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V3 | Issue 8 | 2.24.21

Proofpoint acquires InteliSecure. Plume secures $270 million in Series E round. PerimeterX raises $57 million.

Summary

By the CyberWire staff

At a glance.

Proofpoint acquires InteliSecure.
Plume secures $270 million in Series E round.
PerimeterX raises $57 million.

Mergers and acquisitions.

Sunnyvale, California-based email security firm Proofpoint will acquire Colorado-headquartered data protection company InteliSecure for $62.5 million in cash, with the acquisition expected to close in March 2021. Proofpoint stated, "The acquisition of InteliSecure will add approximately 150 employees to Proofpoint’s growing global team and will boost Proofpoint’s ability to support its robust channel partner ecosystem’s service delivery and increase partners’ competitiveness by providing processes and experience from working with multiple vendors."

Austin, Texas-based cloud identity management company SailPoint has acquired Intello, an SaaS management startup headquartered in New York City. Intello's CEO and co-founder Barak Kaufman stated, "As part of the SailPoint crew, we’ll help to build the future of identity security, combining Intello’s SaaS discovery and insights with SailPoint’s leading identity security platform."

French IT consulting company Atos has acquired Netherlands-based managed security services provider Motiv ICT Security. Atos stated, "This move reinforces Atos’s position as the 3rd worldwide Managed Security Services provider1 by strengthening the Group’s local capabilities and bringing its recent investment in the Managed Detection and Response (MDR) platform, AIsaac, to Dutch customers. In addition, Motiv’s sovereign Security Operations Center (SOC), independently certified at the highest levels of maturity, further expands Atos’s extensive network of global SOCs, a pivotal component of the Atos Prescriptive Security approach."

Irish MSP security company Kaseya has acquired Dallas, Texas-based MDR and SOC provider RocketCyber. Kaseya stated, "RocketCyber will continue to operate as an independent business within Kaseya, led by Banzhof in Dallas, Texas. Kaseya’s state-of-the-art SOCs will be located in Dallas, TX, Miami, FL and Dublin, Ireland. Additional integrations across the IT Complete suite are in development between RocketCyber and ID Agent Dark Web ID, IT Glue, Graphus and RapidFire Tools."

Dell Technologies Chairman and CEO Michael Dell has formed a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) dubbed "MSD Acquisition Corp.," CRN reports, and is seeking to raise $575 million through an IPO.

Investments and exits.

Palo Alto, California-based smart home SaaS startup Plume has secured $270 million in a Series E round led by Insight Partners, Crunchbase News reports. The round brings the company's valuation to $1.35 billion. Crunchbase says Plume "plans to use the new funding to earn more customers by focusing on partnerships in the service provider ecosystem and investing in research and development."

PerimeterX, a web and mobile application protection firm based in San Mateo, California, has raised $57 million in a Series D round led by AllianceBernstein, with participation from Stereo Capital, JS Capital, and Golden Arc Capital, and existing investors Adams Street Partners, Canaan Partners, DTCP, Scale Venture Partners, and Vertex Ventures US. PerimeterX CEO Omri Iluz stated that the funding round "gives us the runway to extend our market reach beyond our core retail e-commerce vertical into new industries where we see strong uptake such as financial services. And it enables us to further develop geographies where we have a foothold including EMEA and APAC."

Hoboken, New Jersey-based data access governance provider SPHERE has secured $10 million in a Series A round "led by ForgePoint Capital with participation from security leaders including Omkhar Arasaratnam (former Executive Director, Head of Data Protection Technology at JPMorgan Chase); Joel Caminer (former Global Head of Technology Risk Management and Information Security at TD Securities); Adnane Charchour (former President & CEO at Scivantage) and Sounil Yu (former Chief Security Scientist at Bank of America)." The company stated, "The capital will be used to expand the scope of the company's existing capabilities, with an emphasis on cloud platforms such as Office 365. To add, the company is expanding their managed service operations, including its purpose-built automation platform, SPHEREboard, along with targeted SME's across the SPHERExperts team."

Mirato, an Israeli company that provides a platform for managing third-party risks, has raised $9 million in a funding round led by Grove Ventures and Janvest Capital Partners, with participation from American Express Ventures and iAngels. Mirato's CEO and co-founder Aki Eldar stated, "This funding will enable us to accelerate our efforts and further develop the technology and company through recruitments in R&D, sales and marketing."

Tel Aviv-based DevSecOps company Spectral has emerged from stealth with $6.2 million from Amiti and MizMaa. The company stated, "Founded in mid-2020, Spectral has a team of 15, and already protects millions of lines of code for a significant base of customers, including publicly-listed companies."

Executive moves.

Constella Intelligence has hired five new executives: "Andy Johnson has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Laura Juanes as the Company's first Chief Privacy and Compliance Officer, Scott Whitney as Chief Product Officer, Cynthia Crossland as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), and Brian Laing as VP of Business Development." Johnson previously served as CFO of AT&T's Cyber Security business unit. Laura Juanes Micas most recently served as Facebook's Director of Privacy Policy. Whitney was previously SVP of Product at Waterline Data. Crossland was formerly CMO at OverOps. Laing previously served as Lastline's SVP of Business Development and Corporate Development.

Lacework has appointed Dave Hatfield as CEO. The company's former CEO Dan Hubbard will serve as Lacework's Chief Product Officer. Hatfield previously served as President and Vice-Chairman of Pure Storage.

Novetta has promoted Kevin Heald to Senior Vice President of Information Exploitation and Michael Thieme to Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Washington Exec reports.

Bishop Fox has appointed Joe Green as Vice President of Engineering. Green most recently served as Vice President of Engineering at TrustArc.

ManTech International has hired Steven Oh as Vice President of Mission and Enterprise IT, according to GovCon Wire. Oh previously served as technology director of the intelligence and homeland division within General Dynamics' IT business.

Reddit has named Allison Miller as its new Chief Information Security Officer and Vice President of of Trust. Miller previously served as SVP of Technology Strategy & Design at Bank of America.

Kaspersky has hired Christopher Hurst, a former executive at Symantec, as General Manager of the UK and Ireland, Infosecurity Magazine reports.

Cybereason has appointed Abigail Maines as Vice President of Commercial and Channel Sales for North America, Stephan Tallent as Vice President of Managed Security Services Providers, North America, and Ahmed Saleh as Vice President of Incident Response Services. Maines previously led Channel Sales in North America for Check Point; Tallent was previously a Senior Director of MSSP at Fortinet; Saleh previously ran the Content and Information Security team at Amazon Studios.

Fastly has hired Brett Shirk as Chief Revenue Officer. Shirk was previously Chief Revenue Officer at Rubrik.

MetricStream has hired John Johasky as Chief Sales Officer. Johasky most recently served as VP & GM of Worldwide Commercial Services at Hewlett Packard.

BehavioSec has appointed Michael Nelson as Chief Revenue Officer. Nelson most recently served as Vice President of Sales and Business Development at Mitek Systems.

Evolv Technology has added Merline Saintil to its board of directors. Saintil has held executive roles at Adobe, Yahoo, and others.

Palo Alto Networks has added Dr. Helene D. Gayle to its board of directors. Gayle is currently president and CEO of The Chicago Community Trust.

1Kosmos has named Mike McConnell, Patrick Gorman, and Peter Carroll to its advisory board. McConnell currently serves as a senior executive advisor for Booz Allen Hamilton. Gorman is an Executive Vice President in Booz Allen Hamilton's cybersecurity business unit. Carroll is a partner at Oliver Wyman.

LookingGlass has appointed Melissa Hathaway, President of Hathaway Global Strategies, to its advisory board.

BlackCloak has added Malcolm Harkins, Cymatic's Chief Security and Trust Officer, to its board of advisors.

Selected Reading

Marketplace.

Smart Home SaaS Startup Plume Raises $270M Series E, Reaching $1.35B Valuation (Crunchbase News) The Series E round, which was led by Insight Partners, brings the company’s valuation to $1.35 billion.

PerimeterX Raises $57M For Geographic, Vertical Growth (CRN) Application security vendor PerimeterX has raised $57 million to expand its reach beyond the retail e-commerce vertical and strengthen its presence in Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Atos completes the acquisition of leading cybersecurity services company Motiv (Yahoo) Atos today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Motiv ICT Security, the largest independent Managed Security Services (MSS) provider in the Netherlands.

Covid Driving M&A Focus Towards Cloud IT & Outsourcing (Hampleton Partners) The latest IT & Business Services M&A market report from Hampleton Partners reveals how Covid-19 has accelerated demand for cloud computing and related IT infrastructure deals.

Google trying to put Microsoft on the spot at SolarWinds hearing (POLITICO) Microsoft has faced intense scrutiny in the two months since the revelation of the SolarWinds campaign over the role of its products in spreading the hackers’ net.

Zscaler, CrowdStrike: Cybersecurity Stocks To Watch After The SolarWinds Attack (Forbes) Our indicative theme of Cybersecurity Stocks has returned over 150% since the end of 2019, compared to gains of about 21% on the S&P 500 over the same period. The theme is up by about 5% year-to-date. Cybersecurity companies typically provide software, hardware, and services that help protect...

Onapsis Joins Microsoft Intelligent Security Association (Onapsis) The Onapsis Platform extends Microsoft Azure Sentinel’s capabilities providing Security Operations Center with visibility into SAP, Oracle and Salesforce mission-critical applications

Cybereason partners with Dubai’s Oxygen to expand services in MENA markets (TahawulTech) Cybereason, the leader in future-ready attack protection, announced a partnership with Oxygen DMCC, the Dubai-based leader in AI-powered cybersecurity and …

How companies handed cybersecurity to employees... and how MyCena is changing that (LinkedIn) Take a moment and imagine… Imagine a company letting their employees make their own keys to access the company building, elevators, floors, doors, data rooms..

PerimeterX Raises $57M in Growth Capital Funding to Fuel Expansion Into New Geographies and Verticals (PerimeterX) Protect your web apps against account takeover, carding, denial of inventory, scalping, skewed analytics, digital skimming, Magecart, PII harvesting, scraping.

Kaseya acquires RocketCyber to bring SOC solutions to more (IT Brief) With this acquisition, we've doubled down on our security investments to provide our customers with access to experts who can continuously monitoring their IT environments without the cost and complexity of disparate tools.

Proofpoint To Acquire Data Security Provider InteliSecure For $62.5M (Yahoo) Cybersecurity company Proofpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFPT) inked an agreement to acquire data security provider InteliSecure, Inc for $62.5 million in cash to consolidate its cloud-based people-centric security platform. The acquisition is expected to close during the first quarter of 2021.

Proofpoint to buy MSP InteliSecure for US$62.5M (CRN Australia) Data loss protection MSP to protect data in diverse environments.

Red Hat closes acquisition of StackRox (Container Journal) Today, we are pleased to share that Red Hat has closed the transaction to acquire StackRox, a leader and innovator in container and Kubernetes-native security. Since announcing our plans for the acquisition, we have been met with excitement both internally and externally around what the future holds for Red Hat OpenShift as well as Red Hat’s entire open hybrid cloud portfolio.

Michael Dell forms new acquisition company (CRN Australia) Seeking to raise upward of US$575 million through an initial public offering.

Vectra closes strongest quarter in company history (PR Newswire) Vectra AI, a leader in network detection and response (NDR), today reported that in calendar 2020, sales continued to grow at a compound annual...

Placing 2021 Bets on Zero Trust Identity & BehavioSec (BehavioSec) It is an exciting time to join the BehavioSec team as Chief Revenue Officer. In almost 20 years of working in the digital identity space around financial services and other sectors, I have seen successive key technologies emerge that enable and redefine how people securely bank, pay and prove authenticity in a digital world. But … Continue reading "Placing 2021 Bets on Zero Trust Identity & BehavioSec"

The 2021 Security 100 (CRN) Digital transformation and COVID-19 have changed the cybersecurity game. The vendors of CRN's 2021 Security 100 met the challenge.

Aryaka Is Recognized for the Second Year in a Row in 2021 Gartner Peer Insights ‘Voice of the Customer’: WAN Edge Infrastructure (BusinessWire) Aryaka announced it's been recognized for the second consecutive year in the Gartner Peer Insights ‘Voice of the Customer’: WAN Edge Infrastructure.

VArmour Secures $58 Million (Silicon Valley Daily) vArmour, a provider of Application Relationship Management software, has raised $58 million in a new round of funding. The oversubscribed round was led by AllegisCyber Capital and NightDragon, with support from existing investors Standard Chartered Ventures, Highland Capital Partners, Telstra, Redline Capital, and EDBI.

Robert Herjavec Interview: CEO Explains Herjavec Group-Apax Partners Deal (MSSP Alert) CEO Robert Herjavec explains Herjavec Group's deal with private equity firm Apax Partners, and what's next for the MSSP's cybersecurity business.

FiscalNote buys English advisory firm Oxford Analytica (Washington Business Journal) D.C. legislative and regulatory dashboard FiscalNote Inc., which owns CQ Roll Call, has acquired a English advisory firm — and a new Securities and Exchange Commission filing could shed some light on the deal.

Dell to invest $50m in Singapore innovation hub (ComputerWeekly) Dell Technologies’ new global innovation hub will house a research and development lab and other facilities to drive development and adoption of emerging technologies

Google fires another AI ethics leader (Axios) The firing follows the controversial ouster of Timnit Gebru.

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Facebook takes down main page of Myanmar military (Reuters) Facebook on Sunday deleted the main page of the Myanmar military under it standards prohibiting the incitement of violence, the company said, a day after two protesters were killed when police opened fire at a demonstration against the Feb 1 coup.

“Mark Changed The Rules”: How Facebook Went Easy On Alex Jones And Other Right-Wing Figures (BuzzFeed News) Facebook’s rules to combat misinformation and hate speech are subject to the whims and political considerations of its CEO and his policy team leader.

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All the cool politicians are on Clubhouse (POLITICO) The invite-only audio platform has quickly become popular among Brussels’ tech-minded folk.

SPHERE Secures $10 Million in Series A Funding (PR Newswire) SPHERE, a woman-owned cybersecurity business focused on providing best-of-breed software and services for access governance across data,...

SailPoint Announces Intent to Acquire Intello to Identify, Secure, and Govern Access to SaaS Applications for Today’s Digital Enterprise (BusinessWire) SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SAIL), the leader in identity security for the cloud enterprise, today announced its intent to acquire In

SailPoint To Buy SaaS Application Management Startup Intello (CRN) SailPoint has agreed to purchase early-stage vendor Intello to extend the right security controls to ungoverned SaaS applications that lie hidden across an organization’s environment.

Logging startups are suddenly hot as CrowdStrike nabs Humio for $400M (TechCrunch) A couple of weeks ago SentinelOne announced it was acquiring high-speed logging platform Scalyr for $155 million. Just this morning CrowdStrike struck next, announcing it was buying unlimited logging tool Humio for $400 million. In Humio, CrowdStrike gets a company that will provide it with the abi…

The CrowdStrike-Humio Deal: George Kurtz’s 10 Boldest Remarks (CRN) From CrowdStrike’s push beyond security to its strategy around acquisitions to why it expects to beat archrival SentinelOne in the emerging XDR market, here are CEO George Kurtz’s 10 boldest remarks on the Humio deal.

Fairfax company wins $175M Homeland Security contract (Virginia Business) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security awarded Fairfax-based software company Salient CRGT Inc. a $175 million contract to provide IT service desk and field engineer support services for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the company announced last week. Under the five-year contract, Salient CRGT will provide services for approximately 27,000 USCIS end users across…

Huawei turns to pig farming as smartphone sales fall (BBC News) The Chinese telecoms giant is also pivoting into coal mining technology amid US sanctions on its phones.

Huawei bets on AI pig farming as a new growth area outside smartphones (South China Morning Post) Huawei said it is launching an artificial intelligence pig farming project amid ongoing US sanctions that have hammered its smartphone business, joining other tech giants vying to give the industry a hi-tech upgrade.

ThreatLocker Opens European Headquarters to Support Rapid Global Expansion (BusinessWire) ThreatLocker, a global cybersecurity leader providing enterprise-level tools for Managed Service Providers (MSPs), today announced that it will open a

Cyber Insurance Issues for Remediation Costs of SolarWinds Hack (Bloomberg Law) Remediation costs and efforts connected to the SolarWinds hack could be extensive, and cyber insurance policies may help. K&L Gates attorneys discuss several insurance-related issues that policyholders should consider as they learn more about the attack and its potential impact on their organizations.

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.

vArmour, the multi-cloud security startup, raises $58M en route to IPO (TechCrunch) Enterprises have been loading more of their operations into cloud — and, more often than not, multi-cloud — environments over the last year, creating vast networks of services that can be complex to manage. Today, vArmour, a startup that provides ways to manage in real time and ultimate…

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

DevSecOps Firm Spectral Emerges From Stealth With $6.2 Million in Funding (SecurityWeek) Code security firm Spectral emerges from stealth mode with $6.2 million in seed funding.

Spectral raises $6.2M for its DevSecOps service (TechCrunch) Tel Aviv-based Spectral is bringing its new DevSecOps code scanner out of stealth today and announcing a $6.2 million funding round. The startup’s programming language-agnostic service aims to automated code security development teams to help them detect potential security issues in their cod…

CrowdStrike to Acquire Humio and Deliver the Industry’s Most Advanced Data Platform for Next-Generation, Index-Free XDR (BusinessWire) CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRWD), a leader in cloud-delivered endpoint and cloud workload protection, today announced it has agreed to acquir

CrowdStrike to acquire Humio for $400M (SeekingAlpha) CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) to acquire Humio for ~$400M.The acquisition is expected to close during FQ1

Can AI handle risk management? Israeli startup Mirato says yes, and scores $9 million to prove so (Geektime) Mirato, an Israeli startup developing risk management technologies, adds $9M to its piggy bank deploying AI at risk management...

The Uncertainty of Cybersecurity Hiring (Security Intelligence) The pandemic, economic shifts and the industry itself all made 2020 a weird year for cybersecurity hiring. See how to hire and retain security experts.

Regional Quantum Research Body Adds Industry, Government, Higher Ed Partners (The University of Maryland Today) UMD-Convened Mid-Atlantic Quantum Alliance Expands Impact and Reach in Vital New Technology Realm

Georgia Research Alliance Marks 30 Years of Impact (StreetInsider.com) Thirty years of investment in university research and entrepreneurship is paying big dividends for the State of Georgia, according to metrics released by the Georgia Research Alliance (GRA)....

Lexmark Recognized as Global Print Security Leader by Quocirca (PRWeb) Lexmark announced today it has been recognized as a Global Print Security Leader by Quocirca, the global print and market insight research firm. T

The Citadel That Is Still Cisco Systems (The Next Platform) The hyperscalers and cloud builders can be split into two camps, but a third one might be emerging. There are those who do not buy routers or switches

Palantir inks partnership with IBM (Washington Technology) Palantir and IBM have joined forces to bring more AI-enabled solutions to their customers.

Endace Named 2021 TAG Cyber Distinguished Vendor (BusinessWire) Endace announced today that it was honored to be named as a Distinguished Vendor by TAG Cyber in the firm’s 2021 Security Annual - First Quarter.

Facebook Blocks News In Australia Over Government Plan To Force Payment To Publishers (NPR) The announcement came just as Google reached a deal with Australian publishers and as the president of Microsoft urged U.S. regulators to copy Australia's proposal.

Facebook to restrict content sharing in Australia (SeekingAlpha) Facebook is limiting the viewing and sharing of Australian and international news by users and publishers in Australia due to the proposed Media Bargaining Law.

Facebook blocks Australian users from viewing news content (SeekingAlpha) Facebook (FB)will block Australian publishers and users from viewing or sharing news content on the platform in response to the country's proposed news payment legislation

WashingtonExec to Posthumously Honor Dr. J. Phillip "Jack" London with Lifetime Achievement Award (Yahoo) WashingtonExec announced today it would posthumously honor Dr. J. Phillip "Jack" London with a Lifetime Achievement Award on May 20.

Products, services, and solutions.

Sequitur Labs Expands EmSPARK™ Security Suite Deployment Options with Introduction of Base and Advanced Packages (BusinessWire) Sequitur Labs Expands EmSPARK™ Security Suite Deployment Options with Introduction of Base and Advanced Packages

Press Release: CYDEPLOY (TCecure) TCecure CEO Tina Williams-Koroma has launched a new product venture, CyDeploy, with the aim of helping businesses better secure their data.

Hillstone Networks X8180 secures networks with more performance and energy efficiency (Help Net Security) Hillstone Networks X8180 delivers performance, security services and overall efficiency in a 3U form factor.

Imperva unifies its security capabilities with AI-infused Sonar platform (SiliconANGLE) Imperva Inc. today introduced an expansive cybersecurity platform, dubbed Sonar, that it says can block a wide variety of threats ranging from data exfiltration attempts to online bots targeting corporate websites.

Trustwave holds out a helping hand to security starters (MicroscopeUK) Security players referral programme will help those without security skills to still provide support for their customers.

Edge Delta Releases Intelligent Observability Pipelines for DevOps, Security, and SRE teams (PR Newswire) Edge Delta, the leading automated observability platform for Kubernetes, containers, and microservices in the cloud, today announced new...

Avast Announces Partnership with PMovil (PR Newswire) Avast (LSE:AVST), a global leader in digital security and privacy products, has today announced a strategic partnership with PMovil, an...

Comodo offers SOC as a platform (iTWire) Security provider Comodo has launched a security operations centre (SOC)-as-a-platform that allows managed service providers (MSPs) to offer their clients 24/7 monitoring, management and full remediation with the hard work being done by Comodo's cybersecurity experts.

Datadobi Partners with Effect ICT Solutions, Delivers High-Performance Storage and Migration Strategy for MVRDV, Leading International Architect (BusinessWire) Datadobi and Effect ICT Solutions have today announced the completion of a data migration for MVRDV.

Introducing ThreatConnect 6.1 - One Operational Support Platform for Threat Intelligence & Security Operations (BusinessWire) Introducing ThreatConnect 6.1

How companies handed cybersecurity to employees... and how MyCena is changing that (LinkedIn) Take a moment and imagine… Imagine a company letting their employees make their own keys to access the company building, elevators, floors, doors, data rooms..

Milton Security Launches Risk-Free Threat Hunting Proof of Value (PR Newswire) Milton Security, a leading provider of Threat Hunting as a Service, XDR & MDR (MxDR) SOC Services, announced today that it has launched a free,...

Digital Guardian Deepens Relationship with AWS (Digital Guardian) Amazon Macie integration, Amazon WorkSpaces support, achievement of AWS Advanced Technology Partner status, and availability in AWS Marketplace point to growing momentum

Enveil ZeroReveal 3.0 Delivers Performant, Scalable Privacy-Enhancing Capabilities for Secure Data Search, Sharing, and Collaboration (Enveil | Encrypted Veil) The performance and efficiencies in the software’s 3.0 release affirm that the groundbreaking, business-enabling capacity of homomorphic encryption is ready now for broad commercial use

SecurityHQ Release New Mobile App (PR Newswire) SecurityHQ, the leading provider in managed security services, launch their new Mobile App, SecurityHQ Response. Cyber never sleeps. Survival...

Entrust Introduces New Visitor Management as a Service Solution (BusinessWire) Entrust launches Adaptive Issuance Visitor Management as a Service, a cloud-based tool enabling a modern approach to visitor management and security.

Thycotic Integrates with Slack for Seamless Privileged Credential Access and Daily Workflow (PR Newswire) Thycotic, a provider of privileged access management (PAM) solutions to more than 12,500 organizations worldwide, including 25 of the Fortune...

Project Ares (Circadence) Circadence’s Project Ares is an award-winning, gamified cyber security learning platform that helps novice and seasoned cyber professionals keep skills sharp against evolving cyber threats.

Viasat authorized to use U.S. government provided classified cyber threat intelligence (Help Net Security) Viasat named one of four companies authorized to use U.S. government provided classified cyber threat intelligence.

The Mimecast Ecosystem Now Offers Over 60 Cybersecurity and Compliance Integrations (GuruFocus) Designed to Reduce Complexity, Minimize Risk and Improve Threat Detection and Response through Integrations with CrowdStrike, IBM Security, Netskope, Palo Alto Networks, Rapid7, ServiceNow, Splunk and more

An Industry First, Imperva Sonar Platform Delivers A Unified Security Platform Across Edge, Applications and Data (GlobeNewswire) Imperva, Inc., (@Imperva), the cybersecurity leader whose mission is to protect data and all paths to it, introduces the Imperva Sonar platform, which eliminates the need for siloed point solutions and delivers integrated analytics while automating workflow and accelerating incident response.

Students Learn About Online Threats With the Free Hackers' Epoch: The Cybersecurity Card Game Download (Dickson Post) KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Parents and teachers concerned about online safety have a fun learning tool called the Hackers' Epoch: The Cybersecurity Card Game by Scruffy City

GitLab 13.9 released with a Security Alert Dashboard and Maintenance Mode (GitLab) GitLab 13.9 released with a Security Alert Dashboard, Maintenance Mode, and so much more!

Apiiro Releases Industry’s First Solution That Detects and Prevents the Attack Used Against Solarwinds (Apiiro) SolarWinds Press Release

CIS rolls out free ransomware protection service for private hospitals (Becker's Hospital Review) Private hospitals in the U.S. can access a free ransomware protection service funded by the Center for Internet Security.

Palo Alto Networks expands IoT security to healthcare to ensure patient data privacy (Back End News) Cybersecurity solutions firm Palo Alto Networks addresses emerging concerns on healthcare data security amid a global health crisis. Leveraging machine learning (ML), the company’s ensures mo…

MISI and the Purdue University Manufacturing Extension Partnership Execute a CMMC Compliance Agreement (PR Newswire) MISI and the Purdue University Manufacturing Extension Partnership (Purdue MEP) executed an agreement to offer MISI's sensor grid and AWS...

Microsoft Azure Sentinel and Anomali (Anomali) Anomali, the leader in intelligence-driven cybersecurity solutions, today announced that Anomali Match is now integrated with Microsoft Azure Sentinel. By bridging the gap between these two leading security solutions, Anomali and Microsoft have created an automated solution that significantly enhances and speeds joint customers’ threat detection, alerting, and response capabilities.

SafeBreach Hacker’s Playbook Updated for US-CERT Alert (AA21-048A) AppleJeus: Analysis of North Korea’s Cryptocurrency Malware (SafeBreach) SafeBreach Labs has updated the Hacker's Playbook with new attack methods for malware samples described in US-CERT (AA21-048A) with an analysis of North Korea’s cryptocurrency malware.

Privitar Now Certified on Cloudera Data Platform (Privitar) New integration between The Privitar Data Privacy Platform™ and Cloudera Data Platform provides flexibility for organizations to safely use sensitive data for analytics in the cloud and on-premises

Cofense Granted FedRAMP Moderate Authorization (BusinessWire) Cofense PhishMe® has achieved a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Moderate Authorization to Operate (ATO).

Las Vegas Tech Startup Announces Nationwide Rollout of Innovative Access Control Product (KPVI) Nimbio, a leading startup in the area of access control systems, is widening the availability of its smart gate entry system. The company

Palo Alto Networks turns attention to supporting remote workforces (Security Brief) We’re working with more organisations to pivot their security architecture and move towards a cloud-delivered security model that can safely connect any user, to any application, from anywhere.

BlackBerry Announces Enhancements of BlackBerry Radar To Help Transportation Businesses Improve Asset Utilization and Visibility (BlackBerry) BlackBerry today announced enhancements to its BlackBerry Radar® H2 intelligent, data-driven asset monitoring devices to help the world’s transportation businesses reduce costs and securely improve the utilization of their trailers, containers, chassis and other remote assets.

Aruba Expands Roster of Easy-to-Deploy Workplace Safety Solutions (Galveston County Daily News) Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company (NYSE: HPE), today announced an expanded set of integrated, easy-to-deploy Edge and IoT solutions designed to enable organizations to bring employees back to physical workplaces safely.

Netskope and Mimecast Partner to Deliver Omnichannel DLP and Seamless Cloud Security (AiThority) Netskope and Mimecast, announced integrations designed to provide customers, omnichannel data loss prevention (DLP) solution

Siemens UK is awarded Cyber Essentials Plus certification (PES Media) Siemens UK has been awarded the Cyber Essentials Plus (CE+) certification, a prerequisite for organisations applying for critical national infrastructure and defence projects in the UK.

Votiro and Menlo Security Partner to Provide Total File Security Solution (BusinessWire) Votiro announced a partnership with Menlo Security to provide a total security solution for file downloads.

StorCentric Announces QV1020 on the Violin QV-Series Platform- Simple, Cost-Effective, High Performance, All-Flash NVMe Storage - StorCentric (StorCentric) Entry Capacity Point with Best Price/Performance Ratio Enables Businesses of All Sizes to Achieve the Fastest Application Response Times and Increase Application Availability

Netskope and Mimecast Partner to Deliver Omnichannel DLP and Seamless Cloud Security (PR Newswire) Netskope, the leading security cloud, and Mimecast, a leading email security and cyber resilience company, today announced several...

Cloudentity and Axway Partner to Deliver Zero Trust for Open Banking (BusinessWire) Cloudentity, a cloud-based provider of dynamic fine-grained authorization and governance solutions, today announced its partnership with Axway, a lead

Microsoft is giving some of its top security tools a 'premium' upgrade (TechRadar) Premium edition of Azure Firewall service can inspect traffic flowing over TLS connections

Centripetal Networks: Proactively Blocks Potential Exploit Attempts (CTOvision.com) Read Byron Rashed explain how Centripetal CleanINTERNET recently applied cyber threat intelligence to defend a SonicWall VPN host from over 400,000 attack attempts on their blog: Centripetal Networks observed 472,584 […]

Check Point expands its unified cloud security platform to deliver next generation cloud native application security and API protection (Source Security) Check Point has extended the capabilities of its unified CloudGuard Cloud Native Security platform with the launch of new CloudGuard Application Security (AppSec), a fully automated web application and API protection solution, enabling enterprises to secure all their cloud-native applications against both known and zero-day attacks.

Can Cisco, Palo Alto Networks Make XDR, SASE Collide? (SDxCentral) XDR and SASE were two of the hottest cybersecurity trends last year, and they don’t show any sign of slowing down in 2021.

WhiteHat Security Releases AppSec Stats Flash Volume 2 (PR Newswire) WhiteHat Security, a wholly-owned, independent subsidiary of NTT Ltd. and a world leader in application security, today released AppSec Stats...

StrikeForce Launches PrivacyLok Delivering Multi-Layered Privacy Protection Built for New Remote Work Realities (GlobeNewswire) Desktop Protection Suite Safeguards Devices from Cyber Attacks; Multiplies Security for Video Conferencing Platforms Like Zoom, Webex, Teams, and other Collaboration Tools

Votiro and Menlo Security Partner to Provide Total File Security Solution (BusinessWire) Votiro announced a partnership with Menlo Security to provide a total security solution for file downloads.

TalaTek Named a StateRAMP 3PAO Assessor (TalaTek, LLC) Company Extends Expertise to Enable State and Local Governments to Better Protect Data in the Cloud

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People.

Cybereason Accelerates North American Expansion with Strategic Hires (Cybereason) “Abigail, Stephan and Ahmed each bring unique skill sets that will have a profound impact as we continue to meet the need for future-ready security by enhancing partnerships with organizations that are in the battle with defenders everyday..." ~Eric Apple, SVP Sales at Cybereason.

Hewlett-Packard Veteran, John Johasky, Joins MetricStream as Chief Sales Officer (PR Newswire) MetricStream, the market leader in governance, risk, and compliance (GRC), and integrated risk management products and solutions, today...

Steven Oh Joins ManTech as Mission, Enterprise IT VP (GovCon Wire) Steven Oh, former technology director of the intelligence and homeland division within General Dynamics...

Mike McConnell, Patrick Gorman, and Peter Carroll join advisory board of 1Kosmos (Consulting) Following a $15 million Series A funding from ForgePoint Capital, cybersecurity startup 1Kosmos has assembled an advisory board composed of a dozen cybersecurity leaders – including seasoned consulta

Kaspersky Appoints Christopher Hurst GM of UK and Ireland (Infosecurity Magazine) Industry veteran to help drive continued enterprise and channel growth

San Jose's new cybersecurity unicorn Lacework names Dave Hatfield as CEO (Silicon Valley Business Journal) Lacework Inc., fresh from raising a $525 million unicorn funding last month, named Dave Hatfield as CEO on Tuesday.

Reddit Names Allison Miller as CISO, VP of Trust (SecurityWeek) Reddit has hired Allison Miller as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and VP of Trust, who reports to Reddit CTO Chris Slowe.

Cybereason Snags Channel Leaders From Check Point, Fortinet (CRN) Cybereason has brought on Check Point channel leader Abigail Maines and Fortinet veteran Stephen Tallent to oversee traditional channels and MSSPs in North America, respectively.

Cybersecurity Expert Melissa Hathaway Joins LookingGlass Advisory Board (Homeland Security Today) LookingGlass Cyber Solutions, a leader in operationalizing threat intelligence, announced the appointment today of Melissa Hathaway to its Advisory Board. Hathaway brings extensive cyber policy and technical expertise to the Board.

Kaspersky picks former Symantec exec as new UK boss (CRN) Cybersecurity vendor appoints Christopher Hurst as new general manager of UK and Ireland

Cybersecurity Executive Malcolm Harkins Joins BlackCloak Advisory Board (PR Newswire) BlackCloak, Inc., the cybersecurity industry's first Concierge Cybersecurity & Privacy™ protection platform for Executives and High-Profile...

BehavioSec Triples Revenue in 2020; Welcomes New CRO (BusinessWire) BehavioSec announced the appointment of Michael Nelson as Chief Revenue Officer.

Evolv Technology Appoints Tech Industry Veteran Merline Saintil to its Board of Directors (Evolv Technology) Evolv Technology announces appointment of digital transformation executive Merline Saintil to its board of directors.

Palo Alto Networks Appoints Dr. Helene D. Gayle to Its Board of Directors (PR Newswire) Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW), the global cybersecurity leader, today announced the appointment of Dr. Helene D. Gayle to the company's board...

Novetta Elevates Kevin Heald, Michael Thieme to Key Exec Positions (WashingtonExec) Novetta has promoted two experienced executives to new roles in an effort to unify its technology portfolio and expand its information exploitation

Constella Intelligence Expands Executive Leadership Team Amid Continued Revenue Growth (PR Newswire) Constella Intelligence ("Constella"), a global Digital Risk Protection leader, announced today it has added five members to its executive...

Chertoff Group and ZP Group strengthen their ties with US cyber procurement (Intelligence Online) Though it already counts several former US government officials among its ranks, Chertoff Group recently drafted the former US Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. This will

Fastly Names Brett Shirk as Chief Revenue Officer (Yahoo) Fastly, Inc. (NYSE: FSLY), provider of a global edge cloud platform, today announced the appointment of Brett Shirk as Chief Revenue Officer, effective February 22, 2021. Shirk joins Fastly with over 25 years of experience in the cloud and security industry, most recently as Chief Revenue Officer at Rubrik. He will report directly to Fastly CEO Joshua Bixby.

Bishop Fox Appoints Former TrustArc Executive as Vice President of Engineering (GlobeNewswire) Security Engineering Veteran to Define and Drive Next Stage of Company’s Next-Generation Continuous Attack Surface Testing Platform

Constella Intelligence Expands Executive Leadership Team Amid Continued Revenue Growth (PR Newswire) Constella Intelligence ("Constella"), a global Digital Risk Protection leader, announced today it has added five members to its executive...