Mountain View-based company Menlo Security, Inc. (“Menlo Security”), a leading provider of browser security solutions, has unveiled HEAT Shield™ and HEAT Visibility™, an innovative suite of threat prevention capabilities designed to detect and block highly evasive threats targeting users via web browsers. This groundbreaking technology aims to protect enterprise networks from phishing attacks and other web-based threats.
HEAT Shield™, part of Menlo Security’s new suite of offerings, utilizes a combination of AI-based techniques, including computer vision, URL risk scoring, and analysis of web page elements, to identify and block phishing attacks in real time. By accurately determining if a accessed link is a phishing site created to steal user credentials, HEAT Shield™ prevents these attacks from infiltrating an organization’s network.
Complementing HEAT Shield™ is HEAT Visibility, which continuously analyzes web traffic and applies AI/ML-powered classifiers to detect highly evasive attacks. This provides security teams with timely alerts, allowing them to swiftly respond to and mitigate potential threats. These proactive measures significantly reduce the mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to respond (MTTR) to web-based attacks targeted at enterprise users.
Highly evasive threats have become a rising concern as threat actors constantly evolve their phishing and malware tactics. Michael Urciouli, Chief Information Officer of JPMorgan Chase Asset and Wealth Management, highlights the importance of browser security solutions like Menlo Security’s HEAT Shield in combatting these cyber threat vectors for top financial institutions, governments, and leading enterprises.
HEAT Shield and HEAT Visibility are built on Menlo Security’s cloud-based Isolation Core™, which monitors and analyzes over 400 billion web sessions each year. Traditional security measures such as Secure Web Gateways, firewalls, endpoint security, and EDR solutions often fail to detect actions occurring within web browsers, leaving organizations vulnerable to highly evasive threats. HEAT Shield takes advantage of the Isolation Core™ to implement dynamic security policies based on web session events and behavior, effectively preventing attackers from gaining access to endpoints. This ensures individuals are protected from potential threats without impacting their browsing experience.
Greg Pastor, Director of Information Security for Remedi SeniorCare, emphasizes the importance of solutions like HEAT Shield in dynamically blocking highly evasive threats, even zero-hour attacks. With the growing concern over highly evasive threats as a favored tactic among threat actors, the ability to prevent such attacks and ensure endpoint safety is paramount.
Menlo Security’s HEAT Attack™ Dashboard offers customers detailed threat intelligence that can be integrated into existing SIEM or SOC platforms. Additionally, real-time HEAT alerts sent to SOC teams enhance existing threat intelligence sources, strengthening incident response capabilities.
Nick Edwards, Vice President of Product Management at Menlo Security, highlights the fact that adversaries are increasingly targeting web browsers, which have become the new desktop for many users. He criticizes legacy security vendors for using outdated methods that do not adequately protect users. Edwards believes that Menlo Security’s suite of offerings represents a significant step towards creating a secure and seamless browsing experience, ensuring the safe use of the internet by customers.
Menlo Security processes over four billion files annually, providing isolation and protection for numerous large organizations globally. Threat actors refine their techniques daily and continually develop innovative ways to target victims through web browsers. Menlo Security uses its industry-leading browser security products, along with its knowledge of emerging attacks, to deliver the first suite of threat prevention capabilities designed to detect and block HEAT attacks.
Both HEAT Shield and HEAT Visibility are now available worldwide through Menlo Security’s global network. Their products, such as HEAT Shield, enable companies to offer reliable and preventative security against highly evasive threats, providing peace of mind to clients. With web browser threats on the rise in terms of frequency and sophistication, Menlo Security’s HEAT Shield is expected to make a significant difference in protecting the customers of companies like Tevora.
To learn more about Menlo Security’s HEAT Shield, visit: www.menlosecurity.com/heatshield. For more information on HEAT Visibility, visit: www.menlosecurity.com/heatvisibility.
Menlo Security is an industry-leading provider of cyberattack protection, specializing in eliminating malware threats from the web, documents, and email. Their patented Isolation-powered cloud security platform offers comprehensive protection for enterprises of all sizes without the need for endpoint software or disrupting the end-user experience. Menlo Security’s impressive clientele includes Fortune 500 companies, leading global financial services institutions, and major governmental organizations. The company is supported by prominent investors such as Vista Equity Partners, Neuberger Berman, General Catalyst, American Express Ventures, Ericsson Ventures, HSBC, and JPMorgan Chase. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, Menlo Security continues to provide cutting-edge solutions for cybersecurity challenges. To find out more, visit www.menlosecurity.com.