Name: From the CEO - Introducing Black Kite (Formerly NormShield)
Uploaded: 2021-01-11T13:28:26.000Z
Duration: 1 min
Description: CEO Paul Paget introduces Boston-based Black Kite.

Help Desk

Web and Video Conferencing

Customer Support

JavaScript Frameworks

Development

Student Management

Education

Board Management

Business Intelligence (BI)

Collaboration

Data Discovery and Visualization

Enterprise Generative AI

Policy Management

Enterprise

Accounting

Anti-Money Laundering (AML)

Invoicing

Nonprofit Accounting

Payment Hubs

Subscription Management

Finance and Accounting

Applicant Tracking

Corporate Learning Management

Corporate Volunteering

HR Management

Payroll

Recruitment Agency

Talent Intelligence

Talent Management

Workforce Analytics

Workforce Management

Human Resources

Authorization

Cloud Cost Management

Cloud Migration

Cloud Storage

Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS)

Data Mapping

Firewall Security Management

Fraud Detection

IT Infrastructure Monitoring

IT Operations Analytics

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

Managed IT Service

Network Performance Monitoring

Network Troubleshooting

Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)

Product Implementation Services

Smart Contracts

Tape Storage

Technology Business Management

Workload Automation

Information Technology

A/B Testing

Account-Based Marketing (ABM)

Ad Serving & Retargeting

All-in-One Marketing

Appointment Scheduling

Audio Editing

Brand Intelligence

Content Management

Email Marketing

IP Geolocation

Marketing Automation

Social Media Management

Survey & Forms Building

Virtual Event

Web Analytics

Marketing

Project Management

Professional Services

Cross-Border eCommerce

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Headless eCommerce

Intelligent Virtual Assistant

Lead Generation Services

Lead-to-Account Matching and Routing

Sales Acceleration

Sales

Cloud Access Security Brokers

Database Security

Security

Civil Engineering

Hotel Management

Pharmacy

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The Black Kite is a cyber risk intelligence and vendor risk management solution designed to assist organizations in navigating evolving threat landscapes. According to the vendor, it provides insights into cyber risks and vulnerabilities, enabling organizations to understand and assess their cyber risk exposure. The product is marketed as suitable for organizations of varying sizes across professions and industries such as Information Technology, Risk Management, Compliance, Third-Party Risk Management, and Financial Services.

## Key Features

**Cyber Risk Intelligence**: According to the vendor, the product offers real-time insights into cyber threats and vulnerabilities, helping organizations understand and assess their cyber risk exposure.

**Vendor Risk Management**: The vendor claims that the product provides comprehensive solutions to assess and manage the risk associated with third-party vendors, enabling organizations to evaluate their security posture.

**Technical Cyber Security Rating**: The vendor states that the product provides a technical cyber security rating based on vulnerabilities and weaknesses, assessing the likelihood and potential impact of a cyber attack.

**Compliance Correlation**: According to the vendor, the product correlates compliance with industry standards and regulations, mapping controls to multiple frameworks and identifying compliance gaps.

**Ransomware Susceptibility Index**: The vendor claims that the product calculates the likelihood of a ransomware attack, identifying critical indicators and vulnerabilities to develop effective risk mitigation strategies.

**Transparent Methodology**: According to the vendor, the product utilizes a transparent methodology for assessing cyber risk, providing clear and understandable ratings and scores.

**Data Analysis**: The vendor asserts that the product enables advanced data filtering, sorting, and aggregation, supporting statistical and analytical techniques for extracting insights from business data.

**Data Visualization**: According to the vendor, the product offers customizable charts, graphs, and maps to present data in visually appealing formats, supporting interactive visualizations and dynamic dashboards.

**Business Intelligence**: The vendor states that the product provides insights into market trends, customer behavior, and competitor analysis, offering comprehensive reports and analytics for informed decision-making.

**Data Mining**: According to the vendor, the product includes data mining functionalities to discover hidden patterns and relationships in large datasets, applying machine learning algorithms for valuable insights and predictions.

Black Kite provides a standards-based cyber risk assessments that analyzes a supply chain’s cybersecurity posture from three critical dimensions: technical, financial and compliance.

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CEO Paul Paget introduces Boston-based Black Kite.

From the CEO - Introducing Black Kite (Formerly NormShield)

Vulnerability Management Tools

Tools that focus on locating, identifying, and prioritizing vulnerabilities in a network that need to be patched.

IT Asset Realization

Scans a network to identify hardware and software assets on the network.

Authentication

Authentication of users and services within a network to prevent vulnerabilities from being introduced to the network.

Configuration Monitoring

Constant monitoring of a network set up to identify vulnerabilities as they occur within the network or tech stack on the network.

Web Scanning

Specifically scans webpages for potential threats or vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Intelligence

Software that is able to label and store information about vulnerabilities to access for future use cases.

Threat Intelligence

Features for categories that leverage threat intelligence in network security

Network Analytics

Analyzes various data reports and logs (DNS, firewall, user data, security information etc.) to identify threats in a network.

Vulnerability Classification

Prioritizing vulnerabilities, to determine which vulnerabilities are most urgent and require a quicker resolution.

Automated Alerts and Reporting

Systems in place to automatically alert, report, or notify of issues that may need timely remediation.

Threat Analysis

Analyzing known factors such as behavior patterns, affected areas, and other specific features to more easily identify a threat.

Threat Intelligence Reporting

Generates reports that display information on threats (such as name, type, frequency of attack, area affected, etc.)

Automated Threat Identification

Leveraging multiple sources of information (such as threat intelligence databases) to automatically identify threats.

Threat Recognition

Detection and recognition of malicious software within a network that could pose a threat to sensitive information.

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