Delinea Acquires Authomize to Tackle Identity-Based Threats
Financial teams of the acquisition were not released but published reports out of Israel peg the price tag as “several tens of millions of dollars.” The private equity-owned Delinea, formed in April 2012 through the merger of Centrify and Thycotic, said the deal extends its reach into the lucrative identity category and adds technology to…
Cohesity taps Amazon for generative AI, cloud-based security
Bringing its security and data analysis capabilities to a new potential audience, data security and multicloud data management provider Cohesity is now taking signups for access to its Turing generative AI features via Amazon’s Bedrock front-end for cloud-based AI. Cohesity Turing’s AWS-available features, the company announced Monday, will center on three main areas. The first…
Securing Cloud Identities to Protect Assets and Minimize Risk
As organizations increasingly move their data and workloads to the cloud, securing cloud identities has become paramount. Identities are the keys to accessing cloud resources, and, if compromised, they enable attackers to gain access to sensitive data and systems. Most attacks we see today are client-side attacks, in which attackers compromise someone’s account and use…
Cloud Security Demand Drives Better Cyber-Firm Valuations — and Deals
Cisco’s massive $28 billion acquisition of Splunk in September was the financial highlight of a quarter during which several other vendors also made strategic purchases to position themselves for emerging enterprise requirements around cloud, application, and identity security. The acquisitions added to a better-than-expected quarter ended Sept. 30, 2023, with venture funding also picking up…
Cybersecurity Gaps Plague US State Department, GAO Report Warns
The US Department of State must fully implement its cybersecurity risk program and take additional steps to better protect its IT network and systems, a 92-page report by the General Accounting Office (GAO) warns. The State Department has completed the authorization process for less than half (44%) its nearly 500 information systems, and has yet…
Use of Multifactor Authentication (MFA) Nearly Doubles Since 2020, Okta Secure Sign-in Trends Reports Finds
Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ: OKTA), the leading independent identity partner, today announced the release of its international Secure Sign-In Trends Report. The report, which analyzes billions of monthly workforce customer logins to Okta Workforce Identity Cloud across more than 16 industries around the world, reveals that the use of multi-factor authentication (MFA) has nearly doubled since…
Can Cloud Services Encourage Better Login Security? Netflix’s Accidental Model
This month, Netflix stumbled backward into a policy that may have lasting security benefits for users. Its accidental pro-customer safety move could be an object lesson for other business-to-consumer (B2C) organizations looking to improve customer account security. The streaming giant brought its new “household” policy to US customers on May 23. From now on, accounts…
Google leaking 2FA secrets – researchers advise against new “account sync” feature for now
The Google Authenticator 2FA app has featured strongly in cybersecurity news stories lately, with Google adding a feature to let you backup your 2FA data into the cloud and then restore it onto other devices. To explain, a 2FA (two-factor authentication) app is one of those programs that you run on your mobile phone or…
Protect Your Company: Ransomware Prevention Made Easy
Every year hundreds of millions of malware attacks occur worldwide, and every year businesses deal with the impact of viruses, worms, keyloggers, and ransomware. Malware is a pernicious threat and the biggest driver for businesses to look for cybersecurity solutions. Naturally, businesses want to find products that will stop malware in its tracks, and so…
Lumen Technologies Hit by Two Cyberattacks
Headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana, Lumen offers an enterprise technology platform that combines networking, cloud, security, and collaboration services. In a Form 8-K filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week, the company revealed that intruders deployed malware on its systems in two separate incidents. The first of them was a ransomware attack…
