Ermetic, a cloud infrastructure security company, and New Platinum Award Winner in the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program, is pleased to announce it has achieved System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type II certification for the Ermetic Platform.

The Ermetic Platform combines Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) and Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) as a service, and this certification validates that Ermetic maintains effective system-level controls that ensure the security of its platform.

Gartner predicts that by 2023, 75% percent of security failures will be the result of mismanaged identities and entitlements.

According to Gartner, the #1 threat to cloud infrastructure is entitlements and permissions because identifying risky permissions and misconfigurations is hugely difficult.

It requires insight into the access that all users and services have and actually need.

Addressing this at scale calls for visibility into thousands of identities, policies, and resources – and mitigating the risks revealed.

Using Ermetic, enterprises can enforce least privilege access in their cloud for all identities, across the entire technology stack, and manage their security posture with ease.

(Ermetic is a public cloud security platform that governs identities and access entitlements, and enables enterprises to automatically enforce least privilege and mitigate risks at scale. Through continuous analysis of entitlements and activity, Ermetic powers least-privilege access policy definition and enforcement for both human and machine identities. Ermetic provides full-stack insight into the effective access entitlements granted by the configuration of identities, compute resources, data stores, and the network. Courtesy of Ermetic and YouTube.)

Ermetic helps Security and DevOps stakeholders work together to ensure cloud security without impact to application continuity or speed to market.

SOC 2 Type II reports on the description of controls provided by the management of the service organization, attests that the controls are suitably designed and implemented, and attests to the operating effectiveness of the controls.

“The Ermetic platform provides cloud infrastructure security that automates visibility, control, and remediation of risks on a continuous basis,” explains Michael Dolinksy, CTO of Ermetic.

“SOC 2 Type II certification provides customers the confidence of knowing that our systems meet and exceed the strictest industry standards for security, availability and confidentiality.”

An audit conducted by KPMG confirmed that Ermetic met the security Trust Services Criteria established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

To Learn More on SOC 2 Type II certification, click here. 

Ermetic helps prevent breaches by reducing the attack surface of cloud infrastructure and enforcing least privilege at scale in the most complex environments.

The Ermetic SaaS platform provides comprehensive cloud security for AWS, Azure, and GCP that spans both cloud infrastructure entitlements management (CIEM), and cloud security posture management (CSPM).

The company is led by proven technology entrepreneurs whose previous companies have been acquired by Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, and has received funding from Accel, Forgepoint, Glilot Capital Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, Qumra, and Target Global.

To Learn More, please go to ermetic.com. 

Ermetic Takes Platinum in the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program

American Security Today’s Annual ‘ASTORS’ Awards is the preeminent U.S. Homeland Security Awards Program, and now in its Sixth Year, continues to recognize industry leaders of Physical and Border Security, Cybersecurity, Emergency Preparedness – Management and Response, Law Enforcement, First Responders, as well as federal, state and municipal government agencies in the acknowledgment of their outstanding efforts to Keep our Nation Secure.

Ermetic

Best Cloud Infrastructure Entitlements Management (CIEM) Solution

• Ermetic Cloud Infrastructure Security Platform

• Ermetic is an identity-first cloud infrastructure security platform that provides multi-cloud protection in an easy-to-deploy SaaS solution.

• According to Gartner, the #1 threat to cloud infrastructure is entitlements and permissions, because identifying risky permissions and misconfigurations is hugely difficult and requires insight into the access that all users and services have and actually need.

• Addressing this at scale calls for visibility into thousands of identities, policies, and resources – and mitigating the risks revealed.

• Using Ermetic, enterprises can enforce least privilege access in their cloud for all identities, across the entire technology stack, and manage their security posture with ease.

• Ermetic helps Security and DevOps stakeholders work together to ensure cloud security without impact to application continuity or speed to market.

(See how through continuous analysis of entitlements and activity, Ermetic powers least-privilege access policy definition and enforcement for both human and machine identities. Ermetic provides full-stack insight into the effective access entitlements granted by the configuration of identities, compute resources, data stores, and the network. Courtesy of Ermetic and YouTube.)

The Annual ‘ASTORS’ Awards highlights the most cutting-edge and forward-thinking security solutions coming onto the market today, to ensure our readers have the information they need to stay ahead of the competition and keep our Nation safe – one facility, street, and city at a time.

The United States was forever changed 20 years ago on September 11th, and we were fortunate to have many of those who responded to those horrific tragedies join us at the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Luncheon.

In the days that followed 9/11, the critical needs of protecting our country catapulted us into new and innovative ways to secure our homeland – which is how many of the agencies and enterprise organizations that are today ‘ASTORS’ Awards Champions, came into being.

Our keynote speaker featured a moving and informative address from TSA Administrator and Vice-Admiral of the United States Coast Guard (Ret), David Pekoske; to our attendees who traveled from across the United States and abroad, on the strategic priorities of the 64,000 member TSA workforce in securing the transportation system, enabling safe, and in many cases, contactless travel.

Legendary Police Commissioner William Bratton of the New York Police Department, the Boston Police Department, and former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department was also live at the event, meeting with attendees and signing copies of his latest work ‘The Profession: A Memoir of Community, Race, and the Arc of Policing in America,’ courtesy of the generosity of our 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Premier Sponsors.

The 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program was Proudly Sponsored by AMAROK, Fortior Solutions and SIMS Software, along with Returning Premier Sponsors ATI Systems, Attivo Networks, Automatic Systems, and Reed Exhibitions.

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American Security Today is uniquely focused on the broader Homeland Security & Public Safety marketplace with over 75,000 readers at the Federal, State, and local levels of government as well as firms allied to the government.

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Other areas of concern include Transportation Hubs, Public Assemblies, Government Facilities, Sporting & Concert Stadiums, our Nation’s Schools & Universities, and Commercial Business Destinations – all enticing targets due to the large number of persons and resources clustered together.

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To learn more about ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Award Winners solutions, be on the lookout for the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ CHAMPIONS Edition Fully Interactive Magazine – the Best Products of 2021 ‘A Year in Review’.

The Annual CHAMPIONS edition includes a review of Annual ‘ASTORS’ Award Winning products and programs, highlighting key details on many of the winning firm’s products and services, including video interviews and more.

It will serve as your Go-To Source throughout the year for ‘The Best of 2021 Products and Services‘ endorsed by American Security Today, and can satisfy your agency’s and/or organization’s most pressing Homeland Security and Public Safety needs.

From Physical Security (Access Control, Critical Infrastructure, Perimeter Protection, and Video Surveillance Cameras and Video Management Systems), to IT Security (Cybersecurity, Encryption, Data Storage, Anti-Malware and Networking Security – Just to name a few), the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ CHAMPIONS EDITION will have what you need to Detect, Delay, Respond to, and Mitigate today’s real-time threats in our constantly evolving security landscape.

It will also include featured guest editorial pieces from some of the security industry’s most respected leaders, and recognized firms in the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program.

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