Carbon Black, Trusted Key, & IronNet – Business Security Weekly #84

In tracking security innovation, PE’s US cybersecurity push resumes in 2018 after last year’s lull, Carbon Black IPO Success, Trusted Key raised $3M in “Seed”, Namogoo raised $15M Series B, IronNet Cybersecurity raised $78M Seri… Continue reading Carbon Black, Trusted Key, & IronNet – Business Security Weekly #84

Tracking Security Innovation – Business Security Weekly #81

Carbon Black files for IPO (worth $100M?), Bomgar acquired by Francisco Partners for undisclosed, SecDo acquired by Palo Alto Networks for undisclosed, SpyCloud raised $5M Series A, and more on this episode on Business Security Weekly! Carbon Black fil… Continue reading Tracking Security Innovation – Business Security Weekly #81

Tracking Security Innovation – Business Security Weekly #79

Tenable hires Morgan Stanley, Sift Science raised $53M Series D, and Virsec raised $24M Series B. This segment is about the companies making news with founding rounds, exits, and other impacts you need to know about in the industry. Tracking Security I… Continue reading Tracking Security Innovation – Business Security Weekly #79

Tracking Security Innovation – Business Security Weekly #78

Palo Alto Networks acquired Evident.IO for $300M, Experian acquires ClearScore for $384M, CyberArk acquires Vaultive for undisclosed, Netsparker raised $40M, and more on this episode on Business Security Weekly! Full Show NotesVisit http://securityweek… Continue reading Tracking Security Innovation – Business Security Weekly #78

BigID raises $14 million in Series A for data protection compliance product

Whether it’s looming regulations or lapses in operational security, companies face growing pressure to adhere to data privacy rules more stringently than ever before. A startup, flush with new funding, thinks it can help. New York-based BigID announced a $14 million Series A funding round Monday, with investment coming from ClearSky Security, Comcast Ventures and the SAP.iO Fund, among others. BigID launched its product last year to help organizations address various data protection requirements that were set to be enacted, including China’s Cybersecurity Law and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). China’s law went into effect in December, while GDPR will go into effect in May. “On the eve of GDPR and in the midst of endless mega breaches, we’re in a new era of personal data rights,” said Jay Leek, ClearSky Security Managing Director and former Blackstone CISO who is now on BigID’s board of directors.  “Individuals now have […]

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Immuta adds accountability and control for project-based data science

 Fresh off $8 million in Series A financing, Immuta is releasing the second version of its data science governance platform. With the democratization of machine learning comes new risks for businesses that have too many workers manipulating data sets and models without oversight.  The Immuta platform helps companies maintain an understanding of how digital assets are applied and shared across… Read More Continue reading Immuta adds accountability and control for project-based data science

eSUB Construction Software raises $5 million to help subcontractors track jobs and get paid

eSub's construction project management app for subcontractors. A San Diego startup called eSUB Construction Software has raised $5 million in a Series A round led by Revolution Ventures according to President and CEO Wendy Rogers. The company’s cloud-based project management apps help subcontractors track and get compensated for all the work they do on construction jobs. Rogers said, “There’s a saying that subcontractors get paid for… Read More Continue reading eSUB Construction Software raises $5 million to help subcontractors track jobs and get paid

Zugata raises $7 million to make annual performance reviews obsolete

 Even before they began to graduate from college, millennials drove changes at work, from management and recruiting practices to the design of office interiors. But companies are still adapting and figuring out what matters most to this large demo… Continue reading Zugata raises $7 million to make annual performance reviews obsolete

Securly raises $4 million to put guard rails on the internet for K-12 students

schoolbus Thanks to the Childrens’ Internet Protection Act, schools in the U.S. that provide internet access to their students must also generally use web filtering systems that block them from accessing obscene or harmful content online. The law, enacted originally in 2000 and updated in 2011, left school districts’ IT departments scrambling to adapt enterprise solutions that were built… Read More Continue reading Securly raises $4 million to put guard rails on the internet for K-12 students

Veriflow raised $8.2 million to help IT pros avoid network outages and breaches

generic_code_hack_security Remember when Target lost millions of customer credit card numbers to hackers who got in to their networks, of all things, through the company’s connected HVAC systems? A startup called Veriflow Systems Inc. just raised $8.2 million in a Series A round of venture funding to prevent that kind of thing with technology it’s calling “mathematical network verification.”… Read More Continue reading Veriflow raised $8.2 million to help IT pros avoid network outages and breaches