Network Security

Network Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

Security teams should prepare for what researchers say will be a challenging environment through 2023, with increased pressure from government regulators, partners, and threat actors. Gartner kicked off its Security & Risk Management Summit with the release of its analysts’ assessments of the work ahead, which Richard Addiscott, the company’s senior director analyst, discussed during…

Application Security, Network Security, Software Security

Issued by: Security Week

A total of 28 cybersecurity-related mergers and acquisitions were announced in the first half of June 2022, the highest number for half a month since SecurityWeek started tracking M&A activity in January 2021. Acumera acquires Netsurion’s Secure Edge Networking business Managed network security solutions provider Acumera has bought Netsurion’s Secure Edge Networking business. Acumera has…

Network Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

New ransomware variants and deceptive techniques such as living off the land and store now, decrypt later are sidestepping heuristic analysis and signature-based malware detection. Behavior-based tools can compare network activity against an established norm and flag when they detect unusual and suspicious actions and patterns. Powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning, such tools…

Network Security

Issued by: Security Week

At a time when there countless unfulfilled cybersecurity positions worldwide, too many companies overlook neurodiverse candidates in their hiring processes. This a huge mistake as people with autism, dyslexia, and other conditions often possess skills that are well suited for cybersecurity work. Those skills include the ability to concentrate, a capacity for recognizing anomalies, and…

Network Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

The modern workplace is changing at a pace never seen before in history. A lot of this stemmed from COVID and remote work necessities, with 74% of CFOs noting they’ve adopted some kind of telecommuting policies due to coronavirus challenges. Now, more than ever, the employee experience (EX) is critical for keeping us connected and…

Network Security

Issued by: CIO Security

As organizations grow, functions that started as one person’s job get split across multiple organizational units and multiple executives, often without thoughtful planning. Specialization enables experts to dig deep into each job but creates several problems: A lack of a single accountable executive (or worse, having multiple executives, each of whom manages part of the…

Network Security

Issued by: Security Week

YL Ventures, an active venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage cybersecurity startups, has closed a new $400 million fund and announced plans to ramp up investments in Israel’s security technology sector. The Tel Aviv-based firm, which counts red-hot companies like Axonius and Orca Security among its portfolio, said the closing of its fifth fund…

Network Security

Issued by: Security Week

The investment round was led by CRV and Insight Partners, with participation from existing investors Accel, Heavybit, Uncork Capital, and angel investors. Founded in 2019, the Toronto-based company offers a WireGuard-based private network connectivity solution with zero-config and end-to-end encryption, which integrates with services such as Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Okta, Caddy Server, Syncthing, and…