MARCH 2019CIOAPPLICATIONS.COM 19Palindrome Technologies was founded with the ideology of streamlining security operations and assessments for telecommunication and government sectors. One of the core values of the company is to "Inspire confidence" in their customers. "We recognize that we are also consumers of the many technologies we are helping secure. As such, we strive to ensure that these technologies maintain the proper security posture as if they were used by our families and loved ones. This cultural attribute is assimilated and exercised by every team member and is one of our differentiating factors. It's our passion," notes Thermos.The Ultimate Security FrameworkHaving started as a consulting and research firm, Palindrome Technologies today caters its services to Fortune 500 companies across a variety of industries including education, finance, and government sectors. Palindrome's service portfolio comprises three core service lines: security research and analysis of emerging technologies, service provider assurance (e.g., telecommunication carriers, energy, financial, and healthcare service providers) and enterprise security advisory services. In addition, Palindrome's lab accreditation and collaboration with industry standard organizations such as IEEE, GSMA, and CTIA allow them to provide device security certification services tailored to product manufacturers. Thermos points out emerging technologies improve operations and create new service opportunities for organizations, but simultaneously they introduce intricacies that augment an organization's threat surface. Thus, securing them requires keen insight into the inner workings including hardware, firmware, provisioning, management, and signaling protocols along with understanding how they support an organization's operations and services holistically. As such, Palindrome's team employs a multidimensional security analysis approach to evaluate the security of emerging technologies and provide remediation support. For example, in one of its current projects, Palindrome is assisting a large telecommunication provider secure their 5G deployment. This effort requires working with multiple product vendors and evaluating end-to-end controls, from SIM cards to devices (i.e., subscriber handsets, network extenders, vehicle OBD) to core network elements and provisioning systems. The security analysis includes, but is not limited to hardware, software, management, and network APIs and signaling protocols. Similar assurance projects in the last 12 months included the evaluation of technologies and services that support smart cities and the power grid. These efforts require a keen understanding of various technologies and close collaboration with operators and vendors to ensure security controls are properly implemented and allow the customers to operate with confidence. "We leverage the knowledge gained from these more complex environments to enhance the services we provide to our enterprise customers," explains Thermos. Toward a Secure FutureOver the years, Palindrome has been immensely fortunate to work with clients that entrust them in evaluation of their flagship projects, rendering the opportunity to gain insight into new technologies and anticipate the future transformation of their operations and infrastructure. In the long run, the company is looking forward to expanding its team and opening branch offices in New York, and Dallas. The coming 12 months hold an exciting path forward as Palindrome strives to become one of the leading organizations in securing emerging technologies. In addition, the company's team collaborates with academic research labs including the internet real-time (IRT) lab at Columbia University and center for security, reliability, and trust (SnT) at the University of Luxemburg to explore the intricacies of emerging architectures to anticipate potential threats and vulnerabilities. "We are also working closely with GSMA and CTIA to be recognized as a certified security certification lab for telecommunication equipment and IoT. We take pride in our work, which consequently impacts billions of `netizens' every day," concludes Thermos. Our prime directives have been to anticipate threats and vulnerabilities inherent in emerging technologies and help organizations strengthen their security posture and operate with confidence TOP 25 CYBER SECURITY COMPANIES - 2019
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