Perimeter 81 Looks to Take Firewall Appliances Out

Perimeter 81 has raised an additional $40 million in funding as part of an effort to eliminate the need to rely on firewalls in the form of an appliance to secure perimeters. Company CEO Amit Bareket said now that many employees are working from home … Continue reading Perimeter 81 Looks to Take Firewall Appliances Out

Netskope Unveils Free Real-Time Threat Intelligence Exchange

Netskope today launched a Cloud Threat Exchange portal through which it will share threat intelligence with customers and partners for free. Company CTO Krishna Narayanaswamy said the Cloud Threat Exchange will automate the delivery and distribution i… Continue reading Netskope Unveils Free Real-Time Threat Intelligence Exchange

Akamai Identifies Copycat DDoS Extortion Rings

A group of copycat cybercriminals that appear to be pretending to be affiliated with more notorious threat actors are sending extortion letters threatening distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. According to a report published this week by the … Continue reading Akamai Identifies Copycat DDoS Extortion Rings

Bugcrowd Launches M&A Security Assessment Service

Bugcrowd, a provider of crowdsourced security services, this week launched an offering designed for organizations that need to assess the cybersecurity resiliency of a potential acquisition. Company CEO Ashish Gupta said the Bugcrowd Mergers & Acq… Continue reading Bugcrowd Launches M&A Security Assessment Service

Adaptive Shield Rises to SaaS App Security Challenge

Adaptive Shield emerged from stealth to address the need to better secure software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications. Fresh off raising an additional $4 million in funding, the company’s namesake platform identifies and prioritizes weaknesses in SaaS a… Continue reading Adaptive Shield Rises to SaaS App Security Challenge

Slack Strengthens Cybersecurity Controls

Slack today announced it has made it possible for IT organizations to manage their own encryption keys as part of an effort to enhance the security of its widely employed messaging service. In addition, Slack is making available audit log data via a S… Continue reading Slack Strengthens Cybersecurity Controls

Centrify Automates Password Reconciliation via Client

Centrify has extended its password access management (PAM) service to enable password reconciliation on the client. Torsten George, cybersecurity evangelist for Centrify, said enabling password reconciliation using Centrify client software in conjunct… Continue reading Centrify Automates Password Reconciliation via Client

Linux Foundation Addresses Open Source Security

The Linux Foundation announced this week it has launched yet another consortium, this time in the hopes of bringing some order to multiple previous efforts to address open source security. The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) will consolidate… Continue reading Linux Foundation Addresses Open Source Security

Report Finds Cloud Security Concerns Warranted

A recent report published by Orca Security, a provider of tools for scanning cloud workloads, suggests the shared responsibility approach to cloud security is not being embraced as successfully as most organizations would prefer. Based on an analysis … Continue reading Report Finds Cloud Security Concerns Warranted