16 banks have donated between $50,000 and $500,000 each to a build a new platform for sharing threat information. Soltra Edge software is free for anyone to download, runs entirely on premises. The platform is bi-directional, allowing firms to share newly discovered threats with their choice of vendors, public agencies, or their peers. The software uses open standards to pull actionable threat information from a company’s choice of public or proprietary data sources. There is also a free online community for peer-to-peer support with additional paid support.”]