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Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Selects illusive networks Deceptions Everywhere Cybersecurity
May 2017 by Emmanuelle Lamandé
illusive networks announced that Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a science and technology company, selected illusive to protect its vast network across the
Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania from advanced cyber attacks.
The pharmaceutical and chemical company selected illusive to
supplement its existing security controls with a deception-based post-breach
cybersecurity technology to neutralize targeted attacks and Advanced Persistent
Threats (APTs) that make their way into the group’s network.
“In today’s hostile climate, you never know when a new vulnerability or a new
bypass technique may arise,” says Branden Newman, Head of Business Technology
Security and Deputy CISO, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. “Deception-based
technologies are amongst the best to mitigate advanced attackers while providing a
higher level of insight into the malicious activity. illusive networks offers the
most innovative and effective approach to deception technology. Additionally, their
solution is scalable and easy to deploy.”
With increasingly complex Advanced Persistent Threats and cases of corporate
espionage on the rise, the group aimed to enhance the protection of their
intellectual property in the chemical and healthcare sectors, particularly their
most sensitive data and zones. Bolstering their comprehensive security monitoring
was also an objective to ensure the earliest detection and mitigation of cyber
attacks, minimizing impact to their business operations.
illusive networks’ agentless Deceptions Everywhere technology
blankets a company’s entire network — every endpoint, server and network
component – with information that deceives attackers. When attackers act upon the
false information, illusive neutralizes the attack and triggers a detailed real-time
breach report enabling security administrators to detect, track and contain the
attack in its early stages.
