In an apparent attempt to help fight cyber attacks, IBM has announced it will make its 700 TB database filled with raw cyberthreat data available to private and public companies.
The company has said it will release the data through its new X-Force Exchange platform, which will allow companies access to IBM’s security database that contains malware threat data from 270 million computers and devices, as well as 25 billion Web pages and images, spam and phishing attack e-mails, and reputation data on nearly a million malicious IP addresses.
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IBM hopes this will make the fight against cyber attacks more efficient by allowing companies to share threat and security data on a single port.
“We’re taking the lead by opening up our own deep and global network of cyberthreat research, customers, technologies and experts,” Brendan Hannigan, GM for IBM security said. “We’re aiming to accelerate the formation of the networks and relationships we need to fight hackers.”
The cloud-based service will make IBM’s more than two decades worth of information available to logged-in users who can add, share and download data from their own databases to find and warn others of ongoing or impending cyber attacks.
X-Force gives the user a real-time visualization of malicious IPs and can add up to a thousand malicious indicators every hour.
This is good news for the U.S. government, which has recently been pushing hard to get companies to share their security data with government agencies and other companies within the tech industry.
The Obama administration has proposed a cyber-intelligence sharing bill that will be voted on by Congress later this year.
As part of the platform, IBM has plans to provide future support for emerging automated threat intelligence sharing standards called STIX and TAXII.
