Author Archives: Kevin Townsend
Critical Infrastructure Protection Firm OPSWAT Secures $125 Million Growth Funding
Critical infrastructure protection firm OPSWAT has secured $125 million growth funding from Brighton Park Capital. The money will be used to accelerate the firm’s global growth, to invest in R&D, and to pursue strategic acquisitions.
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Cyan Forensics Raises $6.9 Million to Combat Pedophiles and Terrorists
Edinburgh, Scotland-based start-up Cyan Forensics has secured £5 million (approximately $6.9 million) in a Series A funding round led by Par Equity. This brings the total funding raised to date to £8 million ($11 million).
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CISO Conversations: Princeton, Cal State and Ohio State CISOs Talk Higher Ed Cybersecurity
Deep Analysis of More than 60,000 Breach Reports Over Three Years
Hackers Are Winning Battles, While Victims are Gaming the Notification Laws
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CISO Conversations: Intel, Cisco Security Chiefs Discuss the Making of a Great CISO
Illinois Court Exposes More Than 323,000 Sensitive Records
Unsecured Server Exposed Records Containing Sensitive Personal Data and Case Notes From Cook County Court
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Secure Access Service Edge Provider Cato Networks Raises $130 Million
Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) provider Cato Networks has raised $130 million in a Series E funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with a new investor, Coatue, and existing investors, Greylock, Aspect Ventures / Acrew Capital, Singtel Inno… Continue reading Secure Access Service Edge Provider Cato Networks Raises $130 Million
Cybersecurity Workforce Study Needs to be Taken with a Pinch of Salt
The global cybersecurity workforce has increased by 700,000 to 3.5 million (while the shortfall has decreased by 950,000 to 3.12 million); and companies have apparently transitioned to remote working securely.
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Study Finds New Employees Immediately Given Access to Millions of Files
A new report demonstrates that the size of the problem for financial services created by the COVID-related switch to remote working can only be solved by automation.
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