Mordecai Rosen

Digital Guardian, a globally renowned company in data loss prevention solutions, has announced it significantly enhanced its relationship with Amazon Web Services (AWS) through several key initiatives and achievements. Integration with Amazon Macie Digital Guardian has announced the general availability of their integration with Amazon Macie, a fully managed data security and data privacy service that uses machine learning and pattern matching to discover and provide additional protection for customers’ sensitive data in Amazon Web Services. Amazon Macie is designed to automate the discovery of sensitive data at scale and lowers the cost of protecting data As organizations manage growing volumes of data, identifying and protecting their sensitive data, at scale, can become increasingly complex, expensive, and time-consuming. Amazon Macie is designed to automate the discovery of sensitive data at scale and lowers the cost of protecting data. Unified sensitive data discovery  Digital Guardian now leverages Amazon Macie to build an integration that extends enterprise data loss prevention from traditional endpoints to AWS. For shared Digital Guardian and Amazon Macie customers, this integration provides unified sensitive data discovery and visibility, and other compelling benefits, including: The ability to correlate Amazon Macie findings with Digital Guardian Endpoint events, providing visibility into the file lifecycle. Automated alarming and incident tracking of Amazon Macie incidents in Digital Guardian Analytics & Reporting Cloud (ARC) to support complex compliance mandates, such as ITAR and GDPR. On-demand reporting and remediation actions to add an additional layer of protection for sensitive data stored in Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) buckets. “In 2020, we announced a series of major enhancements to Amazon Macie, including new features, greater availability worldwide and substantially reduced pricing,” said Dan Plastina, Vice President for External Security Services, Amazon Web Services, Inc. Enterprise data protection Providing a seamless integration with Amazon Macie was a top product priority at Digital Guardian" Dan adds, “We are pleased that Digital Guardian is now integrated with Amazon Macie, as this allows our shared customers to benefit from unified visibility of sensitive data stored in Amazon S3 buckets, on local network shares and on endpoint devices. This visibility can then inform policies to protect their data no matter where it resides.” “Providing a seamless integration with Amazon Macie was a top product priority at Digital Guardian,” said Mordecai Rosen, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Digital Guardian, adding “We believe federation is critical to enterprise data protection programs providing the ability to see and manage sensitive data no matter where it resides.” Support for Amazon WorkSpaces on Windows Mordecai adds, “Amazon Macie is an effective service for identifying and securing sensitive data in Amazon S3, and with Digital Guardian’s integration we can offer our shared customers unified data visibility and protection from a single pane of glass.” Amazon WorkSpaces is a managed, secure Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) solution. Customers can use Amazon WorkSpaces to provision Windows desktops in just a few minutes and quickly scale to provide thousands of desktops to workers around the globe. AWS Advanced Technology Partner status Digital Guardian customers are increasingly deploying DaaS to secure remote workers and with the release of version 7.6, Digital Guardian is now certified for Amazon WorkSpaces. In October, Digital Guardian achieved AWS Advanced Technology Partner status. As an AWS Advanced Technology Partner, customers can be assured Digital Guardian has met stringent requirements, including a thorough assessment of the Digital Guardian Data Protection Platform by AWS experts, to ensure conformity with the security and cloud configuration best practices that they demand.  Digital Guardian Data Protection Platform Customers can easily subscribe to the cloud-delivered Digital Guardian Data Protection Platform With availability in AWS Marketplace, customers can easily subscribe to the cloud-delivered Digital Guardian Data Protection Platform, powered by AWS, to gain instant visibility into their sensitive data as it traverses their enterprise and cloud environment. They can also benefit from a seamless purchase process offered in AWS Marketplace and reduce the overall burden on their procurement, legal, and accounting teams. Securing customers’ sensitive data “As the globally renowned company in cloud customer experience and contact center solutions, securing our customers’ sensitive data is absolutely paramount,” said Steven Wolford, Chief Information Security Officer at Genesys. Steven adds, “The Digital Guardian Data Protection Platform provides us with deep visibility and flexible controls, enhancing the protection of our data and IP. Additionally, the ability to purchase the platform from AWS Marketplace enabled us to avoid lengthy contract negotiations and streamline the procurement process.”

Digital Guardian, a provider of data loss prevention and managed detection and response, has announced Tim Bandos will become Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Bandos will bring more than 15 years of experience to the position, including his five years as VP of Cybersecurity at Digital Guardian. Prior to joining Digital Guardian, Bandos was Director of Cybersecurity for Dupont where he was responsible for overseeing internal controls, incident response and threat intelligence. In his new role, he will lead Digital Guardian’s global cybersecurity strategy, leveraging the latest technology and threat intelligence available. Evolving threat landscap We're excited to have Tim officially in this important role and I welcome him to my leadership team" "Tim's experience in cybersecurity has provided him a rich understanding of the evolving threat landscape and the strategies, techniques, and processes every company should deploy to mitigate the risk of data loss," said Mordecai Rosen, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Guardian. "We're excited to have Tim officially in this important role and I welcome him to my leadership team." Bandos joined Digital Guardian five years ago with the goal of successfully building the company’s Managed Detection & Response Service from the ground up. That service now manages and monitors more than one million endpoints and delivers best-of-breed threat hunting and incident response. specialized security analysts His other accomplishments while at Digital Guardian include: Building the Advanced Threat & Analysis Center Team (ATAC Team), a premier group of specialized security analysts, threat hunters, and incident responders that focus on breach detection and response. Guiding the development of the DG Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) technology within the Digital Guardian Data Protection Platform. Directing the company’s efforts on adopting the NIST Cybersecurity Framework to continually improve the company’s security posture and programs. Spearheading Digital Guardian’s SOC 2 and other certification initiatives. Promoting security best practices to CISOs and other security executives at major security conferences around the world, including RSA, Black Hat and Infosecurity Europe. Vigilant and cyber-aware “I’m thrilled to be named CISO at Digital Guardian. DG has invested heavily in a robust and resilient environment but threats continue to evolve, so our program must as well,” said Tim Bandos, Chief Information Security Officer, Digital Guardian. “As CISO, I’ll continue to reinforce a company culture that puts security at the forefront. It’s critical that all of our employees do their part to stay vigilant and cyber-aware to protect our most valuable asset: data.”