Relativity Security White Paper

Relativity's security white paper for RelativityOne, available here, discloses that Relativity uses Recorded Future for intelligence on cyber security threats, and Anomali to distribute this intelligence.

It actively monitors information on the dark web to attempt to detect future threats. Its 30 person team, Calder7, claims to have not had any serious incidents. Malware is examined in sandbox workspaces. Palo Alto Networks is used to monitor network activity, and Relativity keeps tabs on large transfers of data.

Relativity may investigate if a customer's usage of a workspace departs from what its profile would suggest its activity in the workspace should be. Relativity also conducts third party penetration testing. SQL injection is avoided by coding text controls - where data is input.

Relativity is ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certified, and it uses a Microsoft Azure infrastructure that adheres to other standards such as those of FedRAMP and HIPAA. Customers have access to security log information from Relativity.

Relativity utilizes the MITRE ATT&CK knowledge base to keep track of the techniques used by hackers.

Confirming that your VPN is active

If you’ve installed a VPN app on your phone and you want to confirm that it’s activated, google “What’s my IP address?” before turning on the app and then afterwards. If the IP address doesn’t change then the VPN is not working.

Use a VPN while on public wifi

It’s fairly well known that a virtual private network should be used while you’re on public wifi. While wifi may be password protected, your internet traffic is not actually encrypted. Common security algorithms like WEP and WPA2 can be easily hacked leaving you vulnerable to man in the middle attacks by a malicious third party on the wifi network that intercepts data. A VPN app will create a secure link that automatically routs traffic through the VPN provider’s server and encrypts passwords, cookies and other data. Servers won’t be able to record your browsing history. Internet Key Exchange version 2, IKEv2 is one of the faster VPN protocols and works on Windows, iOS and Android, but OpenVPN is more secure and performs better. Avoid PPTP, Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol, which is less secure. A good VPN should also allow you to hide your location and true IP address.