Longtime Tenable CEO Amit Yoran is temporarily stepping aside for cancer treatment and recovery, with top deputies Stephen Vintz and Mark Thurmond stepping up to lead the organization. Yoran was diagnosed in March with a treatable form of cancer, but recently learned he needs additional treatment.
With $100 million in Series A funding, Upwind plans to enhance its runtime and AI-powered cloud security platform. CEO Amiram Shachar outlines the company's investments in engineering, customer engagement and scaling solutions to address vulnerabilities such as misconfigurations and insecure APIs.
New CEO Bill Welch discusses Sysdig's cloud security strategy, emphasizing AI, open-source leadership with Falco, and expansion plans to serve SMBs and midmarket businesses. He shares goals for real-time response and building a sustainable, profitable company.
Wiz acquired application security posture management startup Dazz for $450 million to provide enterprises with a unified code-to-cloud solution. CEO Merav Bahat highlights how this partnership will streamline vulnerability management and strengthen remediation capabilities for global organizations.
Silverfort has acquired Rezonate, a cloud-focused identity protection startup. This acquisition accelerates Silverfort’s vision for an integrated platform that secures identities across both on-premises and cloud environments, cutting complexity and boosting threat visibility for enterprise clients.
Traditional data center security approaches do not translate very well to cloud environments as cloud computing and Layer 7 applications have fundamentally changed the way organizations should implement security controls, said Traceable AI's Richard Bird.
With a $30 million boost from Series B funding, Stream.Security will enhance its cloud security offerings. The company’s focus includes auto-remediation, faster, AI-driven threat responses, increased support for multi-cloud and hybrid environments, and boosted market presence in the U.S. and beyond.
In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discussed the strategic convergence of data security posture management and data loss prevention technologies, evolving priorities of security leaders and the urgent readiness challenges posed by the NIS2 Directive.
Netskope’s purchase of Dasera enhances its data security posture management capabilities, enabling customers to secure both structured and unstructured data across cloud and on-premises environments. The integration will offer a platform for holistic data protection and security posture management.
With the acquisition of New York-based startup Kivera, Cloudflare will enhance its Cloudflare One platform, adding proactive controls that secure cloud environments, prevent misconfigurations and improve regulatory compliance for businesses using multiple cloud providers.
Google asserts that platformization and consolidation can help contain today's sophisticated threats. Embedding generative AI into security is also required as the industry moves from assisted AI to semi-autonomous and, eventually, to autonomous security, with the goal of security by default.
ISC2’s 2024 Cybersecurity Workforce Study warns of a stagnant workforce, a growing skills gap and a shortage of 4.8 million cybersecurity professionals worldwide. Despite increasing demand, many organizations struggle to fill critical roles, hindered by budget constraints and skills shortages.
As cloud adoption soars, cybercriminals pivot to exploiting identities over networks. This paradigm shift demands a new approach to security, focusing on privilege management and identity protection across complex digital ecosystems, said James Maude, field chief technology officer at BeyondTrust.
Norwest Venture Partners led a $33 million Series C round to accelerate Intezer's product development, strengthen AI models and broaden security alert coverage. The funding will enable the New York-based company to offer more support for cloud security while growing its customer success teams.
Google patched a critical remote execution vulnerability in its cloud platform Cloud Composer service, "CloudImposer," which could have allowed attackers to compromise millions of servers, say researchers from Tenable. The CloudImposer vulnerability could lead to the Jenga Tower effect.
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