Cohesity Expands Cyber Events Response Service with Key Partners

AI-powered data security company Cohesity is expanding its Cyber Events Response Team (CERT) service which will include partnerships with leading incident response (IR) vendors such as Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, Arctic Wolf, Sophos, Fenix24, and Semperis Speed.

CERT aims to augment existing processes and capabilities

Cohesity’s CERT team, formed in 2021, has specialized IR expertise to assist customers with responding and rapidly recovering from high-stakes security events. By partnering with these IR vendors, Cohesity CERT will be able to augment traditional IR processes and infuse rich data and backup and recovery expertise. This will allow them to help speed investigations and enable customers to recover quicker from incidents.

“With ransomware, data breaches, and other cyber threats becoming an unavoidable reality, organizations need the assurance that they can bounce back faster, stronger, and smarter,” said Sanjay Poonen the CEO of Cohesity. “Cohesity CERT is a natural extension of our mission to empower organizations with resilient, secure data management. We’re doubling our commitment to our customers by ensuring they have the expertise and tools to navigate and recover from cyber crises effectively. Cyber resilience is the cornerstone of modern cybersecurity, and we are committed to helping our customers achieve it.”

The Cohesity CERT will be available to all Cohesity customers as part of their existing subscription. The benefits to customers include:

• Minimized business disruption and financial loss: Aiding customers in detecting, investigating, and recovering from incidents, preventing and minimizing extended operational disruptions.
• Comprehensive, coordinated response and recovery: Cohesity has developed a methodology that utilizes native platform capabilities and integrations with its Data Security Alliance to provide data breach insights. It includes a consolidated set of customer-approved operational data, including logs, reports, inventories, and more, to be rapidly shared with approved parties to enable more effective and efficient analysis for safer and faster recovery after a destructive cyberattack. 
• 24/7 availability and multi-vendor integrated support: Cohesity and its partners will maintain communication throughout the response and recovery process, which will allow for quicker decision-making and a more agile cyberattack response.
• Specialized expertise and proactive recommendations: Cohesity CERT personnel and its partners provide actionable recommendations and valuable expertise to assist businesses with strengthening their defenses over time, enabling customers to stay ahead of evolving cyber threats.

Through native platform capabilities, Cohesity CERT can share a consolidated set of customer-approved operational data with its IT partners, including logs, reports, and inventories. By combining this operational data with Cohesity CERT’s deep data security and recovery expertise, the digital forensics, threat intelligence, and containment capabilities of IR partners are enhanced, which will enable them to perform more effective and efficient analysis of cyber incidents and more quickly resolve issues while reducing business downtimes.

“Cybercriminals are increasingly emboldened by new technology, making cyberattacks more effective and efficient. Unit 42 provides customers with leading incident response expertise, threat intelligence, and proactive services, enabling them to effectively address the most challenging threats. Through this new partnership, Cohesity will play a crucial role in expediting backup and business recovery processes of shared customers. This collaboration will greatly benefit our customers, ensuring a comprehensive approach to cybersecurity that enhances the overall investigation process for Unit 42,” said Sam Rubin, the senior vice president of consulting and threat intelligence for Unit 42 at Palo Alto Networks.

Implementing an impactful incident response plan for detecting, containing, eradicating, and recovering from breaches is critical for businesses. Read more about how MSPs can develop a strong IR plan for customers.