White Hat Security Partners with Bugcrowd to Advance DevSecOps

White Hat Security this week announced a partnership with Bugcrowd through which vulnerabilities discovered by certified ethical hackers that paid bounties can be integrated within a larger set of integrated DevSecOps processes. Setu Kulkarni, vice pr… Continue reading White Hat Security Partners with Bugcrowd to Advance DevSecOps

IT Security: Bomgar to Become BeyondTrust

Bomgar announced its intent to acquire BeyondTrust, with the combined IT security entity being known as BeyondTrust. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Current BeyondTrust CEO Kevin Hickey said the deal makes sense because not only do both companie… Continue reading IT Security: Bomgar to Become BeyondTrust

VMware Pledges to Reduce Cybersecurity Costs

VMware, at this week’s VMworld 2018 conference, signaled its intention to reduce dramatically the number of products and technologies required to secure an IT environment by eliminating sensors, agents and the need for physical boxes whenever po… Continue reading VMware Pledges to Reduce Cybersecurity Costs

Signal Sciences Extends WAF Scope

Signal Sciences is looking to further DevSecOps adoption by adding support for a Power Rules user interface to its web application firewall (WAF) through which security teams can define, monitor and act on any web application or transaction involving … Continue reading Signal Sciences Extends WAF Scope

Juniper Networks Rises to 5G Networks Security Challenge

Juniper Networks this week took the wraps off an acceleration card for its firewall designed to keep pace with the volume of traffic expect to be generated by 5G networks. Amy James, director of security product marketing for Juniper Networks, said th… Continue reading Juniper Networks Rises to 5G Networks Security Challenge

Cisco Outlines Strategy Post $2.35B Duo Security Deal

Cisco Systems is gearing up to extend its cybersecurity reach all the way out to the endpoint, in the wake of plopping down $2.35 billion to acquire Duo Security, a provider of identity management software delivered as cloud service. The deal, which i… Continue reading Cisco Outlines Strategy Post $2.35B Duo Security Deal

FireEye Infuses Machine Learning into Endpoint Security

FireEye has become the latest provider of IT security technologies to incorporate machine learning algorithms into their portfolio. Unveiled this week, MalwareGuard adds a machine learning-based detection and prevention engine to FireEye Endpoint Secu… Continue reading FireEye Infuses Machine Learning into Endpoint Security

Imperva Acquires RASP Provider to Advance DevSecOps

Imperva revealed it plans to more closely align application and data security after acquiring Prevoty, provider of runtime application self-protection (RASP) software designed to be embedded in an application. The all-cash transaction, expected to clo… Continue reading Imperva Acquires RASP Provider to Advance DevSecOps

Gigamon Acquires ICEBRG to Meld Security, Network Monitoring

Gigamon announced it is expanding the scope of its cybersecurity monitoring efforts significantly by acquiring ICEBRG, a provider of a cloud-based threat detection service. The combination of the sensors ICEBRG deploys coupled with the real-time netwo… Continue reading Gigamon Acquires ICEBRG to Meld Security, Network Monitoring

Rubrik Adds Cybersecurity App to Combat Ransomware

Rubrik today unfurled a security application that runs on top of its data management platform and leverages machine learning algorithms to combat security breaches such as ransomware. Soham Mazumdar, co-founder and chief architect for Rubrik, said Pol… Continue reading Rubrik Adds Cybersecurity App to Combat Ransomware