"Darktrace is reinventing the way organisations protect their data and assets, with a truly differentiated solution developed by some of the leading minds in machine learning and mathematics," said Antony Clavel, a vice president at Summit Partners.
There are weaknesses in its information-security controls, resulting in "increased risk of unauthorised individuals being allowed to access, alter or abuse proprietary SEC programs and electronic data and assets".
"Duqu's purpose is to gather intelligence data and assets from entities, such as industrial control system manufacturers, in order to more easily conduct a future attack against another third party," the Symantec researchers said.
Could it do more to open up its data and assets?
APIs and connectivity are becoming the de facto way for IT to provide quick access to data and assets.
In addition to utility computing features, AT&T Synaptic Hosting offers the following: * A broad selection of dynamic storage and security features that enterprises have come to rely on to protect their data and assets.
The task of internal auditors is to see whether prescribed data handling and asset protection procedures are being followed.
Data storage and asset management are on the near-term roadmap, for example.
Filament uses wireless sensors, called Taps, to create low-power autonomous mesh networks for data collection and asset monitoring, without requiring a cloud or central network authority.
"There's no other company that combines heavy network infrastructure with what's basically a pure data and software asset, and there's very little synergy between the two".
