This article was contributed by Harman Singh, security professional, and consultant at Cyphere. A Center of Internet Security (CIS) control is a standard for computer security. CIS controls were previously known as the SANS Critical Security Controls. It’s a top-priority list of best practices created to combat the most prevalent and hazardous dangers by reducing risk […]
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Contrast Security expands its cybersecurity tech to new markets with $150M
Contrast Security, a Los Altos, California-based company developing app security and embedded code analysis technologies, today announced that it raised $150 million in a series E round led by Liberty Strategic Capital, former treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin’s venture firm. The funding — which values the company at “greater than one billion dollars,” according to a […]
IoT security provider Viakoo raises $10M
Mountain View, California-based Viakoo, a company that automates IoT security for enterprises, today announced it has raised $10 million in a series A round of funding led by Shasta Ventures and existing investors Stanley Black & Decker, PivotNorth Capital, and Blue Fog Capital. As the number of IoT devices continues to increase at home and […]
Cloud security provider Orca Security nabs $550M
The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! Los Angeles, California-based Orca Security, which provides security for public cloud platforms including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, today announced that it extended its series C round to $550 million at a $1.8 billion post-money valuation. […]
Neosec, an API security startup, emerges from stealth with $20.7M
The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! Neosec, a cybersecurity platform designed to secure APIs, today emerged from stealth with $20.7 million in series A funding from True Ventures, New Era Capital Partners, TLV, SixThirty, and several angel investors. According to CEO Giora Engel, the proceeds will […]
Cloudflare launches security log integrations to facilitate analysis
Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. Cloudflare today announced new integrations with Microsoft Azure Sentinel, Splunk, Datadog, and Sumo Logic, which the company says will make it easier for its customers to analyze insights across infrastructure. Once live, the connectors will allow Cloudflare users to funnel insights into large range of […]
With RPA on the rise, security challenges remain
Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. Robotic process automation (RPA) is experiencing a watershed moment. Gartner estimates that 50% of U.S. health providers will invest in RPA over the next three years. Moreover, the overall RPA market is expected to grow by more than 7% annually […]
Xbox party chat security tightens up ahead of Xbox Series X/S launch
As hard as it is to believe, the next generation of Xbox consoles will release in just one week. One of the many things Microsoft is doing to prep for the launch is tightening up overall security, which happens to include a recent bug that surfaced with Xbox party chat. Rainbow Six Siege recently joined […]
Sonrai Security raises $20 million to protect public clouds with automation
Public cloud security provider Sonrai Security today announced that it raised $20 million. According to a spokesperson, the fresh capital will be put toward accelerating R&D along with global sales and marketing for 47-employee Sonrai’s identity and data governance products. Roughly 83% of enterprise workloads have moved to the cloud as of 2020, according to […]
You can’t solo security: COVID-19 game security report
The gaming industry shot up quickly as a prime target for cybercriminals. In two years, 152 million attacks hit gaming. COVID-19 added fuel to the fire, and now cybercriminals have a target-rich environment. See the latest attack trends in gaming in our newly released report. You’ll get exclusive insights based on Akamai’s 24 months of […]