Innovative cybersecurity companies that are changing the field

As new cybersecurity threats appear daily, the need for new ideas on how to resolve or prevent those threats is driving rapid innovation within this field. Artificial intelligence and machine learning are two of the leading ways cybersecurity experts are providing innovative solutions to protect business and individual users.

Forbes contributor Louis Columbus highlighted the top 10 cybersecurity companies to watch in 2019, with a focus on those providing the most innovative solutions. Three of these solutions are highlighted below.

BlackBerry Cyclance

Once best known as a phone provider, BlackBerry is now an emerging cybersecurity company with the purchase of Cylance. 

“Cylance is also the first company to apply artificial intelligence, algorithmic science, and machine learning to cyber security and improve the way companies, governments, and end users proactively solve the world’s most challenging security problems,” says Columbus.

Presented in an easy-to-read interface, Cylance uses a mathematical process combined with machine learning and knowledge of how hacker’s function to delineate safe activity from threat activity.

According to the Cylance website, their cybersecurity solutions are “proven and able to block emerging threats on average 25 months before they are first detected in the wild”.

CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike is a machine learning startup that is credited with uncovering the Russian hackers that attacked the US Democratic National Committee. The company is using machine learning through their Falcon platform for endpoint detection of potential threats.

“Their Falcon platform stops breaches by detecting all attacks types, even malware-free intrusions, providing five-second visibility across all current and past endpoint activity while reducing cost and complexity for customers,” says Columbus.

CrowdStrike includes cloud-delivered endpoint protection, a threat graph powered by artificial intelligence, vulnerability assessment, and IT hygiene.

Kount

Focusing on fraud management, Kount uses a combination of artificial intelligence and machine learning to provide protection for digital business and online merchants.

“Kount’s advances in both proprietary techniques and patented technology include: Superior mobile fraud detection, Advanced artificial intelligence, Multi-layer device fingerprinting, IP proxy detection and geo-location, Transaction and custom scoring, Global order linking, Business intelligence reporting, Comprehensive order management, Professional and managed services,” says Columbus.

Currently protecting over 6,500 brands, Kount’s customers are able to drive hackers away from their sites and off their networks. The product works to prevent digital payment transaction fraud, new account creation fraud, and account takeovers. 

Capitol students studying cybersecurity take classes in secure coding, scripting languages, secure data communications and cryptography, malware analysis/reverse engineering, and digital forensics. With this comprehensive background in cybersecurity and access to Capitol’s cyber lab, students are primed to be leaders in cybersecurity innovation.

Want to learn about cybersecurity? Capitol offers bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees in cyber and information security. Many courses are available both on campus and online. To learn more about Capitol’s degree programs, contact admissions@captechu.edu.