HP Security Operations in Boeblingen (Germany)

In January, 2015 announced HP opening of the new center HP Security Operations in Boeblingen (Germany) which problem will be a help to the companies in fight against cyber crime.

In propagation conditions of Internet threats of HP aims to help clients to strengthen security, to reduce risks and to reorient internal resources so that to take from them actual value for business. The Security Operations HP center will be staffed with the most experienced specialists who perfectly understand features of a modern landscape of cyberthreats and the requirement of the German regulators. The organization will offer users the round-the-clock support in German, and all data of the center will physically be in Germany.

"In 2014 the average volume of losses from one cyber attack grew to 6.1 million euros for the company, and the average time of elimination of threat was 21 days ¹ — Arthur Wong, the senior vice president and the head of department of Enterprise Security Services of HP company says. — Often the companies appear in a situation when they are resisted by well trained team of hackers, and they in the state have no qualified specialist in information protection. The new center HP Security Operations will provide access to high-class specialists, the latest technologies and the last information on vulnerabilities and types of the attacks. Monthly HP reveals more than 23 billion events of security — more, than all other suppliers of means of cyber defense, combined!" ²

The Security Operations HP center offers a full range of Managed Security HP services and the advanced software — everything to save clients from routine security management. Strengthening of defense of perimeter and means of continuous monitoring will allow to reveal quicker threats and to accept counter-measures. Besides, integration into a global network of HP of Security Operations will allow specialists of the center to offer clients the best recommendations.

The Security Operations HP centers help the enterprises of all sizes to provide reliable protection against threats in the long term and to mitigate potential impact of the attacks. At the same time the services offered by them are especially useful to the small companies which sustain the heaviest losses from the attacks and often have no enough resources for counteraction to hackers. Having entrusted protection of the information of HP, they will be able to forget about need to spend time and money for training of employees in knowledge of cyber defense.

Also HP Security Operations Center in Boeblingen will serve as the local center SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) and to be responsible for collecting, storage and normalization of data for more effective monitoring and response to threats. In particular, the ArcSight HP platform will be used for early identification of violations of security by the analysis and assessment of structured data of magazines, and monitoring of sources of unstructured information, such as notes, warnings and messages will help to execute HP Autonomy of the Internet.

The firewall remains one of the most important means of protecting of Internet access and corporate network. The Security Operations HP center will open access to advanced technology of the managed firewall without regular investments, and software of HP of TippingPoint Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) will provide automatic protection of corporate networks against invasions and harmful network traffic. Specialists of HP of Security Research continuously update this infrastructure information on new vulnerabilities.