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

Woburn, MA – May 3, 2019 – According to Polys, a blockchain-based voting platform from Kaspersky Lab business incubator, 15% of blockchain-based voting occurs on college campuses for making joint decisions and everyday choices. The analysis of anonymized metadata from 660 voting sessions conducted from March 2018 to March 2019 showed that polls related to student and…

Bethesda, MD, April 29, 2019 – Starting a career in cyber defense can quickly become overwhelming given the seemingly infinite amount of information one is required to learn. SANS Institute, the global leader in cyber security training and certifications, today announced a new course—SEC450 Blue Team Fundamentals: Security Operations and Analysis—that greatly shortens the time…

SINGAPORE – April 29, 2019 – Tripwire, Inc., a leading global provider of security and compliance solutions for enterprises and industrial organizations, today announced a partnership with M.Tech Holdings, a leading cybersecurity and network performance solutions provider. Through this partnership, M.Tech will now offer Tripwire’s leading solutions to help organizations across Asia Pacific (APAC) establish strong…

San Diego, California – ESET, a global leader in cybersecurity, today announced it has partnered with Chronicle, an Alphabet company, to provide essential validation on security incidents and alerts within Backstory, Chronicle’s global cloud service where companies can privately upload, store, and analyze their internal security telemetry to detect and investigate potential attacks. ESET’s partnership with Backstory will…

Santa Clara, Calif. – April 24, 2019 – Gigamon Inc. (“Gigamon”), the essential element of enterprise infrastructure, providing visibility to network traffic across physical, virtual and cloud environments, today announced the launch of its Catalyst Channel Program. The new program marks a shift to a true channel-first approach, defined by a companywide effort to fully leverage…

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC), the world’s leading cyber security company, today announced it has become a member of the United States’ Department of Defense’s (DOD) Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Cybersecurity (CS) program. The DIB CS program is a voluntary cyber threat information-sharing initiative established by the DOD to enhance and supplement DIB…

Woburn, MA – April 8, 2019 –Kaspersky Lab is announcing today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has awarded the company a 5-Star rating in its 2019 Partner Program Guide. This annual guide identifies the strongest and most successful partner programs in the channel today, offered by the top technology suppliers for IT products and services….

Woburn, MA – April 1, 2019 – New research from Kaspersky Lab has found that cybercriminals are actively using episodes of popular television shows to distribute malware to fans. “Game of Thrones,” “The Walking Dead” and “Arrow” are the shows most frequently used by attackers as a disguise for malicious files. Television shows are a universal form of entertainment, and…

Bethesda, MD, April 1, 2019 – Organizations are doing many positive things when it comes to vulnerability management. But there is room for improvement, particularly with regard to collaboration of IT and security teams, according to results of the SANS 2019 Vulnerability Management Survey to be released by SANS Institute on a two-part webcast Tuesday, April 9, 2019,…

PALO ALTO, Calif. and ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, March 26, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), a leading innovator in enterprise software, and Abu Dhabi Smart Solutions and Services Authority (ADSSSA) have announced a collaboration which will see ADSSSA leverage a range of VMware solutions. This includes digital solutions to support Abu…