Lack of security employees makes SMBs sitting ducks for cyber attacks

For SMBs (and startups in particular), breaches can be devastating, according to DigitalOcean. To strengthen their cybersecurity posture, companies must spend valuable resources on maintaining or updating systems, hiring and training staff, and impleme… Continue reading Lack of security employees makes SMBs sitting ducks for cyber attacks

How 1-Time Passcodes Became a Corporate Liability

Phishers are enjoying remarkable success using text messages to steal remote access credentials and one-time passcodes from employees at some of the world’s largest technology companies and customer support firms. A recent spate of SMS phishing attacks from one cybercriminal group has spawned a flurry of breach disclosures from affected companies, which are all struggling to combat the same lingering security threat: The ability of scammers to interact directly with employees through their mobile devices. Continue reading How 1-Time Passcodes Became a Corporate Liability

DigitalOcean acquires Nimbella to expand its PaaS offerings for developers

DigitalOcean, the cloud for developers, startups and SMBs, announced the acquisition of Nimbella, a serverless platform provider. The acquisition expands DigitalOcean’s capabilities into the rapidly growing function-as-a-service (FaaS) market and will … Continue reading DigitalOcean acquires Nimbella to expand its PaaS offerings for developers

NS1 brings open-source service NetBox to the cloud

New York City based startup NS1 got its start providing organizations with managed DNS services to help accelerate application delivery and reliability. With its new NetBox Cloud service that is being announced in preview today, NS1 is expanding its services into a new area beyond DNS.  It can often be a challenging task for a […] Continue reading NS1 brings open-source service NetBox to the cloud

DigitalOcean says customer billing data accessed in data breach

DigitalOcean has emailed customers warning of a data breach involving customers’ billing data, TechCrunch has learned. The cloud infrastructure giant told customers in an email on Wednesday, obtained by TechCrunch, that it has “confirmed an unauthorized exposure of details associated with the billing profile on your DigitalOcean account.” The company said the person “gained access […] Continue reading DigitalOcean says customer billing data accessed in data breach

DigitalOcean’s IPO filing shows a two-class cloud market

This morning DigitalOcean, a provider of cloud computing services to SMBs, filed to go public. The company intends to list on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol “DOCN.” DigitalOcean’s offering comes amidst a hot streak for tech IPOs, and valuations that are stretched by historical norms. The cloud hosting company was […] Continue reading DigitalOcean’s IPO filing shows a two-class cloud market

DigitalOcean App Platform: Helping developers easily build, deploy, manage, and scale apps

DigitalOcean announced DigitalOcean App Platform, a new platform as a service (PaaS) offering that automates infrastructure management so developers can deploy their code to production in just a few clicks. The new offering advances the company’s manag… Continue reading DigitalOcean App Platform: Helping developers easily build, deploy, manage, and scale apps