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NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

-- SecurityScorecard is the first ratings organization to add digital forensics

and incident response to strengthen its market-leading products

SecurityScorecard(https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3435080-1&h=4016389111&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.securityscorecard.com%2F&a=SecurityScorecard),

the global leader in cybersecurity ratings, announced today that it has

acquired LIFARS(https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3435080-1&h=3013978109&u=http%3A%2F%2Flifars.com%2F&a=LIFARS)(TM),

a global leader in digital forensics, incident response and cyber

resiliency services. SecurityScorecard is the first cybersecurity ratings

company to offer digital forensics and incident response services, providing a

360-degree approach to security prevention and response for its worldwide

customer and partner base.

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The LIFARS cybersecurity team will operate as a new Digital Forensics and

Incident Response (DFIR) practice within SecurityScorecard's Professional

Services group, complementing SecurityScorecard's world-class capabilities in

cybersecurity ratings, data and assessments. The combined insights and services

will enable customers to have a deeper view into cyber risk through enhanced

in-house threat intelligence data collection capabilities and more robust

post-breach response capabilities.

"The addition of LIFARS strengthens SecurityScorecard's ability to deliver

unique insights and pre- and post-breach capabilities to our customers," said

Aleksandr Yampolskiy, co-founder and CEO of SecurityScorecard. "We're excited

to integrate LIFARS' enhanced inside-out insights and digital forensic

capabilities into our services, resulting in a 360 outside-in and inside-out

view. Having cybersecurity experts available to quickly respond to a breach

will be a significant value-add for customers."

Effective immediately, more than 50 employees from LIFARS join

SecurityScorecard's global workforce as part of the acquisition, with LIFARS

CEO Ondrej Krehel leading the new DFIR practice.

"We are excited to join the SecurityScorecard team and leverage its market

leadership to help organizations of all sizes understand and respond to the

shifting cyber risk landscape," said LIFARS CEO Ondrej Krehel.

"SecurityScorecard's security ratings, data collection methods and scoring

methodology brings unparalleled insights to our customers and partners. Having

SecurityScorecard's experts and insights available at the ready will be a

superior industry value-add for customers of LIFARS."

For more information on SecurityScorecard capabilities, please visit our blog

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About SecurityScorecard

Funded by world-class investors including Evolution Equity Partners, Silver

Lake Waterman, Sequoia Capital, GV, Riverwood Capital, and others,

SecurityScorecard is the global leader in cybersecurity ratings with more than

12 million companies continuously rated. Founded in 2013 by security and risk

experts Dr. Aleksandr Yampolskiy and Sam Kassoumeh, SecurityScorecard's

patented rating technology is used by over 30,000 organizations for enterprise

risk management, third-party risk management, board reporting, due diligence,

cyber insurance underwriting, and regulatory oversight. SecurityScorecard

continues to make the world a safer place by transforming the way organizations

understand, improve and communicate cybersecurity risk to their boards,

employees, and vendors. Every organization has the universal right to its

trusted and transparent Instant SecurityScorecard

(https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3435080-1&h=3371146259&u=https%3A%2F%2Fsecurityscorecard.com%2Finstant-security-scorecard&a=Instant+SecurityScorecard) rating. For more information, visit www.securityscorecard.com or connect with

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SOURCE: SecurityScorecard

CONTACT: Fehmida Bholat, SecurityScorecard, fbholat@securityscorecard.io, +1

(310) 880-0750; Gaspare Marturano, LIFARS, gaspare.marturano@lifars.com, +1

(203) 400-5652