Bolster

Bolster is a deep learning-powered brand protection and domain monitoring platform designed to detect and take down phishing sites, scam content, and copyright infringements across various online platforms. According to the vendor, it caters to companies of all sizes, from startups to Fortune 500s, and is utilized by security professionals, legal professionals, engineering professionals, trust and safety professionals, as well as e-commerce companies.

Key Features

Automated Brand Protection: Bolster is claimed to be a deep learning-powered brand protection and domain monitoring platform that can detect and take down phishing sites, scam content, and copyright infringements across the open web, social media, app stores, and dark web. It is designed to protect companies of all sizes, from startups to Fortune 500s.

Seamless Brand Protection Automation: Bolster aims to automate the detection, continuous monitoring, and remediation across multiple external attack vectors. The vendor states that it provides seamless integration and workflow for brand protection processes, reducing manual effort and increasing efficiency in brand protection activities. It is said to enable real-time detection and response to threats.

Automated Domain & Social Media Monitoring: Bolster claims to monitor over 12 social media platforms and 400 app stores, detecting domain threats including look-alike domains and fake sites. It also monitors active and passive DNS, zone and WHOIS files, SSL certificates, and logs, providing continuous monitoring and assessment of the threat landscape.

AI-Based Detection: According to the vendor, Bolster utilizes deep learning and AI algorithms for out-of-the-box detection of phishing, brand infringement, scams, and typosquat attacks. It is said to apply AI and enriched threat intelligence for real-time threat detection, providing rapid visibility into social media fraud and impersonations.

Automatic Triage and Remediation: Bolster claims to neutralize threats without human intervention and automate the triage and remediation process for detected threats. The vendor states that it enables fast and efficient takedown of malicious sites and content, reducing mean time to response (MTTR), and minimizing the impact of attacks.

Real-Time API: Bolster provides real-time access to its brand protection capabilities and integrates with existing security and IT systems through APIs, according to the vendor. This allows for seamless integration into security operations workflows and enables automated detection and response to threats in real-time.

Social Media Protection: According to the vendor, Bolster automatically detects and removes organic posts and paid ads for counterfeit products, identifies and takes down profiles impersonating executives, dismantles phishing and scam offers posted by users, and removes external websites linked to social media fraud activity.

App Store Monitoring: Bolster claims to monitor all major app stores and third-party app stores, detecting fake apps, unauthorized apps, and scam sites. It is said to automatically take down fraudulent apps globally and provide continuous monitoring to prevent the reoccurrence of threats.

Dark Web Monitoring: Bolster gathers data across a broad range of deep and dark web sources, analyzing activity using machine learning and natural language processing, according to the vendor. It is claimed to assess risks and vulnerabilities associated with the brand, executives, customers, partners, and vendors, and execute risk remediation strategies based on expert SOC recommendations.

Account Takeover Protection: According to the vendor, Bolster identifies potentially compromised users through HTTP referrer logs, detects and blocks phishing sites, and locks affected accounts. It is said to automatically initiate password resets or account locks and execute zero-touch takedowns of phishing sites.