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V2 | Issue 8 | 2.26.20

The CyberWire Pro Business Briefing for 2.26.20

Summary

By the CyberWire staff

At a glance.

RSAC 2020 is underway.
European Commission recommends staff use Signal.
US Justice Department wants legislation to gain access to encrypted data.
SECURITI.ai wins the RSAC Innovation Sandbox.

Mergers and acquisitions.

McAfee is acquiring Catonsville, Maryland-based browser isolation provider Light Point Security for an undisclosed amount. McAfee says it "plans to integrate Light Point Security’s browser isolation technology into McAfee Secure Web Gateway, complementing its existing comprehensive inbound and outbound protection for all web and cloud traffic." The company will also "integrate browser isolation into the newly released MVISION UCE solution, which includes McAfee Secure Web Gateway, McAfee Data Loss Prevention and MVISION Cloud (CASB), thus enabling a complete and simplified implementation of the SASE Architecture."

Emirati telecommunications provider Etisalat has acquired Help AG, a cybersecurity company that was founded in Germany in 1995 and moved its headquarters to Dubai in 2018, according to Gulf Business. Etisalat's group chief business officer Salvador Anglada said that "this acquisition fits perfectly into our strategy of being a key enabler of secure, seamless and effective digital transformation for our customers. We have full trust and confidence that Help AG’s leadership will effectively add value to our security portfolio and amplify the cyber security capabilities of our clients."

Investments and exits.

Atlanta, Georgia-based privacy management software provider OneTrust has raised $210 million in a Series B round led by Coatue and Insight Partners. The company received $200 million in Series A funding in July 2019, and the new funding brings its valuation to $2.7 billion. OneTrust's CEO Kabir Barday said the company "plans to use the combined funding to continue to invest in meeting the widespread demand for our technology platform. We will scale our services, support, and partner ecosystem globally and add new capabilities to the platform through both organic and inorganic innovation."

San Jose, California-based network monitoring company cPacket Networks received $15 million in funding from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital. cPacket's CEO Brendan O'Flaherty said the funding will allow them to "aggressively expand our technology leadership and drive customer adoption."

Baltimore, Maryland-based social media security company ZeroFOX has secured $74 million in an oversubscribed Series D round led by Intel Capital, with participation from existing investors NEA, Highland Capital Partners, Redline Capital Management, Hercules Capital, and Core Capital. The Maryland Daily Record reports that ZeroFOX is now considering an IPO. The company plans to double its workforce from 250 to 500 employees, according to South Baltimore.

Washington-based Linux security company Polyverse has raised $8 million in a funding round led by its existing investors along with Soliton Systems. The company says the funding "will be used to accelerate investment in expanding polymorphic technologies and adding new geographies and new capabilities such as polymorphic script engines and polymorphic build farms, for DevSecOps."

Santa Clara, California-based cloud security provider Netskope has raised $340 million in a funding round led by Sequoia Capital Global Equities, with participation from new investors Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and PSP Investments and existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Accel, Base Partners, ICONIQ Capital, Sapphire Ventures, Geodesic Capital, and Social Capital. Netskope says the investment brings its total valuation to nearly $3 billion.

Palo Alto, California-based code security startup BluBracket emerged from stealth with a $6.5 million seed investment led by Unusual Ventures, with participation from Point72 Ventures, SignalFire, and Firebolt Ventures. BluBracket was a finalist in the RSAC Innovation Sandbox.

Australian quantum cybersecurity company QuintessenceLabs received an investment from In-Q-Tel, the US intelligence community's investment arm. The amount of the funding wasn't disclosed.

Executive moves.

CrowdStrike co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Dmitri Alperovitch is stepping down to launch a nonprofit, nonpartisan policy accelerator, CyberScoop reports. CrowdStrike has promoted its vice president of technology strategy, Michael Sentonas, to take Alperovitch's place as CTO.

The CyberWire announced on Friday that Rick Howard, former Chief Security Officer at Palo Alto Networks, has joined the CyberWire's executive team as Chief Security Officer and Chief Analyst. Howard will work on the CyberWire's editorial team and help shape the upcoming CyberWire Pro subscription products.

IntSights has hired Chris Strand as its new Chief Compliance Officer. Strand previously spent eight-and-a-half years working on cyber compliance at Carbon Black.

Arete Incident Response has hired Shelly Ma as Director of Digital Forensics & Incident Response, Jaycee Roth as Associate Director of Digital Forensics and Incident Response, and Dan Lownsbrough as Technical Deputy and Senior Forensic Investigator.

ThreatConnect has hired Miles R. Tappin as Vice President of EMEA, Steve Mariani as Vice President of Revenue Operations, Daniel Moser as Chief Financial Officer, and Phillip Higgs as Vice President of Federal Sales, Help Net Security reports.

Praetorian has added Cam McMartin to its board of directors. McMartin previously served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at SailPoint before joining SailPoint's board of directors.

Netsurion has appointed Stuart Dross as its new Chief Revenue Officer. Dross previously worked as Senior Director of Global Sales and CRM at Synopsys.

Veeam has hired Gil Vega as Chief Information Security Officer. Vega most recently served as Managing Director and CISO at CME Group.

Haystax has added Brett Wilson as General Manager and David Sanders as Director of Insider Threat Operations. Wilson previously served as Chief Operating Officer of enSilo, while Sanders "designed and managed the insider threat program at Harris Corporation, now L3Harris Technologies."

Security companies in the news.

RSAC 2020 is currently underway in San Francisco, despite several big-name vendor cancellations. Both Verizon and AT&T pulled out of the conference last week over concerns surrounding the coronavirus. Twelve other companies, including IBM, cancelled their attendance for the same reason. Seven of the companies that cancelled are from the US, one is from Canada, and six are from China. Three Chinese companies are still attending the conference, but RSA says their booths will be staffed with employees from the US. San Francisco's mayor released a letter late last week assuring RSAC participants that the risk posed by the virus in San Francisco was low and urged them to "set an example to prevent fear, rumors, and misinformation from guiding our actions." The mayor on Tuesday declared a state of emergency to prepare for the virus, noting that while there are still no confirmed cases in the city, "[g]iven the global patterns that are being seen, there is a growing likelihood of cases in San Francisco."

Politico reports that the European Commission has recommended that its employees use Signal for end-to-end encryption when they communicate with people outside of the institution.

The US Justice Department seems to have given up on getting tech companies to voluntarily come up with ways to give law enforcement access to encrypted data, according to the Washington Post. Assistant Attorney General of National Security John Demers told reporters that no progress has been made in the area, and Justice will now seek legislation to force companies to comply.

And security innovation.

San Jose, California-based privacy compliance automation company SECURITI.ai was named the winner of the RSAC Innovation Sandbox, Infosecurity Magazine reports. The company's CEO Rehan Jalil stated, "Privacy compliance and operations are only getting more complex for businesses around the world, and we’re humbled that the judges recognized our vision for AI-powered PrivacyOps and data protection."

The other nine finalists were San Francisco-based security management and compliance company AppOmni, Palo Alto-based code security startup BluBracket, San Francisco-based employee risk management firm Elevate Security, Pennsylvania-based cybersecurity automation company ForAllSecure, Maryland-based phishing prevention company Inky, Newport Beach, California-based cloud identity protection provider Obsidian Security, San Francisco-based application security management company Sqreen, Fremont, California-based formjacking prevention provider Tala Security, and Israeli code security company Vulcan Cyber.

Selected Reading

Marketplace.

Huawei's offer to license 5G tech to US firm to create an American rival is still 'on the table' (CNBC) Last year, Huawei's founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei said the company would be willing to license its 5G technology exclusively to an American firm so that the U.S. could create a rival. No company has taken up the offer yet.

cPacket Networks Secures $15 Million Investment from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital (Globe Newswire) New Funding to Accelerate Product Innovation and Customer Growth

Why VMware Bought the Network Monitoring Startup Nyansa (Data Center Knowledge) The deal bolsters VMware’s position in the growing SD-WAN market and helps its push into AIOps.

Seven hackers have now made a million dollars each from bug bounties, says HackerOne (ZDNet) The bug bounty platform doubled in size in just a year. Its new report shows that ethical hacking is becoming a lucrative pastime.

ForgeRock Joins Identity Defined Security Alliance (Globe Newswire) ForgeRock®, the leading provider in digital identity, today announced that it has joined the Identity Defined Security Alliance (IDSA). The IDSA is a non-profit that facilitates community collaboration to help organizations reduce risk by providing education, best practices and resources.

McAfee to Acquire Light Point Security to Extend MVISION Unified Cloud Edge (UCE) Capabilities for Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) (BusinessWire) McAfee, the device-to-cloud cybersecurity company, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Light Point Security, LLC, an

South Baltimore's ZeroFox Raises $74 Million, Plans to Grow to 500 Employees (South Baltimore) South Baltimore’s ZeroFox, a social media and public platform cybersecurity company that was founded in 2013, announced on Friday it had raised $74 million in a financing round led by Intel Capital. ZeroFox will use the funding to expand globally and double its workforce.

Etisalat Completes Acquisition of Cyber Security Specialist Firm Help AG (Albawaba) Etisalat announced that it has completed the acquisition of Help AG, a privately held regional company specialising in the delivery of cyber security solutions and services.

Palo Alto Networks turns $560M Demisto buy into new XSOAR security platform (SiliconANGLE) Palo Alto Networks Inc. is making its presence felt at the RSA Conference in San Francisco today with the introduction of Cortex XSOAR, a new security automation platform that builds on its $560 million acquisition of Demisto Inc. last year.

Palo Alto Networks Aims To Derail Fortinet Stock In Hot SD-WAN Market (Investor's Business Daily) Whether Palo Alto Networks (PANW) will be able to slow down Fortinet and its lead in the emerging software-defined wide area networks — or SD-WAN — market is a key question for both cybersecurity stocks, says one analyst.

HackerOne’s bug bounties skyrocketed to $40 million in 2019 (VentureBeat) Bug bounty platform HackerOne paid out $40 million in bounties in 2019, roughly doubling the total for all previous years combined.

HackerOne Punished Researchers Who Disclosed PayPal Bugs (The Mac Observer) The HackerOne bug bounty platform punished researchers when they disclosed six vulnerabilities they found in PayPal.

PayPal rejects report that exposed critical account takeover vulnerabilities (HackRead) In a shocking decision, PayPal has rejected vulnerabilities reported by researchers as part of the payment giant’s bug bounty program.

Talent in high demand for cyber companies (Maryland Daily Record) When Amazon held a job fair in November, the compensation packages for cleared software developers were so high that one Maryland executive said it will be a big issue in a field that’s already highly competitive.

Radware Joins Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (Radware) Radware Contributes to Organization Focused on Reducing Complexity of Integrating Disparate Security Tools

Cybersecurity Marketer of the Year Winners Announced (Yahoo) A sell-out crowd of over 300 leaders in the global Cybersecurity marketing community gathered to recognize and honor their best before the opening of the 2020 RSA Conference in San Francisco. Taking home the honors as 2020 Cybersecurity Marketers of the Year were Megan Berry, Senior Director of Demand

Maryland attractive to tech companies (Maryland Daily Record) When the time came to launch the personal finance planning start-up Facet Wealth, the founders asked “What city is best suited to start a tech company?”

Berners-Lee Startup: Aim To Decentralize 'Net' (PYMNTS.com) The startup Inrupt launched by internet founder Sir Tim Berners-Lee is stepping up activity in its mission to build a new world wide web.

Coronavirus kills MWC, IBM withdraws from RSA: What about Kaspersky’s Security Analyst Summit? (ZDNet) Kaspersky has revealed its position on the potential cancellation of the Security Analyst Summit, due to take place in April.

RSA Conference loses one more abbreviated tech giant after AT&T disconnects over Wuhan coronavirus fears (Register) Alternative headline: Killer bio-nasty linked to former alien vault and cyber-hacker gathering

10 hot industry newcomers to watch at RSA Conference 2020 (Help Net Security) The RSA Conference Early Stage Expo is an innovation space dedicated to promoting emerging talent in the industry. Here are companies to watch this year.

Huawei says US push to create a 5G rival 'would be a challenge' (CNBC) There are rising calls from U.S. politicians to find alternatives to Chinese firm Huawei.

After raising $74 million, ZeroFox eyes IPO (Maryland Daily Record) Baltimore cybersecurity firm ZeroFox announced the completion a $74 million funding round Thursday, and CEO James C. Foster said an initial public offering is likely in the company’s future. With the funding raised, ZeroFox hopes to continue its global expansion, setting the stage for the point where it can begin the IPO process. “We are preparing ourselves ...

Baltimore's ZeroFox raises one of Maryland's largest funding rounds for cyber firms (Baltimore Business Journal) Baltimore's ZeroFox has closed another big round of funding as it continues "sprinting" toward an IPO.

Polyverse Lands $8m in New Funding to Accelerate Security Push into Government, Enterprise and IoT (Benzinga) Funding round accelerates growth in new markets for groundbreaking cybersecurity technology provider. BELLEVUE, Wash. (PRWEB) February 20, 2020 Polyverse Corporation received $...

Got privacy? OneTrust doubles valuation to $2.7B as consumer data laws go global | PitchBook (Pitchbook) Privacy tech startup OneTrust has raised a $210 million round as the expansion of global data privacy laws helps create a new sector in software.

Fidelity’s Parent Company Is Spinning Out Its Akoya Personal-Data Startup (Wall Street Journal) Fidelity Investments’ parent company has sold stakes to other financial firms in its software startup that gives consumers more control over how their bank-account information is shared with online financial applications.

Machine learning threat intelligence to secure USCYBERCOM (Military Embedded Systems) Recorded Future, security intelligence company, announced it won a Production-Other Transaction Agreement (P-OTA) contract facilitated by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) for threat intelligence, tasking to company to provide real-time threat analysis to approved federal agencies on an expedited basis.

McKean Captures NAVWAR $249M Contract (MDJOnline.com) McKean Defense Group, LLC announced today that it was awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract to provide the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWCPAC) integration,

Lockheed Martin Contracts With Guardtime Federal To Secure Software Supply Chain (Defense Daily) Lockheed Martin and its partner Guardtime Federal have signed a long-term contract to bring the cyber security company’s blockchain technology to Lockheed

The first information security ecosystem built by Vietnamese (Yahoo) Viettel Cyber Security Company, a member Viettel Group, launched a Managed Security Operation Center (SOC) service on a global scale capable of detecting, analyzing, responding, preventing and investigating traceability of information security incidents and ensuring security for IT systems. In Vietnam

Unisys offers $10,000 to those who compromise a target system protected by Stealth (Help Net Security) Unisys is offering $10,000 to participants who can capture data and credentials protected by the Unisys Stealth cybersecurity solution.

ForgePoint Capital raises $450M for its second cybersecurity investment fund (SiliconANGLE) ForgePoint Capital raises $450M for its second cybersecurity investment fund - SiliconANGLE

QuintessenceLabs Secures Funding from In-Q-Tel (BusinessWire) QuintessenceLabs Secures Funding from In-Q-Tel

Security Unicorn SentinelOne Scores $200M Series E (SDXCentral) Endpoint security company SentinelOne closed a $200 million Series E funding round, which brings its total raised to $429.5 million and its valuation above $1.1 billion.

Netskope attracts $340m in additional investment, led by Sequoia Capital Global Equities (ITWeb) The investment was led by Sequoia Capital Global Equities.

ZeroFOX Announces New $74 Million Funding Round Led by Intel Capital (BusinessWire) ZeroFOX announces the closing of a new round of funding led by Intel Capital.

BluBracket scores $6.5M seed to help secure code in distributed environments (TechCrunch) BluBracket, a new security startup from the folks who brought you Vera, came out of stealth today and announced a $6.5 million seed investment. Unusual Ventures led the round with participation by Point72 Ventures, SignalFire and Firebolt Ventures. The company was launched by Ajay Arora and Prakash…

Huawei security chief, after court setback, says the Chinese tech giant needs to do more explaining (CNBC) Huawei's Andy Purdy spoke a day after a judge rejected its challenge to a U.S. law that restricted its ability to do business with federal agencies and their contractors.

SEC Awards Booz Allen $113M New Cybersecurity Contract (BusinessWire) On December 12, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) awarded Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) an extensive 10-year contract, totaling $11

CACI continues battle for $300M DIA contract (Washington Technology) CACI International has filed a second bid protest over $300 million contract to support the Defense Intelligence Agency and Central Command's intelligence directorate.

SASE Gaining Momentum: Can Palo Alto Maintain Dominance? (Yahoo) Here we discuss a few companies, including Palo Alto Networks (PANW), which have the resources to overcome the challenges and build a completely SASE-based security model.

Nir Zuk slams Check Point's lack of ambition (Globes) The Palo Alto Networks founder and CTO blasts Check Point for putting too much emphasis on profit rather than investing in growth.

Press Release: Acceptto Announces 2X Year-Over-Year Growth Over Last 12 Months (Accepto) New Integrations, Certifications, Patents Strengthen Global Shift to a Passwordless Future for Enterprises. Learn more.

Cracking the Code: Nontraditional Paths into Cyber Security (HeadStuff) Cyber security today is more important than it has ever been before. More and more business sectors are realizing that they are in need of cyber security measures and it is projected that the cyber security market is expected to reach $244.4 billion by 2024. Fortunately, there are many different ways to find oneself working …

Security consultancy Lares expands into Canada (Consulting) Lares, a Denver-based security consulting firm, has expanded into Canada with a new Toronto location.

Keyfactor Launches Partner Network, Announces Channel Leadership Appoi (PRWeb) Keyfactor, the leader in securing digital identities, today announced the launch of the Keyfactor Partner Network, its global channel partner program, and the

Products, services, and solutions.

Keysight’s New Security Operations Platform Enables Organizations to Measure and Improve Effectiveness of Operational Security (Ixia) Keysight’s Threat Simulator delivers actionable recommendations for addressing vulnerabilities and real-time threat intelligence

Valimail Declares: DMARC Visibility Should Be Free (BusinessWire) Valimail DMARC Monitor is being offered for free to help end domain impersonation, phishing and business email compromise (BEC) attacks.

NSS Labs Announces New Ratings System Along with Advanced Endpoint Protection Results (NSS Labs, Inc.) Product Rating Reports align with cyber risk management and insurance needs. AUSTIN, Texas – February 25, 2020 – NSS Labs, Inc., a global leader and trusted source for independent cybersecurity product testing, today announced the launch of a new product ratings system. Product ratings inform consumers about a product’s capacity to meet its obligations—enhancing transparency, and enabling …

NTT Ltd and Palo Alto Networks expand strategic partnership (NTT) NTT Ltd. today announced an expanded strategic partnership to offer a portfolio of intelligence-driven security products that will help clients minimize risk by reducing time to predict, detect and respond to attacks.

Oculeus Wins Cybersecurity Excellence Award for Third Consecutive Year in Category for Communications Fraud Protection Company Recognized for Protecting Enterprise Telephony Systems Against Telecoms Fraud With its AI-driven Oculeus-Protect Service (PR Newswire) Oculeus, a leading provider of innovative telecommunications solutions, today announced that the company has won the Cybersecurity Excellence...

Skybox Security Delivers Enhanced Vulnerability Management Powered by Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (Yahoo) Skybox® Security, a global leader in cybersecurity management, today announced it's integrated with Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) to expand vulnerability management for enterprises that deploy workloads across hybrid and cloud network environments. In addition, Skybox announces

Fortinet Introduces Self-Learning Artificial Intelligence Appliance for Sub-Second Threat Detection (Yahoo) John Maddison, EVP of products and CMO at Fortinet“Fortinet has invested heavily in FortiGuard Labs cloud-based, AI-driven threat.

TNS Joins Verifone Managed Network Service Provider Program (Yahoo) Transaction Network Services (TNS) has completed certification in the Verifone Managed Network Service Provider (MNSP) Program.

Zscaler launches cloud security-focused partner program (ARN) Zscaler has launched a new partner program based on its cloud security platform.

Introducing the Morphisec Unified Threat Prevention Platform -- Version 4 (Morphisec) Version 4.0 of the Morphisec Unified Threat Prevention Platform, built on moving target defense technology, is architected to protect your critical infrastructure from fileless attacks, evasive malware, zero days, and in-memory exploits. Now available for the Linux OS.

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Wind River Labs Unveiled to Drive Developer Innovation at the Intelligent Edge (Wind River Labs) Developer-focused site provides access to software projects, proofs-of-concept, open source integrations, experimental software, and first-ever freely available VxWorks® SDK.

Karamba Security XGuard System Protects Against Vehicle Cyber Attack (DBusiness Magazine) Karamba Security, which has an office in Bloomfield Hills offered a roadshow-like event to show potential customers its vehicle cyber protection.

ReliaQuest Introduces Integrated Attack Simulations to Protect Environments Against Real-World Cyber Threats (PR Newswire) ReliaQuest, a leader in enterprise cybersecurity, today announced Verify, a new core capability of the GreyMatter platform that offers...

wolfSSL Announces the New and Improved OpenSSL Compatibility Layer Share Article (PR Web) wolfSSL, a leading provider of TLS, cryptography and the world’s first commercial TLS 1.3 release, announces the availability of our New and Improved OpenSSL Compatibility Layer.

Sonatype Streamlines Deployment for Millions of Developers Using Kubernetes, Adds Native Helm Support to Nexus Repository (Globe Newswire) Sonatype, the company that scales DevOps through open source governance and software supply chain automation, now includes native support for Helm in its Nexus Repository (NXRM). Additional support for developers using Helm Chart Repositories, and by extension Kubernetes, is part of the company’s commitment to strengthening container-based development and ensuring NXRM always enables users to universally manage software libraries and build artifacts.

Secure IoT Linux Platform FoundriesFactory Sees Adoption from Startups to Enterprise (Yahoo) Foundries.io, a leading open OS platform provider for lifetime deployment of secure IoT and Edge devices, today announced the adoption of its flagship product, FoundriesFactory, by a number of customers ranging from large global enterprises to emerging startups. FoundriesFactory is a secure, customizable

With new release, CrowdStrike targets Google Cloud, Azure and container adopters (SiliconANGLE) After bringing its flagship Falcon endpoint protection platform to Amazon Web Services last year, CrowdStrike Inc. is adding better support for Microsoft Corp.’s Azure and Google Cloud to court enterprises with heterogeneous cloud environments.

Palo Alto Networks Introduces Cortex XSOAR, Redefines Security Orchestration and Automation with Integrated Threat Intel Management (PR Newswire) Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW), the global cybersecurity leader, today introduced Cortex™ XSOAR, an extended security orchestration,...

AWS beefs up its Security Hub with more partner integrations (ARN) Amazon Web Services has added seven external partner integrations, including solutions from FireEye and Forcepoint, to its Security Hub offering.

Bishop Fox Introduces First-of-its-Kind Continuous Attack Surface Testing Managed Security Service (Yahoo) Bishop Fox, the largest private professional services firm focused on offensive security testing, today announced the launch of its Continuous Attack Surface Testing (CAST) managed security service. CAST is a game-changing subscription service that combines a next-generation attack platform with expert-driven

Clevernet Launches Simultaneous Multi-Path Platform to Accelerate WANs Up to 25X (Globe Newswire) AI-Based Software Platform Makes Internet Better by Boosting Speed, Reliability and Security of Data in Motion

Panaseer Sets a New Bar in Cyber With Continuous Business Risk Perspectives (Markets Insider) For the first time enterprises can monitor the crucial link between technology risk and critical business operationsSAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24, 2020 /...

Statnett entrusts Proact with backup delivery (Cision) Proact will deliver a backup solution to Statnett, the system operator of the Norwegian power

Cyber penetration testing adversarial assessment (Military & Aerospace Electronics) A penetration test attempts to exploit computer and digital networking vulnerabilities to determine if malicious activity is possible.

New Kaspersky Threat Intelligence Tools Unlock ‘Bloodline’ Of Business (CRN) Kaspersky has built a portfolio of subscription services around its threat intelligence data to help move upmarket and capture more large deals with enterprise customers.

Microsoft releases Threat Protection with support for iOS and Android (SD Times) Microsoft has announced the general availability of its cybersecurity solution. Microsoft Threat Protection (MTP) is designed to provide security checks across users, emails, applications, and endpoints. The solution alerts users and takes action using AI so that security professionals can automatically detect, investigate, and stop coordinated multi-point attacks, Microsoft explained In addition, it weeds out … continue reading

Heimdal Thor cleans up viruses, blocks future malware, and may just extend the life of your computer (Boing Boing) If you remember your Norse mythology (or just watched Marvel’s Thor movies), you’re probably familiar with Heimdal, the god whose ever-watchful eye was entrusted with protecting the home of the god…

BlackBerry Delivers Zero Trust Architecture Through BlackBerry Spark Platform for Unified Endpoint Security and Unified Endpoint Management (BlackBerry) BlackBerry today announced the BlackBerry Spark® platform with a new unified endpoint security (UES) layer which can work with BlackBerry® unified endpoint management (UEM) to deliver zero trust security.

Privitar Data Privacy Platform Enables Global 2000 to Broaden Critical Data Privacy Initiatives (BusinessWire) Privitar, the global leader in data privacy and data utilization, today unveiled the latest release of the Privitar Data Privacy Platform™. The additi

Idaptive Announces Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication for Endpoint Login and Enhanced Support for Passwordless Authentication (Globe Newswire) Idaptive Next-Gen Access enables greater flexibility for IT teams and provides secure and frictionless access controls

XUMI Chooses nCipher Security to Reduce Mobile Payments Fraud (Yahoo) nCipher Security, an Entrust Datacard company and provider of trust, integrity and control for business-critical information and applications, announces that XUMI, a secure payments provider, is using nCipher nShield Connect hardware security modules (HSMs) to help strengthen the security embedded in

vArmour Announces Strategic Global Partnership with Tanium for Enhanced Application Visibility to Secure Endpoints (Globe Newswire) Partnership enables Continuous Application Relationship Management for endpoints on-premises and in the cloud

vArmour and Gigamon Partner to Provide Enterprise Networks With Elevated Application Visibility and Control (Globe Newswire) Joint customers gain access to Continuous Application Relationship Management for protecting applications across environments without endpoint agents

vArmour and Tufin Partner to Accelerate Policy Orchestration and Secure Applications Across On-Premise and Hybrid Cloud (Globe Newswire) Partnership enables real-time network visibility and change automation driven by Continuous Application Relationship Management for security and compliance

Cyberint Launches Managed Threat Hunting (PR Newswire) Cyberint, a leading service provider of intelligence-driven detection and response solutions to digital businesses, is now offering the Managed...

wolfSSL Announces the wolfJSSE Provider (PRWeb) wolfSSL, the leading provider of TLS cryptography and the world’s first commercial release of TLS 1.3, announces the wolfJSSE Provider. The Java Secure So

Kount Announces Email First Seen Capabilities as Part AI-Powered Identity Trust Global Network (MarTechSeries) Email First Seen allows customers to see the age of an email that appears in an interaction, enabling them to more quickly and accurately determine identity trust and further improve fraud prevention effectiveness Kount, the leading fraud prevention solution, announced the immediate availability of Email First Seen as an indicator of email trust, an integral part of the Identity Trust Global Network. Unveiled earlier this month, Kount’s Identity Trust Global Network includes fraud and trust signals from more than half a billion email addresses, 32 billion interactions and 17.5 billion devices reviewed annually, across more than 75 industries and 50+ payment

Prey Inc. Aids Schools and Universities Develop and Secure 1:1 Laptop Programs With New Device Loan Manager Solution (Yahoo) Prey Inc., provider of the cross-platform, open source device manager, reactive anti-theft and data protection platform that protects more than eight million mobile devices, today announced the Device Loan Manager, a new capability available to Enterprise and Education customers. Prey’s Device Loan

Payments Industry Turning Point - Coalfire First to Certify With New Software Security Standard (PR Newswire) Coalfire, a provider of cybersecurity advisory and assessment services, today became the first firm to be accredited by the Payment Card...

Gurucul Automates and Advances Threat Hunting with AI/ML for Intelligent Threat Detection and Faster Response Times (AP NEWS) Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation.

CrowdStrike Announces Automated Sensor Deployment for Falcon on Google Cloud (Yahoo) Announcement of automated sensor deployment of Google Cloud

Mimecast now integrated with IBM Security (ITP.net) Mimecast, announced a new integration with IBM Security Resilient solution.

Cloudian Announces Collaborative Solution With Veeam for Hardened Ransomware Protection (Globe Newswire) Features On-premises S3 Object Lock and U.S. Government-certified Data Immutability, Providing Assured Restore in the Event of an Attack

Rohde & Schwarz Launches Software Plug-In for NAT Detection & Mobile Tethering Tansparency (Fast Mode) ipoque launched an easy-to-integrate software plug-in for network address translation (NAT) detection and mobile tethering transparency

NowSecure Announces World’s First Mobile IAST Technology (Globe Newswire) Interactive Security Testing (IAST) Instrumentation Enables Deepest Test Coverage

Breach Clarity offers financial institutions a breach risk intelligence platform (Paypers) Fraud prevention and detection tech company Breach Clarity has developed a new ML platform for financial service providers to enable highly targeted protections for customers.

Trustwave Unveils Cloud Security Services For Palo Alto Networks Prisma Cloud (BusinessWire) Trustwave today unveiled a new portfolio of consulting and managed security services for Palo Alto Networks Prisma Cloud.

SentinelOne: From Endpoint Protection to Cybersecurity Data Lake (MSSP Alert) SentinelOne introduces the Singularity Platform -- a type of cybersecurity data lake that uses AI to help organizations guard against cyber threats.

SolarWinds Gets Nerdy, Adds Important Layer to Partner Success Programs (Channel Futures) One of the biggest hurdles MSPs face is how to work on their business, instead of just working in it. This program is designed to add to SolarWinds’ broader set of initiatives that have one singular objective: to help MSPs understand and maximize the most important business growth areas including security, automation, and operations.

Recorded Future Introduces Security Operations and Response Module (Homenewshere.com) Recorded Future, the global leader in security intelligence, today announced its plans for a new approach to building an intelligence-led cybersecurity program, designed to

KnowBe4 releases a sequel to its video cyberthriller (St Pete Catalyst) Clearwater cybersecurity training company KnowBe4 has released a second season for The Inside Man, a video series that brings the pitfalls in office IT security to life. "From social engineering, insider threats and passwords, to third-party apps and AI, The Inside Man teaches your users real-world application that makes learning how to make smarter security [...]

Cyware Labs Enhances Suite of Cyber Fusion Solutions with "The Human Element" (Yahoo) Cyware’s 2.0 suite of cyber fusion products enables organizations to detect, analyze, and act on security threats.

IronKey D300 features advanced security, achieves NATO Restricted Level Certification (Help Net Security) The Kingston IronKey D300, IronKey D300S and IronKey D300SM have been listed in the NATO Information Assurance Product Catalogue for security products.

Virsec Launches Solution for Continuous Application Protection from Development through Production (BusinessWire) Virsec will launch its new solution for continuous application protection, from development through production, at RSAC 2020.

Guardicore Threat Intelligence Firewall Hardens Security Policies in Modern Data Centers (Guardicore) The Guardicore Threat Intelligence Firewall feature goes beyond traditional firewall measures to help harden security profiles in complex cloud environments.

Level 2 Legal Launches Dedicated Compliance and Privacy Practice Areas (PRWeb) Level 2 Legal Solutions, a leading legal services company, today announced the formation of new Compliance and Privacy Practice Areas specifically geared towards

ProcessUnity Expands Vendor Risk Management Software with New Best Practices Configuration (Globe Newswire) New Out-of-the-Box Configuration Provides Quick-to-Deploy, Comprehensive Solution for Third-Party Risk Management

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Deploys Forescout Across 1.3 Million Devices - Forescout (Forescout) Forescout Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSCT), the global leader in device visibility and control, today announced that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has deployed the Forescout platform across 1.3 million unique devices at more than 280 physical locations, hitting a critical cybersecurity milestone for the Agency. As the …

SyncDog and SecureAge Partner to Offer Universal Encryption, Securing Data Flow Across All Employees’ Devices (BusinessWire) SyncDog Inc., the leading Independent Software Vendor (ISV) for next generation mobile security and data loss prevention, today announced their partne

RiskLens FAIR Enterprise Model™ - RiskLens (RiskLens) RiskLens enterprise enables the Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR) model. The RiskLens FAIR Enterprise Model™ delivers tech, services and outcome based solutions.

The best free antivirus for 2020: Keep your PC safe without spending a dime (PCWorld) Many of the best mainstream antivirus vendors offer a free version of their security suites. Here are our top five choices for free AV for PCs.

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IntSights Enhances All-Star Executive Team With Veteran Chief Compliance Officer (Yahoo) Global Threat Intelligence Leader is First Provider in the Market to Join Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council

Tim Berners-Lee expands Inrupt team to ‘restore power’ on the web (Silicon Republic) Inrupt, a start-up founded by Tim Berners-Lee and John Bruce, has appointed five new leaders as it ramps up operations to change the web.

Haystax Strengthens Executive and Insider-Threat Teams #28503 (New Kerala) Business World: Haystax Strengthens Executive and Insider-Threat Teams - KANSAS CITY, Mo: Fishtech Group is pleased to welcome two widely respected cybersecurity industry leaders to the Haystax team.

Netsurion Appoints Stuart Dross New Chief Revenue Officer (Globe Newswire) IT Security Veteran Brings 30+ Years of Sales and Leadership Experience

Cybersecurity veteran Rick Howard joins the CyberWire as CSO and Chief Analyst (MarketWatch) The CyberWire announced today that cybersecurity veteran, and former Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Palo Alto...

Arete Incident Response Adds Elite Incident Response and Forensic Investigators to its Canadian Cyber Response Team (Yahoo) Arete Incident Response, an elite team of cyber security experts and incident responders, announced today the addition of key personnel for its Canada operations. Together, the new team members bring years of experience leading challenging, cyber incident response

CrowdStrike co-founder Dmitri Alperovitch steps down to launch nonprofit (CyberScoop) Dmitri Alperovitch, CrowdStrike’s chief technology officer and co-founder, has left to launch a nonprofit, according to a tweet he sent Wednesday.

Praetorian Adds Cam McMartin to Board of Directors (Yahoo) Praetorian, a cybersecurity company on a mission to make the world safer and more secure, announced today the addition of former SailPoint Technologies executive Cam McMartin to its board of directors.

Veeam Appoints Gil Vega as Chief Information Security Officer (Yahoo) Managing Director and CISO at CME Group, Inc. joins Veeam, the leader in Cloud Data Management

ThreatConnect hires four new senior management team members (Help Net Security) ThreatConnect, provider of an intelligence-driven security operations platform, announces the hiring of four new senior management team members.

CrowdStrike Promotes Michael Sentonas to Worldwide CTO (BusinessWire) CrowdStrike® Inc. (Nasdaq: CRWD), a leader in cloud-delivered endpoint protection, today announced the appointment of Michael Sentonas as the company’