January 11, 2023

Bionic has announced a product integration with Wiz to provide customers with an agentless way to unify and scale their cloud and application security posture in production. With this integration, DevSecOps teams now have complete visibility and context into which cloud security vulnerabilities impact business applications and sensitive data flows so they can prioritize and …

Bionic integrates with Wiz to provide customers with full cyber-risk coverage Read More »

ThriveDX is launching a road tour across Europe from Jan. 11 to Feb. 23, 2023 to introduce the company’s human factor security solutions to Exclusive Networks’ ecosystem of more than 25,000 partners and to address the cybersecurity talent shortage, skills gap and lack of diversity and inclusion in the industry. In October 2022, ThriveDX and …

ThriveDX and Exclusive Networks address the cybersecurity talent shortage in Europe Read More »

Accepted metrics for measuring the severity of security incidents, like mean time to repair (MTTR), may not be as reliable as previously thought and are not providing IT security teams with the correct information, according to Verica’s latest Open Incident Database (VOID) report. The report is based off 10,000 incidents from just under 600 companies …

Why Analyzing Past Incidents Helps Teams More Than Usual Security Metrics Read More »

Share this… On Tuesday, January 10th, 2022, a series of enormous distributed denial of service attacks were launched against the official websites of Denmark’s central bank as well as seven other commercial banks in the nation. According to the central bank, the cyberattacks rendered the websites unavailable to their respective users. A distributed denial of …

DDoS Attacks Hit Multiple European Banks Read More »

Cerberus Sentinel has signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition of RAN Security. Under the terms of the agreement, RAN Security will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Cerberus Sentinel. The transaction is expected to close later in the year, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including applicable regulatory approvals. RAN Security provides …

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Hello everyone, I hope you’re having a wonderful New Year so far. I had lots of fun with friends and family over the holidays and am excited about all the things we have planned for 1Password in 2023. Before looking forward, let’s take a look back at some of the things that I didn’t have …

Happy 1Password updates for the New Year! ~ from Dave’s newsletter Read More »

In an earlier blog post, Log monitoring and unstructured log data, moving beyond tail -f, we talked about collecting and working with unstructured log data. We learned that it’s very easy to add data to the Elastic Stack. So far the only parsing we did was to extract the timestamp from this data, so older …

Parsing and enriching log data for troubleshooting on the Elastic Platform Read More »

Vendor Insights can help you reduce assessment lead time by allowing you to access a vendor’s validated security profile. It can lower the effort of questionnaire population via back-and-forth with vendors from months to hours. Use the Vendor Insights dashboard to reduce assessment time Vendor Insights can ease your procurement process by reducing your assessment …

Elastic joins AWS Marketplace Vendor Insights to streamline risk assessment and software procurement Read More »

Censinet has raised $9 million in funding led by MemorialCare Innovation Fund including Rex Health Ventures and Ballad Ventures, bringing the Company’s total funding to more than $22 million. Existing investors LRVHealth, HLM Venture Partners, Schooner Capital, Excelerate Health Ventures, and Cedars Sinai, participated in the round as well. “Censinet’s mission is to take the …

Censinet raises $9 million to improve security for healthcare organizations Read More »

Tufin has appointed Raymond Brancato as CEO, effective immediately. Raymond has more than 27 years of experience developing and executing go-to-market strategies in the technology industry and will be taking the lead role at the company to guide it through its next phase of growth and beyond. He succeeds Ruvi Kitov as CEO, who is …

Tufin appoints Raymond Brancato as CEO Read More »

The Scattered Spider cybercrime group has recently been observed attempting to deploy a malicious kernel driver using a tactic called bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) — a warning to security professionals that the technique, which exploits longstanding deficiencies in Windows kernel protections, is still being employed by cybercriminals, according to cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. In …

Cybercriminals bypass Windows security with driver-vulnerability exploit Read More »

Arkose Labs has announced that Chris Cabrera, founder and CEO of Xactly Corporation, has joined its Board of Directors effective Jan. 1, 2023. Cabrera is the company’s seventh board member, and represents the interest of common shareholders. Arkose Labs’ board now is composed of three independent directors, three directors serving the company’s investors, and founder …

Chris Cabrera joins Arkose Labs Board of Directors Read More »

Hitachi Vantara has unveiled that Monica Kumar has assumed the role of Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at the organization, effective immediately. She reports directly to CEO Gajen Kandiah. “Great companies are those who can find a way to articulate their value and differentiate themselves in the midst of difficult macroeconomic, geopolitical, or competitive market conditions. …

Hitachi Vantara hires Monica Kumar as CMO Read More »

Royal Mail confirmed a “cyber incident” has disrupted its ability to send letters and packages abroad, and also caused some delays on post coming into the UK. The postal service, and the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre and National Crime Agency, issued similar statements about the IT SNAFU on Wednesday, with Royal Mail advising customers …

Royal Mail, cops probe ‘cyber incident’ that’s knackered international mail Read More »

Royal Mail, Britain’s postal service, announced it has suffered a “cyber incident” that caused a “severe service disruption.” Royal Mail, the British multinational postal service and courier company, announced this week that a “cyber incident” has a severe impact on its operation. The incident only impacted Royal Mail’s international export services, the company said it is temporarily unable to …

Royal Mail is suffering service disruption due to a ‘cyber incident’ Read More »