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V3 | Issue 33 | 8.18.21

Cisco to acquire Epsagon. Mandiant acquires Intrigue. InfoSum raises $65 million in Series B round.

Summary

By the CyberWire staff

At a glance.

Cisco to acquire Epsagon.
Mandiant acquires Intrigue.
InfoSum raises $65 million in Series B round.

Mergers and acquisitions.

Cisco will acquire Israeli application monitoring company Epsagon for $500 million, TechCrunch reports. Cisco stated, "Epsagon’s technology and talent align well with Cisco’s vision to enable enterprises to deliver unmatched application experiences through industry-leading solutions with deep business context. By contextualizing and correlating visibility and insights across the full stack, teams can improve collaboration to better understand their systems, solve issues quickly, optimize and secure application experiences and delight their customers. When the acquisition closes, the Epsagon team will join our Strategy, Incubation and Applications group."

FireEye's Mandiant has acquired Intrigue, an attack surface management company based in Austin, Texas. The company stated, "By offering Intrigue’s technology through the Mandiant Advantage platform, customers will be able to address critical gaps in their security programs by leveraging the latest attack surface management capabilities in an easy-to-use software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform."

Vancouver-based hardware and software company Tevano has agreed to acquire cyber deception technology provider Illuria Security. David Bajwa, CEO of Tevano, stated, "Through the implementation of Illuria's technology into our Health Shield platform, we realized the unique opportunity presented by Illuria's cyber-deception technology, both as part of the Health Shield solution and as a standalone application."

Austin, Texas-based secure identity company HID Global has acquired Rochester, New York-based Omni-ID, a company that manufactures "RFID tags and industrial IoT hardware devices for passive and active tagging, tracking, monitoring and alerting applications." The company stated, "The acquisition extends HID’s market leadership in RFID technology and strengthens its presence in India and China."

Investments and exits.

New York City-based secure data sharing platform provider InfoSum has raised $65 million in a Series B round led by Chrysalis Investments. According to VentureBeat, the company's President Lauren Wetzel says the funding will "be put toward doubling the size of the company’s engineering team, growing sales and customer operations, and expanding into new regions."

Santa Clara, California-based cloud data protection company Baffle has raised $20 million in a Series B round led by Celesta Capital, with participation from National Grid Partners, Lytical Ventures, Nepenthe Capital, True Ventures, Greenspring Associates, Clearvision Ventures, Engineering Capital, and Triphammer Ventures. The company's CEO and co-founder Ameesh Divatia stated, "With this fundraising, we’re scaling up our product development and go-to-market engine to further position us to meet accelerating market demand for data-centric cloud data protection and digital information sharing across businesses and applications."

Massachusetts-based RSA Security has received an investment from Clearlake Capital Group. The amount of the investment wasn't disclosed. RSA's CEO Rohit Ghai stated, "Clearlake's investment in RSA comes at an opportune time and will support the Company as it looks to accelerate innovation in the key cybersecurity and risk management markets in which we operate."

Executive moves.

Palo Alto Networks has named BJ Jenkins as its new President Channel Futures reports. Jenkins was previously CEO of Barracuda, where he'll be succeeded as CEO by Hatem Naguib. Jenkins will continue serving on Barracuda's board of directors.

Exabeam has appointed Pedro Abreu as Chief Operating Officer. Abreu previously served as Chief Product and Strategy Officer at Forescout.

Exabeam has also appointed Sean Abbott as its first APAC channel chief, CRN reports.

Delphix has appointed Pritesh Parekh as Chief Trust & Security Officer and VP of Engineering. Parekh previously served as Chief Trust & Security Officer, VP of Engineering at Virtustream.

Optiv has appointed John Ayers as Senior Vice President MXDR, Shane Cox as Vice President of Security Operations, and Rocky DeStefano as Senior Vice President of Innovation and Development.

Socure has hired Mike Cook as Vice President of Commercialization, Fraud Solutions.

CACI International has appointed Major General (Ret.) Peter Gallagher as a Senior Vice President, where he'll "serve as principal advisor to the sector president and lead the integration strategy of innovative technology solutions for national security customers."

Very Good Security (VGS) has hired Reena Choudhry as Chief Revenue Officer.

Forcepoint has hired Rees Johnson as Chief Product Officer.

Mandiant has appointed Vikram Ramesh as Chief Marketing Officer.

FireEye has hired Mark Ellis as its first country manager for New Zealand, Reseller News reports.

Nixu has appointed Jan Mickos as Business Area Lead, Managed Services.

Beazley has hired Patricia Kocsondy as Head of US Cyber & Tech, Reinsurance News reports.

Abnormal Security has hired Anita Grantham as Chief People Officer. Grantham previously served as Chief People Officer at Pluralsight.

ForgeRock has appointed Tschudy Smith as Chief People Officer. Smith previously served as Senior Vice President of People and Communities at Cisco.

Selected Reading

Marketplace

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ESET Celebrates the fifth anniversary of No More Ransom (CXOToday.com) ESET, a global leader in cybersecurity, celebrates the fifth anniversary of No More Ransom – a joint initiative started in 2016 by law enforcement and IT secu

Axis Security Ahead of the Curve for Achieving Data Compliance Certifications (Axis security) Organization Reaffirms Commitment to Security and Privacy for Zero Trust Network Access Solution with SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 Certifications SAN MATEO, CA – Axis Security, the leader in Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), announced today it has achieved SOC 2 Type II Compliance and ISO 27001 certifications for its organization and ZTNA...

Test Cybersecurity Skills in Global Capture the Flag Competition (PR Newswire) /PRNewswire/ -- Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global cybersecurity leader, today announced the 7th annual global Capture the Flag...

After spyware scandal, Israeli NSO touts 'proud family of workers saving lives' (Haaretz) After global investigation put the Israeli cyberarms firm on the defensive, new campaign – using the hashtag #IamNSO – highlights NSO's ‘family’ of workers.

Xator Subsidiary to Develop Biometric ID Vetting Platform for State Department (ExecutiveBiz) A Xator subsidiary has received a $46.8 million contract to build a multimodal biometric system to support vetting procedures at State Department facilities worldwide.InCadence Strategic Solutions will help the department's Office of the Chief Technology Officer implement the Ares biometric technology and the Diplomatic Security Identity Assurance System under the 10-year contract, Xator said Tuesday.The

ZeroNorth Achieves Key Corporate Milestones in H1 2021 (ZeroNorth) Patent Filings Related to Vulnerability Management and AppSec Risk Support the Goal of Enabling Customers’ Progress Toward True DevSecOps Boston, August 17, 2021 –– ZeroNorth, the ...

Group-IB Recognized as a Global Cyber Threat Intelligence Leader by Frost & Sullivan (PR Newswire) /PRNewswire/ -- Group-IB, one of the leading providers of solutions dedicated to detecting and preventing cyberattacks, identifying online fraud, investigation...

2 Cybersecurity Stocks That Just Crushed Earnings (The Motley Fool) They're small, highly specialized players of the cybersecurity industry, and the need for their solutions continues to grow.

As cyber funds continue to surge, founders must contemplate where to grab their millions (SC Media) As funding divvied to cyber startups continues to explode, founders face a new dilemma: When and from whom do they accept the millions of dollars?

Money pours in for anti-hacking firms (The Straits Times) (NYTIMES) - As cyber attacks proliferated this year, Mr Sanjay Beri, chief executive of Netskope, received a phone call. Then an e-mail. Then more messages.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The six biggest vendor cybersecurity acquisitions of all time, and why they were made (ChannelWeb) CRN runs through the top six cybersecurity acquisitions from vendors, following the news that NortonLifeLock is acquiring Avast

Socure is Named to the 2021 Forbes Cloud 100 List of the Best Private Cloud Companies in the World (BusinessWire) Socure, the leading provider of digital identity verification and fraud solutions, today announced it has been named to the Forbes 2021 Cloud 100, the

'It's a mess' - Calls made for cyber industry to do more in tackling security skills shortages (ChannelWeb) Business leaders tell CRN that companies must offer more training to close security skills gap

Group-IB Recognized as a Global Cyber Threat Intelligence Leader by Frost & Sullivan (PR Newswire) /PRNewswire/ -- Group-IB, one of the leading providers of solutions dedicated to detecting and preventing cyberattacks, identifying online fraud, investigation...

GAO to decide WildandStormy bid protest outcome by Oct. 29 (FedScoop) The Government Accountability Office will decide the outcome of a bid protest filed by Microsoft over a billion-dollar cloud procurement involving the National Security Agency by Oct. 29. A GAO spokesperson confirmed to FedScoop that the agency had received a complaint from the tech giant, and outlined a timeline for the bid protest process. Under procurement […]

Army Awards Contract For Major Crypto Update (Breaking Defense) “NGLD-M will be the biggest material change in cryptographic key delivery in 20 years,” Michael Badger, product lead of COMSEC, said.

U.S. Navy Awards NCI Prime Position on SeaPort NxG Multiple Award Contract (BusinessWire) The U.S. Navy has awarded NCI Information Systems a prime position on the SeaPort NxG multiple award contract.

Microsoft challenges NSA's decision to award $10bn contract to Amazon (Computing) Once again, Amazon and Microsoft are in dispute over a multi-billion dollar cloud contract - but this time, Microsoft is on the attack

NSA quietly awards $10 billion cloud contract to Amazon, drawing protest from Microsoft (Washington Post) The National Security Agency has quietly awarded a contract worth up to $10 billion to Amazon Web Services, setting off another high-stakes fight among rival tech giants over national security contract dollars.

Products, Services, and Solutions

Audiomack Drives Down Risk with Public Bug Bounty on the Bugcrowd Platform (BusinessWire) Bugcrowd, the industry-leading crowdsourced cybersecurity platform, today announced Audiomack, a free music sharing and discovery platform, is launchi

iboss Expands CASB Functionality and Security Abilities on iboss Cloud Platform (Yahoo) iboss, the leading Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) cloud security provider, today announced the general availability of three new features that have been added to the iboss Cloud Platform: API Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), Advanced CASB controls and Remote Browser Isolation (RBI). These latest enhancements continue to expand the CASB functionality, security, and data leakage protection abilities available on the iboss platform.

National Cyber Security Alliance Unveils Cybersecurity Education and Career Resource Library (GlobeNewswire News Room) On a mission to empower a more secure, interconnected world, the National Cyber Security Alliance partners with Palo Alto Networks and other cybersecurity...

TechnoBind Partners with StorCentric to Provide Secure Data Management Solutions (CXOToday.com) TechnoBind, India's first specialist distributor for data and associated domains, today announced it has signed up as a Value-Added Distributor (VAD) partner f

CERT-In empanels Siemens for security audit services (Devdiscourse) Read more about CERT-In empanels Siemens for security audit services on Devdiscourse

Air Force Adopts Novetta Developed PICARD for Base Defense (Johnson City Press) MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Novetta, an advanced analytics company, announced today that the U.S. Air Force has accepted Novetta's PICARD, Platform for Integrated C3 and Responsive Defense,

VMware Carbon Black Unveils Cloud Endpoint Vulnerability Management Module (MSSP Alert) VMware Carbon Black launches a Vulnerability Management module equipped with Kenna Security risk scoring capabilities for its Cloud Endpoint solution.

New infosec products of the week: August 13, 2021 (Help Net Security) The featured infosec products this week are from the following vendors: NETGEAR, McAfee, Sectigo, Arcserve, Nutanix, Sophos, Threat Stack.

Recorded Future Integrates with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Continuous Threat Protection (PR Newswire) /PRNewswire/ -- Recorded Future, one of the world's largest providers of intelligence for enterprise security, today announced it has further strengthened its...

Zignal Labs takes media intelligence real time (ZDNet) News travels fast these days. Zignal Labs is one of an emerging group of providers that are venturing beyond social media monitoring to provide a broader, real-time picture of what's hot and what's not.

Red Canary Partners with SentinelOne for Edge to Edge Next-Generation Security (AiThority) SentinelOne, cybersecurity platform, announced a new partnership with Red Canary, a leading provider of security operations solutions.

New 'Allstar' App Enforces Security Best Practices for GitHub Projects | SecurityWeek.Com (SecurityWeek) New open source app Allstar, developed by Google, provides automated continuous enforcement of security best practices for GitHub projects.

Concentric Ransomware Module Extends Data Governance Solution to Limit Exposure, Detect Attacks in Progress, and Improve Recovery (BusinessWire) Concentric Inc., a leading vendor of intelligent AI-based solutions for protecting business-critical data, announced today that it has extended its AI

Top Value Added Distributor, Infinigate, Strengthens Cyber Solutions with Selection of CYREBRO's SOC Platform (PR Newswire) /PRNewswire/ -- CYREBRO, the only interactive SOC platform solution for SMBs, today announced that Infinigate, Europe's largest purveyor of cyber security...

Google open-sources Allstar, a tool to protect GitHub repos (The Record by Recorded Future) Google has open-sourced today a project named Allstar that can be used to secure GitHub projects by constantly watching and enforcing a set of security policies with the hope of preventing basic security misconfigurations.

CompTIA ISAO Adds Sophos' Real-Time Cybersecurity Threat Analysis... (Enterprise Security Magazine) Members of the ISAO have access to SophosLabs IntelixTM, which provides a quick analysis of known and unknown cybersecurity risks.

DigiCert Launches New Signing Service to Verify ID, Prevent Modification (eWEEK) DigiCert Document Signing Manager simplifies and secures the process of signing documents electronically.

KMPG's Second Audit Confirms PureVPN's Claims of Being A Zero-Logs VPN Is Valid (MarketWatch) Aug 05, 2021 (AB Digital via COMTEX) -- 5th Aug, 2021 - PureVPN has cultivated a formidable image for itself as one of the securest options to maintain your...

CompoSecure and Nok Nok Partner to deliver advanced security and authenticationSubscribeLatest PostsTwitterLatest PostsNewsletterNavigation (NokNok) Category leaders create an innovative solution to protect consumers and enable merchants to fight online fraud with a breakthrough “internet ID and payment card”

DH2i Launches Free DxEnterprise & DxOdyssey Developer Editions (DH2i) The DH2i team is excited to announce the launch of our free DxEnterprise and DxOdyssey Developer Edition software, available for trials and non-production use.

Orca Security Announces Global Partner Program to Bring Instant-On Security and Compliance to More Customers’ AWS, Azure, and GCP Estates (BusinessWire) Orca Security today announced a robust global partner program to further extend the reach of its SaaS-based platform for workload and data protection,

Cybrary and Degreed Join Forces to Deliver Integrated Cybersecurity Learning Experiences (PR Newswire) /PRNewswire/ -- Cybrary, the leading cybersecurity workforce development platform, and Degreed, the upskilling platform that connects learning to...

People

Forcepoint Appoints Rees Johnson Chief Product Officer to Accelerate Company's Data-first SASE Strategy (PR Newswire) /PRNewswire/ -- Forcepoint, a global leader in data-first cybersecurity, today announced Rees Johnson has joined the company as Chief Product Officer (CPO)....

FireEye hires Mark Ellis as first NZ country manager (Reseller News) US-headquartered cyber security vendor FireEye has launched a physical presence for the first time in the New Zealand market, hiring Mark Ellis as its first local country manager.

KnowBe4 Celebrates 11th Anniversary With Donation to Maintain Honey Bee Hives (GlobeNewswire News Room) KnowBe4 celebrates another anniversary by helping to better the environment...

Very Good Security (VGS) Hires Reena Choudhry as Chief Revenue Officer (BusinessWire) Very Good Security (VGS) today announced the hire of Reena Choudhry as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO).

Delphix appoints Pritesh Parekh as Chief Trust & Security Officer (Security Magazine) Pritesh Parekh will be responsible for DevOps, trust, security, and QA in engineering.

Barracuda Networks Leader Named Palo Alto Networks President (Channel Futures) Barracuda Networks' president and CEO BJ Jenkins has left that company to become Palo Alto Networks' new president. Palo Alto also has a new CEO.

Army Vet Peter Gallagher Takes SVP Role at CACI; Todd Probert Quoted (GovCon Wire) Looking for the latest GovCon News? Check out our story: Peter Gallagher appointed CACI national security tech sector lead. Click to read more!

Jan Mickos appointed Nixu Corporation’s Business Area Lead, Managed Services and member of Corporate Leadership Team (News Powered by Cision) Nixu Corporation, Press Release on August 12, 2021 at 8.31 AM EEST Jan Mickos, who has an

Anita Grantham Appointed Chief People Officer of Abnormal Security (Abnormal Security) SAN FRANCISCO, August 11, 2021 — Abnormal Security, provider of the leading cloud-native email security platform that leverages behavioral data science to stop modern email attacks, today announced the appointment of Anita Grantham as Chief People Officer. Grantham leads all aspects of Abnormal’s talent and culture strategy, including employee experience, recruiting, rewards, retention, and career […]