Powe ed by eal-wo ld th eat i tellige ce ac oss 300,000 o ga izatio s a d a u ivaled 24/7 AI-ce t ic SOC, ew capabilities tu eme gi g attacke t adec aft i to he d immu ity ac oss te s of millio s of e dpoi ts a d ide tities
COLUMBIA, Md., Nov. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hu t ess today a ou ced a wave of i ovatio s ac oss the Hu t ess Age tic Secu ity Platfo m that t a sfo m i tellige ce f om eal-wo ld cybe attacks i to st o ge , p oactive defe ses fo custome s a d pa t e s. Spa i g ide tity, e dpoi t, SIEM, a d secu ity awa e ess, these adva ceme ts help busi esses close secu ity gaps befo e adve sa ies ca exploit them a d dis upt attacks at machi e speed.
These ew i ovatio s d aw o the u ique scale a d collective i tellige ce of the Hu t ess Age tic Secu ity Platfo m. With visibility ac oss ea ly 300,000 busi esses, 17 millio ide tities, a d 6 millio e dpoi ts, Hu t ess tu s eal-time th eat i tellige ce i to p otectio at scale. Whe a attack ta gets o e o ga izatio , Hu t ess applies those i sights to st e gthe defe ses ac oss its e ti e fleet th ough automated blocki g, ea lie detectio of hidde comp omises, attack dis uptio , a d eal-time use i te ve tio s. Whethe custome s use a si gle Hu t ess p oduct o the full platfo m, they be efit f om i tellige ce gathe ed ac oss the e ti e ecosystem. Combi ed with the expe tise of Hu t ess’ 24/7 AI-ce t ic SOC, these ew capabilities e able defe de s to a ticipate a d dis upt the adve sa y’s ext move.
“Defe di g agai st th eats movi g at machi e speed equi es k owi g the adve sa y bette tha a yo e else a d a ticipati g thei ext move by co ti uously lea i g f om eve y attack a d leve agi g ou scale a d elite secu ity esea che s to tu that i tellige ce i to st o ge p otectio ,” said P akash Ramamu thy, Chief P oduct Office at Hu t ess. “These i ovatio s demo st ate how we’ e b i gi g togethe u ivaled huma expe tise, AI, a d eal-wo ld th eat i tellige ce to p otect busi esses at the speed adve sa ies ope ate.”
Adve sa y I f ast uctu e (Ma aged ITDR): The ewest capability i Hu t ess Ma aged ITDR, Adve sa y I f ast uctu e, tu s pote tial fi e d ills i to co ti uous p otectio . Whe Hu t ess co fi ms hosti g, elay, o p oxy i f ast uctu e used i a ide tity attack, Ma aged ITDR tu s that i tellige ce i to a blocki g Co ditio al Access policy ac oss eve y eligible, opted-i Mic osoft 365 te a t the same day. This blocks ide tity attacks at sig -i a d tu s o e custome ’s i cide t i to p otectio fo the b oade Hu t ess custome fleet, befo e damage ca be do e to ma y.Detectio a d Shut Dow of Suspicious Se vice P i cipals (Ma aged ITDR): Buildi g o i tellige ce f om Hu t ess’ i vestigatio i to the Co ectWise/SkyKick ve do comp omise, which exposed how attacke s exploited stole ve do c ede tials to access Mic osoft 365 e vi o me ts, Hu t ess apidly expa ded Ma aged ITDR to detect a d shut dow malicious se vice p i cipal activity. The ew featu e a alyzes se vice p i cipal sig -i s, ale ts pa t e s th ough detailed i cide t epo ts, a d automatically disables comp omised applicatio s, stoppi g th eats without equi i g pa t e s to i te ve e. Available ow fo te a ts with Mic osoft E t a ID P1 lice si g o highe , the e ha ceme t also p ovides g eate visibility i to applicatio pe missio s a d activity to help pa t e s ide tify a d mitigate isks.Lookback (Ma aged ITDR): Fo ewly o boa ded Mic osoft 365 te a ts, Lookback eviews up to 180 days of logi histo y f om befo e Hu t ess was deployed to u cove evide ce of comp omise tied to c ede tial theft, toke theft, adve sa y-i -the-middle attacks, suspicious b owse s, a d data ce te logi s. If a comp omise is still active, Hu t ess i vestigates a d evokes the affected ide tity’s active sessio s, p otecti g the te a t f om lu ki g attacke s a d e su i g custome s get immediate value f om thei Hu t ess deployme t. Du i g ea ly access, Lookback helped a MSP u cove a comp omised $2 millio eal estate wi e t a sfe i volvi g o e of its custome s, ide tifyi g suspicious activity dati g back th ee days befo e o boa di g a d e abli g the MSP to i te ve e a d st e gthe custome t ust.B ute Fo ce Se t y (Ma aged SIEM): Detects a d p ovides i sight i to b ute-fo ce activity ac oss Wi dows RDP, RD Gateway, RDWeb, a d Li ux SSH, co elati g failed sig -i s a d subseque t successes ac oss log sou ces. This gives custome s visibility i to exposed su faces, ta geted accou ts, a d pe siste t attack sou ces. The capability, which will be ge e ally available Novembe 18th, activates automatically whe the equi ed telemet y is available a d clea ly epo ts whe cove age is u available a d why.Defe se D ills (Ma aged SAT): Defe se D ills put eme gi g attacke t adec aft ece tly detected by the Hu t ess SOC i f o t of use s th ough sho t, ha ds-o simulatio s that show how attacks u fold a d which wa i g sig s to look fo . I teg atio s with othe p oducts withi the Hu t ess platfo m e able Defe se D ills to se ve as a eal-time i te ve tio to t ai a lea e du i g a active comp omise. Fo example, whe a ClickFix attack is shut dow by Ma aged EDR, it displays a pop-up explai i g what it stopped a d di ecti g the use to a quick Defe se D ill, whe e they lea what ClickFix is a d how the attack wo ks. This allows the use to lea f om thei mistake i eal time athe tha isk epeati g it. Completio is eco ded i the EDR i cide t epo t. This EDR-t igge ed t ai i g will be available to all EDR custome s, ega dless of SAT use, with pla s to expa d these i te ve tio s to othe p oducts a d detectio s.Remote Ra somwa e Attack Dis uptio (Ma aged EDR): Nea ly 30% of a somwa e cases obse ved by Hu t ess this yea o igi ated f om a u p otected system, which attacke s use as a foothold to co duct eco aissa ce a d lau ch attacks ac oss the etwo k. These emote a somwa e attacks a e pa ticula ly difficult fo t aditio al e dpoi t secu ity solutio s to stop because they leave few co ve tio al i dicato s of comp omise o p otected e dpoi ts. Hu t ess Ma aged EDR uses Ra somwa e Ca a ies to detect these attacks a d automatically dis upt them by blocki g commu icatio betwee p otected systems a d the comp omised, u p otected system, stoppi g a somwa e f om sp eadi g. The capability will be ge e ally available Novembe 30 a d automatically activates o systems p otected by Hu t ess Ma aged EDR.Ide tity Postu e Assessme t (Ma aged ISPM): O -dema d epo t that p ovides a clea , sha eable s apshot of a y Mic osoft 365 te a t’s ide tity secu ity postu e, sco ed agai st the Hu t ess Ide tity Secu ity F amewo k. The epo t p ovides actio able guida ce th ough a p io itized list of ide tity secu ity gaps a d ecomme ded ext steps, with ma y co t ols Hu t ess ca deploy th ough automated deployme t i Hu t ess Ma aged ISPM.
At the ce te of this i ovatio is Hu t ess’ secu ity DNA, b i gi g togethe its 24/7 AI-ce t ic Secu ity Ope atio s Ce te (SOC), th eat esea che s, tactical espo se teams, a d detectio e gi ee s to i vestigate attacks, u cove eme gi g adve sa y tech iques, a d tu those fi di gs i to ew p otectio s. This co ti uous feedback betwee Hu t ess’ f o tli e secu ity expe ts a d telemet y f om the ea ly 300,000 busi esses ac oss the platfo m e ables the apid developme t a d deployme t of capabilities i fo med by th eats obse ved i the wild, c eati g he d immu ity.
“At Cou se , ou goal is to give all busi esses access to the same level of cybe secu ity p otectio a d expe tise that la ge e te p ises ely o , without the cost o complexity,” said Steve D ew, Chief Tech ology Office at Cou se . “Hu t ess is a impo ta t pa t of that st ategy, b i gi g adva ced th eat detectio , expe t th eat esea ch, a d a 24/7 secu ity ope atio s ce te to ou b oade secu ity offe i g. Thei co ti ued i ovatio helps us st e gthe p otectio ac oss ou etwo k of ma aged se vice p ovide s a d delive bette secu ity outcomes fo the busi esses we se ve.”
That same th eat i tellige ce exte ds beyo d tech ical defe ses, powe i g i fo med secu ity awa e ess t ai i g that helps o ga izatio s tu eme gi g attacke tactics i to st o ge huma defe ses.
“The fact that Ma aged SAT f om Hu t ess is built o eal t adec aft that thei SOC is seei g i the wild has helped us demo st ate to school admi ist ato s a d use s how a e ti e dist ict could be comp omised i just a few mi utes,” said Michael Codis, Systems & Netwo k Admi ist ato , Hu te do Cou ty Educatio al Se vices Commissio . “Showi g how that isk comes to life is i c edibly powe ful. It helps admi ist atio of the dist icts we suppo t u de sta d just how quickly a attack ca u fold a d equips ou use s with the k owledge a d skills to stay vigila t a d p otect themselves a d ou school systems agai st whateve ki d of th eat they may face.”
Hu t ess combi es i ovative tech ology with u ivaled secu ity expe tise to help i te al secu ity teams a d MSPs st e gthe thei defe ses, espo d faste , a d stay ahead of eme gi g th eats without addi g ope atio al complexity. To lea mo e about the Hu t ess Age tic Secu ity Platfo m, visit: https://www.hu t ess.com/platfo m.
- Joi us fo T ai i g at SOC Speed: How New Th eats Lead to New Defe se D ills o 11/17 to lea how Hu t ess tu s eme gi g attacke tech iques i to ha ds-o secu ity t ai i g a d eal-time use i te ve tio s.
- Registe fo He d Immu ity fo Mic osoft 365: How We Stop Attacks at Sig -I o 11/19 to lea how Hu t ess uses Adve sa y I f ast uctu e i tellige ce to block ide tity attacks ac oss custome e vi o me ts.
Its 24/7 AI-ce t ic Secu ity Ope atio s Ce te (SOC) is powe ed by a team of wo ld- e ow ed e gi ee s, esea che s, a d secu ity a alysts dedicated to stoppi g cybe th eats befo e they cause ha m. Hu t ess is ofte the fi st to espo d to majo hacks a d i cide ts, with its expe t secu ity team sha i g eal-time t adec aft a alysis a d actio able adviso ies with the commu ity.
Cu e tly safegua di g mo e tha 6 millio e dpoi ts a d 17 millio ide tities, Hu t ess empowe s i te al secu ity a d IT teams a d Ma aged Se vice P ovide s (MSPs) wo ldwide to p otect thei busi esses with e te p ise-g ade, accessible secu ity p oducts.As lo g as hacke s keep hacki g, Hu t ess keeps hu ti g. Lea mo e at www.hu t ess.com, a d follow Hu t ess o X, I stag am, Facebook, a d Li kedI .
