A regularly updated directory of press releases related to cyber security.

 Cisco Announces New Chief Sales and Marketing Officer and New Chief Customer Experience Officer

SAN JOSE, Calif. – March 28, 2018 – Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced that Gerri Elliott has been named executive vice president and chief sales and marketing officer, and Maria Martinez will serve as the company’s executive vice president and chief customer experience officer. Elliott and Martinez will join Cisco’s executive leadership team and serve…

 Kaspersky Lab researchers put their advanced threat hunting tool, KLara, into open source domain

Woburn, MA – March 28, 2018 – Kaspersky Lab security researchers today have placed KLara, a tool created internally to accelerate the search for related malware samples, into the open source domain for everyone to use. KLara is a distributed, rule-based malware scanner able to run multiple rules through multiple databases at the same time, allowing researchers to…

 SANS Heads to San Diego to Train Future Cyber Security Workforce

Bethesda, MD., March 27, 2018 – SANS Institute, the global leader in cyber security training, will make its return to San Diego, California May 11 – 18 for SANS Security West 2018. Included among the course offerings is SANS SEC301: Introduction to Cyber Security. This course provides people looking to transition to a career in cyber…

 New Cybrary Survey Finds Lack of Employer Investment in Cybersecurity Training Contributing to The Cyber Talent Gap Crisis

GREENBELT, Md., March 22, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Cybrary, the leading free, online crowdsourced cybersecurity and IT learning platform, and Cyentia Institute, a leading research services firm, today released the findings from the first annual report, Cybrary Declassified: Unraveling the Cyber Skills Gap and Talent Shortage. The survey, which addresses the ever increasing “cyber talent shortage” and “skills gap,” questioned respondents about the…

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Mar. 21, 2018 – Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC), the world’s leading cyber security company, today announced that Symantec won AV TEST’s prestigious Best Protection award for all four platforms tested – Norton Security, Symantec Endpoint Protection, Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud, and Norton Mobile Security. With the highest score for each product in its…

 Kaspersky Lab Products Receive Multiple Best-in-Class AV-TEST Awards

Woburn, MA – March 21, 2018 – Kaspersky Lab products have received best-in-class awards in three different categories in the latest tests carried out by AV-TEST, a leading independent IT security research institute. Kaspersky Lab’s internet security, small business and endpoint security solutions all received top rankings, highlighting the company’s expertise in protecting both consumers and businesses…

SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 15, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — John Maddison, senior vice president of products and solutions, Fortinet “Before investing in Network Security equipment, we always recommend that customers test according to their specific environment. For many organizations, however, that is simply not possible. Which is why we are so committed to third party testing. But for those…

 Open for Insights: Kaspersky Lab Industrial Cybersecurity Conference 2018 Call for Papers

Woburn, MA – March 15, 2018 – Kaspersky Lab is inviting industrial cybersecurity experts to submit their researches and reports to its sixth annual conference on industrial cybersecurity, September 19-21 in Sochi. To drive the discussion around the future of OT cybersecurity and equip industry practitioners with the relevant knowledge and best practices, Kaspersky Lab is opening…

 Kaspersky Lab finds Prilex POS malware evolving to target chip and PIN-protected cards

Woburn, MA – March 15, 2018 – Kaspersky Lab researchers have revealed that the group behind the Prilex point-of-sale (POS) malware can now turn stolen credit card data into functional plastic cards. The evolved threat, which currently operates in Latin America, is notable for its supportive, user-friendly business model that makes it easy for cybercriminals to launch attacks….

WALTHAM, Mass – March 8, 2018 —  Carbon Black, a leader in next-generation endpoint security, today announced that Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 validation #3107 has been awarded to the Carbon Black Cryptographic Module by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The validation allows products that include the Carbon Black Cryptographic Module, such as Cb…