Abstract Security, a leader in security data management, is unveiling a new coalition of experienced cyber defenders, threat hunters, and incident responders at Abstract Security, propelled by the constantly evolving, ever-sophisticated nature of cyberthreats. This team—dubbed ASTRO (Abstract Security Threat Research Organization)—will augment the Abstract Platform by providing an array of services “to protect the future by pioneering all-source data, threat, detection, and response analytics across today's most critical environments,” according to the company.
With ASTRO, Abstract Security customers benefit from a range of high-powered capabilities designed to better strengthen their organizations’ security postures across thousands of IoT/smart devices, networks, and SaaS applications. These capabilities include:
- Delivering Filtering, Aggregation, Transformation, and Enrichment actions (FATE), which help surface relevant signals that empower analysts, defenders, and cyber operations teams to move faster and smarter
- Embedding Abstract Security Engineer (ASE), Abstract’s advanced intelligence engine, with ASTRO to incorporate the latest advancements of GenAI, machine learning, expert systems, and automation into the security space
- Detecting the latest risks and threats with Abstract’s Streaming Threat Detection Engine, spanning the entire attack surface of Cloud, SaaS, network, and endpoints
- Integrating data sources and destinations with Abstract Security’s Platform, collecting relevant events, context, and data to drive comprehensive situational awareness
“Our technology footprints have expanded infinitely beyond the data center, beyond the edge of the earth to our airplanes and satellites,” said Aaron Shelmire, chief threat research officer, Abstract Security. “And as the threats have followed, we have to expand our visibility and collection of the data. ASTRO was built to focus the right intelligence, on the right data, at the right fidelity, to deliver real operational impact to security teams and companies around the globe. The cyber frontier is vast. ASTRO is here to chart it.”
To learn more about ASTRO, please visit https://www.abstract.security/.