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V3 | Issue 4 | 1.27.21

Deloitte acquires Root9B. Axiad raises $20 million. CloudSphere appoints Jane Gilson as CEO.

Summary

By the CyberWire staff

At a glance.

Deloitte acquires Root9B.
Axiad raises $20 million.
CloudSphere appoints Jane Gilson as CEO.

Mergers and acquisitions.

Colorado Springs companies are acquired. Deloitte has acquired the Colorado Springs-based threat hunting firm Root9B (R9B). Deloitte stated that "[t]he deal will bolster Deloitte’s existing Detect and Respond cyber client offering with R9B’s deeply experienced cyber operations professionals and its award-winning threat-hunting and risk assessment solutions."

Utah-based IT services and security provider Ivanti has also agreed to acquire another Colorado Springs-based IT service management software provider, Cherwell Software. The company stated, "Ivanti is acquiring Cherwell to expand the reach of its Neurons platform, providing end-to-end service and asset management from IT to lines of business and from every endpoint to the IoT edge. Ivanti will continue to maintain and invest in both Cherwell and Ivanti service management platforms while working to converge the best aspects of each."

And a third acquisition is staying in-state. Boulder, Colorado-based cybersecurity compliance and risk assessment firm Gigit has finalized its acquisition of Peak InfoSec, a cybersecurity consultancy headquartered in Colorado Springs. Gigit stated, "Peak InfoSec will act as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gigit, providing Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Third-Party Assessor Organization (C3PAO) conformity assessments to Gigit's clients that are part of the Defense Industrial Base."

Minneapolis-based digital identity and payment security firm Entrust has acquired HyTrust, a data encryption, key management, and cloud security company headquartered in Mountain View, California. Entrust's press release states, "Entrust and HyTrust have partnered on joint solutions that combine Entrust nShield® hardware security modules (HSMs) with HyTrust DataControl and KeyControl cryptographic key management servers (KMS). The joint solutions centralize and automate cryptographic key management, enabling enterprises to consistently generate and control encryption key lifecycles at scale. With this acquisition, Entrust plans to accelerate security and compliance solutions for on-premise, hybrid, virtualized and multi-cloud environments."

London-headquartered IT services firm Charterhouse Voice and Data has acquired Cambridgeshire-based managed cybersecurity services provider Pentesec, UC Today reports. Charterhouse CEO Mark Brooks-Wadham told UC Today, "Within the next six months we’ll have our own, in-house, 24/7 SOC and Pentesec will form the backbone of that."

Investments and exits.

Santa Clara-California-based passwordless authentication platform provider Axiad has raised $20 million in growth financing from Invictus Growth Partners. The company stated, "The proceeds of the financing will be used to accelerate sales, marketing and development of its cutting edge multi-factor authentication platform, which protects more than 2.5 million enterprise credentials for hundreds of global customers. Invictus Co-founders and Managing Partners, John DeLoche and William Nettles, will join Axiad's board."

Valtix, a cloud-native network security platform provider based in Santa Clara, California, has secured $12.5 million in strategic funding from Cisco Investments, Northgate Capital, and The Syndicate Group. The company stated, "The new capital will be used to accelerate the company's go-to-market strategy that will help Valtix scale in 2021. Valtix will also leverage extensive channel relationships in partnership with The Syndicate Group (TSG), a boutique venture capital firm with deep channel relationships across an extensive network of VARs, integrators and consultancies."

Mission Secure, an ICS cybersecurity company headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia, has raised $5.6 million in a Series B round led by IREON Ventures, Energy Innovation Capital, and Blue Bear Capital Partners, with participation from Chevron Technology Ventures and the University of Virginia LVG Seed Fund. The company says it "will use the new funding to advance the innovative technologies in its patented cyber-protection platform and to recruit additional ICS cybersecurity experts to support 24/7 managed services for its expanding global customer base in oil and gas, chemicals, maritime, manufacturing, smart cities, and defense organizations."

Israeli cloud-native and Kubernetes security startup ARMO has emerged from stealth with $4.5 million in seed funding from Pitango First. ARMO says it "plans to use the funds to expand its go-to-market efforts and commercial offering of its technology."

SpiderSilk, an advanced threat detection startup based in Dubai, has secured $2.25 million in a pre-Series A funding round led by Global Ventures and STV, Gulf Business reports. Gulf Business says the investment will be used "to expand spiderSilk’s geographic footprint across the MENA region, and establish a presence in North America."

VentureIsrael, OurCrowd, and Labs/02 have invested an undisclosed amount in Jerusalem-based quantum cryptographic software startup QuantLR. The company says the funding "will be used to continue R&D, as well as to begin commercialization of the QuantLR's technology."

Executive moves.

CloudSphere has appointed Jane Gilson as its new CEO. Gilson previously served as Microsoft's General Manager of Business Strategy and Google's Director of Large Customer Sales for Emerging Markets.

Dashlane co-founder Emmanuel Schalit is stepping down as CEO of the company, TechCrunch reports, to be replaced by JD Sherman, former COO of HubSpot. Sherman stated that the move "is about thinking about its next leg of our scaling strategy, more B2B monetization after being strong in B2C."

Limelight Networks has appointed Bob Lyons as its new CEO, effective February 1st, StreetInsider reports. Lyons was previously CEO of Alert Logic. Limelight's current President and CEO, Bob Lento, is retiring.

Claroty has hired Simon Chassar as Chief Revenue Officer. Chassar most recently served as Chief Revenue Officer at NTT Ltd.

Evolv Technology has hired Dana Loof as Chief Marketing Officer. Loof previously served as Palo Alto Networks's Vice President of Marketing for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Illumio has appointed Shay Mowlem as Chief Marketing Officer. Mowlem previously served as Senior VP of Product and Strategy at Rubrik.

Fortinet has hired Andrew Sheedy as Director of Operational Technology Solutions for Australia and New Zealand, CRN reports. Sheedy previously served as Information Security Manager at Speedcast Managed Services.

Forcepoint has promoted Sean Berg, formerly a Senior Vice President, to President of Global Governments and Critical Infrastructure.

Devo has appointed Ted Julian as Senior Vice President of Product. Julian most recently co-founded Resilient Systems.

INAP has hired Warren Greenberg as Vice President of US Sales. Greenberg most recently served as a Vice President/General Manager at Lumen Technologies (formerly known as CenturyLink).

MetricStream has hired Michael Johnson as SVP of Channel and Alliances. Johnson was previously a Division Vice President at ITA Group.

Nozomi Networks has added Barmak Meftah to its board of directors. Meftah most recently served as President of AT&T Cybersecurity.

In memoriam.

Phillip "Jack" London, executive chairman and former CEO of CACI International, has died of natural causes at 83, the Washington Business Journal reports. CACI's board has elected Michael Daniels as its new chairman. Washington Technology quotes Daniels as stating, "Jack was a strong and determined leader who built CACI from a small company to a major multi-billion dollar force in our government contracting industry."

Selected Reading

Marketplace.

ARMO Emerges from Stealth with $4.5 Million to Infuse Visibility, Control and Security into Every Cloud-Native Workload (PR Newswire) ARMO, developers of a pioneering platform that inherently secures cloud-native workloads with in-memory protection coupled with built-in...

Ivanti to Acquire Cherwell to Enable End-to-End Service and Asset Management (Ivanti) The combination cements Ivanti’s position as the only Enterprise Service Management vendor to offer end-to-end service and asset management from IT to lines of business and from every endpoint to the IoT edge.

Deloitte Buys Cybersecurity Firm Root9B; Deborah Golden Quoted (GovCon Wire) Deloitte & Touche has acquired all the assets of Root9B for an undisclosed sum to add cybersecur

Deloitte bolsters cyber threat hunting capabilities with acquisition of Root9B (Help Net Security) Deloitte announced acquisition of substantially all the assets of Root9B to bolster its existing Detect and Respond cyber client offering.

Colorado Springs-based Cherwell Software to be sold to Utah company (Colorado Springs Gazette) Colorado Springs-based Cherwell Software will be acquired by Salt Lake City information technology security company Ivanti in a deal backed by two private equity investment firms, Ivanti announced Tuesday.

Source Defense Experiences over 250% Growth in 2020; Expands Global Footprint to Help Protect Retail, Financial Services and Healthcare Websites (PR Newswire) Source Defense, the market leader in website client-side security, announced today it achieved for the second year in a row over 250%...

Silicon Valley Investment Firm Profits From Surveillance States (Bloomberg) Francisco Partners invests in tech that governments use for both mundane and controversial purposes.

Speedo Billionaires Notch 530% Gain in a Year on Palantir Bet (Bloomberg) Rubin family made their fortune in sports apparel, footwear. They owned a $253.5 million stake at time of Palantir’s IPO.

YouTube extends Trump's suspension for a second time (CNET) The Google-owned platform first suspended Trump on Jan. 12.

Connecting People to Credible Information about the Holocaust off Facebook (About Facebook) Starting today, anyone who searches for terms associated with either the Holocaust or Holocaust denial, will see a message from Facebook connecting them with credible information.

Lefties furious! Facebook bans Socialist Workers Party as dozens of activists removed (Express) A SOCIALIST GROUP has been left furious after its official account was banned on Facebook and dozens of activists were removed without giving "a reason".

Facebook purges left-wing pages and individuals (World Socialist Web Site) On Friday, Facebook carried out a purge of left-wing, antiwar and progressive Facebook pages and accounts, including members of the Socialist Equality Party.

Facebook escalates attack on socialist left (World Socialist Web Site) Facebook is engaged in an escalating campaign of state-backed internet censorship targeting socialist organizations, including the International Youth and Students for Social Equality.

Ideas | India has its own Donald Trumps, but they’re still on Facebook and Twitter (Rest of World) If social media platforms can silence the most powerful office in the world, why can’t they do the same for India’s anti-Muslim politicians?

Invite-Only Social App Clubhouse Is Slowly Getting Pried Open (Bloomberg) Once a playground for early adopters, the private chat app is attracting tech leaders, celebrities and politicians—and the media attention that comes with them.

Passwordless Authentication Provider Axiad Raises $20 Million (SecurityWeek) Axiad, a provider of a cloud-based passwordless authentication solutions, has raised $20 million in growth funding from private equity firm from Invictus Growth Partners.

Charterhouse Bolsters Cybersecurity Offering with Latest Acquisition (UC Today) UC Today reports on the latest technology news from around the globe. Read similar Unified Communications news to 'Charterhouse Bolsters Cybersecurity Offering with Latest Acquisition' here

Entrust Acquires HyTrust, Expanding Encryption, Key Management and Security Posture Management for Virtualised and Multi-Cloud Environments (Yahoo) Entrust a global leader in trusted identity, payments and data protection, today announced that it has acquired HyTrust, Inc., an innovative provider of virtualised and multi-cloud data encryption, key management, and cloud security posture management solutions. Terms of the deal will not be disclosed. By acquiring HyTrust, Entrust adds a critical management layer for encryption, cryptographic keys, and cloud security policy to its digital security solutions, serving the data protection and compliance needs of organisations accelerating their digital transformations.

Deloitte acquires Root9B (Intelligence Community News) Deloitte & Touche LLP announced on January 25 its acquisition of substantially all the assets of Root9B, LLC (R9B), a leading provider of advanced cyber threat hunting services and solutions.

Mission Secure Announces Series B Venture Funding to Further Advance Its Patented OT Cybersecurity Protection Platform (PR Newswire) The expansion of digital technologies accompanied by an upswing in ICS-specific threats targeting these critical infrastructure ecosystems is...

Axiom Cloud Closes Seed Financing led by Ulu Ventures (PR Newswire) Axiom Cloud, a company that develops software solutions to solve retail grocery's biggest energy and maintenance problems, today announced that...

Cybersecurity startup SpiderSilk raises $2.25M to help prevent data breaches (TechCrunch) The startup helps companies understand their attack surface by looking for things that are exposed but shouldn't be.

Datto Named to Ransomware Task Force by Institute for Security and Technology (Yahoo Finance) Datto Holding Corp. ("Datto"), (NYSE:MSP), the leading global provider of cloud-based software and technology solutions purpose-built for delivery by managed service providers (MSPs), today announced it was invited by the Institute for Security and Technology to join its Multi-Sector Ransomware Task Force. As a founding member, Datto joins other world-renowned experts in the fight against cybercrime and will represent the MSP community, focusing on the interests and needs of small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs).

Snyk Achieves 2020 Record Growth and Announces Plans to Lead Cloud Native Application Security Market (PR Newswire) Snyk, the leader in cloud native application security, today reported 2020 achievements and growth plans for the year ahead. Ending the fiscal...

Increased Market Demand for Skybox Security Posture Management (PR Newswire) Skybox Security, a global leader in security posture management, today announced global growth and increased market demand during 2020. Driven...

Huawei ban timeline: Chinese company reportedly considers selling some phone brands (CNET) Here's a breakdown of the controversial Chinese telecom giant's saga so far.

CISA Issues RFI for Priority Communications Services Procurement Effort (GovCon Wire) The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has asked industry for information on available

Deloitte Acquires R9B to Bolster Cyber Threat Hunting Capabilities for Clients (PR Newswire) Deloitte & Touche LLP announced today its acquisition of substantially all the assets of Root9B, LLC (R9B), a leading provider of advanced...

Amber Raises $8.5M Series B For ‘Second Electrical Revolution’ (Crunchbase News) Amber Solutions, a startup looking to commercialize digital control of electricity, raised $8.5 million in a Series B round.

The Cybersecurity 202: SolarWinds hack could supercharge cybersecurity lobbying spending (Washington Post) Cybersecurity companies spent more money on lobbying efforts in Washington in 2020. Fallout from the SolarWinds breach could cause it to explode in 2021.

How Cybersecurity Newbs Can Start Out on the Right Foot (Dark Reading) Cybersecurity experts share their savvy tips and useful resources for infosec hopefuls.

Looking for cybersecurity experts? Consider hiring veterans (TechRepublic) Veteran Michael Kassner says former military personnel might know more about cybersecurity than employers think. Read about some of the skills veterans could bring to a cybersecurity job.

Expert: Manpower is a huge cybersecurity issue in 2021 (TechRepublic) Changing threats, volume of threats, and ransomware plague organizations. Having some autonomous AI tools to help pros do their jobs can help.

Nettitude diversifies into the Greek cybersecurity market with new office in Athens (Sea News Global Maritime News) Following continued expansion into the European market, Nettitude has chosen Athens as the next location for operations Nettitude has announced the location of the company’s new office in Athens. “This milestone is a major move for our global organisation as we continue to identify strategic locations in which to offer our threat-led services that span …

Can Huawei replicate its success in smartphones in smart vehicles? (South China Morning Post) Huawei made a global name in smartphones before US sanctions hobbled its ability to introduce new models, so now the telecoms giant is trying a new field: smart vehicles.

Huawei founder praises U.S. tech in first word from company since Biden inauguration (Reuters) The United States remains a "beacon of technology" to be emulated and China's Huawei Technology should consider cutting products in the wake of U.S. actions against it, the Chinese firm's founder Ren Zhengfei said in remarks made public on Friday.

Parler’s New Partner Has Ties to the Russian Government (Bloomberg) Parler LLC, the social media app popular with Trump supporters and conspiracy theorists, is attempting to get back online with the help of a Russian company whose clients include an internet service provider to Russian intelligence, raising concerns about the conservative social forum’s security if it ever formally returns.

MagicCube is First Startup Appointed to PCI Security Standards Council 2021-2022 Board of Advisors (PR Newswire) MagicCube, the leader in the new category of Software Defined Trust (SDT), announced today that it has been appointed to the Board of Advisors...

Zerto is Recognized as a 2021 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Data Center Backup and Recovery Solutions (BusinessWire) Zerto named a Customers’ Choice in the December 2020 Gartner Peer Insights ‘Voice of the Customer’: Data Center Backup and Recovery Solutions.

How Tanium, a $9B Bay Area tech unicorn, ended up in Kirkland (Puget Sound Business Journal) The CEO says the company felt the time was right for moving the headquarters as more and more employees left the Bay Area after adopting a remote-first work model.

Gloucestershire will deliver cyber jobs for all thanks to the Golden Valley Development (SoGlos) Cheltenham is booming and the Golden Valley Development will open the doors to job opportunities for all regardless of background or gender a new video aims to promote as Gloucestershire vies to...

Dashlane to drop its app and focus on just browser extensions (Poc Network // Tech) Dashlane is making a transition this year, moving away from its app to focus on just browser extensions. The new change will result in the elimination of their desktop app altogether, which means a huge overhaul for the extensions between now and then.

Valtix Secures Strategic Investments from Cisco Investments and TSG, Names Former Juniper and Big Switch Executive Douglas Murray CEO (PR Newswire) Valtix, the industry's first cloud-native network security platform, announced that it has secured $12.5 million in strategic funding from...

VentureIsrael Invests in Israeli Startup QuantLR, Developer of the World's Most Cost Affordable Quantum Cryptography Solution (PR Newswire) An Israeli deep tech fund VentureIsrael participated in the investment round alongside with the world's largest equity crowdfunding platform...

Cybersecurity Services Company Gigit Finalizes Second Merger (PR Newswire) Gigit, Inc. (https://gigitsecurity.com), a cybersecurity firm that ensures cybersecurity compliance and reduces cybersecurity risk through its...

Check Point invests in local cloud capabilities in A/NZ (Security Brief) As public cloud usage in Australia and New Zealand grows, the company says it will continue to invest locally to support businesses.

Object Management Group Issues Request for Information for Disposable Self-Sovereign Identity Standard (Object Management Group) Standardizing contextual, disposable self-sovereign Identities for enhanced privacy.

Referring Former President Trump’s Suspension From Facebook to the Oversight Board (About Facebook) The board was established to make the final call on some of the most difficult content decisions Facebook makes.

Twitch bans Donald Trump indefinitely while Facebook refers the case to Oversight Board (Computing) Trump cannot create another account on Twitch unless his suspension is lifted

Google Play Suspends Wimkin, Citing Posts Calling for Violence (Wall Street Journal) Takedown follows the removal of the small social-media network from Apple’s App Store last week

Amazon Awards $18,000 for Exploit Allowing Kindle E-Reader Takeover (SecurityWeek) KindleDrip exploit chain could have allowed an attacker to take complete control of a Kindle e-reader simply by knowing the targeted user’s email address.

Cryptocat author gets insanely fast backing to build P2P tech for social media (Yahoo Finance) A day later cryptography researcher, Nadim Kobeissi -- best known for authoring the open-source E2E-encrypted desktop chat app Cryptocat (now discontinued) -- had pulled in a pre-seed investment of $100,000 for his lightweight mesh-networked microservices concept, with support coming from angel investor and former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan, William J. Pulte and Wamda Capital.

Logicalis: 'We're hot on the heels of acquisitions in the UK' (CRN) VP of global business development reveals to CRN his priorities for the business and its M&A plans

Silicon Valley Takes the Battlespace (The American Prospect) Through an obscure startup named Rebellion Defense, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt attempts to buy his way into the Biden White House.

Parler was rejected by at least 6 large providers to host it after Amazon took it offline (MSN) Parler lacked the resources to host the site itself, its CEO John Matze said. The hardware alone would cost at least $6 million, he added.

Facebook has no plans to lift Trump ban, sources say (NBC News) Facebook has no plans to lift Trump ban, sources say

Social Media Bans Are Really, Actually, Shockingly Common (Wired) Booting Trump didn’t set a precedent. From Yelp to Uber to Airbnb, platforms regularly ban users and content, but too often behind the scenes.

Thycotic Recognized as a 2021 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for Privileged Access Management in the Large Enterprise, Finance, and North America categories (PR Newswire) Thycotic, a provider of privileged access management (PAM) solutions to more than 12,500 organizations worldwide, including 25 of the Fortune...

QinetiQ Inc. Awarded Contract by General Services Administration (PR Newswire) QinetiQ Inc. is pleased to announce that it has been awarded OASIS Pool 3 and Pool 4 unrestricted prime contracts by the General Services...

General Dynamics secures $695m US Army contract (Defence Connect) The prime is set to continue delivering critical mission support to the United States Army in Europe after being awarded a new $695 million contract. General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), a

Huawei: Setting new security standards (TahawulTech) Huawei's top-down cybersecurity governance structure supports the success of its business in the Middle East and around the world.

Successful Q4 Marks End of Record Year for Thycotic (PRWire) APAC region leads the way with cloud-based privilege management solutions

SentinelOne Establishes Korean Office to Further Hypergrowth Expansion (BusinessWire) SentinelOne, the autonomous cybersecurity platform company, today announced the opening of a new office location in Seoul, South Korea, to support its

Scoop: Google is investigating the actions of another top AI ethicist (Axios) The inquiry into the actions of Margaret Mitchell follows the ouster last year of Timnit Gebru.

Products, services, and solutions.

PC Matic Celebrates Ten Year Anniversary of its Patented Globally Automated Whitelist Technology (GlobeNewswire) Developed as alternative to legacy cybersecurity solutions; Continuously refined and modernized by a highly skilled team; Approach recommended by institutions such as the NSA and U.S. Department of Homeland Securi

Illusive Introduces Industry's First Fully Automated Active Defense Security Solutions with Advanced Integrations (PR Newswire) Illusive, a leader in active cyber defense, announced today the rollout of its automated detection and response partner ecosystem program. This...

Cygilant and SentinelOne Partnership Offers Businesses Automated Cybersecurity for the Endpoint and Cloud (Cygilant) Cygilant today announced its customers now have access to SentinelOne, the only cybersecurity solution encompassing AI-powered prevention, detection, response, and hunting across endpoints, containers, cloud workloads, and IoT devices in a single autonomous XDR platform.

Securonix Partners with Non-Profit Educator NextGen Cyber Talent to Train Future Generation of Cybersecurity Professionals (Yahoo) Securonix, Inc., a leader in Next-Gen SIEM, today announced it has partnered with non-profit education provider NextGen Cyber Talent to pilot a series of virtual training courses that will bring new and diverse talent to the cybersecurity field.

Startup Offers Free Version of its 'Passwordless' Technology (Dark Reading) Beyond Identity co-founders hope to move the needle in eliminating the need for passwords, but experts say killing passwords altogether won't be easy.

The National Credit Union ISAO and TruSTAR Announce Renewed Partnership (PR Newswire) Today, The National Credit Union ISAO announces its renewed partnership with TruSTAR, a leader in data-centric automation and management, to...

Netskope and Silver Peak Accelerate Network and Security Transformation with a Best-of-Breed, SASE-ready WAN Edge Solution (PR Newswire) Netskope, the leading security cloud, today announced new integration between Netskope Security Cloud Services powered by the NewEdge network,...

Owl Cyber Defense Announces Industry's First Embedded Hardware-Enforced Cybersecurity Modules (GlobeNewswire) Launches Pioneering Technology to Enable Rapid OEM Device Security Enhancement

Google Cloud Unveils New BeyondCorp Zero Trust Security Platform (CRN) Google Cloud's new BeyondCorp Enterprise is a new zero trust identity and security platform with agentless support delivered through Google’s Chrome browser

Akamai Wins Emmy® Award (PR Newswire) Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM), the intelligent edge platform for securing and delivering digital experiences, today announced the Company will receive...

Group-IB Granted Innovation Excellence Award from Frost & Sullivan for Digital Risk Protection (PR Newswire) Group-IB, a global threat hunting and adversary-centric cyber intelligence company, was granted Innovation Excellence award for its Digital...

CloudKnox Security Bolsters Permission Management Platform with Support for Kubernetes Containers (BusinessWire) CloudKnox Security strengthens its industry-leading position by extending support for container workloads on Kubernetes.

Trustwave Launches New Referral Partner Program (Trustwave) Trustwave today announced the launch of a new global Referral Partner Program. The new program is now a permanent offering of the Trustwave partner engagement portfolio.

Huntress Launches Managed Antivirus Service to Streamline Endpoint Security for MSPs and IT Administrators (GlobeNewswire) The new service enables simplified and centralized management of Microsoft Defender Antivirus

CounterCraft Brings World-Class Active Defense Technology to U.S. Department of Defense (PR Newswire) CounterCraft, the global leader in deception-powered threat intelligence and active defense technology, has been awarded an Other Transaction...

Hotel Kämp focuses on world-class quality and security – payment card security verified by Nixu (News Powered by Cision) Hotel Kämp, located in Helsinki, is now compliant with the international Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), cementing its position as one of the pioneers of payment card security in the hospitality industry in Europe.

Palo Alto Networks Pumps Up Prisma Cloud (SDxCentral) Palo Alto Networks updated its Prisma Cloud security product to provide more options for customers securing their cloud native deployments.

Darktrace Version 5 Released For General Availability To Protect Cloud And Remote Workforce (PR Newswire) Darktrace, the world's leading cyber AI company, today launched Version 5 of its autonomous, self-learning Darktrace Immune System for general...

Kratos Awarded Contract with Juniper Networks for CMMC Advisory Services (Kratos) Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that Juniper Networks has awarded the company a second Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Advisory Services contract.

CybelAngel Uncovers Risks from Invisible Devices and Hidden Data Exposures with New Asset Discovery and Monitoring Service (BusinessWire) CybelAngel announces the addition of Asset Discovery and Monitoring capabilities to the company’s AI-powered, Digital Risk Protection Platform.

Netskope and Silver Peak Accelerate Network and Security Transformation with a Best-of-Breed, SASE-ready WAN Edge Solution (PR Newswire) Netskope, the leading security cloud, today announced new integration between Netskope Security Cloud Services powered by the NewEdge network,...

Secret Double Octopus Joins the ForgeRock Trust Partner Network (PR Newswire) Secret Double Octopus, the leader in enterprise passwordless authentication, announced today it completed its integration with ForgeRock®, a...

Beyond Identity Makes Passwordless Free (Beyond Identity) At a Critical Time for Remote Workers, the Company is Offering Businesses the Ability to Adopt Its Core Passwordless Technology for Free, for All Their Customers or Employees, Forever

Ivanti Extends Neurons Platform to Manage and Secure Healthcare IoT Devices, and Deliver Secure and (Ivanti) Ivanti Neurons helps manage and secure healthcare IoT Devices, and integrates with MobileIron Cloud, as Ivanti continues to deliver on its mission to self-heal and self-secure devices, and self-service end users, in the everywhere enterprise

Fortinet Announces AI-powered XDR for Fully Automated Threat Detection, Investigation, and Response (Fortinet) FortiXDR is the Only Extended Detection and Response Solution That Can Autonomously Manage Cyber Incidents From Identification to Remediation

Certero Receives Oracle Verification for Certero for Oracle - Certero (Certero) Certero has today announced that Oracle has verified its Oracle product “Certero for Oracle” to become one of only a handful of solution providers to meet the “Verified Third-Party Tool Vendors” certification.

Kaspersky steps in to protect automotive industry from cyber threats (Security Brief) The company’s TI report, previously available for a selected range of customers, is able to provide car manufacturers with in-depth analysis of industry-specific security threats.

HALOCK And Spirion Partner To Solve Vexing Privacy Compliance Issue (PR Newswire) HALOCK, an information security professional services firm in the Chicago area, has partnered with an industry-leading data protection vendor,...

Eltronis Group launches engage (Security Document News) Security and brand engagement specialists Eltronis Group has today launched engage, a new cloud-based software solution that provides brands with a simple, yet sophisticated tool, to link products to the internet through consumers’ smartphones.

Sokin chooses Darktrace as security partner (Finextra Research) Sokin, the new generation payments firm is set to use Darktrace to provide holistic cybersecurity across all its back-office functions.

Exostar earns healthcare digital identity trust framework certification by Kantara (Biometric Update) Exostar has been designated one of three Full Service Credential Service Providers of identity proofing, credentialing, and authentication by Kantara Initiative

Security Compass Launches Hands-On Training Lab to Enhance Developer Skills and Application Security Programs (BusinessWire) Security Compass has launched its new hands-on Virtual Lab, providing training for developers to expand their knowledge of common vulnerabilities.

IRI and Windocks Partner to Provide Container-based Virtualized Test Databases (PR Newswire) Innovative Routines International (IRI), Inc., a leader in big data management and data-centric security, and Windocks, a leader in database...

DexProtector Certified by EMVCo to Secure the Growing World of Mobile Payment Apps (PR Newswire) Licel announced today that their product, DexProtector, has become the first software protection tool to be certified by EMVCo. A global...

Lumen chosen to provide Next Gen 911 to State of Nebraska (PR Newswire) The State of Nebraska recently selected Lumen (NYSE: LUMN) to help it transition to a next generation 911 platform using the company's...

Lucidum Unveils Community License of IT Asset Discovery Platform to Eliminate Blind Spots Across AWS Environments (BusinessWire) Lucidum today announced the commercial availability of its IT asset discovery platform that eliminates blind spots across cloud, security and IT opera

Kroll Launches Data Privacy and Digital Trust Solutions Ahead of Data Privacy Day (Duff & Phelps) As privacy concerns evolve, Kroll augments its capabilities to protect data, value digital assets, mitigate risks and build digital trust

Gigamon ThreatINSIGHT™ Named Cyber Catalyst℠ Designated Solution to Address Top Security Risks Identified by Insurers (BusinessWire) Cyber Catalyst participating insurers rated Gigamon ThreatINSIGHT highest on the criteria of efficiency, cyber risk reduction and differentiation

Platform9 Accelerates DevOps Productivity with Latest Kubernetes Release (BusinessWire) Platform9, the first company to provide open-source SaaS managed solutions for private and edge clouds, today announced a number of new features to pr

Digital Shadows integrates with Microsoft Azure AD enabling rapid response to exposed company credentials (Security Boulevard) Leverages data set of 8 billion authentications daily to only alert organizations against ‘at risk’ username and password combinations

Tanla Platforms Teams Up With Microsoft To Launch 'Wisely' Secure Communication Solution (Moneycontrol) The Wisely network uses Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Databricks as well as Azure PostgresSQL Database and other Azure services.

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Making cyber insurance personal (Insurance Business Magazine) As our lives continue to move online – and cybercrime grows in response – Troy Filipcevic and Jeff Gonlin of Emergence share their insights on the increasing importance of personal cyber insurance

Snort 3 Becomes Generally Available (SecurityWeek) Cisco announces the official release and general availability of Snort 3, seven years after the alpha version was unveiled.

WhiteHat Security Introduces AppSec Stats Flash: A Modernized Approach to Application Security Reporting (PR Newswire) WhiteHat Security, a wholly-owned, independent subsidiary of NTT Ltd. and a world leader in application security, today announced the launch of...

Fingerprints celebrates 500 mobile device integrations landmark (Fingerprints) Major milestone reflects mature and central role of biometrics in mobile

Kroll Launches Data Privacy and Digital Trust Solutions Ahead of Data Privacy Day (Duff & Phelps) As privacy concerns evolve, Kroll augments its capabilities to protect data, value digital assets, mitigate risks and build digital trust

SparkCognition and SkyGrid Deploy First AI-Powered Cybersecurity System on Drones (PR Newswire) SparkCognition, the world's leading industrial artificial intelligence (AI) company, and SkyGrid, a Boeing, SparkCognition Company, today...

People.

Former Google and Microsoft Executive Joins CloudSphere as CEO to Accelerate Company Growth (BusinessWire) CloudSphere, which provides governance across security posture, identity, compliance and cost management in the cloud, today announced the appointment

Illumio Appoints Shay Mowlem as Chief Marketing Officer (GlobeNewswire) Former Rubrik, MuleSoft, and Splunk Executive to Lead Global Marketing Strategy and Growth

Evolv Technology Names Palo Alto Networks Executive Dana Loof as CMO (Evolv Technology) Leading provider of AI-based touchless security screening systems appoints of Dana Loof, cybersecurity veteran, as chief marketing officer.

INSA Names Six Defense Sector Execs to 2021 Board; Letitia Long Quoted (GovCon Wire) Six executives from the defense industry have joined the Intelligence and National Security Alliance

Claroty Hires Simon Chassar as Chief Revenue Officer as Demand for its Industrial Cybersecurity Platform Accelerates - Claroty (Claroty) Seasoned Cybersecurity Sales Executive Joins After Company’s Year of Record Global Growth in Customers, Partners, and Employees

Dashlane taps JD Sherman, ex-Hubspot COO, as new CEO, as co-founder Emmanuel Schalit steps aside (TechCrunch) Our reliance on internet-based services is at an all-time high these days, and that’s brought a new focus on how well we are protected when we go online. Today comes some news from one of the bigger companies working in the area of password security, which points out how business is shifting …

Scottsdale-based Limelight Networks names new CEO (Phoenix Business Journal) One of the Valley's largest public companies has named a new CEO to replace the current head, who will retire in February.

Fortinet hires Andrew Sheedy to lead operational technology business (CRN Australia) Focusing on securing critical infrastructure systems.

MetricStream Enhances Focus on Channel and Alliances with Hiring of New Global Leader (PR Newswire) MetricStream, the market leader in governance, risk, and compliance (GRC), and integrated risk management products and solutions, today...

Jack London, CACI's executive chairman and longtime former CEO, dies (Washington Business Journal) London was the government contractor's President and CEO for 23 years before stepping aside in 2007.

Jack London remembered for dedication, leadership, business acumen (Washington Technology) Business leaders from across the GovCon market are sharing their remembrances of Jack London, the long-time CACI International leader who died this week. He was recalled as a highly ethical leader who was dedicated to customers and the company.

Barmak Meftah Joins Nozomi Networks Board of Directors (Nozomi Networks) Nozomi Networks Inc., the leader in OT and IoT security, today announced that Barmak Meftah has joined Nozomi Networks’ board of directors.

Trend Micro appoints Baker as UK boss (CRN) Former sales director tells CRN what partners can expect from the cybersecurity vendor under his leadership

Kroll Cyber Risk Practice Announces New Hires to Fuel Global Expansion (Duff & Phelps) Kroll global cyber team expands exponentially with a total of 78 new hires with vast experience across multiple industries. Read more

Devo Adds Security Industry Trailblazer Ted Julian to Accelerate Product Innovation (Devo) Former IBM executive and serial entrepreneur joins Devo as it continues to set records for revenue and customer growth, pursuing aggressive goals for 2021 and beyond … Devo Adds Security Industry Trailblazer Ted Julian to Accelerate Product Innovation Read More »

Forcepoint Promotes Sean Berg as it Becomes Independent Entity (ExecutiveBiz) Sean Berg, most recently a senior vice president at Forcepoint

INAP Appoints Warren Greenberg as Vice President of US Sales (INAP) INAP, a global provider of performance-driven, secure enterprise hybrid infrastructure solutions, today announced the appointment of Warren Greenberg as Vice President of US Sales.