Ed Alcantara
San Francisco, CA (USA)
Role(s):
Founder/Owner/Principal
AFX Cyber BlackOps
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Location:
San Francisco
Industry:
Technology/Web
Year Founded:
2008
Number Employees:
1-10 people
Business Stage:
Growth (profitable)
Entity Type:
Not Incorporated
Description:
Have you noticed that ‘cyber security’ is synonymous with defense? In a post-breach scenario, the fortified defense was defeated in battle, but hasn’t lost the war. Compromised data is a significant threat to be considered, our methodologies defeat the illicit implications for an enterprises customers/patients personal and financial data. Our team of experienced tacticians effectively and discretely locate and reacquire customer/patient records for remediation.
Offensive security is driven by military doctrine: ‘take the fight to the enemy’ and ‘control the battlefield’. Such capabilities may operate in a number of valuable ways, including conducting reconnaissance and surveillance, intercepting communications, denying resources and access, compromising systems, undermining integrity, disabling or destroying assets, and manipulating, impeding, or demoralizing an opponent, all in the name of security. Only recently investors have been found for such technology and it is becoming a growth market.
AFX Cyber BlackOps - objectives are to provide public and private enterprise as well as assist law enforcement in the remediation of compromised customer/patient data. Our purpose is to provide our clients priority notification of their compromised data we are able to mine from the deep web 'black market' and thwart the ensuing fraudulent exploitation.
Our competitive edge is we are the pioneers in this field.
Cyber Fraud: $63.7 billion in 2011, and a projected $120.1 billion by 2017. Malware, viruses, bots, botnets, trojans evolve at a faster pace than virus protection or network security can and ever will. There will never be impenetrable networks.
Data will be compromised and it is valuable. Compromised data is monetized for exploit in the Deep Web 'black market' within minutes of a breach - in some cases the heist is unstoppable when networks become cyber hostages to the criminals.