: Houston UASI Threat Response
On Friday, February 3 – Houston-area first responders were facing a highly dynamic and rapidly evolving public and school safety emergency. And like many school safety incidents, arriving first responders
Preventing School Violence: Challenges and Opportunities
This is National Safe Schools Week for the year 2021. As in previous years, there’s some good news and some bad news for those individuals and organizations that are dedicated
2021 Insider Threat Lessons Learned
National Insider Threat Awareness Month, which wraps up today, has given the cybersecurity community an opportunity to reflect on how the threat landscape has evolved in the past 12 months
Haystax Insider Threat Expert Contributes to INSA Paper
The Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) has released a new paper, Managing Insider Threats in a Remote Work Environment: Lessons from the Pandemic. Haystax is pleased that our Director
Haystax Product Update: Turbocharging Asset Maps
The ability to view critical assets on a map in relation to other geo-tagged information is essential to any successful all-hazard risk management activity, from prevention and preparedness to response
Insider Threats Are Evolving – Fast
Ransomware gangs continue to find creative new ways of exploiting weaknesses in corporate networks. Now they’ve added a dangerous twist that is sure to make the insider threat problem noticeably
Introducing: A Managed Service for Proactive Insider Threat Detection & Response
Relentless cyber-attacks and an expanding digital threat landscape caused by a surge in at-home workers during the coronavirus pandemic have left corporate cybersecurity teams overwhelmed and exhausted. Making matters worse,
Haystax Product Update: Assessment Template Builder
For over two decades, Haystax has maintained that security assessments are the best tool for risk managers to understand their threats and vulnerabilities. With dozens of pre-configured and custom assessments
Using Commercially Available Data to Detect Insider Threats
A growing number of companies are using commercially available electronic information (CAEI) to assess risk from employees and contractors working in their environments. According to a recent analysis by consumer
Two Essential Tools for Successful Insider Risk Mitigation – Part 2
In Part 1 of this post we explored the basic characteristics of user activity monitoring (UAM), security information and event management (SIEM), user and entity behavioral analytics (UEBA) and artificial
Two Essential Tools for Successful Insider Risk Mitigation – Part 1
A common question among companies seeking to mitigate the risk of an insider attack is: “What tools should we buy for our mitigation program to be successful?” Our view is
Insider Threat Program Lessons Learned
As Insider Threat Awareness Month draws to a close, it’s worth taking a look back at the trends and developments that shaped the industry’s thinking over the past year, what
Six Tips for Boosting Your Insider Threat Deterrence Capabilities
At various times in any insider threat program, there inevitably will be shortcomings in governance, gaps in detection, difficulties tying data to a threat and substandard responses. So what’s the
Counting the Costs of an Insider Attack
Companies can save anywhere from $100,000 to $2 million by proactively preventing a data breach or other insider attack, according to a recent industry survey. The survey, published in early
DoJ Deems Risk Assessments ‘Essential’ for School Safety
The U.S. Department of Justice has identified school safety assessments as the top ‘essential action’ schools, school districts and law enforcement agencies can take to improve campus safety, according to
Hurricanes Add to Risks in a Multi-Hazard Year
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season has become so active that the National Hurricane Center may run out of alphabet letters before it can name all the remaining storms. In its
CDM Publishes Haystax Article on Proactive Insider Threat Mitigation
Most organizations detect their biggest insider threats only after an incident has occurred. This is a less-than-ideal situation – certainly no one wants their program to be purely reactive –
Haystax School Safety Users to Speak at ASIS Conference
ASIS International has selected two Haystax school safety clients to present at the security association’s annual conference in late September. Our ‘Risk Management for School Safety Directors’ panel will consist
Haystax Product Update: Insider Threat and Facility Assessments
Seasoned security professionals who want to understand the full spectrum of risk facing their most valued assets know to start by conducting an assessment. These go by various names, including
Dark Reading: Haystax Insider Threat Expert Discusses High-Risk Assets
Companies have a growing problem: they can’t possibly track all their potential insider threats without being overwhelmed by alerts, and then wasting precious time investigating false positives. Given the limited
Inside the Public Safety Community’s Coronavirus Response
As the new coronavirus continues its rapid march across the U.S., virtually every emergency operations center at the state, regional or local level has been activated and is directly involved
Using Risk Analysis to Mitigate State and Local Cyber Threats
Escalating ransomware and other cyber-attacks over the last year have exposed glaring vulnerabilities in state and local government IT networks. During 2019, there were a reported 140 ransomware attacks targeting
Haystax Wins Triple Gold in Cybersecurity Excellence Awards
The 2020 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards have been announced, and Haystax has won Gold awards in all three categories for which it was nominated. Haystax, a business unit of Fishtech Group,
Haystax Product Update: Assessment and SSO Improvements
A number of user-focused enhancements recently have been made to the Haystax system’s mission-focused applications, as well as to the back end of the system. Here are some highlights, focused
Securing the Super Bowl
When the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers face off against each other at Super Bowl LIV next Sunday, all eyes will NOT be on the field. In secure
Can Employee Wellness Programs Help Avert an Insider Attack?
Many of us spend more of our waking moments working than any other single activity. Which means our bosses probably know more about our routines, attitudes and even financial health
Haystax Product Update: New Map Functionality
New year, new features! Haystax software engineers have been busy rolling out a variety of enhancements and added functionality to the Haystax Analytics Platform, focused on delivering critical operational capabilities
Self-Driving Cars and Insider Risk
Research into autonomous cars is kicking into high gear. Companies like Google’s Waymo, Argo AI, Uber ATG, Tesla, GM Cruise and many others have made lots of progress, but they
Insider Threat Mitigation: The ‘Whole’ Story
Could Mohammad al-Shamrani have been detected before his recent attack on Naval Air Station Pensacola? Insider risk expert Val LeTellier thinks so. The attacker, a Saudi Air Force officer, killed
Haystax Supports California Event Security
As a key element of our public safety operations supporting major urban areas in California, Haystax provides security monitoring at large special events across the state. Most recently, our California
Finding Edward Snowden: A Haystax Use Case
Edward Snowden. Movies have been made, books have been written and tweets have been tweeted. We know more about him now than ever before. And yet if Snowden still worked
The Case for Student Threat Assessments – Part 2
It’s been just a few short years since student threat assessments started being conducted at K-12 schools in the U.S. What’s their track record so far? And what are some
The Healthcare Industry Has a Remedy for Insider Threats
Most companies could benefit from emulating the healthcare industry when it comes to identifying insider threats through risk assessments and other best practices.
The Case for Student Threat Assessments – Part 1
Student threat assessments are becoming more accepted as a highly effective way to identify potential threats in time for positive intervention.
Haystax at NFCA
The 2019 National Fusion Center Association’s Annual Training Event kicks off tomorrow and runs through November 7 in Alexandria, Virginia. Haystax is proud to be sponsoring this important event, and
A New Way to Hunt Insider Threats
One of the questions our parent company Fishtech Group has been asked repeatedly during its nationwide Threat Hunt Tour is: “How can we do a better job of mitigating our
School Domain Awareness Defined
✓ School safety assessments conducted on-site using mobile devices. ✓ A detailed catalog of campus data showing everything from floor plans to key contacts to reunification protocols. ✓ Instantaneous alerts
Haystax Product Update: Communications and Logging
System and tenant administrators in any Haystax solution need multiple ways to communicate with their users, and they also need fine-grained visibility in the activities of users via in-built system
The Lessons of Umpqua
Four years ago today, a 26-year-old student at Umpqua Community College in Oregon fatally shot a professor and eight students and wounded eight others, before killing himself as police approached.
Continuous Evaluation Could Save Billions, RAND Says
The U.S. government could save up to $30 billion in just over two decades if it were to adopt continuous evaluation of personnel with security clearances instead of sticking with
Finding Ana Montes: A Haystax Use Case
Robert Hanssen. Edward Snowden. Ana Montes. Ana who? These names should have equal weight when people recall some of our country’s worst insider threat incidents, but for many only two
A Risk-Based, Data-Driven Approach to Continuous Vetting
A hot topic in the personnel security field these days is the concept of ‘continuous vetting’ — the idea that automated checks of both classified and publicly available data sources
Haystax Product Update: Empowering Tenant Admins
Every Haystax solution is deployed is its own tenant, and each tenant has unique app combinations and user profiles — even tailored lexicons, theming and color schemes — that reflect
Balancing School Risks in the Year of the Mass Shooter
As children around the U.S. start a new school year, the recent spate of mass shootings in Texas, Ohio and elsewhere is very much on the minds of their parents.
Haystax Product Update: Security Enhancements
As the Haystax Analytics Platform is deployed to a growing number of organizations, we continuously roll out new platform-wide security enhancements to meet their unique IT security requirements. In our
Most UBA Doesn’t Actually Focus on the User
For more than a year now, industry analysts have been warning that user behavior analytics (UBA) would become fragmented as a market segment and could eventually recede into irrelevance. In
The View from a DHS OpEx
Every two years or so, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate conducts what it calls an Urban Operational Experimentation, or OpEx, in a major metropolitan area.
Enhancing Mobile Domain Awareness
During fast-moving crises and major scheduled events, commanders often discover that they lack sufficiently detailed information on their most critical assets, as well as awareness of the threats and hazards
Haystax Product Update: Inviting New Users
Last year, one of Haystax’s state-level customers was required to register several thousand new users in a very short period of time, to meet a legislatively-mandated statewide safety assessment initiative.
GDPR, One Year Later
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), focused on the rights of individuals to protect their identities, came into effect one year ago today. What’s it been like for
Haystax Product Update: Improved Critical Asset Protection
Security teams tasked with maintaining complete domain awareness of their most critical facilities will find greater flexibility and useful new features in recent product releases of our Haystax Analytics Platform.
Multiple-Persona Disorder: Understanding All Your Insider Threats
Enterprises with insider threat mitigation programs often focus primarily on detecting and responding to malicious actors. At best, they may subdivide their threats into either malicious or negligent personas. These
Haystax Product Update: Streamlined Data, Photo and File Management
The Haystax software development team has rolled out a number of exciting new features designed to make data, photo and file management easier and faster across several Haystax Analytics Platform
Sasi Mudigonda Joins Haystax Executive Team
Haystax, a Fishtech Group company, is pleased to announce that well-regarded technologist and solutions developer Sasi Mudigonda has been named as the company’s Senior Vice President, Product. In his new
Fishtech Partners With Chronicle on Cybersecurity
Haystax parent company Fishtech Group has unveiled a ground-breaking cybersecurity partnership with Chronicle, a new company that started as a stealth-mode Google R&D project, to conduct threat hunting and incident
Haystax Wins Cybersecurity Excellence Gold Award
Haystax, a Fishtech Group company, has won a top spot in the 2019 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards, the third such recognition in as many years. Another company in which Fishtech is
The Parkland Tragedy, One Year Later
The Parkland Tragedy, One Year Later by John Boatman The massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (MSDHS) in Parkland, Florida on February 14, 2018 was one of the three
Small Businesses Most Vulnerable to Insider Fraud
Employee fraud and abuse cost companies roughly 5% of their annual revenues on average, but small companies suffer disproportionately higher losses due to their trusting cultures and the relatively broad
Haystax Named to Regional Innovation List
The Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce has added Haystax to its i-LIST, which recognizes “the most innovative companies that have demonstrated measurable impact” in the Greater Washington DC region. The
Haystax Product Update: Streamlined Assessment Workflows
As many field auditors and security analysts will tell you, one of the most common mission applications of the Haystax analytics platform is conducting security assessments — ranging from on-site
Towards a More Holistic Approach to Managing School Safety Risk
The February mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida continues to cast a long shadow across the national school community. Many state legislatures have passed measures
Insider Threat Maturity Framework: An Analysis
The Insider Threat Program Maturity Framework, released by the National Insider Threat Task Force (NITTF) earlier this month, is designed to enhance the 2012 National Insider Threat Policy and Minimum
Haystax Product Update: Functionality Enhancements
Haystax risk-mitigation software products support missions as dissimilar as critical infrastructure protection and insider threat mitigation. At the core of these diverse applications, though, is a single analytics platform designed
‘Last-Mile’ Workflows for Tighter SOC Responses
How many times have buyers of insider threat detection and response solutions heard this vendor pitch? “We bring your user data into our system so your security operations center analysts
Haystax Talks Probabilistic Modeling at MIT
Two Haystax data scientists are headed to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston to deliver a poster-style presentation at the first-ever International Conference on Probabilistic Programming, which runs
Cybersecurity — Lessons Learned?
Today is the first day of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a fitting occasion to reexamine some key principles that security organizations should keep in mind as they establish a cyber-risk mitigation
Gleaning Deeper Insights from Badge Data – Part 1
Organizations with established insider threat detection programs often deploy security solutions that are optimized to perform network log monitoring and aggregation, which makes sense given that these systems excel at
Personal Trust Scoring Gains Acceptance
The financial industry’s longstanding practice of determining an individual’s suitability for a loan through the use of the personal credit score is widely accepted. Now get ready for the personal
Get the Data You Need
Enterprise security teams responsible for preventing insider threats have mixed feelings about acquiring and analyzing data on individuals. Sure, that data contains a wealth of knowledge about the potential for
Hurricane Florence Highlights Emergency Response and Recovery Efforts
Federal, state and local emergency management agencies (EMAs) along the mid-Atlantic seaboard are bracing for the arrival Hurricane Florence, which appears to be one of the region’s strongest storms in
Haystax VP Writes Article on Insider Threat Mitigation Techniques
The best insider threat mitigation programs often use combinations of analytic techniques to assess and prioritize workforce risk, according to a recent report by the Intelligence and National Security Alliance
At the Fishtech Pro Tour: UBA for Insider Threat
Almost every organization feels vulnerable to some form of insider threat, be it from a malicious actor, a staffer who inadvertently creates an exploitable vulnerability or a negligent employee who
INSA Publishes Framework for Insider Threat Analytics
A wide array of data analytics methods, tools, and techniques exist to improve the detection and mitigation of insider threats — those trusted employees who seek to harm an organization
Fishtech Group Completes Acquisition of Haystax
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jennie Hanna, jennie.hanna@fishtech.group Fishtech Group Completes Acquisition of Haystax Cybersecurity firm’s capabilities include UBA and Public Safety and Security Kansas City, MO (July 13, 2018) —
Haystax Product Update: Redefining SOC Automation
Security operations teams in search of deeper threat hunting capabilities and more streamlined investigations of workforce risks will find the enhancements they seek in the latest release of Haystax Technology’s
How Bayesian Networks Glean Better Insights During Clearance Investigations
Every national security clearance investigation revolves around a simple question: “What is this person not telling me?” After all, if every applicant for a cleared job was completely honest, there
The Case of the ‘Disgruntled’ Tesla Insider
Tesla CEO Elon Musk claims that at least one employee stole sensitive intellectual property and sabotaged existing operations at the electric car-maker’s battery plant in Nevada, which would constitute a
Integrated Risk Management Comes of Age
Commercial enterprises are increasingly turning to an integrated risk management (IRM) approach to security, rather than simply trying to meet governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) standards. The shift is
Principled AI with Probabilistic Machine Learning
At Haystax Technology, we are proponents and early adopters of principled approaches to machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) for cybersecurity. We use the term ‘principled AI’ to describe what
Haystax Technology VP to Discuss Insider Threat Mitigation at DoDIIS Event
Tom Read, Haystax Technology’s Vice President of Security Analytics, has been chosen to lead a breakout session at this year’s Department of Defense Intelligence Information System (DoDIIS) Worldwide Conference in
Leading Business Journals Report on Fishtech Acquisition of Haystax Technology
The Washington Business Journal and Kansas City Business Journal are among the media outlets that have published in-depth reports on Fishtech Group’s acquisition of Haystax Technology, which was announced on
Haystax Named as a ‘Top Risk Management Tool’
IT Business Edge has identified Haystax Technology’s Haystax Analytics Platform as a top security risk management tool in a recent article. “Threats are out there,” the publication states, “and you
Fishtech Group Announces Intent to Acquire Haystax Technology
Haystax Haystax Platform extends cybersecurity firm’s capabilities in new markets Kansas City, MO (May 21, 2018) — Fishtech Group (FTG) today announced it intends to acquire Haystax Technology, an advanced
Gartner Sees Evolving UBA Market
The user behavior analytics market is fragmenting into fewer ‘pure-play’ UBA vendors and a larger number of more traditional security products with core UBA technologies and features embedded in them,
Haystax Technology Named to Cybersecurity 500 List
Cybersecurity Ventures has named Haystax Technology to its latest Cybersecurity 500 list of “the world’s hottest and most innovative cybersecurity companies to watch in 2018.” Haystax, which developed its award-winning
Gartner Highlights Haystax Technology in UEBA Guide
Haystax Technology has been named in Gartner Inc.’s latest Market Guide for User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) as a representative vendor in the specialized use-case category of employee monitoring
Haystax Technology CEO to Speak on Cybersecurity
Bryan Ware, CEO of Haystax Technology, will be a featured panelist at an upcoming cybersecurity event in Los Angeles early next month. Virginia’s Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA) is partnering with
Want Safer Schools? Start with an Assessment
We all know that communities across the country expect and deserve a school environment where children can learn and develop while feeling safe. Today’s challenge is figuring out what we
Gaussian Processes with Spectral Mixture Kernels to Implicitly Capture Hidden Structure from Data
For purposes of scientific discovery, the field of insider-threat detection often lacks sufficient amounts of time-series training data. Moreover, the limited data that are available are quite noisy. For instance, Greitzer
Haystax Product Update: Workflow-Driven Analytics for Actionable Threat Hunting
On any given day, security operations center (SOC) analysts are confronted with streams of alerts that range in importance from highly actionable threat intelligence to screen-cluttering false positives. Each alert
Haystax Technology Named Top Public Safety Innovator
Haystax Technology has been designated as one of only a handful of public safety industry innovators by MarketsandMarkets, a B2B research and competitive intelligence firm that counts 80% of global
Haystax Technology is Red Hot Cyber Awardee
DCA Live has named Haystax Technology as one of its 2018 Red Hot Cyber Companies. The awards were granted, says DCA Live, to the fastest growing companies in cybersecurity in
Haystax Technology Study: Most Companies Feeling Vulnerable to Insider Attacks
Haystax Technology today released a first-of-its-kind report, Insider Threats In 2018: Predictions On What To Look For To Minimize Your Risk, based on interviews with nearly 1,500 cybersecurity professionals over
Security Analytics and the GDPR’s ‘Right to Explanation’
Is the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) a game-changer for security analytics? The regulation enters into force on May 25, and in this regard its 99 articles and
Haystax Technology Takes Gold in Cybersecurity Excellence
Haystax Technology has been named the top company in its category in the 2018 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. Appropriately enough during this Winter Olympics season, Haystax was named Gold Winner as
Haystax Technology is Finalist for 2018 Cybersecurity Excellence Award
Haystax Technology has been chosen as a Finalist for the 2018 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards, in the category of Most Innovative Cybersecurity Company between 50 and 100 employees. The Excellence Awards
Haystax Technology Named as Key Risk Management Platform Company
One World Identity (OWI) has named Haystax Technology as a key player in its 2018 Identity Landscape. OWI, an identity research and strategy company founded in 2016, included Haystax in
FSSAT to Boost School Safety and Emergency Awareness in Florida
The Florida Department of Education (FLDOE) is enhancing the well-being of its more than 2.5 million public and charter school students with an advanced set of capabilities that will allow
Haystax Technology and Syntelligent Sign Reseller Agreement
Haystax Technology and Syntelligent Analytic Solutions, LLC (Syntelligent) are pleased to announce that they have signed a non-exclusive Value-Added Reseller (VAR) agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Syntelligent will
Mitigating Insider Threats Using Bayesian Models
Trusted insiders can harm an enterprise in all kinds of ways, from intellectual property theft, financial fraud and data breaches to espionage, sabotage and even terrorism. Moreover, the root causes
Machine Learning: Expertise vs. Coverage
Critics of machine learning (ML) often point out that it can’t come close to emulating a subject-matter expert working at his or her maximum potential. Sure, ML powers our smart
Haystax Product Update: Improving Assessment Functionality, User Workflows
Each day a diverse group of individuals, from SOC analysts to security directors, logs in to the Haystax Analytics Platform to perform any number of mission-critical tasks. One of these
Haystax Helps Houston Public Safety Team in World Series
Add baseball’s 2017 World Series to the list of large-scale sporting events for which Haystax Technology has provided real-time event security monitoring. This year’s Major League Baseball (MLB) championship took
Using AI to Extract High-Value Threat Intel from Data
Today’s security and risk analysts have access to oceans of raw data, thanks to a proliferation of information sources, drastically improved computing power and dirt-cheap storage. Paradoxically, though, they’re having
Haystax Technology Named Red Herring 2017 Top 100 Global Winner
Haystax Technology, a leading user behavior analytics (UBA) platform provider, has been selected as one of Red Herring’s 2017 Top 100 Global companies. This prominent award recognizes the most innovative
Haystax Product Update: Enhanced Insider Risk Management
Intelligence and security analysts who monitor threats on a daily basis will be able to pinpoint their organizations’ biggest risks with greater fidelity and speed, thanks to recent workflow and
Haystax Technology Expands Field Ops Organization with World-Class Software Sales Executives
Haystax Technology, a leading security analytics solution provider, is pleased to announce a significant investment in expanding its sales and customer success operations. The company’s three commercial lines of business
UBA Is Just Getting Warmed Up
Anyone who has worked long enough in the data analytics and high-tech industries will have a favorite story about some new technology that was subjected to a degree of hype
Beyond Machine Learning: Using Models in AI for Security
Some impressive people have said bearish things recently about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in cybersecurity. A recent example is Heather Adkins, who for 15 years has been director
Haystax Technology Named 2017 SINET 16 Innovator
Haystax Technology has been named a 2017 Security Innovation Network (SINET) 16 Innovator, a designation as one of the most innovative and compelling companies in cybersecurity. Each year SINET’s Steering
CSO: Avoiding Hype Around User Behavior Analytics
User behavior analytics (UBA) is enjoying its own moment of high expectations in the security risk community. But many hot technologies and techniques before it (like fuzzy logic and Google
Six Steps Companies Can Take to Improve Insider Threat Mitigation
Companies across a wide spectrum of industries continue to wrestle with how to implement a well-designed insider threat program. The US government has provided guidelines that help but, as we’ve
Haystax Technology Named Top Public Safety Vendor in New Report
Haystax Technology has been designated as one of 25 key vendors in the public safety and security market by MarketsandMarkets. The recently released report, Public Safety and Security: MicroQuadrant –
Haystax Technology VP Comments on FY18 Insider Threat Program Language
Separate drafts of the fiscal-year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) are currently making their way through the House and Senate. Haystax Technology’s Vice President of Security Analytics, Tom Read,
Detecting an Insider Threat in Game of Thrones
Is Lord Varys, the enigmatic eunuch, a threat to Daenerys Targaryen’s army? As any Game of Thrones fan knows, Varys is currently an advisor to Daenerys. With the help of
Haystax Technology Named SINET 16 Finalist
Haystax Technology has been named as a finalist for the 2017 Security Innovation Network (SINET) 16 Innovator Awards. Each year, SINET evaluates the technologies and products of hundreds of emerging
Haystax Technology Again Makes Cybersecurity 500 List
Cybersecurity Ventures has released its latest Cybersecurity 500 list, naming Haystax Technology as a top cybersecurity company for Q2 2017. Haystax is specifically recognized for its award-winning Haystax Analytics Platform™.
More Organizations Adopting UBA, Gartner Says
Enterprises are increasingly turning to user behavior analytics (UBA) for an array of security missions, as they confront ever-more sophisticated external threats and the possibility that even their most trusted
New SANS, Haystax Technology Insider Threat Survey Reveals Malicious Actors as the Most Damaging Threat Vector for Companies
Haystax Technology and SANS today released an industry survey titled “Defending Against the Wrong Enemy: 2017 SANS Insider Threat Survey” that illustrates the importance of managing internal threats to win
Florida Enters Third Year of School Safety Assessment Program
The Florida Department of Education (FLDOE) has announced the start of its annual school district safety and security assessment process. This is the third year FLDOE is deploying the Florida
Coping with Security Data Overload in Today’s Connected World
The way we generate information about ourselves today — increasingly through social media, computer networks and connected devices — has forced security professionals to re-evaluate how they capture data, analyze
Gartner: Cybersecurity Needs to Become More Continuous, Adaptable and Risk-Based
The explosive growth of cloud-based services and mobile devices in the workplace has rendered conventional approaches to cybersecurity risk management virtually obsolete, requiring a more adaptive and continuous strategy towards
McClatchy Quotes Haystax CEO on Finding Rogue Insiders
Not too long ago, external espionage was viewed as the biggest threat to national intelligence agencies. But McClatchy national security correspondent Tim Johnson reports on a trend of rogue insiders
Why We Need More Shades of Gray in Security
Few things in life can be expressed in black and white terms. Sure, a light switch is either on or it’s off; one baseball team wins the World Series each
Network Data is Not Enough
Can organizations identify insider threats or high-risk individuals using network data alone? Consider that many security software solutions today are optimized to perform network log monitoring and aggregation. They excel
Haystax Technology CTO Cited in CSO Article on ‘Security Alert Fatigue’
It’s not uncommon for large enterprises to receive thousands of security alerts each month, thanks to analytics software configured to identify anomalies that may indicate a potential threat. However, an
Keeping Houston Safe During Major 2017 Events
When your city plays host to not one but two of the largest events of their kind in the world within the space of a month, your public safety and
Haystax Product Update: New Field Interview Release
Police departments that conduct field interviews the old-school way, by filling out and submitting hand-written notecards, can now deploy a new mobile and web-based solution that streamlines and digitizes the
Managing Insider Risk: Breathalyzers and Behavioral Analytics
Embedded in Jamie Dimon’s recent revelation that one of his foreign-exchange traders used a mobile device to make a $100-million trade was an important message about individual trustworthiness as a
‘Continuous Trustworthiness’ Needs More Focus, Haystax Technology CEO Writes
Companies take time to screen their potential employees during the application process, and government-job seekers undergo many additional investigative procedures, too. And yet once an individual is hired, the vetting
Insider Threat Programs “Need Full Engagement,” Haystax Technology VP Tells Dark Reading
Organizations that succeed in tackling insider threats have done so by building mitigation programs with full engagement and support from both leadership and employees, says Tom Read, Haystax Technology’s VP
New Haystax Technology Survey Shows Most Organizations Ill-Prepared for Insider Threats
Haystax Technology, a leading security analytics platform provider, is today releasing an industry survey, titled Insider Attacks, that provides new data and insights into the current state of the insider
Haystax Product Update: App, Dashboard and Map Enhancements
Following the rollout of several new capabilities focused on insider threats and behavioral analytics, Haystax Technology’s software development team has deployed a number of functional enhancements to core apps in
Haystax Technology Named to Latest Cybersecurity 500 List
Cybersecurity Ventures has released its quarterly Cybersecurity 500 list, naming Haystax Technology as a top cybersecurity company for 2017 for the third year in a row. A leading cyber research
How LAPD Made Sure the Biggest Incident at the Oscars was a Swapped Award
One drawback of managing major-event security is that no one talks about it when you succeed. This was certainly true of the 89th Annual Academy Awards, which took place in
Network World: Haystax CEO Bryan Ware On Security Analytics, Redefined
Haystax Technology CEO Bryan Ware has written the second of a two-part series on how three well-known security analytics approaches can be vital tools for organizations and security analysts, provided
Haystax Technology Publishes Security Analytics White Paper
Bayesian modeling, machine learning and rules-based systems are often cited as three of the most useful technologies for security analytics applications. The problem is that they are often poorly implemented,
Haystax Product Update: Enhanced Behavioral Analytics
Haystax Technology has rolled out new analytic capabilities that generate more detailed, accurate and timely intelligence on adverse human activities, reducing the noise and excessive false positives that plague many
Haystax Technology Wins Two Cybersecurity Awards Ahead of RSA Conference
Haystax Technology, a leading security analytics platform provider, announced it has won a 2017 Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM) Infosec Award and a 2017 Cybersecurity Excellence Award just ahead of RSA
Haystax Technology Wins 2017 Cybersecurity Excellence Award for Security Analytics
Haystax Technology’s Haystax Analytics Platform™ has won the 2017 Cybersecurity Excellence Award in the Security Analytics product category. The excellence awards are an annual competition honoring individuals, products and companies
Haystax Product Update: Multiple Model Support
Haystax Technology’s Haystax Analytics Platform™ now gives users the ability to run data through more than one risk model, a major upgrade that gives them greater flexibility in deploying the
Haystax Named Finalist for 2017 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards
Haystax Technology’s Haystax Analytics Platform™ has been named a finalist in the Security Analytics product category for the 2017 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. The awards honor individuals, products and companies that
Haystax Technology to Provide Security Analytics for Super Bowl
As the National Football League gears up for Super Bowl LI in Houston on February 5, the team at Haystax Technology is preparing to provide security analytics support for what
Haystax Technology CEO Describes Private Sector’s Insider Threat Challenges
Last fall, just three years after the massive Edward Snowden leak, Harold Martin III – another government contractor – was charged with allegedly stealing highly classified documents from the National
Insider Threat and Security Clearance Reform: A Chance to Accelerate Change
Many policy objectives were ardently debated throughout the 2016 presidential election cycle and became polarizing issues, dividing people chiefly along party lines. By contrast, the twin issues of improved insider
Haystax Technology CEO on Security Analytics
Bryan Ware, Haystax Technology’s CEO and a regular contributor to Network World, today published his insights on three popular security analytics approaches – Bayesian networks, machine learning and rules-based systems
Fortune Highlights Fishtech’s Investment in Haystax Technology
Fortune, a global leader in business journalism, recently highlighted Fishtech’s investment in security analytics pioneer Haystax Technology in its daily Term Sheet featuring the top news in venture deals, private
Overcoming Objections to Bayesian Networks – Part 2
This is the second in a series of blog posts that will look at how common objections to the use of Bayesian networks can be overcome by clear thinking and
Haystax Technology Lauded for Regional Security Analytics Leadership
The President and CEO of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA) has called Haystax Technology a “leader in security analytics,” as well as a county “success story.” At a
Washington Post Reports on Haystax Technology-Fishtech Partnership
The Washington Post has published a detailed article on Fishtech’s strategic investment in Haystax Technology, which was announced this morning. Fishtech, led by Gary Fish, a Kansas City-based entrepreneur and
Haystax Technology Announces Strategic Investment and Partnership with Fishtech
Haystax Technology, a leading security analytics platform provider, today announced a strategic investment by Fishtech as part of a new partnership to expand the company’s product offerings into new commercial
Network World Cites Haystax Technology CEO in AI Piece
Will artificial intelligence (AI) help or hurt the cybersecurity job market? Tech journalist Maria Korolov explores this and other AI issues in a recent article in Network World and cites
Haystax Named Top Cybersecurity Company to Watch in 2017
Cybersecurity Ventures has released its Q4 2016 Cybersecurity 500 list, once again noting Haystax Technology as a leading provider of advanced security analytics and risk management applications heading into 2017.
Bay Area Agencies Rely on Haystax for Security Awareness During Oakland Raiders Games
The California Common Operating Picture for Threat Awareness (Cal COP), based on a system developed by Haystax Technology, is being used for field reporting and situational awareness at Oakland Raiders
Lessons From the Financial Sector’s Approach to Cybersecurity Regulation
In earlier blogs, (here and here) we discussed weaknesses of the new industrial insider threat program regulation, the National Industrial Security Operating Manual (NISPOM) Change 2. As the November 30
Haystax Product Update: New Dashboard App
The newest application in Haystax Technology’s Haystax Analytics Platform provides users with a powerful way to visualize and manage real-time security analytics outputs and threat data generated from the Haystax
Cal COP To Support Palm Springs Pride Festival
Haystax Technology’s California Common Operating Picture (Cal COP) for Threat Awareness platform will be used by public safety officials for situational awareness during the Greater Palm Springs Pride Festival 2016,
Overcoming Objections to Bayesian Networks – Part 1
In an earlier blog post we discussed the advantages of using Bayesian Networks as a representation for reasoning in complex problem domains. Despite these advantages, there are many who argue
Haystax Named Top Technology Innovator
Haystax Technology has been named a top five key technology innovator in the latest Incident and Emergency Management Market Report from MarketsandMarkets, a market research firm serving more than 1,700
National Defense Quotes Ware on NISPOM2
As the US Department of Defense’s deadline requiring contractors to establish and maintain an insider threat program (NISPOM Change 2) looms near, experts are commenting on the industry’s readiness for
Politico Cites Haystax CEO on Insider Threat
In 2011 President Obama launched an effort to improve the country’s ability to identify and mitigate potential risks from federal government employees and contractors. But a number of high-profile insider
Cal COP Helps First Responders Secure Long Beach Marathon
Haystax Technology’s California Common Operating Picture for Threat Awareness (Cal COP) platform was used by public safety officials to provide situational awareness during the 2016 JetBlue Long Beach Marathon & Half
A Wrong Turn on Insider Threat Programs
Detecting insider threats before they cause harm is, of course, a daunting challenge. In response, the US government has moved aggressively over the last five years to deploy tools on
Haystax CEO: Effective Security Analytics for Insider Threat Prevention
Organizations attempting to implement a world-class insider threat program must ensure their focus is on prevention rather than detection, writes Haystax Technology CEO Bryan Ware in his most recent Security
Haystax Cal COP Featured At CESA Conference
Haystax Technology is exhibiting at the 2016 California Emergency Services Association (CESA) Annual Training & Conference in San Diego, California from October 4-7. The company’s California Common Operating Picture for
A Security Analytics Approach That Does Work
So far in this series, we’ve reviewed some of the more widely deployed solutions for security analytics, and explained how and why they fail most of the time. In this
Cal COP Helps Test Bay Area’s Emergency Response Plan
Haystax Technology recently joined emergency response agencies across the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as Los Angeles City and Los Angeles County, to exercise and evaluate the Regional Catastrophic
Haystax Technology Named Most Outstanding Analytics & Cybersecurity Company
Haystax Technology has been recognized by Corporate LiveWire’s Innovation & Excellence Awards 2017 as the Most Outstanding Analytics & Cybersecurity Company. Corporate LiveWire, which provides business professionals and individuals in
EMSWorld Notes Haystax Role In Yellow Command
EMSWorld, a key source for emergency management news, highlighted Haystax Technology’s role in the San Francisco Bay Area’s Yellow Command 2016 emergency management exercise. The exercise, part of Urban Shield
Houston Partners With Industry To Protect Critical Infrastructure
Houston’s Regional Asset Management Program (RAMP) has undertaken a joint effort with private industry partners from throughout the Houston area to utilize Haystax Technology’s cloud-based software platform to help share
Officer.com Highlights Haystax Mobile Field Interview App
Officer.com, one of the go-to information sources for law enforcement products and services, recently profiled Haystax Technology’s Haystax Mobile Field Interview application in its list of featured apps. Mobile FI
Network World: Haystax CEO Bryan Ware On Managing Insider Threats
Haystax Technology CEO Bryan Ware, a regular contributor to Network World, recently published his insights into lessons learned from the front lines of managing risk from insider threats risk management.
Cal COP Provides Emergency Management Awareness During Yellow Command
San Francisco Bay Area jurisdictions, as well as Los Angeles City and Los Angeles County, will come together on September 8 for their latest annual Yellow Command emergency management exercise.
Three Weaknesses of Rules-Based Systems
Rules-based systems use ‘if-then’ rules to derive actions. For example, a fact that ‘Sally is 22 and unemployed’ is matched to a rule that ‘If a person is between 18
Haystax CEO to Speak on Building a Successful Cybersecurity Company
Haystax Technology CEO Bryan Ware will be a featured panelist during an Alliance of Mergers & Acquisition Advisors (AM&AA) member meeting on Wednesday, September 21. Ware will join moderator Kevin
Machine Learning vs. Model-First Approaches to Analytics
Machine learning has revolutionized our world. It powers our smart phones, determines which advertisements we view and soon it will dominate the automobile industry through self-driving cars. Even Google now
Is Yesterday’s Trusted Employee Today’s Insider Threat? And How Would You Know?
What if you could instinctively know whom to trust within your organization? Better yet, what if you could automatically reassess a person’s level of trustworthiness, day by day and month
Making Bayesian Networks Accessible
Bayesian Networks are among the more sophisticated capabilities applied to security analytics, relying as they do on decision science and statistics rather than software engineering expertise. But in many implementations
Most Campuses Have Security Cameras. Now What?
More than 90 percent of all school, university and hospital campuses are now equipped with video surveillance systems, and many of the remainder plan to purchase them in the near
Three Security Analytics Approaches That (Mostly) Don’t Work
Note: This is the introductory post of a five-part series assessing three common security analytics approaches that typically don’t work well. Future articles will examine each of the three in
Putting the Security in Security Analytics
When introduced to the idea of security analytics, most people feel as though they intuitively ‘get it.’ After all, what’s not to like about detailed intelligence that helps you keep your
The Problem with Financial Fraud Detection (and How to Improve It)
Financial services institutions use various tools and techniques to prevent fraudulent activity and to quickly mitigate the impact of fraud when it does occur. Research and experience suggest, however, that
SourceSecurity: Haystax CEO Discusses Identifying Threat Actors Before They Act
In high-profile shooting incidents such as those that have taken place in the US over the past few weeks, there’s almost always a close friend or family member that comes
Haystax Used for Security Awareness During NBA Championships
The California Common Operating Picture (Cal COP) for Threat Awareness, powered by Haystax, was used by the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center (NCRIC) for event security awareness at Golden State
Companies need to go beyond minimum insider threat standards, Haystax Technology CEO Tells InsideDefense
In May the Pentagon published a change to the National Industrial Security Operating Manual (NISPOM), requiring contractors to “establish and maintain an insider threat program to detect, deter and mitigate
NISPOM 2 Adds Insider Threat Rule, But Does It Go Far Enough?
After years of deliberation, the Department of Defense has published Change 2 to its National Industrial Security Operating Manual (NISPOM). With this release, DoD requires the cleared community to formally
Why Homeland Security Doctrine Needs a Hard Reboot
Former Department of Homeland Security official Paul Rosenzweig has issued a long-overdue call for wholesale revisions to US homeland security doctrine, in reaction to fundamental changes in the security landscape
Haystax Scientists to Present “Model-First” Framework Enhancements at International Workshops
Papers describe Bayesian probabilistic solutions to insider threat risk assessment and intelligence analysis argument modeling McLean, VA – July 5, 2016 – Haystax Technology scientists will present three papers at
Haystax Technology Holds User Group Meeting at Homeland Security Conference
McLean, VA and Tampa, FL – June 28, 2016 – Haystax Technology, a leading provider of advanced security analytics and risk management solutions, kicks off its second annual Haystax User
Network World: Cyber hygiene isn’t enough, says Haystax Technology CEO Bryan Ware
Like human hygiene, organizations must maintain regular cyber hygiene for healthy outcomes, but it’s critical they don’t neglect the tools and processes that mitigate cyber risk — the most serious
Haystax Technology to Hold Second Annual User Group Meeting in Tampa, Florida
Executives and first responders from major urban areas will collaborate, share best practices, and real-world success stories Haystax Technology will kick off its second annual Haystax User Group (HUG) on
Haystax Technology Launches Updated Haystax for Incident Management Analytics Platform
Enhanced system allows organizations to better monitor, report, alert and respond to incidents and emerging threats from a single unified environment McLean, VA – June 20, 2016 – Haystax Technology,
Haystax Technology Named 2016 Red Herring Top 100 North America Winner
Award highlights the most exciting, promising private ventures across North America in 2016 McLean, VA – June 15, 2016 – Haystax Technology, a leading provider of advanced cyber analytics and
Using Information Sharing to Combat Automated Bomb Threats Against Schools
Last week, more than 18 states in four time zones reported automated bomb threats to various elementary, middle and high schools, prompting campus lockdowns as well as broad anxiety from
Haystax Technology Announces Updated Mobile Field Interview Application
McLean, VA – May 31, 2016 – Haystax Technology, a leading provider of advanced security analytics and risk management solutions, today announced an updated Mobile Field Interview application that is