Attivo Networks wins Department of Defense contracts for cyber defense and cyber deception technology

Attivo Networks will provide the Defense Department with active cyber defense technologies under a new agreement, the company announced.

The DoD will use Attivo’s ThreatDefend platform which employs deception and machine learning techniques to detect, degrade, disinform and divert adversaries. Threats are contained and forensics gathered, providing real attack intelligence. 

The DoD will also use Attivo’s technology during wargaming, the company said: The Attivo Networks ThreatDefend technology recently saw action during a significant planning wargame exercise, confirming that active cyber defense technology affects the adversaries’ ability to maneuver undetected. 

This exercise is the company’s fourth cyber exercise supporting DoD and its partners.

Attivo was awarded a DoD Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) contract through AFWERX/AFVentures. The contract supports the Air Force in securing networks and system resources. 

Attivo was also awarded an Other Transaction (OT) prototype agreement for active cyber defense with Defense Innovation Unit in 2019, supporting DoD requirements for active cyber defense that uses deception techniques to detect lateral movement.

Read more about the projects HERE.