Fortra has repositioned its portfolio to advance its package of “offensive security solutions,” the company announced.
Fortra is a provider of vulnerability management, penetration testing, and red teaming software and services. The Minneapolis-based company's offerings include Frontline Vulnerability Manager (VM), Core Impact penetration testing software, Cobalt Strike adversary simulation software, and Outflank Security Tooling.
The solutions are now interoperable, providing data centralization, information sharing, reduced console fatigue, accelerated time-to-remediation, and other benefits, according to the company. In concert, the solutions apply the same techniques used by threat actors to identify and exploit gaps in an organizations’ security. That enables customers to find and fix weaknesses in their security posture before they are exploited, officials said.
Mark Bell, Fortra managing director of infrastructure protection, explained the company’s “offensive security” approach:
“Proactively seeking out your own security weaknesses has become essential to stay ahead and reduce risks. Like the old saying goes, ‘to catch a criminal, you must think like a criminal,’ and that is exactly what an offensive security approach does—before customers are exploited.”
Fortra Security Five Ways
Fortra’s offensive security offerings come in five configurations: (per Fortra)
Fortra Rebrands, Grows
Commenting on Fortra’s portfolio, Bell said:
“Fortra’s goal is to offer customers the very best protection, in the most streamlined and easy-to-implement way. The interoperability of these solutions removes complexity for customers, improving their efficiency and expediting remediation. The layered approach combines the strengths of each solution for more complete security assessment, testing and management.”
In 2022, HelpSystems rebranded itself as Fortra. Today, the company employs some 3,000 people and maintains offices in 18 countries and serves more than 30,000 global customers. As part of this evolution, Fortra shifted its focus to cybersecurity and automation with capabilities in data security, infrastructure protection, and managed security services.
Its recent acquisitions include: Alert Logic, Digital Guardian, Cobalt Strike, Tripwire, Digital Defense, Terranova Security, Agari, PhishLabs, Core Security, GoAnywhere, Titus, and other software and services providers.