Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and its subsidiary, CloudShield Technologies, Inc. announced that SaskTel will utilize CloudSentry, the company’s Cybersecurity Business Unit, to bolster its security across its networks.
CloudSentry is an active threat intelligence capability that leverages the company’s CloudShield cybersecurity platform. The platform works in real-time to control network traffic and provide organizations with actionable network attack intelligence enabling them to deliver advanced cyber countermeasures.
Charles Beard, SAIC Chief Information Officer and General Manager of the company’s Cybersecurity Business Unit said, “This new service provides CloudShield customers an active threat intelligence capability that aggregates a variety of public sources as well as the custom signatures developed by SAIC’s Cybersecurity Response teams. CloudSentry provides the advanced threat mitigation that is critical to operating in today’s most demanding network environments and meeting cyber adversaries head on. We look forward to working with SaskTel and other customers to leverage CloudSentry as they work to address their toughest cybersecurity challenges”
CloudSentry is designed to protect mission critical infrastructure for telecommunications companies, internet service providers and national governments.