SecureAuth, Digital Shadows, and ThreatStack – Startup Security Weekly #56

Building successful products, the most important startup question, and updates from McAfee, Slack, ThreatStack, JASK, and more startup security news! Startup Articles & Discussion SECRETS TO BUILDING SUCCESSFUL PRODUCTS IN 2017: EXPERTS WEIGH IN ==> focus, focus, focus Hiring For A Discipline You Know Little About ==> Do the job first, then work yourself out of it […]

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Identity management firm SecureAuth acquired for $225 million, will merge with Core Security

California-based identity management company SecureAuth was acquired for $225 million by K1 Investment Management, the company announced Wednesday. The acquisition was followed by a merger with the Georgia-based cybersecurity firm Core Security, resulting in a company with 360 employees, 1,500 customers and a name that won’t be announced until 2018. Jeff Kukowski, currently the CEO at SecureAuth, will serve as the CEO of the new company, which will also be headquartered in California. SecureAuth offers two lines of products. SecureAuth IdP is an access product that addresses a variety of authentication requirements. SecureAuth Cloud Access is a security manager of cloud services addressing authentication, visibility, compliance, administration and various other security tools. Core Security does attack intelligence, network security and vulnerability management for enterprises. With over 200 employees, the majority of the new company’s workforce will be coming from Core. Kukowski pitched his new company as able to manage and visualize the “full attack […]

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