Barracuda Networks Extends WAF Reach to Google Cloud Platform

Barracuda Networks has made its web application firewall (WAF) available on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Tim Jefferson, vice president of public cloud for Barracuda Networks, said the availability of CloudGen WAF on GCP means organizations can now… Continue reading Barracuda Networks Extends WAF Reach to Google Cloud Platform

McAfee to Advance Cybersecurity AI via the Cloud

McAfee this week announced the availability of McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) software on Amazon Web Services (AWS), which sets the stage of applying artificial intelligence (AI) to the massive amounts of data being collected by its endpoint securi… Continue reading McAfee to Advance Cybersecurity AI via the Cloud

Survey Finds Breach Discovery Takes an Average 197 Days

A new global study based on 500 interviews conducted by The Ponemon Institute on behalf of IBM finds that the average amount of time required to identify a data breach is 197 days, and the average amount of time needed to contain a data breach once it… Continue reading Survey Finds Breach Discovery Takes an Average 197 Days

SolarWinds Acquires Trusted Metrics

SolarWinds moved to expand its portfolio of security technologies by acquiring Trusted Metrics, a provider of real-time threat monitoring and management software. SolarWinds immediately then launched SolarWinds Threat Monitor, a tool for detecting sus… Continue reading SolarWinds Acquires Trusted Metrics

Trend Micro Embraces AI to Advance Cybersecurity

Trend Micro is making the case that cybersecurity has reached a level of complexity that requires increased reliance on machine learning algorithms and other forms of artificial intelligence (AI)—technologies it will manage on behalf of customers when… Continue reading Trend Micro Embraces AI to Advance Cybersecurity

Cost of Email Security Breaches Rises

The fact that email is the single-biggest threat vector won’t come as much of a surprise to most cybersecurity professionals. But the fact that the costs associated with those attacks are increasing is becoming a bigger concern. According to a survey … Continue reading Cost of Email Security Breaches Rises

Connecting the Dots Between Cybersecurity and Trade Wars

Countries have been stealing intellectual property from one another since the dawn of time. But cyberespionage has pushed intellectual property (IP) theft to levels never imagined, which now is helping to fuel an all-out global trade war. One of the p… Continue reading Connecting the Dots Between Cybersecurity and Trade Wars

Continuum Acquires CARVIR to Strengthen Managed Security Service

Providers of platforms that managed security service providers (MSSPs) rely on to fill the yawning gap left by the shortage of IT professionals are aiming to help MSSPs expand the scope of those services. One such example is Continuum, which has acqui… Continue reading Continuum Acquires CARVIR to Strengthen Managed Security Service

SPP Coalition Challenges Payment Card Giants on Cybersecurity

Retailers and providers of payment networks this week announced they are coming together to form a Secure Payments Partnership (SPP), a coalition dedicated to smoothing implementation of cybersecurity technologies. Founding members of SPP include the … Continue reading SPP Coalition Challenges Payment Card Giants on Cybersecurity

Fortinet Adds Machine Learning Algorithms to WAF

Fortinet today at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2018 announced it has infused machine learning algorithms and user-behavioral analytics in its web application firewall to identify nearly 100 percent of all cyberthreats. John Maddis… Continue reading Fortinet Adds Machine Learning Algorithms to WAF