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CRN’s 2023 Women of the Channel Honors - Pamela Sharma and Christina Rauscher of Zerto (Zerto) Zerto, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Pamela Sharma, senior manager, partner marketing, and Christina Rauscher, global alliances director, to the Women of the Channel list for 2023. Every year, CRN recognizes women from vendor, distributor, and solution provider […]
Shift5 expands its investor network (Washington Technology) Booz Allen Hamilton's venture capital arm is among the newly-revealed names that are investing in the cyber company.
Exclusive: Defense contractor Shift5 closes $83M Series B round (Axios) A defense contractor aiming to protect military weapon systems and other critical infrastructure has closed an $83 million Series B funding round, the company first shared with Axios.
Industrial CyberSecurity company Dragos to lay off 9% of its workforce (iTWire) Dragos CEO Robert M. Lee sent an email to the company today (US time), to share the news about a layoff of 50 Dragos employees. Details include why this decision, was necessary to maintain the company’s trajectory as a business, ensure long-term continued growth and success, and continue to deliver...
USAID Awards $329M Cyber Contract to Accenture (Meritalk) The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a $329 million contract to Accenture Federal Services to manage the agency’s comprehensive information assurance and privacy program.
No Layoffs, Says Netskope India MD As Company Opens New B’lore Office (Business World) Netskope’s India headcount is close to 600, out of which over 400 employees are engineers
HashiCorp chops 8% of its workforce (Computing) Cuts come despite a 37% year-on-year rise in revenue
Bishop Fox’s Vinnie Liu talks offensive security skills (Computer Weekly) There is growing demand for offensive security testing, but it needs a multi-layered skillset that can be hard to quantify. Bishop Fox’s CEO and co-founder, Vinnie Liu, explains why and some potential mitigation strategies.
Verinext Named 2023 Southeast Regional Partner of the Year by Arctic Wolf (Verinext) Verinext is the Arctic Wolf Southeast Regional Partner of the Year for our commitment to improving our customers' cybersecurity posture.
Group-IB named a Representative Vendor in Gartner® 2023 Market Guide for Digital Forensics and Incident Response Services (Group-IB) Group-IB, a global cybersecurity leader headquartered in Singapore, is pleased to announce that it was recognized by Gartner in their 2023 Market Guide for Digital Forensics and Incident Response Services (Gartner subscription required). In the report, Gartner identified Group-IB as a representative vendor for incident response services.
Oracle’s Answer to the Microsoft-OpenAI Alliance: Cozying Up to Cohere (The Information) Oracle has invested in Cohere, an artificial intelligence startup that competes with OpenAI, the startup said on Thursday. What Cohere didn’t say: Oracle plans to make the startup a centerpiece of its strategy to catch up to bigger cloud rivals that sell services powered by large-language ...
Sumo Logic Cuts Staff After Francisco Partners Takeover (The Information) Data analytics software company Sumo Logic made widespread layoffs this week, according to people familiar with the matter and an email to staff viewed by The Information, less than a month after private equity firm Francisco Partners bought the company for $1.7 billion. The exact size of the ...
Managed cybersecurity provider Blackpoint Cyber reels in $190M from investors (SiliconANGLE) Managed cybersecurity provider Blackpoint Cyber reels in $190M from investors - SiliconANGLE
QuSecure Awarded U.S. Army Contract for Post-Quantum Cybersecurity Solutions (Business Wire) United States Army with QuSecure Advances Toward a Quantum-Resilient Future Protecting the Country from Today’s and Tomorrow’s Cybersecurity Threats
Blackpoint Raises $190 Million to Help MSPs Combat Cyber Threats (SecurityWeek) Blackpoint Cyber raises $190 million in a growth funding round led by Bain Capital Tech Opportunities.
Ellicott City's Blackpoint Cyber raises $190M in Greater Baltimore's first megadeal of the year (Maryland Inno) An Ellicott City cybersecurity firm landed the first Baltimore-area megadeal of 2023 on Thursday, offering a glimmer of hope during a down year for technology funding.
Bain Capital Invests in Blackpoint Cyber (Mergers & Acquisitions) Blackpoint Cyber is a cybersecurity company providing its security suite via managed service providers.
Booz Allen invests in onboard data firm Shift5 (Consulting) Booz Allen Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of IT consultancy Booz Allen, has invested in Shift5, an Arlington, VA-based onboard data company.
Shift5 Closes $83M Series B Funding, Boosts U.S. Cyber Defense Business (MSSP Alert) Shift5 has landed some $33 million in Series B funding led by Moore Strategic Ventures.
Thales proposes to acquire Tesserent in a recommended transaction, expanding its global cybersecurity leadership (Thales Group) Tesserent Limited (ASX: TNT) and Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) are pleased to announce that they have entered into a binding Scheme Implementation Deed (SID) under which it is proposed that Thales will acquire 100% of the shares in Tesserent by way of a Scheme of Arrangement for A$0.13 per ordinary share in cash valuing Tesserent’s equity at A$176m (circa €107 million)1.
Gorilla Technology Group Signs Heads of Terms to Acquire Bacom Internetwork (GlobeNewswire News Room) Bolsters global expansion strategy-- --Entry point to provide Smart City solutions in Thailand...
Cato Networks Breaks SASE Speed Barrier (Again) With 5 Gbps Encrypted Tunnels to Sites and the Cloud (Cato Networks) Cato quintuples the throughput of the nearest SASE competitor without requiring hardware upgrades, underscoring the value of a fully cloud-native platform TEL AVIV, Israel, June 13th, 2023 — Cato Networks, provider of the world’s leading single-vendor SASE platform, announced today a new SASE throughput record, achieving 5 Gbps on a single encrypted tunnel with all...
Kodem comes out of stealth with $25M to tackle application security (TechCrunch) The funding includes both a Series A of $18 million led by Greylock with a seed of $7 million co-led by TPY Capital and Greylock.
odix and AKITA Announce Merger Creating a Holistic Approach for Zero-Trust Security (Newswire) The companies recognize a powerful synergy and unite to deliver comprehensive security solutions for businesses of all sizes.
Cyber insurance: What is it and does my company need it? (WeLiveSecurity) Cyber insurance is not a 'get out of jail free card' for companies, but it can help insulate them from the financial impact of serious cyber-incidents.
Products, Services, and Solutions
SafeBreach Security Posture Optimizer Empowers CISOs to Communicate Cyber Resiliency to the Board (SafeBreach) SafeBreach, the pioneer in breach and attack simulation (BAS), today introduced Security Posture Optimizer (SPO)
Firewalla Adds Gold SE for Affordable, Powerful Protection at High Internet Speeds (Firewalla) Launch celebrates the sixth anniversary of company’s first product launch, Firewalla Red
Okta Device Access | Device Access Management (Okta) Okta Device Access unifies access management from any device to all applications to minimize modern security risks and improve business efficiency. SEO keywords: Link to seo keyword analysis" but it should just be "Okta Device Access unifies access management from any device to all applications to minimize modern security risks and improve business efficiency.
Descope Announces Product Enhancements to Accelerate Passkeys Adoption for any App (Descope) Developers can now use OIDC federated authentication to add passkeys to Amazon Cognito, Auth0, and other existing environments.
Keeper Security unveils new Safari browser extension (ETCIO.com) The Keeper for Safari browser extension will generate strong passwords, autofill logins and protect your confidential information with world-class security.
SafeBreach Security Posture Optimizer Empowers CISOs to Communicate Cyber Resiliency to the Board (SafeBreach) SafeBreach, the pioneer in breach and attack simulation (BAS), today introduced Security Posture Optimizer (SPO)
Deloitte announces new managed end-to-end enterprise cloud security and compliance offering with AWS: ConvergeSECURITY (PR Newswire) Deloitte, a leader in global cyber services, today announces it is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deliver ConvergeSECURITY, a cloud...
NETSCOUT Launches New Visibility Without Borders Platform (Business Wire) Offers Unrivaled Deep Packet Inspection At Scale to Realize the Full Benefits of Digital Transformation on a Single Platform
Rezilion Launches Breakthrough Agentless Runtime Monitoring Solution for Vulnerability Management (Rezilion) Rezilion announces the release of its Agentless Runtime Monitoring solution which monitors exploitable attack surfaces in runtime.
Zscaler Extends the Power of the Zero Trust Exchange™ Platform with Breakthrough Cybersecurity Innovations to Identify, Mitigate, and Manage Large-Scale Attacks (GlobeNewswire News Room) These New Services Transform Secure Branch Connectivity, Provide Continuous Monitoring and Threat Detection for Identity-Based Attacks, Quantify Holistic...
Zscaler Unveils Suite of Cyber Solutions Designed to Harness the Full Potential of Generative AI (GlobeNewswire News Room) Industry’s Largest Cloud Security Data Lake Enables New AI-Powered Security Controls to Detect Millions of New Attacks While Safeguarding Sensitive Data...
WISeKey and FOSSA Systems Successfully Launched New WISeSat-Ready Satellites with SpaceX Falcon 9 on the Transporter-8 Mission (GlobeNewswire News Room) WISeKey and FOSSA Systems Successfully Launched New WISeSat-Ready Satellites with SpaceX Falcon 9 on the Transporter-8 Mission ...
Apptio Launches Multi-cloud FinOps Innovation for Advanced Cloud Spend Planning and Optimization, Savings Automation, and Kubernetes Integration (PR Newswire) Apptio, the leading technology spend and value management company, today launched new FinOps capabilities to its Cloudability product family,...
Announcing the AWS Global Partner Security Initiative (Amazon Web Services, Inc.) Today, AWS announces the AWS Global Security Initiative which provides Global System Integrators (GSI) partners the opportunity to jointly develop innovative and transformational security and compliance services with AWS, delivering on the promise of actionable security data leveraging the power of Generative AI.
Deloitte announces new managed end-to-end enterprise cloud security and compliance offering with AWS: ConvergeSECURITY (PR Newswire) Deloitte, a leader in global cyber services, today announces it is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deliver ConvergeSECURITY, a cloud...
MontyCloud Announces AWS Built-in Solution (EIN Presswire) MontyCloud announces an AWS built-in solution that automatically installs, configures, and integrates with native AWS Cloud Foundational Services
Laminar Announces AWS Built-in Solution for Data Security (Business Wire) Laminar is the first start-up security partner to deliver an AWS built-in co-build solution
New – Amazon S3 Dual-Layer Server-Side Encryption with Keys Stored in AWS Key Management Service (DSSE-KMS) (Amazon Web Services) Today, we are launching Amazon S3 dual-layer server-side encryption with keys stored in AWS Key Management Service (DSSE-KMS), a new encryption option in Amazon S3 that applies two layers of encryption to objects when they are uploaded to an Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket. DSSE-KMS is designed to meet National Security Agency CNSSP […]
New – Move Payment Processing to the Cloud with AWS Payment Cryptography (Amazon Web Services) Cryptography is everywhere in our daily lives. If you’re reading this blog, you’re using HTTPS, an extension of HTTP that uses encryption to secure communications. On AWS, multiple services and capabilities help you manage keys and encryption, such as: AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS), which you can use to create and protect keys to […]
Simplify How You Manage Authorization in Your Applications with Amazon Verified Permissions – Now Generally Available (Amazon Web Services) When developing a new application or integrating an existing one into a new environment, user authentication and authorization require significant effort to be correctly implemented. In the past, you would have built your own authentication system, but today you can use an external identity provider like Amazon Cognito. Yet, authorization logic is typically implemented in […]
AWS Cyber Insurance Partners (Amazon Web Services, Inc.) Cyber insurance has become the norm, often mandated by quickly emerging regulations and a key factor for addressing business’ risk from the always evolving threat landscape. In developing insurance policy pricing, insurers assess various factors for evaluating an organization’s risk including security posture.
Achieve Faster Growth and Scale with AWS Built-in Partner Solutions (Amazon Web Services) AWS built-in partner solutions integrate automatically with AWS foundational services to simplify and streamline the deployment experience. Available in AWS Marketplace, AWS built-in partner solutions are designed to automate, configure, and scale across multi-account environments following AWS best practices. This helps customers achieve business goals for faster growth and scale, all while increasing security posture by leveraging cloud foundational domains.
Amazon CodeGuru Security is now available in preview (Amazon Web Services, Inc.) Today, AWS announces the preview release of Amazon CodeGuru Security, a static application security testing (SAST) tool that uses Machine Learning to help you identify code vulnerabilities and provide guidance you can use as part of remediation.
Announcing AWS Config now supports recording exclusions by resource type | Amazon Web Services (Amazon Web Services) AWS Config is a service that tracks configuration changes of AWS resources in your AWS account. AWS Config uses the configuration recorder to detect these changes and then captures them as configuration items. The configuration recorder is created and started in each Region where you set up AWS Config. By default, the configuration recorder records […]
Announcing AWS CloudTrail Lake Dashboards – Visualize and Analyze CloudTrail data | Amazon Web Services (Amazon Web Services) In January 2022, AWS announced general availability of AWS CloudTrail Lake, a managed audit and security lake that allows you to aggregate, immutably store and query activity logs for auditing, security investigation and operational troubleshooting. Since launch, thousands of customers have adopted this feature. We are excited to announce that CloudTrail Lake dashboards are now […]
Amazon EC2 Instance Connect supports SSH and RDP connectivity without public IP address (Amazon Web Services, Inc.) With EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint (EIC Endpoint), customers now have SSH and RDP connectivity to their EC2 instances without using public IP addresses.
AWS Security Hub launches a new capability for automating actions to update findings (Amazon Web Services) If you’ve had discussions with a security organization recently, there’s a high probability that the word automation has come up. As organizations scale and consume the benefits the cloud has to offer, it’s important to factor in and understand how the additional cloud footprint will affect operations. Automation is a key enabler for efficient operations […]
How CyberArk Built a Tenant Management Service for its SaaS Offering (Amazon Web Services) A tenant management service manages the tenant’s provisioning and lifecycle, and tenant management is usually one of the first services SaaS providers build for their SaaS control plane, as the tenant onboarding experience must be simple and fast. Learn how CyberArk built a serverless, simple, and scalable tenant management service. Its primary responsibility is adding new tenants and provisioning multiple CyberArk products to the tenants according to the customer’s subscription.
Lacework Expands its Relationship with AWS to Deliver Enhanced Cloud Detection and Response for the Enterprise (PR Newswire) Lacework, a data-driven cloud security company, today announced it is expanding its relationship with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide...
Tanium Named Winner in 2023 Cloud Security Awards | Tanium (Tanium) Tanium has been named a winner for “Best Security Solution in Risk Identification” in the 2023 The Cloud Security Awards.
Amazon Inspector announces the general availability of Code Scans for AWS Lambda function (Amazon Web Services, Inc.) Amazon Inspector now supports code scanning of Lambda functions, expanding the existing capability to scan Lambda functions and associated layers for software vulnerabilities in application package dependencies.
Amazon Detective extends finding groups to Amazon Inspector (Amazon Web Services, Inc.) Amazon Detective has expanded finding groups to include Amazon Inspector network reachability and software vulnerability findings alongside Amazon GuardDuty findings.
Vulcan Cyber is a Launch Partner for Wiz Integrations (WIN) Platform (PR Newswire) Vulcan Cyber, developers of the cyber risk management platform for all attack surfaces, today announced the launch of the Vulcan Connector for...
Armis Chosen as Launch Partner for Wiz Integration (WIN) Platform (Armis) Technology Integration will Enable Mutual Customers to Reduce Cloud Risk and Increase Asset Visibility & Security
Contrast Security Joins the Wiz Integrations (WIN) Platform as a Launch Partner (Contrast Security) Technology partnership enables mutual customers to reduce cloud risk with enhanced visibility into application security.
RegScale Selected as Launch Partner for Wiz Integration (WIN) Platform - RegScale (RegScale) RegScale real-time GRC announces a partnership with leading cloud security provider Wiz as the company unveils Wiz Integration (WIN).
SentinelOne® Supercharges Cloud Security with Enhanced Wiz Integration (Business Wire) Company introduces real-time threat hunting with Singularity™ Skylight, enabling companies to leverage its market-leading security data lake and cloud workload protection platform to better manage risks
Mend.io Launches AppSec Risk Assessment Program to Aid Understanding and Prioritization of Application Risk (Mend) Mend.io, a leader in application security, announced the launch of a new AppSec Risk Assessment program to help organizations understand and prioritize their application risk.
Expanding our Security AI ecosystem at Security Summit 2023 (Google Cloud Blog) Organizations large and small are realizing that digital transformation requires a ground-up approach to modernize security.
Eviden launches “AIsaac Cyber Mesh”, strengthened by AWS, for reinforced cyber resilience (Atos) Eviden, an Atos business, a leader in digital, cloud, big data and security, today announces AIsaac Cyber Mesh, a next generation of cybersecurity detection and response, reinforced by Amazon Web Services (AWS) Security Data Lake and powered by generative AI technologies. AIsaac Cyber Mesh offers an advanced end-to-end detection, response, and recovery solution, built on a cybersecurity mesh-enabled architecture[1] using generative AI and predictive analytics
Threat Intelligence Solutions (Cybersixgill) Cybersixgill's cyber threat intelligence provides businesses with continuous monitoring, prioritized real-time alerts and deep and dark web threat intelligence.
Cyware Announced as Launch Partner for Wiz Integration (WIN) Platform (Business Wire) Technology Partnership Enables Mutual Customers to Reduce Cloud Risk and Automate Response to Prevent Cloud Security Risks from Being Exploited
People
FIRST expands its leadership team (Help Net Security) FIRST has elected Tracy Bills as a new chair and appointed a new cyber security expert, Carlos Alvarez, to its Board of Directors.
NeoSystems Names Stuart Itkin Senior Vice President and CMO (NeoSystems LLC) Top Managed Services Provider to the GovCon Market Taps Itkin to Position Company for Next Stage of Growth RESTON, Va.,...
Marene Allison, Former Johnson & Johnson Vice President and CISO Joins Nozomi Networks Board of Advisors (GlobeNewswire News Room) SAN FRANCISCO, June 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nozomi Networks Inc., the leader in OT and critical infrastructure security, today announced Marene...
Flashpoint National Security Solutions Announces New Advisory Board (Business Wire) Advisory board will support the continued expansion of Flashpoint’s public sector presence and drive mission success for national security customers
PCI SSC welcomes Jscrambler's CTO Pedro Fortuna to its Board of Advisors (Jscrambler) Jscrambler, a leading solution for JavaScript protection and real-time webpage monitoring, is pleased to announce that its Chief Technology Officer and Cofounder, Pedro Fortuna, has been appointed to the 2023-2025 PCI Security Standards Council Board of Advisors.
GitLab Appoints Josh Lemos as Chief Information Security Officer (GitLab) Former Block, ServiceNow and Cylance security leader joins to lead privacy-first security strategy for the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps platform in the market
RiskOptics Names Lisa Mogensen as Chief Financial Officer (Business Wire) Mogensen brings a wealth of financial and technology experience to RiskOptics in support of rapid business expansion for its cyber risk management solutions
Zero Trust Network Access Provider Cyolo Strengthens Senior Leadership Team with Industry Veteran Jason Schaaf (Cyolo) Jason Schaaf joins Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) provider Cyolo as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), bringing with him 20+ years’ experience in technology sales.
Rubrik Appoints Enterprise SaaS Veteran Andres Botero as Chief Marketing Officer (Rubrik) Rubrik today announced the appointment of Andres Botero as the company’s Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), where he will drive Rubrik’s go-to-market strategies and growth initiatives.
Veeam Welcomes Kacy Hassack as Chief People and Culture Officer (Veeam Software) Veeam Welcomes Kacy Hassack as Chief People and Culture Officer
Next Announces John Stringer as Head of Product and Promotes Chris Denbigh-White to Chief Security Officer (Business Wire) Data Protection Leader Expands Leadership Team to Drive Business and Innovation
Trustle Appoints Marc Boroditsky to Board of Directors (Business Wire) Boroditsky joins existing board members Rick Grinnell and Emiliano Berenbaum, bringing over 30 years of experience scaling high-performance revenue organizations at global software companies
SureCloud welcomes Tom Obermaier as Chief Executive Officer (SureCloud) SureCloud is confident that under Mr. Tom Obermaier, the company will continue to thrive, innovate, and provide unmatched solutions to our customers.
Cloudera CEO to Depart (The Information) Rob Bearden, the CEO of Cloudera, told employees in a virtual town hall meeting on Tuesday that he is stepping down, according to someone with direct knowledge. Bearden said in the meeting that it was his decision to leave the company, and that he had not been fired or forced to leave, the ...