[October 22, 2014]

Norse Joins M3AAWG

Norse, the leader in live attack intelligence, today announced it has joined the Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M³AAWG). By joining M³AAWG, Norse (www.norse-corp.com) is looking to share its experience, expertise and industry leadership in live threat intelligence and participate in M³AAWG's industry collaboration, technology and public policy efforts to combat various forms of messaging abuse, malware, botnets, spam, denial-of-service attacks and other exploits, especially those emanating from the darknets.

"As a founding member of M³AAWG, and previous vice-chairman and chairman of the board, I am excited to bring Norse into the M³AAWG fold," said Jonathan Curtis, security architect at Norse. "By joining the group, Norse hopes to make a significant contribution to industry efforts to establish effective attack deterrence and threat mitigation, as well as raise awareness of the changing threat landscape and how live attack intelligence plays a key role in addressing the problem."

Norse brings elite new cyber intelligenc capabilities to the industry and expects to contribute to the anti-abuse efforts at M³AAWG. With over five million sensors deployed in 47 countries around the world, Norse delivers unique visibility into attacks emanating from difficult-to-penetrate geographies and darknet cybercrime - visibility that no other vendor can match. Norse's staff of professional "fusion analysts" scrutinize, refine and interpret the Norse network's data with insight gleaned from years of experience in government and military intelligence, and counterintelligence work.

"M³AAWG looks forward to Norse's participation in our collaborative industry forum focused on combating malicious activity on the Internet," said Jerry Upton, M³AAWG executive director.

The Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (www.M3AAWG.org) is an organization of the world's leading service providers, vendors and other industry participants dedicated to working together against bots, malware, spam, viruses, denial-of-service attacks and other online exploitation. M³AAWG leverages the depth and experience of its global membership to tackle abuse on existing networks and new emerging services through initiatives in technology, industry collaboration and public policy.

About Norse

Norse is the global leader in live attack intelligence. Norse delivers continuously updated Internet and Darknet intel that helps organizations detect and block attacks that other systems miss. Norse's globally distributed "distant early warning" grid of millions of sensors, honeypots, crawlers, and agents delivers unique visibility into the darknets, where bad actors operate. The Norse network processes hundreds of terabytes daily and computes over 1,500 distinct risk factors, live, for millions of IP addresses and URLs every day. Norse products are available as standalone offerings or tightly integrated with popular SIEM, IPS, and next-generation firewall products to dramatically improve the performance, catch-rate and return-on-investment of your existing security infrastructure. For more information, visit www.norse-corp.com.

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