New Egnyte product puts customers in control of encryption keys

Old fashioned keys in bank safe deposit box. Egnyte announced a new product today that lets customers control their encryption keys with either a customer-managed offering or a cloud service that requires less heavy lifting and management. While Egnyte (and all reputable cloud vendors) offer end-to-end encryption, some customers require a greater degree of control of their content. Letting customers manage the encryption keys can give… Read More Continue reading New Egnyte product puts customers in control of encryption keys→

Microsoft to bring post-breach detection to Windows 10 security

Distraught IT pro sitting on floor of data center. Microsoft announced a new tool today called Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection designed to help IT detect threats to Windows 10 machines after a threat has penetrated the network. While most security strategy to this point has focused on keeping bad actors out of the network, there is a sense of inevitability that no matter how careful a company is that the defenses will break down… Read More Continue reading Microsoft to bring post-breach detection to Windows 10 security→

Elucify wants to make sure salespeople have most current customer contact info

Hand over yellow pages. Elucify, a member of the Y Combinator Winter 2016 class wants to solve an annoying and persistent problem for sales people — making sure they have the most recent customer contact data. To solve this problem, the company created a plug-in for Salesforce.com CRM based on machine learning and artificial intelligence. The system connects to various public and private data sources… Read More Continue reading Elucify wants to make sure salespeople have most current customer contact info→

IBM Adds Post-Cyber Attack Planning With Resilient Systems Acquisition

Padlock with word "guard" on it. The RSA security conference is being held this week in San Francisco where security pros come together to discuss strategy. IBM made several security announcements this morning ahead of the conference, headlined by the purchase of Resilient Systems. Instead of trying to prevent an attack, Resilient gives customers a plan to deal with a breach after it’s happened. While IBM offers… Read More Continue reading IBM Adds Post-Cyber Attack Planning With Resilient Systems Acquisition→

Microsoft Begins Making Progress On Nadella’s Broad Security Vision

Business man holding smart phone while pressing a lock button to unlock it. Last fall, Mr. Nadella came to Washington and in a comprehensive speech the Microsoft CEO laid out Microsoft’s broad vision for security in the enterprise. Today, the company made a series of announcements in a lengthy blog post from Microsoft Chief Information Security Officer Bret Arsenault that starts to bring that vision into clearer focus. It’s probably not a coincidence… Read More Continue reading Microsoft Begins Making Progress On Nadella’s Broad Security Vision→

Apperian Opens APIs To Give Developers Piecemeal Access To Mobile App Management Platform

Business man holding a smart phone with apps flying out of it. Apperian, the Boston-based company that offers mobile app management (MAM) as a service, announced today that it was exposing the different pieces of its platform as a set of open APIs. This will allow developers to tap into the various parts of the Apperian solution and take advantage of the security, lifecycle management or distribution components Apperian has developed without buying… Read More Continue reading Apperian Opens APIs To Give Developers Piecemeal Access To Mobile App Management Platform→