GuardSight Enhances Cybersecurity Services Portfolio with Kognos Autonomous XDR Investigator Platform
Kognos, provider of the first and only autonomous XDR investigator platform that detects, investigates, and responds to attack campaigns in real time, today announced a partnership with GuardSight, a Top 200 MSSP, Cybersecurity as a Service (SECOPS), and managed detection and response (MDR) company that serves SMBs and enterprises across the U.S.
“We are delighted to partner with Guardsight to bring the industry’s first autonomous XDR threat hunter to help trace adversary activity at machine speeds,” said Rakesh Nair, CEO and co-founder of Kognos. “The deep expertise of the Guardsight team combined with the deep hunting capabilities of the Kognos product will provide much needed real-time visibility into even the subtlest of threats, with full context of adversary’s activities ensuring unparalleled and proactive defense capabilities to organizations.”
GuardSight will offer the Kognos Autonomous XDR Platform as a key component of its managed threat detection and response, compliance and consulting services. The partnership greatly enhances GuardSight’s threat hunting offering, delivering machine speed detection, investigation, and mitigation.
Ryan Loya, Head of Business Development at GuardSight observes, “When customers work with Kognos and Guardsight, they are effectively getting the weapon and the operators who collaborate as a force multiplier. Ultimately, our goal is to ensure our customers have an impenetrable defense against any cyber attack.”
About GuardSight
GuardSight is an experienced provider of specialized cybersecurity threat detection and response services. Based in Southern Utah, GuardSight is trusted by enterprises of all sizes, from small businesses to Fortune 500 global conglomerates, for its cybersecurity operations (SECOPS), vulnerability management (VULN), and incident response (CIRT) services. Established in 2009, GuardSight delivers specialized Cybersecurity as a Service protection packages alongside white-glove service for smart tactical cyber defense. GuardSight is a SOC-2 and DFATS/NIST SP 800-171 compliant company.
About Kognos
Launched in 2020, Kognos is the cybersecurity industry’s first and only autonomous XDR investigator platform that detects, investigates, and responds to attack campaigns. Founded on the principle that attacker behavior is indicative of attack methodology, attribution, and data for exfiltration, Kognos leverages the power of relationships using security aware AI to fundamentally reduce dwell time by tracing the attacker’s path in real-time.
