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VMware announced the general availability of another CloudHealth by VMware service that detects vulnerabilities and threats in real-time while also identifying cloud infrastructure that is potentially at risk of being compromised. Jason Needham, head … Continue reading VMware Moves to Close Cybersecurity Loop
Fortinet today launched an initiative to integrate firewalls and software-defined wide area networks (SD-WANs) to make it easier to secure a branch office. The Fortinet SD-Branch portfolio consists of the company’s firewall that has been extended to in… Continue reading Fortinet Launches Secure Branch Initiative
Vectra has garnered another $100 million in funding to accelerate development of a threat detection and response system running in the cloud that makes extensive use of artificial intelligence (AI). This latest round of funding brings the total invest… Continue reading Vectra Raises $100M More for Cybersecurity AI
Orca Security has picked up an additional $6.5 million in funding to further development of an analytics platform that provides visibility into cloud applications and infrastructure without requiring organizations to deploy agent software and network … Continue reading Orca Security Picks Up $6.5M to Improve Cloud Security
Fresh off raising an additional $11 million in financing, Edgewise Networks this week launched a platform that enables organizations to apply microsegmentation via a single mouse click. Edgewise Networks CEO Peter Smith said the company’s Zero Trust A… Continue reading Edgewise Networks Simplifies Microsegmentation
Check Point Software Technologies this week launched a big data analytics platform providing analytics to give cybersecurity professionals visibility into every application and system they have deployed on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud. Z… Continue reading Check Point Adds Big Data Analytics Platform for Cybersecurity
A survey of 1,006 IT leaders published today by BeyondTrust, a provider of tools for managing privileged access management (PAM), suggests insider threat issues are more pervasive than most organizations might fully appreciate. Announced at the Infose… Continue reading Survey Finds Insider Threats Becoming Bigger Concern
Sophos today announced it has acquired Rook Security, a provider of a managed set of detection and response services that will further advance the company’s expansion into cybersecurity services. Company CTO Joe Levy said Rook Security would enable So… Continue reading Sophos Acquires Rook Security to Extend Services Strategy
Palo Alto Networks plans to bring together several cybersecurity platforms into a unified platform it is calling Prisma in the wake of agreeing to acquire Twistlock, provider of a container security platform, and PureSec, provider of a platform for se… Continue reading Palo Alto Networks Details Strategy Post Acquisition Spree
Given much of the publicity that is routinely attached to every breach disclosure these days, it’s easy to be pessimistic about the overall state of cybersecurity. But a 2018 breach report from Trustwave, a provider of managed security services, finds… Continue reading Survey Report: Threat Containment Getting Better