Proactive Security Intelligence

As security vulnerabilities increase and the time from vulnerability identification to exploit shrinks, having accurate, actionable intelligence becomes more essential to the security of critical infrastructures.

Problem: Getting Ahead of Threats

Business systems depend on the availability and integration of applications, hardware, and operating systems. Unfortunately, many of these components contain unknown vulnerabilities. Whether or not the vulnerability results in an attack or security breach depends on who discovers the vulnerability and what they do with it.

Solution: Proactive Security Intelligence

Proactive security intelligence gives organizations time to defend critical infrastructures against coming attacks. Proactive intelligence not only identifies and verifies the existence of a vulnerability, but also provides information about exploit development and the threat level. Advanced warning enables organizations to remediate vulnerabilities according to business risks and protect critical systems before criminal elements develop exploits.

How VeriSign Helps

VeriSign® iDefense® Security Intelligence Services deliver timely, proactive intelligence using our proven methodology for discovery and analysis. VeriSign® iDefense Security Intelligence Teams scour the Internet to uncover vulnerabilities and identify threats from sources in more than 30 countries and 12 languages. We have discovered more vulnerabilities than any other organization, and our discoveries become part of our analysis. Our customers receive warnings, on average, 68 days before vendors make them public.

Our teams prioritize and categorize intelligence for delivery in regularly scheduled advisories or as alerts requiring immediate attention. Our labs create workarounds for discovered vulnerabilities before they become public. VeriSign delivers advanced warning and analysis to help organizations protect their critical infrastructure.