More Signal. Less Noise.

V2 | Issue 35 | 9.2.20

Oracle, Microsoft, and Walmart pursue TikTok acquisition. Fastly acquires Signal Sciences for $775 million. Security First Corp. files for bankruptcy.

Summary

By the CyberWire staff

At a glance.

Oracle, Microsoft, and Walmart pursue TikTok acquisition.
Fastly acquires Signal Sciences for $775 million.
Security First Corp. files for bankruptcy.
Keeper Security raises $60 million.

Mergers and acquisitions.

Oracle is now seen as a serious contender to acquire TikTok. The Wrap reports that Oracle offered a total of $20 billion ($10 billion in cash and $10 billion in stock) for the app. Business Insider and Seeking Alpha explain what Oracle stands to gain from the deal. The social media app could help improve Oracle's marketing and advertising products by giving the company access to the type of behavioral data used by other tech giants like Google, Amazon, and Facebook. Additionally, Seeking Alpha says Oracle "has to compete aggressively to get bookings for its idle compute and storage resources," while Business Insider notes that paying for cloud services is one of TikTok's largest expenses.

Meanwhile, Walmart has teamed up with Microsoft to make a joint bid to acquire TikTok's operations in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The Wall Street Journal reports that this bid is considered the front-runner for the acquisition. The Wrap says Walmart is "interested in the e-commerce aspect of the social app."

But some recent developments in China may have placed an obstacle in the path of anyone's bid to acquire any piece of TikTok. Beijing, the Wall Street Journal reports, has just enacted restrictions on the export of artificial intelligence technology. It appears that the controls may have been designed with TikTok's algorithms in mind. If they do indeed fall within the scope of the restrictions, it's difficult to see how any suitor would be attracted to what remains.

San Francisco-based content delivery provider Fastly has announced its intent to acquire Culver City, California-based web application protection company Signal Sciences for approximately $775 million ($200 million in cash and approximately $575 million in stock). Fastly stated, "Signal Sciences’ technology combined with Fastly's current solutions will form Fastly's upcoming new security offering, Secure@Edge. Secure@Edge will be a modern, unified web application and API protection solution that will power and protect companies looking to further or begin their digital transformation." The Motley Fool believes the acquisition will make Fastly "a stronger competitor against innovative CDN and edge computing specialists such as Cloudflare (which has been providing edge computing and security capabilities for a couple of years)."

Rancho Santa Margarita, California-based data security company Security First Corp. has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy and plans to sell its business to ESW Capital LLC for approximately $6 million, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Investments and exits.

Chicago-based password manager provider Keeper Security has received a $60 million minority investment from Insight Partners, the company's first equity raise since its founding in 2011. The company says the funding "will further accelerate product innovation and development and catalyze expansion of the company's global customer base of consumers and businesses. Following the investment, Thomas Krane, Principal at Insight Partners, will join Keeper's Board of Directors."

Texas-based network security policy management company FireMon has secured $40 million in debt financing from Silicon Valley Bank (SVB).

San Francisco-based ID verification-as-a-service company Berbix has raised $9 million in a Series A round led by Mayfield, with participation from existing investors Initialized Capital, Y Combinator, and Fika Ventures, Crunchbase News reports. The funding "will be used to hire additional employees and continue growing its customer base." Berbix's co-founder Eric Levine told Crunchbase, "We are a lean operation and expect to double our size by early next year."

Technical.ly reports that Ellicott City-based Blackpoint Cyber raised $7 million in its Series B funding round.

The Virginia-based Center for Innovative Technology's seed accelerator MACH37 has invested an undisclosed amount in IoT endpoint protection firm Cervais (also based in Virginia). CIT's press release states, "Cervais successfully completed MACH37's 90-day program, designed to accelerate a startup’s path to a sustainable business model. As a result, Cervais has made significant progress toward launching their latest product before the end of 2020. Cervais plans to use the investment to complete production of their prototypes, secure intellectual property, and prepare for product launch."

Executive moves.

Zscaler has hired Kirk Henzlik and Benjamin Weldon as regional sales directors for Australia and New Zealand. Henzlik was previously Sales Director for Australia at Workday; at Zscaler, his territory will cover Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia, and New Zealand. Weldon, formerly regional sales director at AppDynamics, will handle Zscaler's sales in New South Wales, Queensland, and the Northern Territory.

Proofpoint as appointed Alex Lei as regional leader of Asia Pacific and Japan. Lei previously worked for Dell EMC as Vice President of Data Protection Solutions.

Coalfire has added Dr. Homaira Akbari as a board advisor and Jesús Rueda as a board director. Akbari is currently president and CEO of AKnowledge Partners LLC, while Rueda is a Vice President at Apax Partners.

Satori Cyber has added Anita Lynch to its board of advisors. Lynch is currently Vice President of Data Governance, Instrumentation & Data Architecture for Disney's streaming services.

BlueVoyant has appointed Debora Plunkett and Ariel Litvin to its board of directors and Ronald Moultrie as Vice Chairman of its advisory board. Plunkett is currently Principal of Plunkett Associates LLC, a Senior Fellow at Harvard, and a Professor at the University of Maryland. Litvin is CISO at First Quality Enterprises. Moultrie was formerly the NSA's Director of Operations.

Netskope has hired John Martin as Chief Product Officer. Martin most recently served as Senior Vice President of Product, Design, and Strategy at Sysdig.

Companies in the news.

Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer MediaTek has applied for a license from the US government to continue selling chips to Huawei after new US restrictions come into place on September 15th, Reuters reports. The company stated, "MediaTek reiterates its respect for following relevant orders and rules on global trade, and has already applied for permission with the U.S. side in accordance with the rules."

Crunchbase News reports that startup names are getting "less silly." New companies are increasingly opting for normal English words such as Wardrobe, Banked, Mighty, and Cured, or straightforward descriptions of the company's purpose, like Grow Credit or The Browser Company. Crunchbase contrasts these choices with past startups like Dogpile and Doostang. Misspelled words, such as Shef and Puzzl, are still in vogue, however. Crunchbase's judgment of relative silliness may be open to question, but if we've at least moved away from puns and misspellings, well, civilization may be regaining some ground lost to the Cult of Disruption.

Selected Reading

Marketplace.

FireMon Secures $40 Million Debt Financing (SecurityWeek) Network security policy management provider FireMon has secured $40 million in debt financing from Silicon Valley Bank (SVB).

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WSJ News Exclusive | TikTok Deal Talks Are Snarled Over Fate of App’s Algorithms (Wall Street Journal) Deal talks for TikTok’s U.S. operations have been complicated by the key question of whether the app’s core algorithms can be included as part of a deal, according to people familiar with the matter.

China's Huawei Shifts Investment from U.S. to Russia (The Moscow Times) Huawei founder says U.S. sanctions have pushed the Chinese telecoms giant closer to Russia.

SynED and US VALOR Help Bring Veterans Into the Cybersecurity Workforce (PR Newswire) America's veterans just received another hand-up. No stranger to challenges and helping keep the country safe, US VALOR (Veterans Advancing...

Coalfire Appointed to PCI Standards Roundtable (PR Newswire) Coalfire, a provider of cybersecurity advisory and assessment services, today announced it has been appointed to its second term on the Payment...

Thycotic Named Gold Winner in 15th Annual 2020 IT World Awards® (PR Newswire) Thycotic, a provider of privileged access management (PAM) solutions to more than 10,000 organizations worldwide, including 25 of the Fortune...

ZIM, Konfidas launch cybersecurity consulting company (The Jerusalem Post) Levi, Konfidas’s founder, said that the maritime and logistics industries have witnessed an unprecedented rise in cyberattacks in recent years.

TikTok deal to sell U.S. business could be announced as soon as Tuesday (CNBC) Microsoft, in partnership with Walmart, and Oracle are the top contenders to win the deal.

TrueFort Named TiE50 Winner for 2020 (WFMJ) Application Detection and Response Platform Provider Recognized for Reversing Traditional Infrastructure Approach to Security

Life on the front lines of next cyber fight (Australian Financial Review) The nation's chief information security officers earn their titles and offices in the C-suite the hard way.

White Hat Hackers on the Trail of Cybercriminals (Now. Powered by Northrop Grumman) White hat hackers find flaws in computer systems before cybercriminals do.

MACH37 Invests in IoT, Endpoint Security Company Cervais (MSSP Alert) Information security accelerator MACH37 invests in Cervais, a cybersecurity company that offers endpoint & Internet of Things (IoT) protection solutions.

Rise Broadband vaults 'rip and replace' program's Catch-22 (Light Reading) Rise Broadband is caught between two FCC mandates, one involving Chinese equipment and another involving CBRS spectrum. The company is opening its checkbook as a result.

TikTok Deal Talks Are Slowed Over New China Rules (Wall Street Journal) Plans to quickly complete a deal between the Chinese parent company of TikTok and suitors for the app’s U.S. operations have been thrown off track as the parties huddled this weekend to weigh new Chinese restrictions that appear designed to affect a potential sale.

Huawei focusing on cloud business which still has access to U.S. chips: FT (Reuters) Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is focusing on its budding cloud business, which still has access to U.S. chips despite sanctions against the company, to secure its survival, the Financial Times newspaper reported.

China’s chip making dream hits the buffers in Wuhan (South China Morning Post) Construction on a US$20 billion state-of-the-art semiconductor manufacturing plant in Wuhan has stalled, the latest problem to beset China’s chip making ambitions.

Mediatek goes all in with request to supply chips to Huawei (Telecoms.com) Taiwanese chip-maker Mediatek reportedly thinks it can supply Huawei without getting put on the US naughty step, but is double-checking just to make sure.

Victorian tech company MailGuard a big phish in cloud email security (Mirage News) Since Craig McDonald launched MailGuard in 2001 after an email-borne virus caused havoc for his then business, he's now regarded as a world-leader in...

How to avoid a cyber pandemic during the Covid pandemic (ISRAEL21c) Israeli cybersecurity technology, already a robust industry, is in more demand than ever as remote working and schooling present new levels of risk.

He was a criminal hacker. Now he protects companies from people like him. (Insight) These hackers penetrated companies like Nokia and Fujitsu. One was on the run from the FBI, the other was being watched by Aus. Federal Police. They reveal how they turned their illegal hacking into a career.

Slack pays stingy $1,750 reward for a desktop hijack vulnerability (BleepingComputer) A researcher responsibly disclosed multiple vulnerabilities to Slack that allowed an attacker to hijack a user's computer, and they were only rewarded a measly $1,750.

Startup Names Are Still Getting Less Silly (Crunchbase News) Call it the year of the noun. Funded startups are choosing brands made up of recognized words or names that describe what they do, according to our 2020 analysis of name trends.

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Berbix Closes $9M Series A To Fight Fraudulent Identification (Crunchbase News) Berbix creates an ID verification tool that uses machine learning techniques to instantly spot fraud.

Fastly to Acquire Web Application Security Firm Signal Sciences for $775 Million (SecurityWeek) Content delivery network (CDN) provider Fastly (NYSE: FSLY) has agreed to acquire web application security firm Signal Sciences for approximately $775 million in cash and stock.

Keeper Security Raises $60 Million in Investment (CIO Applications) Millions of consumers and thousands of businesses in over 100 countries trust Keeper for password...

Kaseya bolsters cyber security stack with latest acquisition (MicroscopeUK) MSP software supplier Kaseya snaps up anti-phishing service Graphus, and signals yet another acquisition on the horizon.

Palantir waves the flag and embraces its U.S. government roots (Inquirer) Palantir Technologies spent the past decade trying to shed its image as a tool of the U.S. government and sell its data-mining software to businesses. But in its pitch to institutional investors ahead of a public stock debut, the company will return to its roots.

Palantir’s stockmarket prospectus reveals both losses and promise (The Economist) A secretive software-maker says hello to the stockmarket—and goodbye to Silicon Valley

Cybersecurity firm wins US Government contract (Insider Media Ltd) A Lutterworth-based cybersecurity software company has won a multimillion-pound contract with the US Department of State.

Roland Cloutier, TikTok's security boss, makes his case. Carefully. (CyberScoop) Roland Cloutier, the global chief security officer for ByteDance, says he still doesn’t understand why the U.S. government has labeled TikTok as a national security threat.

Oracle Nears $20 Billion TikTok Deal With White House Support (Exclusive) (TheWrap) CEO Kevin Mayer resigns, corporate parent CEO and private equity investors at loggerheads over the deal as Microsoft bid falls behind

Walmart Joins Microsoft’s Pursuit of TikTok (Wall Street Journal) The world’s biggest retailer by revenue is teaming up with Microsoft to bid for TikTok’s U.S. operations, which have an asking price of about $30 billion.

Walmart leaps into TikTok acquisition fray, joining Microsoft’s bid (Washington Post) As time fades for TikTok to close a deal to sell its U.S. operations, Walmart says it will join Microsoft’s bid for the short-form video app.

Walmart wanted to be majority owner of TikTok, and was teamed up with Alphabet and SoftBank before Microsoft (CNBC) The U.S. government wanted a technology provider as the lead bidder on a deal for TikTok, pushing Walmart toward Microsoft and away from a consortium with SoftBank and Alphabet.

TikTok likely to announce sale of U.S. operations in the coming days in $20 billion to $30 billion range (CNBC) TikTok's suitors include Oracle and joint bid by Microsoft and Walmart.

Facebook Allows Ads to Be Served to Mainland China Users (Bloomberg) Facebook Inc. has been allowing advertisers to target users in mainland China, despite a ban on the company’s social networks there that prohibits citizens from accessing the apps.

Sequoia Makes Inc. 5000 List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies for Fifth Consecutive Year (PR Newswire) Sequoia Holdings LLC has secured a spot on Inc. Magazine's Inc. 5000 list of the country's fastest-growing private companies for the fifth year...

Dashlane Says The Secret Word, Finds Value In A Super Bowl Buy (Mediapost) Going into its big ad buy at the 2020 Super Bowl, password and security manager Dashlane knew that one shot of exposure wasn't enough.

Kudelski Security Expands Geographic Footprint Through Channel Program for Security Services (Kudelski Security) Rapid Growth and Industry Distinction Backs Services to be Offered Through Partner Network Globally; TechData is First Global Distributor to...

After adding customers and service upgrades, Blackpoint Cyber raises $7M Series B (Technical.ly Baltimore) The Ellicott City-based company's service mixes a security operations center and tech platform to respond to cybersecurity threats. It's looking to hire.

Kaseya Boots Security with Acquisition of Phishing Defense Platform (Channel Futures) The acquisition of this phishing defense platform advances Kaseya’s IT infrastructure and security management solutions for MSPs and SMBs.

Secretive Palantir Lifts Veil Before Wall Street Stock Sale (SecurityWeek) Palantir said it believes current instability including “systematic failures of government institutions to provide for the public” present a growth opportunity for its business.

What’s a Palantir? The Tech Industry’s Next Big I.P.O. (New York Times) A tech start-up named for objects in “The Lord of the Rings” has become a major government contractor. But what it does is not easy to understand.

Palantir's public filing reveals plenty about its federal ambitions (Washington Technology) Palantir filing to go public says a lot about the company and the work it does for the government, but the S-1 registration statement for the data and analytics software company also leaves some gaps to be filled.

Palantir's real strength is its business model (Washington Technology) As Palantir heads to the public markets, it's good to revisit how the software company cracked the federal market and why it will continue to be a challenge to traditional GovCon firms.

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How TikTok’s Talks With Microsoft Turned Into a Soap Opera (New York Times) Neither side wanted a big deal. But what began as talks about a small investment ballooned with interventions from President Trump.

TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer Quits as Trump Pushes Chinese App to Sell U.S. Business (Wall Street Journal) Chief Executive Kevin Mayer said he is leaving the social-media platform after being on the job for about three months, as the company comes under increasing pressure from the White House over its ties to China.

Symantec shakeup creates fresh opening to shift security strategies (CyberScoop) Carbon Black’s integration into VMware stands in contrast to Broadcom’s plans for Symantec, leaving agencies at a crossroads with their security strategies.

SAIC Wins $286M in Natsec Contracts in Q2 (WashingtonExec) Science Applications International Corp. has secured over $286 million in national security contracts during the second quarter of fiscal year 2021. The

NetApp thrills investors with Q1 earnings, and plans to lay off 5% of workforce (Silicon Valley Business Journal) The cloud data services and data management company announced it would cut more than 500 employees as it reported better-than-anticipated first-quarter results.

Kudelski Security Recognized as a Leader in Managed Security Services Evaluation (AiThority) Kudelski Security, the cybersecurity division within the Kudelski Group, announced that it has been recognized by Forrester as a leader in their report.

Finalists Announced for the Finovate Awards! (Finovate) The Finovate Awards recognize the best and brightest of the fintech industry, and while we aren’t able to hold an in-person gala dinner this year, it’s more important than ever that we recognize the strong work being done by those across the fintech spectrum who are pushing the industry forward. We had a record number Read more...

Products, services, and solutions.

Morphisec Releases Education Cybersecurity Threat Index as K-12 and Hi (PRWeb) Fifty-two percent of K-12 educators in the U.S. say their school has not warned them about the dangers of ransomware as they prepare to s

Akamai, CISA, and CIS Join Forces to Improve SLTT Cyber Defenses (Akamai) Cybercriminals continue to target U.S. state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) government organizations. In 2019, there were more than 100 ransomware attacks -- including an attack on Baltimore's IT systems that locked out thousands of computers and disrupted nearly every city service. This attack is estimated to have cost the city as much as $18 million.

DH2i Announces Support for Microsoft Azure Shared Disks and New Azure Disk Storage Enhancements (DH2i) DH2i is pleased to share that our DxEnterprise software fully supports the newly released Azure shared disks - the industry's first cloud block storage. Check out our resources in this press release for more info.

InfoComply Selects Acuant Verification To Improve Protection And Processing Of Personal Data (MarTech Series) Acuant announces partnership to help enterprise customers protect, save and process the personal data of consumers while procuring their valid consent

Nozomi Networks Delivers OT & IoT Cybersecurity Via the Schneider Electric Exchange (Nozomi Networks) Schneider Electric customers get faster access to cybersecurity expertise alongside the industry-leading OT and IoT visibility and security they need for digital transformation

Recorded Future Solves Today's Security Challenges With Intelligence (PR Newswire) Recorded Future, the largest security intelligence provider, today announced the further optimization of the Recorded Future Security...

GlobalPlatform Simplifies Secure User Authentication with Standardized API - GlobalPlatform (GlobalPlatform) Secure Element Broker Interface defines standard to simplify and bring greater trust to the authentication of digital services on smartphones and biometric-enabled cards.

Ideagen : Launches First Cloud Version of Industry Leading Q-Pulse Software (MarketScreener) Leading international provider of governance, risk and compliance software, Ideagen Plc, has announced the first cloud version of its industry leading quality, health & safety and environmental...

WISeKey & iStorage Team Up to Secure Your Digital Life (AiThority) WISeKey, and iStorage, the award-winning and trusted global leader of hardware encrypted data storage and cloud encryption devices.

Secureworks Welcomes Arrow Electronics to its Global Partner Program (GlobeNewswire) Distribution agreement delivers scalable, complementary security solutions to channel partners in North America

QuoLab Announces Partnership with C5 Capital, Increasing Foothold in the Federal Marketplace (BusinessWire) QuoLab Technologies announces partnership with C5 Capital, aimed at increasing its presence in the federal marketplace.

Researchers Conducted An Endurance Test To Determine The Best Security Product For Android: Avira, Bitdefender, G Data, Norton Trend Micro Are On Top, Google's Performance Is Still Not Satisfactory (Digital Information World) AV-TEST examined fourteen security applications for Android, and the study was conducted on Android 8.0 (Oreo version).

Proofpoint Launches Security Awareness Training for SMBs to Reduce Successful Phishing and Malware Infections by up to 90 Percent (GlobeNewswire) Cybersecurity leader’s award-wining solution delivers the right training to the right people at the right time

ReversingLabs Titanium Platform Delivers ROI of 397 Percent According to Independent Research Firm Analysis (GlobeNewswire) Study Finds Overall Security Analyst Productivity Doubled with Use of the Titanium Platform

US Homeland Security Can Now Track Privacy Crypto Monero (Decrypt) The popular privacy coin might not be so private anymore, as CipherTrace claims to have developed tools to trace it.

Attivo Networks Covers 27 out of the 33 Defense Techniques Identified in MITRE Shield (Yahoo) Attivo Networks®, an award-winning leader in cyber deception and attacker lateral movement threat detection, today announced that its solutions provide organizations with a vast majority – 82 percent – of the active defense measures presented in MITRE Shield. The ThreatDefend® Platform components – ADSecure

Developer-Centric Application Security Company StackHawk Announces its General Availability Launch (PR Newswire) StackHawk, the software-as-a-service startup that empowers software engineers to easily find and fix application security bugs before they hit...

U.S. Department of Defense Selects Forescout to Protect Millions of Mission Critical Devices Across Global Networks (Forescout) Multi-year “Comply to Connect” (C2C) program delivers enterprise-wide capabilities to secure DoD networks Forescout provides foundational cybersecurity capabilities for C2C, and has been implemented by the Navy and U.S. Marine Corps, the pathfinders for C2C SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 1, 2020 – Forescout Technologies, Inc., the leader in Enterprise of Things security, today announced it was selected by […]

Stellar Releases BitRaser®, a Powerful Data Erasure and Diagnostic Tool (PR Newswire) Stellar, a global leader in data recovery, data erasure, and data migration solutions, today announced the release of BitRaser®, a simple,...

TunnelBear Circumvents Iran VPN Block, Launches 10GB Monthly Offer in the Country (BusinessWire) As TunnelBear supports individuals in countries like Venezuela and Belarus that have recently experienced internet censorship by providing short-term

Why iProov Genuine Presence Assurance doesn’t use selfies (iproov) Do you suffer from selfie anxiety? If so, you’re not alone. According to our survey, 34% of people in the UK and US class themselves as having selfie anxie...

Netcraft Extension adds credential leak detection (Netcraft News) The Netcraft Browser Extension now offers credential leak detection for extra protection against shopping site skimmers. With brick-and-mortar shops around...

Spyse Launches a New External Threat Intelligence Solution (AiThority) Cybersecurity company Spyse announced the new external threat intelligence solution intended to identify potential vulnerabilities, entry points, and misconfigurations in digital infrastructures.

ReSec, Menlo Security join hands to fully address web-based cyber threats (Israel Defense) The joint solution is said to offer unparalleled security while browsing the web and downloading documents

Security Compass Defines New Market Category: Balanced Development Automation (BusinessWire) Balanced Development Automation (BDA) is a category of DevOps tools that enables organizations to build secure digital products fast and safe.

CACI upgrades SteelBox mobile encryption programme (Janes.com) US information technology company CACI International are unveiling several upgrades to its SteelBox secure mobile communications software application for classified and...

Aurionpro Solutions cyber arm integrates with FireEye to strengthen endpoint security (IndiaInfoline) Cyberinc Isla Browser Isolation platform combined with industry-leading threat detection gives organizations better protection against known and unknown threats.

Hillstone Networks Launches ADC For Better User Exp. (Arabian Marketer) Hillstone Networks states the global release of the Hillstone Application Delivery Controller (ADC), a high performance solution designed to deliver the most optimal application experience to the user.

WatchGuard protects against all know Wi-Fi security threat types, new report says (Wi-Fi NOW Events) There are still six know categories of Wi-Fi threats to be dealt with. There's one cost-efficient way of dealing with all of them, a new report says.

Spyse launches a new external threat intelligence solution to prevent cybersecurity risks (PR Newswire) Cybersecurity company Spyse announced the new external threat intelligence solution intended to identify potential vulnerabilities, entry...

BT Crowns McAfee, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet ‘Critical’ Security Partners (SDxCentral) BT Security conducted its “largest-ever” security supplier appraisal, and a review of the entire security vendor ecosystem to determine which partners it will work with to provide managed security services. And McAfee, Palo Alto Networks, and Fortinet came out on top.

Fortinet Adds 6 Service Providers to SD-WAN Menagerie (SDxCentral) Fortinet announced a menagerie of service provider wins this week. Six service providers — Fusion Connect, HubOne, Kazteleport, Optical Networks, Thrive, and TNS — have added Fortinet’s Secure SD-WAN to their managed service portfolios.

City of Las Vegas utilises BitDam ATP to protect from advanced cyberthreats (Intelligent CIO North America) The City of Las Vegas is utilising BitDam ATP to protect from advanced cyberthreats across collaboration platforms and against bad actors aiming to penetrate its network. Since then, it has dramatically reduced its risk of being a victim to cyberthreats such as ransomware, malware, phishing and zero-day attacks, and saved millions of dollars in remediation […]

Essence Group announces new strategic partnership in Portugal to deliver connected home security solutions (PR Newswire) Essence Group, the leading global security solutions provider, has announced a new partnership with Portuguese smart access supplier, Chaviarte....

Tempered Expands Zero-Trust Software Defined Perimeter Platform to Secure Critical Infrastructure, Distributed Organizations (BusinessWire) Tempered announced new hardware and software designed to protect data, applications and devices across on-premise, remote and cloud environments.

Datadobi Announces DobiProtect for File and Object Data (BusinessWire) Datadobi today announced DobiProtect enhancements to help companies maintain the highest standards of business continuity.

nCipher nShield HSMs achieve Red Hat Container certification (nCipher Security) Simplified cryptography for container and Kubernetes application development

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Druva Announces Partnership and Channel Expansion with Tech Data (Druva) Druva, Inc., the leader in Cloud Data Protection and Management, today announced the launch of a new distributor partnership with Tech Data, a global IT distributor and solutions aggregator.

GrammaTech Releases Open Source API Security Tool (SecurityWeek) Application security testing company GrammaTech has released SWAP Detector, an open source tool designed to detect API usage errors

Thycotic Deploys Advanced Machine Learning to Control Dangerous Applications on Endpoints (StreetInsider) Thycotic, a provider of Privileged Access Management (PAM)...

Avast Business Announces New Partnership With BCN Telecom (AiThority) Avast, announced that it has partnered with BCN Telecom to protect its customers with Avast Business SIG full-protocol managed firewall services.

Pulse Secure NAC Extends Zero Trust Network Assurance As Users And IoT Devices Return To A Hybrid Workplace (Security Informed) Pulse Secure announced new features to its Network Access Control (NAC) solution, Pulse Policy Secure (PPS), that enhance endpoint and IoT device visibility, compliance, remediation, and threat...

People.

Netskope Appoints John Martin to Chief Product Officer (PR Newswire) Netskope, the leading security cloud, today announced the appointment of John Martin to Chief Product Officer. In this position, Martin is...

BlueVoyant Strengthened with the Appointments of Influential Leaders to its Board of Directors and Advisory Board (PR Newswire) BlueVoyant, a global expert-driven cybersecurity services company, today announced the appointment of Debora Plunkett and Ariel Litvin to the...

Proofpoint tasks 20-year security veteran with running APJ (Channel Asia) Proofpoint has appointed Alex Lei as new regional leader of Asia Pacific and Japan, recruiting the industry veteran from Dell Technologies.

Data Leader Anita Lynch joins Satori's Board of Advisors (GlobeNewswire) Anita Lynch joins Satori’s advisory board to help companies make responsible, compliant and secure use of data

Coalfire Appoints Tech Power Players Akbari And Rueda To Board Of Directors (PR Newswire) Coalfire, a provider of cybersecurity advisory and assessment services, today announces two additions to its board of directors – Dr. Homaira...

Kenna Security Announces David La France As Vice President Of Engineering To Overcome Cultural And Engineering Challenges (Security Informed) Kenna Security, the enterprise provider in risk-based vulnerability management, has hired David La France to be its new vice president of engineering. In that role, he will oversee Kenna’s...

Two new sales directors arrive at Zscaler (iTWire) Cloud security vendor Zscaler has appointed two regional sales directors for Australia and New Zealand. "These new sales director appointments in the region are testament to the strengthening of our business in Australia and New Zealand and market demand for innovative security in a cloud-first...