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Yahoo
29-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Immersive and Endace Team Up to Deliver Hands-On, Data-Driven Cyber Training for SOC Teams
Collaboration Brings Together Immersive Cyber Exercises and Real-world Packet Forensics to Upskill SOC Teams and Strengthen Cyber Resilience AUCKLAND, New Zealand & BRISTOL, England, July 29, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Endace, the authority in Packet capture, and Immersive, the leader in people-centric cybersecurity, today announced a technical partnership designed to strengthen cyber readiness and accelerate threat response. By combining Endace's forensic packet capture technology with Immersive's technical exercises and simulations, this collaboration empowers SOC teams to build critical skills, improve investigation speed, and reduce response times. Through this integration, organizations can upskill their security teams in a realistic, controlled environment using the same tools they rely on in live networks. Analysts gain hands-on experience using EndaceProbe for forensic packet analysis and deep network visibility, within minutes of entering a scenario in Immersive's platform, allowing them to practice detecting, analyzing, and responding to real-world threats—something that isn't possible with traditional legacy training. "We're excited to collaborate with Immersive to improve cyber resilience. SOC teams learn rapidly when they can exercise with tools they use daily, against simulated threats that closely represent real-world attacks," said Cary Wright, VP Product Management, Endace. "With EndaceProbes integrated into the Immersive platform, teams can build skills in a safe environment and learn how to hunt for, and combat, even the most serious threats. When faced with a critical cyber situation, individuals can then act swiftly to understand and neutralize threats." Key benefits of the Endace and Immersive partnership include: Build and strengthen cyber readiness with live attack simulations that include packet forensics investigations using always-on EndaceProbe packet capture. Test and validate cyber capabilities under pressure, ensuring teams can detect, respond, and recover effectively. Leverage data-driven insights to prove capabilities, identify and close skill gaps, and continuously improve performance. Improve response efficiency with a workforce skilled in using forensic evidence to resolve threats faster. Learn to maximize EndaceProbe's capabilities through hands-on, gamified labs and real-world threat scenarios. Measure team readiness with performance benchmarks against industry peers to inform cyber resilience strategies. "Realistic, hands-on experience is critical to preparing cyber teams for today's fast-moving threats. By integrating Endace's enterprise-grade packet capture with the Immersive platform, we're removing barriers to working with the tools professionals rely on every day," said Thanos Karpouzis, CTO, Immersive. "This partnership enables organizations to prove and improve their readiness in a true-to-life environment, empowering teams to investigate, respond, and adapt with greater speed and confidence." To learn more, and watch a short demonstration video, click here. About Endace Endace's scalable, always-on packet capture gives Network Operations and Security teams the deep visibility they need for fast, accurate incident investigation with rich forensic evidence at their fingertips from all their tools. EndaceProbes provide enterprise-class packet sniffing in on-prem, public and private cloud environments, with rapid, centralized search and one-click access to full pcap data from leading security and performance solutions (including Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, Cisco, Splunk, Elastic, and many others). Analyze network traffic using a single, unified console across all on-prem, private, or public cloud infrastructure for total hybrid cloud visibility. Capture every packet. See every threat. About Immersive Immersive, the leader in people-centric cyber resilience, helps your organization continuously prove and improve its ability to prevent and respond to cyber threats. Tailored to individual roles, our approach ensures your organization is always ready for an ever-evolving threat landscape, including the opportunities and challenges posed by AI. With a relentless focus on evidence, Immersive provides unmatched visibility into your cyber resilience. Through a single enterprise platform for individuals, teams, and the entire workforce, we empower your organization to Be Ready for what's next. Immersive is trusted by the world's largest organizations and governments, including Citi, Pfizer, Humana, HSBC, the UK Ministry of Defence, and the UK National Health Service. We are backed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Summit Partners, Insight Partners, Citi Ventures, Ten Eleven Ventures, and Menlo Ventures. View source version on Contacts Endace pr@ Mark Evans: +64-21-494 850 (New Zealand / APAC)Kimber Smith-Fidler: +1 775 298 5260 (USA / North America)Leah Jones (The CommsCo): +44 203 697 6680 (UK / EMEA) Immersive Jen Gainesimmersive@
Business Wire
29-07-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Immersive and Endace Team Up to Deliver Hands-On, Data-Driven Cyber Training for SOC Teams
AUCKLAND, New Zealand & BRISTOL, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Endace, the authority in Packet capture, and Immersive, the leader in people-centric cybersecurity, today announced a technical partnership designed to strengthen cyber readiness and accelerate threat response. By combining Endace's forensic packet capture technology with Immersive's technical exercises and simulations, this collaboration empowers SOC teams to build critical skills, improve investigation speed, and reduce response times. Through this integration, organizations can upskill their security teams in a realistic, controlled environment using the same tools they rely on in live networks. Analysts gain hands-on experience using EndaceProbe for forensic packet analysis and deep network visibility, within minutes of entering a scenario in Immersive's platform, allowing them to practice detecting, analyzing, and responding to real-world threats—something that isn't possible with traditional legacy training. 'We're excited to collaborate with Immersive to improve cyber resilience. SOC teams learn rapidly when they can exercise with tools they use daily, against simulated threats that closely represent real-world attacks,' said Cary Wright, VP Product Management, Endace. 'With EndaceProbes integrated into the Immersive platform, teams can build skills in a safe environment and learn how to hunt for, and combat, even the most serious threats. When faced with a critical cyber situation, individuals can then act swiftly to understand and neutralize threats.' Key benefits of the Endace and Immersive partnership include: Build and strengthen cyber readiness with live attack simulations that include packet forensics investigations using always-on EndaceProbe packet capture. Test and validate cyber capabilities under pressure, ensuring teams can detect, respond, and recover effectively. Leverage data-driven insights to prove capabilities, identify and close skill gaps, and continuously improve performance. Improve response efficiency with a workforce skilled in using forensic evidence to resolve threats faster. Learn to maximize EndaceProbe's capabilities through hands-on, gamified labs and real-world threat scenarios. Measure team readiness with performance benchmarks against industry peers to inform cyber resilience strategies. 'Realistic, hands-on experience is critical to preparing cyber teams for today's fast-moving threats. By integrating Endace's enterprise-grade packet capture with the Immersive platform, we're removing barriers to working with the tools professionals rely on every day,' said Thanos Karpouzis, CTO, Immersive. 'This partnership enables organizations to prove and improve their readiness in a true-to-life environment, empowering teams to investigate, respond, and adapt with greater speed and confidence.' To learn more, and watch a short demonstration video, click here. About Endace Endace's scalable, always-on packet captur e gives Network Operations and Security teams the deep visibility they need for fast, accurate incident investigation with rich forensic evidence at their fingertips from all their tools. EndaceProbes provide enterprise-class packet sniffing in on-prem, public and private cloud environments, with rapid, centralized search and one-click access to full pcap data from leading security and performance solutions (including Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, Cisco, Splunk, Elastic, and many others). Analyze network traffic using a single, unified console across all on-prem, private, or public cloud infrastructure for total hybrid cloud visibility. Capture every packet. See every threat. About Immersive Immersive, the leader in people-centric cyber resilience, helps your organization continuously prove and improve its ability to prevent and respond to cyber threats. Tailored to individual roles, our approach ensures your organization is always ready for an ever-evolving threat landscape, including the opportunities and challenges posed by AI. With a relentless focus on evidence, Immersive provides unmatched visibility into your cyber resilience. Through a single enterprise platform for individuals, teams, and the entire workforce, we empower your organization to Be Ready for what's next. Immersive is trusted by the world's largest organizations and governments, including Citi, Pfizer, Humana, HSBC, the UK Ministry of Defence, and the UK National Health Service. We are backed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Summit Partners, Insight Partners, Citi Ventures, Ten Eleven Ventures, and Menlo Ventures.
UPI
21-07-2025
- Sport
- UPI
Journalism wins Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park
1 of 4 | Journalism win the Grade I Haskell at Monmouth Park on Saturday. Photo courtesy of Monmouth Park July 21 (UPI) -- The Triple Crown races are well in the rearview mirror, but the 3-year-old battle rages on with Preakness Stakes winner Journalism scoring the weekend's biggest triumph in the Grade I Haskell at Monmouth, while Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes champ Sovereignty awaits next weekend's Jim Dandy at Saratoga. Other big names on the weekend winner's list include Scottish Lassie, Book'em Danno, Randomized and Redistricting. Globally, Coolmore had an excellent Irish Oaks meeting in the lads' own back yard, and now face the issue of what to do with dual Oaks winner Minnie Hauk. While they ponder that, peruse this: Classic The Triple Crown wars just won't end. In a virtual replay of the finish of this year's Preakness Stakes, Journalism delivered right on deadline in Saturday's $1 million Grade I NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes at Monmouth. It was not quite the stunner he unleashed at Pimlico, but Journalism again needed a last-gasp surge in the final sixteenth to catch Gosger for the victory -- again by 1/2 length. Before the heroics, it appeared Gosger had won a duel with Goal Oriented, but that one eventually settled for third, another neck back. Winning trainer Michael McCarthy said he "looked at the wire and I looked at Journalism and I looked at the leaders [Gosger and Goal Oriented], and I'm glad we had a couple of extra jumps there to get the job done." The victory earned Journalism a "Win and You're In" spot in the Breeders' Cup Classic, which is academic, as his record already ensured a spot there. On Sunday at Woodbine, Sedburys Ghost rallied to score a 1 1/4-length victory over Notorious Gangster in the $150,000 (Canadian) Plate Trial for Canadian-bred 3-year-olds. Distaff Scottish Lassie was bonnie good in Saturday's $500,000 Grade I Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga. The McKinzie filly won last year's Grade I Frizette by 9 lengths, but then was a well-beaten fourth in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, won by eventual Eclipse Award winner Immersive. This season, Scottish Lassie recorded two third-place finishes, leading to obvious questions. She had the answer in the CCA Oaks, and against Immersive, no less. Leading into the stretch turn with Immersive closely in her wake, Scottish Lassie and jockey Joel Rosario said good bye and ran away to a 15 1/2-length victory. Immersive did hold second. Trainer Jorge Abreu said Sunday morning all was well with the filly, with the Alabama Stakes back at the Spa on Aug. 16 or September's Cotillion at Parx Racing potential next targets. "She looks good, she ate up everything and is in good shape. I think the Alabama. If not, the Cotillion. I'll let her tell me," Abreu said. Randomized led throughout Saturday's $500,000 Grade III Molly Pitcher Stakes at Monmouth Park and strode clear in the late going to win by 3 lengths over Magic Oops. Leslie's Rose reeled in pacesetting Dazzling Move at mid-stretch in Friday's $200,000 Grade II Shuvee at Saratoga and drew off to score by 3 3/4 lengths over that rival. Up north, No Time rallied to the front inside the final furlong in Sunday's $500,000 (Canadian) Woodbine Oaks for Canadian-bred fillies and kicked away under John Velazquez to win by 3 3/4 lengths from Shifty. Winterberry was third, giving trainer Mark Casse a sweep of the trifecta slots. Sprint Book'em Danno, the Jersey flash, showed 'em how it's done in Saturday's $400,000 Grade II Alfred G. Vanderbilt at Saratoga. The 4-year-old Bucchero gelding drafted in behind a decent early pace, moved up heading around the turn and got outside of his main rival, Mullikin, into the final furlong. Mullikin gave it a go, but couldn't keep pace and settled for second, 2 1/2 lengths back of Book'em Danno. The owners have been eyeing the Breeders' Cup Sprint, and trainer Derek Ryan indicated Book'em Danno could return to Saratoga on Aug. 23 for the Grade 1 Forego, a "Win and You're In" for that race. But the trainer said he's "not worried about the Breeders' Cup. It's not one of my main goals. We'll just take it one race at a time and go from there. In this game, you don't get ahead of yourself." Speaking of New Jersey, Triple Crown refugee Neoequos dueled to the lead in Friday's $100,000 Jersey Shore Stakes for 3-year-olds at Monmouth Park and drew off to a 3 3/4-lengths score over Donut God. Book'em Danno won the 2024 Jersey Shore. On Sunday at Ellis Park, Banishing stuck his nose in front of pacesetting Booth on the line to win the $175,000 Jeff Hall Memorial. Filly & Mare Sprint Halina's Forte slipped through along the rail to win Sunday's $200,000 Grade II Honorable Miss Stakes at Saratoga by 1/2 length over R Disaster. The favorite, Scylla, missed the break slightly and got up for third with a mild rally. Factorbella stalked the pace set by Ms. Bucchero in Sunday's $100,000 Regret Stakes at Monmouth Park, rallied by that rival and went on to win by 3 1/4 lengths. Turf Redistricting came from a stalking spot to win Saturday's $612,000 Grade II United Nations Stakes by 1 1/2-lengths over Grand Sonata. Filly & Mare Turf Segesta pressed the pace in Saturday's $300,000 Grade III WinStar Matchmaker at Monmouth Park, eased her way to the lead and dueled to the finish with the favorite, Sacred Wish, before securing the victory by a neck. Ready for Shirl won Sunday's $200,000 (Canadian) Grade II Canadian Stakes by a head. Turf Mile In action at Del Mar's opening weekend, Thought Process took Saturday's $200,000 Grade II San Clemente Handicap for 3-year-old fillies by 1 3/4 lengths, Game Warrior won Friday's $100,000 Caesar's Sportsbook Oceanside Stakes by 1/2 length, Almandares scored in Saturday's $100,000 Wickerr Stakes for 3-year-olds and up and Medoro won Sunday's $200,000 Osunitas Stakes. Turf Sprint Cruden Bay won Sunday's $175,000 (Canadian) Grade II bet365 Connaught Cup at Woodbine by 1 1/2 lengths over Northern Invader. Future Is Now won Saturday's $175,000 Grade III Caress Stakes for fillies and mares at Saratoga. Fierce and Strong was up late to win Saturday's $102,000 Wolf Hill Stakes at Monmouth Park. Around the world, around the clock Ireland Minnie Hauk worked her way past a stubborn Wemighttakedlongway in the final 150 yards of Saturday's Group 1 Juddmonte Irish Oaks and kept on to complete the Oaks double with a 1 1/4-length score with Ryan Moore up. The challenge for Trainer Aidan O'Brien and the Coolmore lads now is whether Minnie Hauk is ripe for the Prix d'Arc de Triomphe on Oct. 5 at Longchamp, a plan that would require a layup soon. The alternative would be next month's Yorkshire Oaks. A hint? Racing Post quoted O'Brien as saying: "Looking at her, she probably would love York." Coolmore, O'Brien and Moore also took the Group 2 Gain Railway Stakes for 2-year-olds as True Love, a No Nay Never filly, drew off in the last of 6 furlongs to win by 5 lengths over stablemate Puerto Rico. Al Riffa found his best stride in the final furlong of the Group 2 Michael John Kennedy Curragh Cup, jetting away to a 5-length score over Shackleton and likely booking a jet ride to Australia for this autumn's Melbourne Cup.
Gulf Today
19-07-2025
- Sport
- Gulf Today
Immersive hopes to regain winning thread in G1 Coaching Club American Oaks
Reigning Champion Two-Year-Old Filly Immersive looks to avenge a first career defeat on her return to G1 company in the Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga in US on Saturday. The Nyquist filly emerged with plenty of credit when going down by a neck to Take Charge Milady in the Monomoy Girl Stakes at Churchill Downs in mid-June, in which the Godolphin homebred was making her first start of the season following a layoff with bone bruising. In an outstanding juvenile campaign for Brad Cox, Immersive dominated her division with four imposing wins, including a hat-trick of G1 victories in the Spinaway Stakes, Darley Alcibiades Stakes and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. Michael Banahan, Director of Bloodstock, Godolphin USA, said: 'Immersive has trained like the champion she is since her extended spell off in the winter. Her comeback prep race was everything we could have asked for, except for losing her undefeated record. 'She had a bullet workout last Saturday, indicating her readiness for her first major goal of the season here. She didn't get an ideal draw down on the rail, but she dealt with the same issue last year in the Spinaway. 'Hopefully, La Cara doesn't get an easy uncontested lead, like she has in both her G1 wins, and is kept honest in front. Brad is very happy with Immersive's condition. We expect her to run very well and hopefully get back on the winning trail.' Nash bids to secure a first Graded Stakes win in the G2 Alfred G Vanderbilt Handicap on the same card, with the Medaglia d'Oro colt having found his calling as a hold-up sprinter. Runner-up to Preakness winner Seize The Grey in last year's G2 Pat Day Mile, Nash is two wins from three starts in allowance optional claimers since dropping to six furlongs earlier this season. Michael Banahan added: 'Nash is coming into the G2 Vanderbilt in great shape and had a very good breeze last Saturday at his homebase of Churchill Downs. Last year, we were hoping that he would make it down the Derby trail, but that didn't work out and trying to figure out his preferred distance was somewhat trial and error. He appears to have found his home as a come-from-behind sprinter. 'He received one of the highest 2025 speed figures winning his last race, so now is the time to find out if he can replicate that in Graded company. This is a tough race and would probably be much the same field if it were a G1. 'We are hopeful of a good performance and, if he runs back to his last race, he should be very competitive, although he must seal the deal against Graded opposition.' Rain key to Ancient Wisdom's Newbury chances: Ancient Wisdom looks set for a return to Listed company in the Steventon Stakes at Newbury in UK on Saturday providing the forecast rain arrives at the Berkshire course. The son of Dubawi finished third on his sole previous Listed appearance in Ascot's Pat Eddery Stakes in July, 2023, with his nine subsequent starts all coming in Group races including victory in the same season's G1 Futurity Trophy. Ancient Wisdom failed to act on quicker ground at Newbury on his four-year-old return but bounced back to form with a half-length second in the G3 Gordon Richards Stakes. He was pitched back into G1 company for the Coronation Cup at Epsom Downs on his latest outing, in which he faded to fifth. Trainer Charlie Appleby said: 'Ancient Wisdom has been gelded since his run in the Coronation Cup, and we feel that a mile and a quarter is probably his optimum trip these days. He wants plenty of cut underneath and would be an unlikely runner unless it's genuine good to soft ground.' Meanwhile, Consistent four-year-old Casapueblo produced another valiant effort as he went down by half a length to Mont de Soleil in the G3 Grand Prix de Vichy in France. Returning to the provinces having finished second in a Toulouse Listed race in April, the Andre Fabre-trained son of Le Havre was held up in sixth of the seven runners by Cristian Demuro for most of the 10-furlong highlight of Vichy's season. Tito Mo Cen made the early running before Cambronne snuck up the inside rail to hit the front after two and a half furlongs. Cambronne continued to save ground entering the straight, with Tito Mo Cen leading the rest of the field down the centre of the course. Casapueblo tracked Mont de Soleil as the eventual winner swooped to take up the running over a furlong out and the Godolphin runner saw out the trip well, edging out Woodchuck for second in the closing strides.
Business Wire
16-07-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Immersive Announces AI-Powered Lab Customization Feature to Improve Cyber Skills Across the Technical Workforce
BRISTOL, England & BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Immersive, the leader in people-centric cybersecurity, today announced its Immersive One AI-powered Lab Builder feature to give customers and partners powerful new ways to rapidly improve cyber skills across teams through customized labs and learning experiences. With this new tool supporting Immersive's Prove, Improve, Benchmark, and Report (PIBR) approach, cyber leaders will be able to easily create hands-on exercises and simulations for their technical workforce, including offensive, defensive, and secure-coding-based simulations to improve readiness against real-world threats. With the majority of cyber attacks involving the human element and costing global organizations an average of $4.88 million annually, the need to continuously prove and improve cyber capabilities has never been more critical. Despite this, many cyber leaders underinvest in cyber skills development, with decision-makers currently spending only 39% of their time assessing and improving cyber resilience. The new Immersive One Lab Builder feature directly addresses these challenges. Lab Builder Includes AI-Agent for Real-Time Lab Generation With rapidly evolving threats on the rise, cyber leaders need to quickly upskill their teams on the latest cyber capabilities to prevent or mitigate damage to their revenues and brand reputations. To help them adapt at the speed of cyber, the Lab Builder feature will include an AI agent that can automatically generate tailored labs for customers, including up-to-date threat labs, application security scenarios, and other realistic scenarios. Leveraging Immersive's extensive library of existing content and authoring capabilities, the agent can rapidly generate high-quality, highly tailored labs for organizations—further reducing the time and effort required to build them manually. 'Our Immersive One platform has gotten even more powerful with our AI-enabled Lab Builder feature, which allows our customers and partners to quickly create tailored learning experiences as part of a holistic cyber readiness program,' said Thanos Karpouzis, Chief Technology Officer at Immersive. 'We're seeing growing demand for practical, hands-on cybersecurity labs and exercises that mirror real-world scenarios and environments. Leaders gain unmatched agility with hyper-relevant training for their unique use-cases, improving their organization's overall cyber resilience.' How Immersive One's Lab Builder Feature Works Lab Builder drives rapid customized lab creation tailored to specific business needs, threat models, and internal systems, strengthening cyber capabilities of teams and individuals. The new feature offers significant flexibility, control, and depth in hands-on learning. Customers can address their organization's specific upskilling needs using gamification and other engagement-boosting techniques, while demonstrating cyber readiness and competency. For partners, it opens new opportunities to provide bespoke, high-value training aligned with cyber simulations, exercises, and complementary services, enhancing their offerings and differentiation. Lab Builder offers two key lab types to both customers and partners: Theory Labs: Enable the creation of interactive content to build foundational knowledge on cybersecurity policies, concepts, and niche topics – ideal for explaining the "why" and "what" behind cyber skills in a controlled, browser-based environment. Practical Labs: Allow customer and partner SMEs to build hands-on simulations using their organization's tools and environments to validate competency and apply what they've learned. Customers and partners can leverage labs independently or together for a multi-activity lab scenario. This provides a dynamic, customizable, enterprise-grade solution for developing and measuring employee cyber capabilities, helping build preparedness throughout the entire organization. Key benefits of Lab Builder include: Structured, Cohesive Cyber Skills Development: Create and assign custom theory and practical labs within structured learning paths tailored to individuals and teams, all centrally managed on the Immersive One platform. Policy-Aligned, Audit-Ready Theory Labs: Map content to internal standards to demonstrate relevance for compliance and learners. Real-World Practical Labs: Provide hands-on practice in production-like environments, accelerating skills transfer and incident response. Comprehensive Skills Measurement: Combine theory checks with practical challenges to deliver clear, defensible metrics on cyber readiness. The Lab Builder launch builds on Immersive's other recent AI innovations. In November 2024, Immersive launched its AI Scenario Generator that enables organizations to seamlessly generate threat scenarios for crisis simulations to ensure their workforces are ready for the latest threats. Lab Builder is available immediately on the Immersive One platform, which unifies Labs, Cyber Drills, Exercises, and Simulations in a continuous, evidence-based practice. With cutting-edge technology and a dynamic learning ecosystem, it helps organizations prove and improve their cyber capabilities to be ready for threats. To find out more about Immersive One's Lab Builder feature, please visit us here. About Immersive Immersive, the leader in people-centric cyber resilience, helps your organization continuously prove and improve its ability to prevent and respond to cyber threats. Tailored to individual roles, our approach ensures your organization is always ready for an ever-evolving threat landscape, including the opportunities and challenges posed by AI. With a relentless focus on evidence, Immersive provides unmatched visibility into your cyber resilience. Through a single enterprise platform for individuals, teams, and the entire workforce, we empower your organization to Be Ready for what's next. Immersive is trusted by the world's largest organizations and governments, including Citi, Pfizer, Humana, HSBC, the UK Ministry of Defence, and the UK National Health Service. We are backed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Summit Partners, Insight Partners, Citi Ventures, Ten Eleven Ventures, and Menlo Ventures.
