Description

echosec beacon Flashpoint Physical Security

echosec beacon Flashpoint Physical Security

What is Flashpoint Physical Security Intelligence (formerly Echosec)?

How Beacon is Useful?

Dark Web is full of unstructured illegal data like stolen corporate emails, passwords, company documents, private information, etc. The Beacon search engine will allow the companies to search and analyze the data available about their beloved company on Dark Web.

If they find any data that could damage the material and societal status of the company, the authorities can take immediate action to safeguard or at least warn the employees and clients about the discrepancy. After all, it’s always better to notify your customers before the news come from external sources.

Couldn’t Beacon be Misused?

Of course, Beacon can be misused. Even the Raypold knows that as Beacon search engine makes it easier for users to find secret and important data, it’s also possible to find ways to misuse this tool.

There’s no doubt in the fact that Beacon can help white-hat hackers and security enthusiasts to uncover sensitive information that they can’t find anywhere else, but the company has taken some steps to moderate the risk.

The CTO has explained that – every Echosec customer must go through a use-case approval process. This process will help in monitoring how he/she is using the Beacon and also assure that they are in compliance with the vendors from whom the data Is sourced. “No one can get access to the system without passing this use-case approval process” – said Raypold.

Secondly, the search engine is designed in a way that it will automatically notify the company if a user tries to perform searches violating his/her use case. In these cases, neither they can run the search nor they will receive the required data.

The company is also allowing vendors to describe their terms and conditions in detail. The Raypold said –

“some of the data vendors have asked us to prevent certain queries from being run, regardless of a customer’s use case.”

Basically, the ultimate plan is to sell Beacon to companies who are interested in knowing competitors’ secret, getting sensitive information, etc. Also, their safety policy might be looking good right now, but the Echosec team will have to follow it strictly.