What Is a DDoS Attack?

After 20 years, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks can still result in critical damage to businesses. Learn more about how to mitigate a DDoS attack on your corporate network.

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3 Multicloud Security Considerations for the Modern Enterprise

Organizations that are moving to multiple hybrid clouds can boost their cloud security posture with a centralized method for tracking all the critical aspects of multicloud environments.

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Containers in the Cloud: False Assumptions and Security Challenges

Strengthening container security in the cloud starts with addressing the misconception that containers automatically provide security for the applications inside them.

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Demystifying Security in an Open, Hybrid Multicloud Environment

Among the avalanche of applications across enterprises and the complexity of the modern IT landscape, security needs to embrace the change by adapting to an open, hybrid multicloud environment.

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Cloud Security in 2020 Starts With Protecting Data Wherever It Resides

As organizations move to the cloud, security needs to be at the forefront of the discussion. IBM Security’s Chris Collard weighs in on cloud security trends from 2019 and top priorities for 2020.

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Clumio raises $135M Series C for its backup as a service platform

Clumio, a 100-people startup that offers a SaaS-like service for enterprise backup, today announced that it has raised a $135 million Series C round, led by existing investor Sutter Hill Ventures and new investor Altimeter Captial. The announcement comes shortly after the company’s disclosure in August that it had quietly raised a total of $51 […] Continue reading Clumio raises $135M Series C for its backup as a service platform

Google picks up Microsoft veteran, Javier Soltero, to head G Suite

Google has hired Microsoft’s former Cortana and Outlook VP, Javier Soltero, to head up its productivity and collaboration bundle, G Suite — which includes consumer and business tools such as Gmail, Hangouts, Drive, Google Docs and Sheets. He tweeted the news yesterday, writing: “The opportunity to work with this team on products that have such […] Continue reading Google picks up Microsoft veteran, Javier Soltero, to head G Suite

Autify raises $2.5M seed round for its no-code software testing platform

Autify, a platform that makes testing web application as easy as clicking a few buttons, has raised a $2.5 million seed round from Global Brain, Salesforce Ventures, Archetype Ventures and several angels. The company, which recently graduated from the Alchemist accelerator program for enterprise startups, splits its base between the U.S., where it keeps an […] Continue reading Autify raises $2.5M seed round for its no-code software testing platform

6 Steps to Modernize Your On-Premises Identity and Access Management Architecture

With IT staff struggling to keep up with help desk tickets and users drowning in a sea of passwords, organizations are looking to centralize identity and access management (IAM) in the cloud.

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Why is Dropbox reinventing itself?

According to Dropbox CEO Drew Houston, 80% of the product’s users rely on it, at least partially, for work. It makes sense, then, that the company is refocusing to try and cement its spot in the workplace; to shed its image as “just” a file storage company (in a time when just about every big […] Continue reading Why is Dropbox reinventing itself?