Acronis Raises $250 Million at $2.5 Billion Valuation
The funding, which brings the total raised by the company to more than $400 million, was led by CVC Capital Partners VII. Acronis announced achieving “unicorn” status in 2019 after raising $147 million. The money raised in the latest funding round will be invested in sales, staff resources, R&D, and to expand its product portfolio…
Perceptions on the impact of data breaches and identity protection
4iQ recently completed research focusing on Americans’ attitudes about cybersecurity breaches and the efforts that organizations make to mitigate breaches’ effects on identity theft. Where’s the data? The findings indicate that a large proportion of Americans (44%) believe their personally identifiable information (PII) has been stolen as a result of a data breach. A strong…
BrandPost: Best of Both Worlds: Hybrid Onsite and Cloud-based DDoS Protection
When familiarity breeds complacency, you may have a serious problem countering cyber threats. For example, the first denial of service (DoS) attack occurred more than four decades ago. By 1999, this mode of attack morphed into distributed denial of service (DDoS) assaults that enlisted multiple agents to deluge a target with crippling traffic. DDoS attacks…
5 apps for encrypting and shredding files
While safeguarding personal and business data has always been important, the necessity for maintaining digital privacy has become even more vital as more of our records are digitized. People are starting to realize that passwords alone aren’t enough. Even with password protection, anything on your computer can potentially be viewed by an enterprising hacker. And…