SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Email protection leader, eCert (www.ecertsystems.com), today announced a partnership with Cyveillance (www.cyveillance.com), a world leader in cyber intelligence, to strengthen email security and improve the safety of Internet communications for the most widely used application on the Web.
The combined forces of eCert and Cyveillance will help prevent fraudulent emails (commonly known as “phishing”) from reaching consumer inboxes by leveraging the joint cyber intelligence and protection solutions offered by the eCert Email Protection Identity CertTM (EPICTM) and Cyveillance Anti-PhishingTM services. The new end-to-end solution for anti-phishing protection provides comprehensive real-time visibility of email traffic and threats, customized alerts, blocking of domain phishing, attack detection and phishing and malware site takedown. This latest innovation in protection promises to improve trust for valid email by preventing phishing and other forms of cyber attacks, enabling brands to maintain the integrity of their email communications with customers.
“eCert has been advancing standards for email security adoption by all major players in the Internet ecosystem. Partnering with Cyveillance takes us a step forward in our goal to protect email, our customers and their brands, and all users of email communication,” said Kelly Wanser, CEO, eCert. “The level of phishing attacks has grown at a rate that we can’t ignore, and eCert is dedicated to reducing the risk for government entities, major brands and financial institutions that are most vulnerable to these attacks.”
eCert was selected to provide its EPIC service as a Trusted Email RegistryTM to protect the email traffic for members of financial industry consortiums, BITS (a division of the Financial Services Roundtable), and the Financial Services – Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), representing the country’s top U.S. banks and financial institutions. eCert’s partnership with Cyveillance is immediately available for these institutions and other members of the EPIC service.
“Cyveillance is proud to better protect our customers by partnering with eCert to increase email security and brand protection,” said Dave Papas, Chief Operating Officer, Cyveillance. “Our complementary cyber intelligence and protection solutions will enable us to better protect consumer inboxes and preserve safe Internet communications at a time when it is most needed.”
Cyveillance Anti-Phishing is a comprehensive, turnkey solution that enables organizations to prevent, detect, respond to and recover from phishing and fraud-related malware attacks. Using its proprietary Internet monitoring technology, proven processes and procedures, and industry-leading security operations team, Cyveillance identifies targeted fraud activity such as suspicious domain registrations, phishing lures, spoof sites, malware distribution points and the post-attack gathering and exchange of compromised credentials.
“In a rapidly advanced digital era where crime has moved to the Internet and cyber attacks have grown increasingly sophisticated, there is a clear market need for improved and comprehensive cyber intelligence email protections for brands and consumers,” said Avivah Litan, Vice-President, Gartner.
About eCert, Inc.
eCert provides critical protection against email fraud (“phishing”) and other threats to enterprises, governments and other major organizations and their customers. eCert’s award-winning Email Protection Identity Cert (EPIC) service is the first to support open standards-based email authentication for blocking malicious traffic and now protects over 100m consumers and $50 billion in brand value for several of the country's largest financial institutions and email providers. eCert was founded in 2008 by veterans with experience in email, security and financial services technology. www.ecertsystems.com
About Cyveillance
Cyveillance, a world leader in cyber intelligence, provides an intelligence-led approach to security. Through continuous, comprehensive Internet monitoring and sophisticated intelligence analysis, Cyveillance proactively identifies and eliminates threats to information, infrastructure, individuals and their interactions, enabling its customers to preserve their reputation, revenues, and customer trust. Cyveillance serves the Global 2000 and OEM Data Partners – protecting the majority of the Fortune 50, regional financial institutions nationwide, and more than 100 million global consumers through its partnerships with security and service providers that include Blue Coat, AOL and Microsoft. Cyveillance is a wholly owned subsidiary of QinetiQ North America. For more information, please visit www.cyveillance.com or http://www.qinetiq-na.com.