Google Cloud Archives - Cyber Security Minute

Lacework Integrates Kubernetes Features to Enhance Security Across Multi-Cloud Environments

Issued by: Dark Reading

Lacework, the data-driven cloud security company, today announced new features added to the Polygraph® Data Platform which provide enhanced visibility and protection in Kubernetes environments. Through Kubernetes audit log monitoring, integration with the Kubernetes admission controller, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security, Lacework customers can now further minimize risks in build time and automate discovery…

Cloud Security

Cloud Security Firm Lacework Raises Record-Breaking $1.3 Billion

Issued by: Security Week

Following the massive infusion of cash, investors are valuing the company at $8.3 billion. San Francisco, California-based Lacework was founded in 2015 by Mike Speiser (managing director of Sutter Hill Ventures) Sanjay Kalra (now founder and CEO at ShiftRight), and Vikram Kapoor (CTO). It was built on the principal that cloud security is fundamentally a…

Software Security

Google Partners With Insurers to Create Risk Protection Program

Issued by: Dark Reading

Google has teamed up with two major cyber-insurance providers, Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty (AGCS) and Munich Re, to create the “Risk Protection Program” for Google Cloud users. The program introduces a new Google Cloud security tool called Risk Manager, which gives businesses the ability to measure and manage their risk via Google Cloud and…

Malware & Threats

Attackers Use Google Cloud to Target US, UK Banks

Issued by: Dark Reading

A malicious email campaign has been found abusing a Google Cloud Storage service to host a payload sent to employees of financial services organizations, Menlo Labs researchers report. The threat appears to have been active in the US and UK since August 2018. Victims receive emails containing links to archive files; researchers say all instances…