US cybersecurity company Exabeam has launched a new tool that lets chief information security officers compare how well their organisations are protected against cyberattacks with peers in the same industry, region, and size group.
The feature, part of Exabeam’s Nova platform, analyses threat detection data and system settings to see how effectively a company can spot and respond to different types of attacks. It then generates a scorecard, updated continuously, that shows where an organisation is strong and where it may be vulnerable.
Exabeam said the aim is to give security teams clearer evidence to guide spending decisions, justify budgets, and present risk in a way that boards and executives can understand.
“Security teams are done playing defence. With this release, we’re giving them the tools to go on offence,” said Steve Wilson, the company’s Chief AI and Product Officer. “We’ve turned benchmarking into operational data that drives smarter decisions.”
The California-based firm also introduced a system that lets security teams assign risk levels to alerts depending on how much damage they could cause to the business. Exabeam said this should help cut down on unnecessary alarms and focus analysts’ attention on the most urgent threats.
The company has also struck new partnerships with data specialists Cribl and DataBahn to help customers manage and store security data more cheaply, while keeping it available for regulatory and investigative purposes. It is also expanding work with Google Cloud to detect malicious activity from AI-powered software agents, a growing area of concern for businesses.
Chris O’Malley, Exabeam’s Chief Executive, said the release was “a redefining moment” for the group. “We’re not innovating for the sake of headlines — we’re building capabilities that solve the hardest challenges security leaders face,” he said.
Executives from client companies welcomed the move. Nithin Reddy, Global Vice-President of Cybersecurity at HR software provider Dayforce, said benchmarking had given his team “real-time context grounded in industry frameworks” to measure and strengthen defences.
Founded in 2013, Exabeam competes with rivals such as Splunk and Palo Alto Networks in the crowded market for threat detection and response platforms.
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