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04/23/08 SecureWorks Launches New Retained Incident Response Service to Assist Organizations in Handling Information Security Incidents SecureWorks, a leading Security as a Service provider, announced its new Retained Computer Incident Response Service. The service is designed to help organizations prepare for and respond to cyber security incidents such as phishing, hacker attacks, etc. During the one year retainer contract period, clients can choose to apply the retainer and select from up to nine services in the categories of incident response & forensics, planning & analysis and testing & capability analysis. This service and many others are delivered by SecureWorks' Professional Services team and the Counter Threat Unit™, SecureWorks' applied security research ...
04/11/08 SecureWorks Wins SC Magazine's Readers' Trust Award for Best Managed Security Service for Three Years Running SecureWorks, one of the market's leading Security as a Service providers, was recognized this week with the 2008 Readers' Trust Award for "Best Managed Security Service" for the third year in a row. The announcement was made at the exclusive, SC Magazine Awards Gala, held in conjunction with the annual RSA Conference. This year, SecureWorks' Managed Security Service competed against those from MessageLabs, MX Logic, Solutionary and Symantec to win the "Best Managed Security Service" award. SC Magazine readers representing IT's most knowledgeable security professionals selected SecureWorks' Managed Security Services from among the industries' finest soluti...
04/02/08 SecureWorks Partners with MTS Allstream to Deliver Security Services to the Canadian Market SecureWorks®, one of the market's leading Security as a Service providers, is the new driving force behind MTS Allstream's latest service line expansion. One of Canada's leading national communication providers, MTS Allstream is now offering business clients information security service solutions, as well as professional services, powered by SecureWorks. SecureWorks' wide range of security solutions, coupled with its cutting-edge research and 24x7 real-time monitoring and analysis of logs and security events, have made SecureWorks the partner of choice for MTS Allst...
02/05/08 Industry Leaders LogLogic, Arsenal Security Group and SecureWorks Partner to Provide Comprehensive PCI Compliance Starter Package LogLogic®, the log management leader, Arsenal Security Group®, the industry leader in Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance, and SecureWorks®, one of the market's leading Security-as-a-Service providers, have partnered to provide an easy way to quickly close PCI compliance gaps with the industry's first PCI Compliance Starter Package. Under this partnership, Arsenal will bundle LogLogic's log management and intelligence (LMI) technology and SecureWorks' managed security services with their professional consulting services to help companies launch and sustain their PCI DSS compliance initiat...
02/05/08 Security Services Provider SecureWorks Partners with Corporate America Credit Union to Deliver Security Services to Credit Unions Nationwide February 5, 2008 - SecureWorks®, one of the market's leading Security-as-a-Service providers, has partnered with Corporate America Credit Union (CACU) who will resell SecureWorks' security and professional services to its member credit unions. Corporate America Credit Union is also a SecureWorks client, thus experiencing first hand SecureWorks' security serv...
01/09/08 Security Services Provider SecureWorks Expands Its Offerings to Include Managed Log Retention Powered by New Partner LogLogic SecureWorks®, a leading information security services provider protecting over 2,000 clients, has added a managed log retention service to a variety of its current managed, monitored and on-demand service offerings. The new service, driven by a partnership with an industry-leading log management solution provider LogLogic®, will provide enterprises with comprehensive log aggregation, retention, searching and report...
12/18/07 SecureWorks Designated As a Qualified Security Assessor for PCI Audits SecureWorks, one of the industry's leading security services providers protecting over 2,000 clients, has been designated as a Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) by the Payment Cards Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council. The PCI Security Standards Council, created by the five major credit card companies, is an open global forum for the ongoing development, enhancement, storage, dissemination and implementation of security standards for customer account data protec...
10/23/07 SecureWorks Ranked 143rd Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte's 2007 Technology Fast 500 SecureWorks, one of the industry's leading Managed Security Services Providers (MSSP), today announced that it ranked 143rd on Deloitte's 2007 Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in North America. Rankings are based on percentage of fiscal year revenue growth over five years, from 2002-2006. SecureWorks grew 1,127 percent during this pe...
10/05/07 Number of Hackers Targeting Utilities Increases 90 Percent According to SecureWorks' Data SecureWorks, one of the industry’s leading managed security services providers protecting over 1,800 clients and 100 utilities, has seen a 90 percent increase in the number of hackers attempting to attack its utility clients this year. From January through April, SecureWorks blocked an average of 49 attackers per utility client per day. Whereas, from May through September, it saw an average of 93 hackers attempt attacks on each of its utility clients per...
10/04/07 SecureWorks Cited as a Managed Security Services Strong Performer SecureWorks, one of the prominent managed security services providers in the market, was among the select companies that Forrester invited to participate in its October 4, 2007, Forrester Wave report, (Managed Security Services Wave, Q42007). In this evaluation, SecureWorks was cited as a strong performer. &...
09/28/07 SecureWorks Ranked 6th in Deloitte's Technology For the third year in a row, SecureWorks, one of the industry's leading Managed Security Services Providers (MSSP), has been named to Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 program for Georgia. SecureWorks ranked 6th in this year's program with 1,127 percent revenue growth from 2002-2006 and has ranked in the top ten for the past three ye...
08/17/07 Healthcare Attacks Up August 17, 2007 - SecureWorks, the largest managed security services provider safeguarding 1,800 clients, has seen a 57 percent increase in the number of attempted attacks directed toward its healthcare clients by Internet hackers.  Attempted attacks have increased from an average of 5,900 per healthcare client per day in the last half of 2006 to an average of 9,300 per healthcare client per day in the first half of ...
08/03/07 SecureWorks Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant for Advisory Firm's Managed Security Services Provider Magic Quadrant for 1HO7 SecureWorks, the largest managed information security services provider safeguarding 1,800 clients and more financial institutions than any other vendor, today announced that research and advisory firm, Gartner, Inc., has positioned SecureWorks in the Leaders quadrant in its Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) Magic Quadrant for the first half of 2007.  The Gartner Magic Quadrant is a graphical portrayal of vendor performance in a market segment, including categories for leaders, challengers, visionaries and niche players. Criteria by which the vendors are measured include a company’s completeness of vision and ability to exe...
08/02/07 SecureWorks Reports Number of Hackers Attacking Banks Up 81% Since Last Year and Up 62% for Credit Unions SecureWorks, the largest managed information security services provider safeguarding 1,800 clients and more financial institutions than any other vendor,  announced today that the number of hackers attempting to attack its banking clients is up 81% since last year and hackers attempting to attack its credit union clients is up 62% since last year. SecureWorks blocked 167 million hacker attacks in the last 30 ...
08/02/07 Bots Launching Storm Attacks Increase Dramatically Totaling 1.7 Million in June/July SecureWorks, the largest managed information security services provider safeguarding 1,800 clients and more financial institutions than any other vendor, announced today that it has seen an onslaught of Storm Worm attacks in the last two months. “From the first of January to the end of May, we only saw 71,342 Storm attacks,” said Joe Stewart, Senior Security Researcher for SecureWorks. “However, since June we have blocked 20,200,101 Storm attacks.”&...
03/20/07 FCUL Service Group, Inc. Partners with SecureWorks To Keep Florida Credit Unions' IT Systems Safe The FCUL Service Group has partnered with SecureWorks, the leading Managed Security Services Provider, to offer SecureWorks' information security services to Florida credit unio...
03/02/07 SecureWorks Selected as Top 40 Innovative Georgia Technology Company SecureWorks, the largest managed information security services provider safeguarding 1,650 clients and more financial institutions than any other vendor, has been selected as one of the Top 40 Innovative Technology companies in Georgia by the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), the state's leading technology organiza...
02/12/07 SecureWorks Wins SC Magazine's "Best Managed Security Service Provider" Award Second Year Running SecureWorks, the largest managed information security services provider safeguarding 1,650 clients and more financial institutions than any other vendor, has won SC Magazine's 2007 Reader Trust Award for "Best Managed Security Services Provider" for the second year in a row. The accolade was given out as part of the 10th annual SC Magazine Award program for outstanding achievement in information-technology (IT) security. SecureWorks, which recently merged with leading MSSP LURHQ, won SC Magazine's 2006 award for "Best Intrusion Prevention", while the former LURHQ received last year's award for "Best Managed Security Services Provider." This year, SecureWorks' Managed Security Services competed against those from Alert Logic, IBM Internet Security Systems, MX Logic and Watchfire to win the "Best Managed Security Services" Award. SecureWorks' submission was among nearly 400 entries submitted in 20 technology categories. Winners in the SC Magazine Awards Reader Trust program are based on voting by more than 9,000 of the publication's reade...
02/05/07 SecureWorks and NRECA Partner to Offer Discounted Information Security Services to All NRECA Members The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) and SecureWorks have partnered to offer SecureWorks' information security services to NRECA's members at a discounted rate. With over 1,600 clients, SecureWorks is the largest managed security services provider safeguarding more utilities from cyber threats than any other vendor. This agreement gives NRECA members access to all of SecureWorks' managed security services at a 10 percent discount. SecureWorks is one of 60 organizations in NRECA's National Discount Program designed to provide pre-negotiated discounts with leading service provider...
02/01/07 SecureWorks' First Post-Merger Quarter Yields Integration Progress and Record Results FEBRUARY 1, 2007. SecureWorks, the leading pure-play Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP), has exceeded expectations for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 2006 ending December 31, 2006 - the first full quarter after merging with LURHQ Corporation on September 15, 2006...
01/31/07 SecureWorks Sees Rapid Growth in 2006 and Hires Veteran Regulator to Assist in Design and Oversight of Procedures and Controls SecureWorks announced today that, as a result of its extensive growth in 2006 and anticipated growth in 2007, it has hired Bill Buchanan, a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and former regulator with the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) and the Federal Reserve. Buchanan will serve as SecureWorks' VP of Internal Audit and will report directly to the audit committee of the board of directors. As such, Buchanan will provide independent review and consultative services to the SecureWorks' management team and board of directors around the design and operation of the company's controls. "We are very pleased to have such an experienced executive join our team," said Mike Cote, president and CEO of SecureWorks. "With over 1,600 clients and the continued rapid growth that SecureWorks has experienced, we want to make sure that we have the proper procedures and controls in place relating to Sarbanes Oxley, GLBA and the other financial regulations. Ensuring growth in a controlled, prudent fashion is top of mind with...
01/17/07 SecureWorks Blocks Over 37 Million Web Application Attacks from Hackers and Expands Application Security Practice SecureWorks, the largest managed security services provider safeguarding 1,600 clients and more financial institutions than any other vendor, announced that it blocked over 37 million web application hacker attacks attempted against its banking, credit union and utility clients in 2006. They also reported that their web application security assessment business has tripled since last year. SecureWorks has expanded its practice in order to combat web application attacks such as SQL Injection, Cookie Tampering, File Inclusion, Directory Traversals and an array of othe...
01/17/07 SecureWorks Protects Data for Leading Collections Software Provider Latitude Software and Forms Sales Partnership Latitude Software has selected SecureWorks as their managed security services provider, and will also be referring SecureWorks' services to the Latitude client base of over 150 clients. With over 1,600 clients, SecureWorks has become the largest managed security services provider safeguarding more financial institutions than any other vendor. Latitude Software is the leading provider of quality software and services to the debt collection and recovery industry. Latitude Software's powerful collection system includes support for Collection Agencies, Law Firms, Debt Buyers, and Credito...
01/16/07 SecureWorks Integrates with Qualys' Vulnerability Management SaaS Solution to Deliver Increased Risk Management Context to Protect Clients SecureWorks has integrated with Qualys' Vulnerability Management System enabling the SecureWorks' Security Management Platform, Sherlock, to have visibility into additional security risk information to better protect clients. For SecureWorks clients who have chosen the Qualys vulnerability management solution, this integration provides a more comprehensive view of their security posture, integrated reporting, and additional context for the SecureWorks security analysts monitoring or managing their environment. Although SecureWorks will continue to offer its own proprietary solution for network scanning, this integration with Qualys is consistent with SecureWorks' vendor-agnostic position to support other vendors' platfor...

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