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Volume 22
April 2018 Edition
Why Consider Gurucul Risk Analytics (GRA)?
Saryu’s vision that identity has become a security
• Analyze access and its abuse with identity-centric be- perimeter, with the advent of cloud applications
havior analytics from big data
and mobile computing, has become reality and
• Model good behavior to expose unknown bad through
has helped drive Gurucul’s innovation and mar-
peer groups, clustering and outliers
• Leverage predictive security analytics to risk score inci- ket leadership.
dents and drive ‘find-fix’ focus
• Optimize resources and time with machine learning
algorithm compute cycles
• Reduce and manage the account entitlement surface
area with risk-based access controls
• Provide behavior analytics for on-premises, cloud ap-
plications and hybrid deployments
• Detect insider threats, account hijacking and abuse,
plus data exfiltration
Saryu Nayyar, Gurucul Founder & CEO
Saryu collaborated with other industry luminaries to
publish a book that explores the challenges posed by
this new security landscape and offers practical guid-
ance for security professionals.
“Borderless Behavior Analytics – Who’s Inside?
What’re They Doing?”
The company’s Founder and CEO Saryu Nayyar is passion-
ate about developing and applying advanced technology
to solve the biggest cyber security challenges government
agencies and enterprises face.
Saryu Nayyar, Gurucul Founder & CEO
Leading US Chief Security Officers Discuss Emergence of
Identity as the Primary Source of Cyber Attacks
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