iSIGHT Partners and Blackstone Announce Strategic Partnership
The new partnership will provide Blackstone portfolio companies with iSIGHT Partners’ proprietary cyber threat intelligence.
Dallas, TX and New York, NY, July 31, 2013. iSIGHT Partners and Blackstone (NYSE: BX), today announced a strategic partnership to offer Blackstone portfolio companies iSIGHT Partners’ proprietary cyber threat intelligence.
Under the agreement, Blackstone portfolio companies will have discounted access to iSIGHT Partners’ intelligence. This intelligence will become the base of those participating companies’ cyber security strategies, enabling a much more efficient approach to prioritize security resources to counter relevant cyber threats.
More than a year ago, Blackstone recognized the potential severity of cyber security threats and began employing iSIGHT Partners’ intelligence to drive its cyber security strategy. Now Blackstone is providing its portfolio companies the opportunity to pursue the same strategy.
John Watters, CEO of iSIGHT Partners, said, “Strengthening our long-term relationship with Blackstone solidifies our leadership within the cyber intelligence space and helps position us for the future in this rapidly changing environment. We understand and appreciate the leverage in the Blackstone model and look forward to affording ‘Community Defense’ to their participating portfolio companies.”
Jay Leek, Chief Information Security Officer at Blackstone, said, “The intelligence-led security model that iSIGHT Partners exemplifies is the model for the future. This partnership provides our portfolio companies with actionable intelligence to focus time, resources and budgets on threats that pose the greatest risk to their business.”
About Blackstone
Blackstone is one of the world’s leading investment and advisory firms. It seeks to create positive economic impact and long-term value for investors, the companies it invests in, the companies it advises and the broader global economy. Blackstone does this through the commitment of extraordinary people and flexible capital. Its alternative asset management businesses include the management of private equity funds, real estate funds, hedge fund solutions, credit-focused funds and closed-end funds. Blackstone also provides various financial advisory services, including financial and strategic advisory, restructuring and reorganization advisory and fund placement services. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow on Twitter @Blackstone.
About iSIGHT Partners
Dallas-based iSIGHT Partners is a global cyber threat intelligence firm that delivers intelligence services and insight to leading enterprises in business and government. With a global network of security analysts and geographic research and analysis centers in Washington, D.C., The Netherlands, Brazil, Ukraine, India and China, iSIGHT Partners is uniquely positioned to monitor and mine the cyber threat ecosystem and deliver proprietary intelligence products and services specific to the threats its clients face. Find iSIGHT Partners on the web at www.iSIGHTpartners.com or e-mail us at [email protected].
For more information about iSIGHT Partners, contact Maryellen Gonzales at (214) 580-2322.
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