For over 25 years, Haystax has been the provider of world-class commercial software products for direct use by individuals in the agencies charged with protecting our communities, cities, and country. Thus, our product is one of the most widely deployed risk management software solutions, used by school, law enforcement, fire, emergency management, and other government agencies across the United States.

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Haystax for School Safety

Haystax meets the constantly evolving challenges of providing safe learning environments for students, faculty, staff, and local security partners by integrating all vital incident and school facility information into a single, online platform. Physical assessments and behavioral assessments along with the ability to report and monitor incidents on or near campus are hallmarks of Haystax for School Safety. Know your threats sooner, respond faster, and effectively coordinate actions for all stakeholders.

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Haystax for Public Safety

Law enforcement professionals are called upon daily to perform a broad range of tasks—from routine patrols, intelligence gathering and investigations to major crime and incident responses. Their challenge is to ensure public safety despite incomplete intelligence, limited cross-jurisdictional information sharing, and tight budgets. Haystax helps law enforcement agencies prepare for and respond to any crisis with a dynamic picture of emerging threats, rapid intelligence-collection and incident-reporting tools, and a seamlessly integrated user environment that ensures maximum collaboration and analytically sound command decisions for rapid response.

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Haystax for Enterprise Security

Haystax has developed a suite of applications designed specifically to help corporate security decision-makers and analysts navigate this challenging environment. Haystax alerts corporate leaders to their most likely threats and natural hazards, provides critical security and operational information about each physical facility, regardless of its size or geographic location, and allows risk managers to identify and mitigate their biggest vulnerabilities. Moreover, the Haystax platform enables security teams to manage incidents and major events—from the ops center or out in the field.

Equipped with these insights, CSOs can better anticipate their risks, communicate with leadership and limit their company’s exposure to financial, legal and reputational liabilities.

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Rail Safety Front and Center in Houston Metro

March 8, 2023

Rail Safety Front and Center in Houston Metro

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

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Haystax School Safety in Action: Houston UASI Threat Response

February 15, 2023

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

Policy & Practice

Preventing School Violence: Challenges and Opportunities

October 20, 2021

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

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2021 Insider Threat Lessons Learned

September 30, 2021

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

September 21, 2021

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

Product Updates

Haystax Product Update: Turbocharging Asset Maps

September 13, 2021

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

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Insider Threat

September 3, 2021

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

Product Updates

Introducing: A Managed Service for Proactive Insider Threat Detection & Response

June 28, 2021

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,

Product Updates

Assessment template builder

May 12, 2021

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

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Using Commercially Available Data to Detect Insider Threats

April 7, 2021

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

Fishtech Group CYDERES to Offer Insider Threat Monitoring as a Service

January 22, 2021

Fishtech Group CYDERES to Offer Insider Threat Monitoring as a Service

Technology & Data Science

Two Essential Tools for Successful Insider Risk Mitigation – Part 2

October 30, 2020

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

Technology & Data Science

Two Essential Tools for Successful Insider Risk Mitigation – Part 1

October 11, 2020

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

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Insider Threat Program Lessons Learned

September 29, 2020

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

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Six Tips for Boosting Your Insider Threat Deterrence Capabilities

September 16, 2020

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

Technology & Data Science

Counting the Costs of an Insider Attack

September 9, 2020

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

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school safety assessment

August 31, 2020

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

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Hurricanes Add to Risks in a Multi-Hazard Year

August 21, 2020

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

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CDM Publishes Haystax Article on Proactive Insider Threat Mitigation

July 13, 2020

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

May 7, 2020

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

Product Updates

assessment

April 15, 2020

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

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Dark Reading: Haystax Insider Threat Expert Discusses High-Risk Assets

April 6, 2020

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

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Inside the Public Safety Community’s Coronavirus Response

March 26, 2020

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

Product Updates

Using Risk Analysis to Mitigate State and Local Cyber Threats

March 18, 2020

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

February 21, 2020

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,

Product Updates

Haystax Product Update: Assessment and SSO Improvements

February 14, 2020

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

Haystax Strengthens Executive and Insider-Threat Teams

February 4, 2020

Haystax Strengthens Executive and Insider-Threat Teams

Success Stories

Securing the Super Bowl

January 27, 2020

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

Technology & Data Science

Can Employee Wellness Programs Help Avert an Insider Attack?

January 17, 2020

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

Product Updates

Haystax Product Update: New Map Functionality

January 7, 2020

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

Technology & Data Science

Self-Driving Cars and Insider Risk

December 27, 2019

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

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Insider Threat Mitigation: The ‘Whole’ Story

December 18, 2019

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

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Haystax Supports California Event Security

December 13, 2019

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

Policy & Practice

Finding Edward Snowden: A Haystax Use Case

December 6, 2019

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

Policy & Practice

The Case for Student Threat Assessments – Part 2

November 27, 2019

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

Policy & Practice

The doctor supports a symbol of protection of health.

November 22, 2019

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.

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The Case for Student Threat Assessments – Part 1

November 15, 2019

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

November 4, 2019

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

October 23, 2019

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

Technology & Data Science

School Domain Awareness Defined

October 21, 2019

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

Product Updates

Haystax Product Update: Communications and Logging

October 18, 2019

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

Policy & Practice

The Lessons of Umpqua

October 1, 2019

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.

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Continuous Evaluation Could Save Billions, RAND Says

September 30, 2019

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

Policy & Practice

Finding Ana Montes: A Haystax Use Case

September 24, 2019

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

Technology & Data Science

A Risk-Based, Data-Driven Approach to Continuous Vetting

September 18, 2019

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

Product Updates

Haystax Product Update: Empowering Tenant Admins

September 12, 2019

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

Policy & Practice

Balancing School Risks in the Year of the Mass Shooter

August 22, 2019

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.

Product Updates

Haystax Product Update: Security Enhancements

August 13, 2019

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

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Insider Threat

July 11, 2019

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

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new york city

July 8, 2019

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.

Product Updates

Enhancing Mobile Domain Awareness

June 25, 2019

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

Product Updates

Haystax Product Update: Inviting New Users

June 13, 2019

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.

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GDPR, One Year Later

May 25, 2019

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

Product Updates

Haystax Product Update: Improved Critical Asset Protection

May 15, 2019

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.

Technology & Data Science

Multiple-Persona Disorder: Understanding All Your Insider Threats

April 30, 2019

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

Product Updates

Haystax Product Update: Streamlined Data, Photo and File Management

April 10, 2019

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

March 13, 2019

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

March 6, 2019

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

cybersecurity

February 22, 2019

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

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The Parkland Tragedy, One Year Later

February 14, 2019

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

Technology & Data Science

Fraud

January 31, 2019

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

January 3, 2019

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

Product Updates

Haystax Product Update: Streamlined Assessment Workflows

December 26, 2018

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

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Towards a More Holistic Approach to Managing School Safety Risk

December 14, 2018

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

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Insider Threat Maturity Framework: An Analysis

November 27, 2018

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

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Haystax Product Update: Functionality Enhancements

November 19, 2018

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

Policy & Practice

October 29, 2018

‘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

Technology & Data Science

Gleaning Deeper Insights from Badge Data – Part 2

October 8, 2018

Gleaning Deeper Insights from Badge Data – Part 2

Product Updates

Haystax Product Update: Next-Gen Field Reporting

October 4, 2018

Haystax Product Update: Next-Gen Field Reporting

Haystax Talks Probabilistic Modeling at MIT

October 2, 2018

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

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Cybersecurity — Lessons Learned?

October 1, 2018

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

Technology & Data Science

Gleaning Deeper Insights from Badge Data – Part 1

September 23, 2018

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

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Insider Threat, Security Analytics

September 21, 2018

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

Technology & Data Science

Get the Data You Need

September 17, 2018

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

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Hurricane Florence Highlights Emergency Response and Recovery Efforts

September 13, 2018

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

September 7, 2018

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

Fishtech

August 20, 2018

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

August 10, 2018

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

July 24, 2018

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) —

Product Updates

Haystax Product Update: Redefining SOC Automation

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

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Image of Cyber Fraud model on laptop

July 5, 2018

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

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insider threat

June 25, 2018

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

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Cyber security

June 12, 2018

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

Technology & Data Science

Principled AI with Probabilistic Machine Learning

May 29, 2018

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

insider threat

May 25, 2018

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

Fishtech

May 24, 2018

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

security risk management

May 23, 2018

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

May 21, 2018

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

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Gartner Sees Evolving UBA Market

May 20, 2018

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,

cybersecurity

May 16, 2018

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

May 11, 2018

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

cybersecurity

April 20, 2018

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

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school safety assessment

April 19, 2018

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

Technology & Data Science

Gaussian processes

March 20, 2018

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

Product Updates

Haystax Product Update: Workflow-Driven Analytics for Actionable Threat Hunting

March 19, 2018

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

public safety

March 5, 2018

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

cyber

February 28, 2018

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

insider threats

February 27, 2018

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

Policy & Practice

Security Analytics and the GDPR’s ‘Right to Explanation’

February 26, 2018

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

cybersecurity

February 8, 2018

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

Cybersecurity

February 2, 2018

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

January 31, 2018

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

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school safety

January 30, 2018

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

insider threat

January 24, 2018

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

Technology & Data Science

Insider threats

January 8, 2018

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

Technology & Data Science

Machine Learning: Expertise vs. Coverage

December 26, 2017

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

Product Updates

Haystax Product Update: Improving Assessment Functionality, User Workflows

December 20, 2017

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

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Haystax Helps Houston Public Safety Team in World Series

December 14, 2017

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

Technology & Data Science

Using AI to Extract High-Value Threat Intel from Data

November 30, 2017

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

November 20, 2017

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

Product Updates

insider threat

November 8, 2017

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

November 6, 2017

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

Technology & Data Science

UBA Is Just Getting Warmed Up

October 30, 2017

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

Technology & Data Science

artificial intelligence

October 20, 2017

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

cybersecurity

October 18, 2017

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

October 2, 2017

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

Policy & Practice

insider threat

September 25, 2017

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

public safety

September 22, 2017

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 –

insider threat

September 13, 2017

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,

Policy & Practice

insider threat

September 1, 2017

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

cybersecurity

August 25, 2017

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

Cybersecurity

August 14, 2017

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™.

Technology & Data Science

More Organizations Adopting UBA, Gartner Says

August 9, 2017

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

Technology & Data Science

New SANS, Haystax Technology Insider Threat Survey Reveals Malicious Actors as the Most Damaging Threat Vector for Companies

August 1, 2017

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

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school safety

July 17, 2017

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

Technology & Data Science

Coping with Security Data Overload in Today’s Connected World

July 10, 2017

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

Policy & Practice

UBA

June 28, 2017

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

NSA; insider threat

June 28, 2017

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

Technology & Data Science

Insider Threat, Security Analytics

June 23, 2017

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

Technology & Data Science

Network Data is Not Enough

June 8, 2017

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

May 11, 2017

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

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Houston skyline at night

May 8, 2017

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

Product Updates

Field Interview

May 5, 2017

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

Technology & Data Science

Cyber security

April 12, 2017

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

Policy & Practice

Security analytics

April 5, 2017

‘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

March 31, 2017

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

Technology & Data Science

Insider threat

March 29, 2017

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

Product Updates

Haystax

March 23, 2017

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

Cybersecurity

March 15, 2017

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

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Event security

March 2, 2017

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

Technology & Data Science

Security analytics

February 24, 2017

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

Technology & Data Science

Security analytics

February 23, 2017

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,

Product Updates

Assets

February 21, 2017

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

Security analytics

February 13, 2017

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

February 8, 2017

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

Product Updates

Haystax Product Update: Multiple Model Support

February 8, 2017

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

security analytics

February 3, 2017

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

January 30, 2017

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

Policy & Practice

Insider threat

January 26, 2017

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

Policy & Practice

Insider Threat, Security Analytics

January 18, 2017

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

Technology & Data Science

Security analytics

January 13, 2017

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

Security analytics

January 11, 2017

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

Technology & Data Science

Overcoming Objections to Bayesian Networks – Part 2

January 4, 2017

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

December 28, 2016

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

Cyber security

December 8, 2016

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

December 8, 2016

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

Technology & Data Science

Security analytics

December 2, 2016

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

Cybersecurity

November 22, 2016

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.

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Situational awareness

November 18, 2016

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

Policy & Practice

Cyber security

November 9, 2016

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

Product Updates

Security Analytics

November 4, 2016

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

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Public safety

November 3, 2016

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,

Technology & Data Science

Bayesian Network

October 27, 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

October 26, 2016

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

October 20, 2016

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

NSA; insider threat

October 14, 2016

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

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event security

October 13, 2016

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

Policy & Practice

cybersecurity; insider threat; white house

October 12, 2016

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

Technology & Data Science

Insider Threat, Security Analytics

October 11, 2016

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

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Emergency Services

October 5, 2016

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

Technology & Data Science

A Security Analytics Approach That Does Work

September 29, 2016

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

Success Stories

Cal COP Helps Test Bay Area’s Emergency Response Plan

September 21, 2016

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

September 20, 2016

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

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EMSWorld Notes Haystax Role In Yellow Command

September 14, 2016

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

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critical infrastructure

September 13, 2016

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

Product Updates

Officer.com Highlights Haystax Mobile Field Interview App

September 12, 2016

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

Technology & Data Science

Security analytics

September 9, 2016

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.

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Cal COP Provides Emergency Management Awareness During Yellow Command

September 8, 2016

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.

Technology & Data Science

Three Weaknesses of Rules-Based Systems

September 6, 2016

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

September 2, 2016

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

Technology & Data Science

Machine Learning vs. Model-First Approaches to Analytics

August 31, 2016

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

Policy & Practice

Insider Threat, Security Analytics

August 26, 2016

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

Technology & Data Science

Making Bayesian Networks Accessible

August 22, 2016

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

Technology & Data Science

Most Campuses Have Security Cameras. Now What?

August 19, 2016

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

Technology & Data Science

Three Security Analytics Approaches That (Mostly) Don’t Work

August 15, 2016

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

Technology & Data Science

Putting the Security in Security Analytics

August 4, 2016

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

Technology & Data Science

The Problem with Financial Fraud Detection (and How to Improve It)

August 1, 2016

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

July 21, 2016

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

Success Stories

Haystax Used for Security Awareness During NBA Championships

July 19, 2016

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

Policy & Practice

Companies need to go beyond minimum insider threat standards, Haystax Technology CEO Tells InsideDefense

July 18, 2016

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

Policy & Practice

NISPOM 2 Adds Insider Threat Rule, But Does It Go Far Enough?

July 14, 2016

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

Policy & Practice

Why Homeland Security Doctrine Needs a Hard Reboot

July 13, 2016

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

Technology & Data Science

Haystax Scientists to Present “Model-First” Framework Enhancements at International Workshops

July 5, 2016

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

June 28, 2016

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

Policy & Practice

Network World: Cyber hygiene isn’t enough, says Haystax Technology CEO Bryan Ware

June 23, 2016

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

June 22, 2016

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

Product Updates

Haystax Technology Launches Updated Haystax for Incident Management Analytics Platform

June 21, 2016

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

June 15, 2016

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

Product Updates

Using Information Sharing to Combat Automated Bomb Threats Against Schools

June 8, 2016

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

Product Updates

Haystax Technology Announces Updated Mobile Field Interview Application

May 31, 2016

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