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XDR Firm Cynet Raises $40 Million Series C Funding
Venture funding continues to flow this week, with extended detection and response (XDR) firm Cynet adding $40 million to its coffers via a Series C funding round led by Greenfield Partners.
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Microsoft Shares Additional Mitigations for Exchange Server Vulnerabilities Under Attack
Microsoft on Friday released alternative mitigation measures for organizations who have not been able to immediately apply emergency out-of-band patches released earlier this week that address vulnerabilities being exploited to siphon e-mail data from … Continue reading Microsoft Shares Additional Mitigations for Exchange Server Vulnerabilities Under Attack
Okta to Acquire Rival Auth0 in $6.5 Billion Deal
Identity and access management giant Okta (NASDAQ: OKTA) late Wednesday announced plans buy rival Auth0 in an all-stock transaction valued at roughly $6.5 billion.
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HYAS Raises $16 Million to Hunt Adversary Infrastructure
HYAS, a Victoria, Canada-based provider of threat intelligence based on adversary infrastructure, announced this week that it has closed a $16 million Series B round of funding led by S3 Ventures.
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GitHub Hires Mike Hanley as Chief Security Officer
Software development platform GitHub announced on Wednesday that it has hired Mike Hanley as its new Chief Security Officer (CSO).
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Reddit Names Allison Miller as CISO, VP of Trust
Social news community site Reddit announced on Monday that it has hired Allison Miller as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and VP of Trust.
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Strata Raises $11 Million to Tackle Multi-Cloud Identity Management
Strata Identity, a Boulder, Colo.-based startup that is on a mission to help unify on-premises and cloud-based authentication and access systems for multi-cloud environments, today announced that it has raised $11 million through a Series A funding round led by Menlo Ventures with support from read more
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Apax Partners Buys Majority Stake in Herjavec Group
Famed “Shark Tank” investor and cybersecurity entrepreneur Robert Herjavec found himself on the other side of the negotiating table recently, and has agreed to sell a majority stake in the security firm he founded in 2003 to investment group Apex Partn… Continue reading Apax Partners Buys Majority Stake in Herjavec Group
CYE Raises $100 Million to Help Minimize Attack Surfaces
CYE, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based company on a mission to help companies identify “real-life” cyber risks by leveraging humans and machines, announced today that it has raised $100 million in growth funding through a financing round led by private equity f… Continue reading CYE Raises $100 Million to Help Minimize Attack Surfaces