Ivanti names Jeff Abbott as CEO

Ivanti announced that it has named Jeff Abbott as the new CEO, succeeding Jim Schaper in the role. Ivanti is backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., TA Associates, and Charlesbank Capital Partners, LLC. Mr. Abbott has served as President of the compan… Continue reading Ivanti names Jeff Abbott as CEO

Ivanti acquires RiskSense to help customers proactively combat cyber threats and ransomware attacks

Ivanti announced it has acquired RiskSense to drive the next evolution of patch management. This combination will enable organizations to shrink their attack surface, prioritize vulnerabilities to remediate, and reduce their exposure to cyber threats a… Continue reading Ivanti acquires RiskSense to help customers proactively combat cyber threats and ransomware attacks

RiskSense platform now provides visibility across both infrastructure and application vulnerability risk

RiskSense announced a new version of the cloud-delivered RiskSense platform that harmonizes threat analysis, prioritization and risk scoring across network-based assets as well as applications. Unlike competitive approaches which provide separate views… Continue reading RiskSense platform now provides visibility across both infrastructure and application vulnerability risk

2019 was a record year for OSS vulnerabilities

Total vulnerabilities in OSS more than doubled in 2019 from 421 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) in 2018 to 968 last year, according to the RiskSense report. Top 10 weaponized CWEs The study also revealed that it takes a very long time for O… Continue reading 2019 was a record year for OSS vulnerabilities

New RiskSense SRS outside-in capabilities extend inside-out risk scoring and prioritization

RiskSense, pioneering risk-based vulnerability management and prioritization, introduced Full Spectrum RBVM (Risk-based Vulnerability Management) that automatically discovers, analyzes, scores, and prioritizes both internal and external-facing security… Continue reading New RiskSense SRS outside-in capabilities extend inside-out risk scoring and prioritization

WordPress and Apache Struts weaponized vulnerabilities on the rise

Vulnerabilities in leading web and application frameworks, if exploited, can have devastating effects like the Equifax breach which affected 147 million people, according to RiskSense. Among the report’s key findings, total framework vulnerabilities in… Continue reading WordPress and Apache Struts weaponized vulnerabilities on the rise

New infosec products of the week: January 31, 2020

Swimlane 10.0: Reducing mean time to detect and response for security incidents The newest release has yielded up to 35X performance improvement in alarm ingestion rates and up to a 60X improvement in search query response and display rates. Both achie… Continue reading New infosec products of the week: January 31, 2020

RiskSense Ransomware Dashboard automatically reveals an org’s exposure to specific attacks

RiskSense, pioneering risk-based vulnerability management and prioritization, announced an industry first – a Ransomware Dashboard that automatically reveals an organization’s exposure to specific attacks including the ransomware family name, vulnerabi… Continue reading RiskSense Ransomware Dashboard automatically reveals an org’s exposure to specific attacks