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Lloyd's Warns Insurers Over Cost Of Major Cyberattack (Law360) Insurers should be more aware of the threat that a cyberattack on manufacturing or energy industries could also trigger major physical damage, Lloyd's of London said Tuesday.
1Kosmos Secures $15 Million in Series A Funding from ForgePoint Capital (BusinessWire) 1Kosmos, the only cybersecurity solution to provide digital identity proofing and passwordless authentication, announced a $15 million investment from
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Applied Insight acquires Maryland intel cyber firm (Washington Business Journal) Applied Insight LLC expanded its cybersecurity and IT offerings in the intelligence sector, acquiring Hanover, Maryland-based cyber firm Bridges Inc. in a deal announced Wednesday.
Cyren Announces Closing of $13.8 Million Registered Direct Offering (Yahoo) Cyren Ltd. (NASDAQ:CYRN), a provider of email security and threat intelligence solutions, today announced the completion of its previously announced registered direct offering of 12,000,000 of its ordinary shares at a purchase price of $1.
Red Canary Closes $81 Million Financing to Meet Increasing Demand for Security Operations Software-as-a-Service (GlobeNewswire) Summit Partners, Noro-Moseley Partners and Access Venture Partners Increase their Investment in Red Canary
Investment of $58M Endorses vArmour as Leader in Accelerating Application Relationship Management Market (GlobeNewswire) AllegisCyber Capital and NightDragon lead round to validate market demand for relationship-based application security
WATCH: CISA's Former Assistant Director for Cyber Bryan S. Ware Launches Next5 Tech Company (WashingtonExec) https://youtu.be/TvhOca7gh1U Bryan S. Ware, president of Next5 and former assistant director for cybersecurity for the Department of Homeland
Meet The Founder Who Is Safeguarding The Industrial Enterprise From Hackers (Forbes) When a hacker tried to poison Tampa-area's water with lye last week, the US was exposed to the harsh reality of interconnectivity. As a record number of companies embark on digital transformation journeys to embrace Industry 4.0, they are leveraging Dragos for industrial strength cybersecurity.
Palantir details new phase of federal strategy (Washington Technology) Palantir was not shy in its ambition to take on traditional competitors and wrestle away market share in the government market, but the next phase of the software company's federal strategy will see more teamwork with others.
Claroty report reveals increase in industrial control system vulnerabilities in 2H20 (Back End News) Throughout the second half of 2020 (2H20), 71% of industrial control system (ICS) vulnerabilities disclosed were remotely exploitable through network attack vectors, according to the second Biannua…
XM Cyber Reports Strong 2021 Momentum Marked by Remarkable Growth and Key Leadership Appointments (PR Newswire) XM Cyber, the multi-award-winning leader in Attack-Centric Risk Exposure Prioritization, today announced a successful 2020, achieving over 160%...
Cyware Announces Triple-digit Growth for 2020 (PR Newswire) Cyware, the industry's only Virtual Cyber Fusion Center Platform provider, featuring next-generation security automation, orchestration and...
Saltworks Records 70% Revenue and 23% Employee Growth in 2020; Adds Customers, Partners, SaltMiner Features Amidst Pandemic (BusinessWire) AppSec company Saltworks records 70% revenue and 23% employee growth, adds customers, partners and SaltMinter features in 2020.
Quad9 moves to Switzerland (SWITCH) Quad9 is the first DNS security solution to extend GDPR privacy protections to internet users worldwide.Quad9 is the first DNS security solution to extend GDPR privacy protections to internet users worldwide.
Palo Alto Networks acquires Israeli startup Bridgecrew for $200 million (CTECH) This is the seventh Israeli company purchased by the Silicon Valley cyber powerhouse
Datadog to acquire application security management platform Sqreen (TechCrunch) Cloud monitoring platform Datadog has announced that it plans to acquire Sqreen, a software-as-a-service security platform. Originally founded in France, Sqreen participated in TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield in 2016. Sqreen is a cloud-based security product to protect your application directly. O…
Base Operations raises $2.2 million to modernize physical enterprise security (TechCrunch) Typically when we talk about tech and security, the mind naturally jumps to cybersecurity. But equally important, especially for global companies with large, multinational organizations, is physical security — a key function at most medium-to-large enterprises, and yet one that to date, hasn’…
Threat intelligence company Intelligence Fusion secures GBP400,000 funding (Private Equity Wire) Intelligence Fusion has secured a GBP400,000 investment from a number of sources to continue its growth in the expanding global intelligence market.
Strata Raises $11 Million to Tackle Multi-Cloud Identity Management (SecurityWeek) Strata Identity, a startup on a mission to unify on-premises and cloud-based authentication and access systems for multi-cloud environments, has raised $11 million through a Series A funding round.
Darktrace float hit as UBS quits over Mike Lynch links (Sunday Times) One of the investment banks hired to lead the £4 billion float of Darktrace has quit amid concerns about its links to tech tycoon Mike Lynch.UBS is said to have told the Cambridge-based cyber-security
£4bn Darktrace float dealt blow as UBS quits as sponsor (Sky News) Darktrace has picked former Capita executive Gordon Hurst as its chairman ahead of a potential IPO, Sky News learns.
AustCyber merges with Stone & Chalk to boost local capability in emerging tech (ZDNet) Touted as combining the 'greatest concentration of cybersecurity industry expertise' with the 'most developed technology commercialisation infrastructure that Australia has ever built'.
Apax takes majority stake in Herjavec Group (MicroscopeUK) Managed security services provider with a global footprint is snapped up by private equity player.
NAVWAR looking for emerging cyber research and development (C4ISRNET) Naval Information Warfare Systems Command looks to industry to fill gaps in cyber warfare weapon systems.
What's in a name? How tech startups craft interesting, pronounceable and affordable monikers (Baltimore Business Journal) Baltimore-area startup executives share the stories behind some of the company names you’ve probably heard many times, but never quite understood.
Code42 Expects Security Business to Double in 2021 (BusinessWire) Code42 is beginning 2021 with strong momentum in its security business, growing ARR more than 100% and doubling its security customer base in 2020.
Parler is back online, more than a month after tangle with Amazon knocked it offline (Washington Post) The social media site popular with Trump supporters went dark when its cloud support was cut.
As cyberattacks peak, so does the demand for Profero's services (CTECH) The CEO of the Israeli cybersecurity startup, which specializes in helping companies address and manage the aftermath of a security breach, says it is turning people away as hackers take advantage of Covid-19 pandemic
Major Australian media company strikes Google news pay deal (AP NEWS) Seven West Media has become the largest Australian news media business to strike a deal with Google to pay for journalism in a partnership announced Monday before the...
Vikram Sharma, CEO of Quintessence Labs on Leadership in the Quantum Era (OODA Loop) Vikram Sharma is the founder and CEO of Canberra Australia based QuintessenceLabs. His company provides solutions based on quantum technology to strengthen cryptographic key creation and management at scale. This is an urgent need in this era of increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks, and key to protecting data now and into the future. In this OODAcast we ask Vikram for his views on what every CEO, including non-technical CEOs, need to know about the world of quantum effects. He provides explanations in very clear ways that can help inform business strategies.
Allgress, Inc. Announces Expansion of International Operations with the Opening of New Office in Bedfordview, Gauteng, South Africa (PR Newswire) Allgress, Inc., an industry-leading provider of Integrated Risk and Compliance Management solutions with headquarters in Livermore, CA, USA,...
Funds advised by Apax to acquire Herjavec Group (PR Newswire) Funds advised by Apax Partners (the "Apax Funds") today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake of Herjavec...
Cyren Announces $13.8 Million Registered Direct Offering of Ordinary Shares (Yahoo) Cyren (NASDAQ:CYRN), a provider of email security and threat intelligence solutions, today announced that it has entered into securities purchase agreements with several institutional investors for the purchase and sale, in a registered direct offering, of 12,000,000 of its ordinary shares at a purchase price of $1.15 per share for gross proceeds of $13.
Program administrator adds cyber underwriters (Business Insurance) Specialty program administrator Dual North America Inc. said Thursday it had expanded its cyber liability underwriting unit, adding two senior cyber underwriters from Chubb Ltd. and Axa XL, a division of Axa SA.
Google partners brace for hit as search giant threatens Australia exit (ETCIO.com) Google said it would likely pull its core search function from Australia if the government pushes ahead with a plan to require it and Facebook to pay ..
Akamai CEO on Pivot From Web to Cloud Security (Yahoo) Tom Leighton, chief executive officer of Akamai Technologies Inc., says the time has come to bring all of the security products together in one group. He speaks on "Bloomberg Markets: The Close."
Akamai cuts 2 percent of workforce as part of reorganization around security business (Boston Globe) The Cambridge-based company reported on Tuesday that revenue from its security business topped $1 billion over the last year, growing over 25 percent from the year prior.
Microsoft’s $10-Billion Secret: 6 Fun Facts about its Security Business (Cloudwars) On the Jan. 27 earnings call, Satya Nadella casually mention that Microsoft’s security business did more than $10 billion in revenue in 2020.
Major Hospitals Form Company to Capitalize on Their Troves of Health Data (Wall Street Journal) A group of major hospital systems is launching a company to pull together and sell access to anonymized data on their millions of patients for uses including research and drug development.
Tenable To Buy Active Directory Security Startup Alsid For $98M (CRN) Tenable has agreed to purchase cybersecurity startup Alsid for $98 million to help customers find and fix security weaknesses in Microsoft’s Active Directory in real-time.
Israeli startup CYE raises $100M to help companies shore up their cyber-defenses (Yahoo) Cybersecurity startup CYE has raised $100 million in a new growth round, led by investment firm EQT and with participation from 83North. CYE was founded in 2012 by Reuven Aronashvili to help companies shore up their security posture. The company also provides incident response and security consultants, as well as its flagship product, Hyver, which helps companies assess their entire network and assets.
Silicon Valley CISO Investments (SVCI) Backs Traceable to Transform Web App Security Market (PR Newswire) Traceable, the world's first end-to-end application security monitoring platform, today announced a strategic partnership with Silicon Valley...
Spacelift Raises $6M Series A To Keep Companies Online (Crunchbase News) Spacelift, a startup that automates IT infrastructure, has raised $6 million in a Series A round, the company announced Thursday.
DISA awards managed services contract to Perspecta (Defense News) The company will provide content delivery, network optimization and information assurance services.
These Dayton-area defense firms are helping DoD contractors achieve cybersecurity compliance (Dayton Business Journal) The local companies also discussed the biggest cybersecurity threats, and the most recent technological advances that help mitigate risks.
Akamai tops Q4 expectations, announces reorganization and new CTO (ZDNet) The company said it was reorganizing its business groups with a greater focus on its security division.
Cisco CEO admits Acacia merger didn't initially get Chinese approval (Silicon Valley Business Journal) A missed deadline to secure approval from Chinese antitrust officials cost Cisco Systems Inc. $1.9 billion.
Facebook Dials Down the Politics for Users (New York Times) News feeds will start getting less political content in Canada, Brazil and Indonesia, the social network said, with the change reaching the U.S. in coming weeks.
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Amid Growing Ransomware Threats, Index Engines Releases Developer Kit for Integration of Data Integrity Software CyberSense (BusinessWire) Index Engines released an API-based developer’s kit to support the integration of its industry-leading CyberSense software’s analytics and reporting i
BlackBerry Jarvis Named “Best In Breed” Tool to Protect Mission Critical Software Supply Chains (BlackBerry) BlackBerry today announced that BlackBerry® Jarvis™, a software composition analysis tool, has been recognized as “Best in Breed” by an Internal Research & Development project (IRAD).
Optiv Announces Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Solution to Guide Organizations Through Federal Regulations (Optiv) Optiv’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) capabilities help clients navigate new DOD regulations.
Wickr Announces General Availability of Global Federation (Enterprise Security Magazine) With the Global Federation, all Wicker users through RAM, Corporate, and Free Pro and Me offerings will now intercom with state-of-the-art end-to-end...
LastPass free restricts users to one device type in March (9to5Google) Starting in March 2021, LastPass will restrict its free users to either smartphones/tablets or computers unless they pay for premium.
Palo Alto Networks Pushes SASE Security to Non-Web Apps (SDxCentral) Palo Alto Networks updated its Prisma Access SASE platform with several new capabilities including better protection for non-web apps.
Swish Data Achieves the Open Trusted Technology Provider™ Standard Certification (InsideNoVa) Today, Swish Data Corporation (Swish), a trusted Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned and HUBZone-certified small business provider of technology solutions and engineering services to the U.S.
Radware Chosen by Atman for DDoS Protection (GlobeNewswire) Radware DefensePro® Protects Atman’s Infrastructure, Provides DDoS-as-a-Service to its Customers
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Protegrity Launches Partner Network to Secure Global Innovation in AI, Analytics, and Cloud (BusinessWire) Protegrity, a global leader in data security, today launched the Protegrity Partner Network, which empowers technology organizations, systems integrat
Finance Organization - Certero (Certero) Like many large organizations, the customer had a lengthy contract history with Oracle, which included many clauses specific to the business and was only understood by a single individual that had looked after the contract long-term.
Sumo Logic Helps Fintechs Modernize Banking with Continuous Intelligence (GlobeNewswire) New Companies Using Sumo Logic Across Security and Operations for Data-driven Business Decisions Including Currencycloud, MoonPay, Paidy, Snoop and More
ZeroNorth’s New Advanced AppSec Analytics Empower Organizations to Make Informed Strategic Risk and Operational Decisions (ZeroNorth) ZeroNorth unveiled its Advanced AppSec Risk Analytics. Using vulnerability data analyzed by the ZeroNorth AppSec automation and orchestration platform, these business intelligence (BI) analytics deliver a single source of truth on the overall risk and health of an organization’s AppSec program.
VigiTrust Launches Foundational Risk Assessment on VigiOne Platform (GlobeNewswire) Integrated Risk Management SaaS Platform Now Enables Users to Conduct Full Risk Assessments Before Managing Compliance
Social Security Administration Exercises First Option Year on Contract to Deploy Telos Corporation’s Xacta (GlobeNewswire) SSA to leverage cyber risk management solution to assess and authorize systems hosted in Amazon Web Services
WatchGuard Adds New Capabilities to WatchGuard Cloud Management Platform (Dark Reading) Cyber security's comprehensive news site is now an online community for security professionals, outlining cyber threats and the technologies for defending against them.
Endace and Corelight step in to enhance incident response workflows (Security Brief) Endace and Corelight have entered into a strategic partnership to deliver security teams with insights and detailed forensic data to further enable rapid incident response.
The Cybereason Difference: Why PenTesters Don’t Want to be Our Valentine (Cybereason) A look at some of the reasons why we often get notes from our customers to the effect of, “I’m having fun watching our pentesters get frustrated over and over again as they attempt to bypass Cybereason - literally throwing the kitchen sink at it to no avail!”
CyberSeek launched to track Australian cyber jobs and skills market (Which-50) An interactive mapping tool was launched today to track the state of the Australian cyber security job market in real time. Currently, the tool shows
UL Recognizes iSiCHECK as First Smart Badge to Achieve IoT Security Rating (UL) UL verifies IoT security capabilities of iSiCHECK smart badge meeting critical cybersecurity benchmarks.
Sontiq™ Releases Enhanced Best-In-Class, Digital-oriented Intelligent Identity Security (IIS) Platform (BusinessWire) Sontiq's flexible next-generation platform enables rapid adoption of identity theft & cyber threat protection solutions for consumers & businesses.
Latest Release of Tripwire Configuration Manager Delivers Increased Protection (Tripwire) Service expands support across three major cloud service providers and offers storage configuration monitoring.
Demetics Protects AI-Based Medical Innovation with Intel SGX (Intel Newsroom) What’s New: Demetics Medical Technology Co. Ltd. is using Intel® Software Guard Extension (Intel® SGX) and Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library (oneMKL) to
BlackBerry Bolsters Embedded Software Portfolio with Release of QNX Hypervisor 2.2 (BlackBerry) BlackBerry today announced the release of QNX® Hypervisor 2.2, the latest edition of the company’s real-time embedded hypervisor product.
Cybersecurity and MSP Market Leaders Bring Their Expertise to CompTIA ISAO (Telecom Reseller) Executives from companies and organizations at the forefront of the cybersecurity and managed services technology markets have been named to the inaugural Executive Advisory Council (EAC) of the CompTIA Information Sharing and Analysis Organization (ISAO).
IDX Announces Cybersecurity Healthcheck for Organizations in Conjunction with No-Cost Data Breach Services Agreement (PR Newswire) Today IDX, the leading digital privacy platform and data breach services provider, announces its Cybersecurity Healthcheck, a complimentary...
Barracuda Networks launches new version of email threat scanner (Hindu Businessline) This would enable in detecting cyber attacks better
KnowBe4 Releases Comprehensive Guide to Fight Phishing and Social Engineering (PR Newswire) KnowBe4, the provider of the world's largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, today announced that it has released...
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,...
File Shredding Software by Jetico Saves Time with Intuitive Interface (BusinessWire) BCWipe version 7, Jetico’s file shredding software, now saves time with an intuitive and streamlined interface.
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,...
Syniverse and Minu Launch Verified SMS in Brazil (Valdosta Daily Times) Syniverse, the most connected company in the world, has launched, together with Minu, previously known as Minutrade, its first Verified short message service (SMS) project in Brazil. The collaboration between the two companies will allow Minu to send SMS messages with an additional layer of verification, which gives its customers more confidence in interacting with its brand through text Messages by Google.
MANN+HUMMEL Selects Omada to Implement Identity and Access Management (Yahoo) Omada A/S ("Omada"), a global leader of Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) software and cloud-delivered IGA services, announced today that MANN+HUMMEL has chosen to implement Omada's identity and access management system.
Vectra extends cloud identity detection capabilities with Microsoft Azure AD (PR Newswire) Vectra AI, a leader in network detection and response (NDR), today announced enhanced cloud identity detection capabilities using Azure AD...
New WatchGuard Cloud Platform Capabilities Usher in the Era of Simplified Security Management for MSPs (WatchGuard Technologies) WatchGuard further unifies security services and streamlines deployment capabilities for MSPs while simplifying zero-trust adoption
Tessian | Tessian Launches Industry-First Solution to Detect and Prevent Email Attachment Anomalies (RealWire) Product launch is accompanied by new research that shows one-third of U.S. organizations have lost customers following email attachment errors
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Denim Group and NowSecure Announce Integration for Unified View of Mobile Application Security (BusinessWire) Denim Group today announced its integration with NowSecure, creating a clear path toward scalable vulnerability remediation at DevSecOps speed.
Google News Showcase launches in more countries, including the UK and Argentina (Engadget) Google News Showcase is starting to roll out to more countries worldwide, including the UK and Argentina, on the heels of its Australian launch last week. The digital news digest includes free and paywalled articles from more than 120 UK and 40 Argentinian outlets, bringing its tally to 450 publications. Google’s British media partners range from major news wires such as Reuters to business and politics outlets like The Financial Times and New Statesman, and newspapers The Telegraph, The Independent and Midland News Association.
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Leading privacy lawyer Vivek Mohan joins Mayer Brown in Northern California (Security Magazine) Privacy lawyer Vivek Mohan has joined Mayer Brown as a partner in the Cybersecurity & Data Privacy practice in Northern California. Mr. Mohan joins from Apple Inc., where he served as a senior attorney on the company’s global privacy law & policy team and as head of information security law.
Reston cybersecurity firm names CFO (Virginia Business) Reston-based LookingGlass Cyber Solutions Inc. announced last week it has hired Dana Mariano as its chief financial officer. With more than 20 years of cybersecurity experience, Mariano has overseen acquisitions of three early-stage tech companies to public entities, including Invincea to Sophos; NetWitness to RSA Security; and CareFusion to CardinalHealth. “As we prepare for LookingGlass’s…
Military Intelligence Leader Lt. Gen. James Clapper Joins LookingGlass Advisory Board (StreetInsider.com) LookingGlass Cyber Solutions, a leader in operationalizing threat intelligence, announced the appointment today of Lt. Gen. James Clapper to its Advisory Board. Clapper served from 2010 2017 as the...
Socure Taps Industry Expert Rong Cao as New Senior Vice President of Technology (BusinessWire) Socure, the leader in Day Zero identity verification, today announced the appointment of Rong Cao as its new Senior Vice President of Technology. Cao,
LookingGlass Welcomes Business Executive Dana Mariano as Chief Financial Officer (GlobeNewswire) Industry-Leading Executive to Lead the Company’s Operational Success
Former Minneapolis CIO lands in K-12 cybersecurity job (StateScoop) Fadi Fadhil left the city government in December to work for Palo Alto Networks as a cybersecurity consultant specializing in the education sector.
Ivanti Snags VMware’s Erik Randles To Lead Global Channels (CRN) Fast-growing automation vendor Ivanti has brought in former VMware go-to-market leader Erik Randles to help integrate the Ivanti, MobileIron and Pulse Secure partner programs together.
Ivanti appoints Erik Randles as SVP of global channels and alliances (Help Net Security) Ivanti announced the appointment of Erik Randles, the company’s new senior vice president of global channels and alliances.
aiden Gets a Boost from Its Blockbuster Board of Trusted Advisors (PR Newswire) aiden, a leading provider of autonomous endpoint security managed services, today unveiled the roster of accomplished professionals, including...
Cybersecurity Association of Maryland, Inc. Appoints New Executive Director to Drive Vision (BusinessWire) The Cybersecurity Association of Maryland, Inc. (CAMI) appoints new Executive Director, Tasha Cornish, to drive its vision.
Ivanti Announces Erik Randles as New SVP, Global Channels and Alliances (BusinessWire) Ivanti, Inc., the automation platform that makes every IT connection smarter and more secure, today announced the appointment of Erik Randles, the com
Coalfire Federal Names Stuart Itkin to Lead CMMC Assurance Practice (PR Newswire) Coalfire Federal, a leading cybersecurity services provider to the federal government and Defense Industrial Base (DIB), today announced the...
Bryan S. Ware Joins LookingGlass Advisory Board (Citybizlist) LookingGlass Cyber Solutions, a leader in operationalizing threat intelligence, announced the appointment today of Bryan S. Ware to its Advisory Board. Ware brings extensive government and business experience, with a particular focus on infrastructure security and policy.
Semperis Taps Former HPE Chief Technologist, Guido Grillenmeier, to Support the Company’s Global Expansion (Semperis) Germany-Based Active Directory Disaster Recovery Expert and 14-Year Microsoft MVP Joins Semperis as Chief Technologist to Help Deliver Identity-Driven Cyber Resilience to Organizations Worldwide
Quantum Xchange Names John N. Stewart, Former Senior Vice President and Chief Security and Trust Officer at Cisco to its Board of Directors (PR Newswire) Quantum Xchange, a leader in quantum-safe products and services for crypto agility and quantum readiness, today announced that John N. Stewart...