Automated Threat Estimator for Networks and Applications (ATHENA)
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Category: Software/Services
Developers: Sandia National Laboratories
United States
Product Description:ATHENA is an analytic platform that fuses data collected from multiple disparate sources to enable users to model and build virtualizations of their networks. Current threat information is then overlaid on the network “digital twin” to identify, ascertain, and prioritize mitigations against cyber-threats to their assets.
Developers: Sandia National Laboratories
United States
Product Description:ATHENA is an analytic platform that fuses data collected from multiple disparate sources to enable users to model and build virtualizations of their networks. Current threat information is then overlaid on the network “digital twin” to identify, ascertain, and prioritize mitigations against cyber-threats to their assets.

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