CISO Global, Inc., an industry leader as a managed cybersecurity and compliance provider, successfully tested the effectiveness of its Argo Edge security solution at DEF CON, the premier cybersecurity and hacker convention in Las Vegas last week.
The conference attracts hackers from across the globe to compete and show off their skills through hacking competitions. Many security vendors test their products every year, taking advantage of the collective cyber hacking talent.
In its first external test, the Argo Edge cloud security platform was deployed by the CISO Global incident response team, Team Hades, on an Intel NUC computer with a standard operating system installed, connecting it to the public WiFi in Caesar's Forum from August 10 to 13. Over the course of the event, hackers attacked it more than 127,000 times, ranging from backdoor attacks to adware to data stealing software, and numerous malware and ransomware types.
None were successful in impacting the device's operating system, including encryption and takeover attempts; Argo Edge's capabilities allowed it to learn from each of the 127,000 attempts to continuously improve.
"This successful real-world test validates our latest platform, which has been developed over the past two years," said David Jemmett, CEO of CISO Global. "Argo Edge has demonstrated its ability to coordinate multiple, layered security solutions to maximize resiliency against an attack. This test at DEF CON shows that a properly integrated, managed and deployed set of security solutions offers real defense against today's most aggressive threat actors."