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Network Security Company Netography Raises $45 Million

Issued by: Security Week

The new investment round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners and SYN Ventures. Existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Harpoon Ventures, Mango Capital, and Wing Venture Capital also contributed. The network security firm says it will use the capital for the development of new technology and for channel expansion. The company says it also plans to invest…

Vulnerabilities

Researcher Describes Potential Impact of Recently Patched SonicWall NSM Flaw

Issued by: Security Week

NSM is a firewall management application that provides the ability to monitor and manage all network security services from a single interface, as well as to automate tasks to improve security operations. The product is available for on-premises deployments or as a SaaS offering. Tracked as CVE-2021-20026 and featuring a CVSS score of 8.8, the…

Software Security

Cyber Asset Management Startup JupiterOne Raises $30 Million

Issued by: Security Week

The funding round was led by Sapphire Ventures, with participation from previous investor Bain Capital Ventures. The company plans to use the new funds to scale up its engineering, product development, and go-to-market capabilities. It will also invest in growing its self-service capacity for small and midsize companies. Founded in 2018, the North Carolina-based firm…

Application Security

SaaS Security Company Grip Security Emerges From Stealth

Issued by: Security Week

Grip Security has developed a platform that is designed to help organizations discover, monitor and secure their SaaS applications, regardless of where they are located and what types of devices they are running on. The company claims its platform is easy to deploy, it doesn’t impact performance, and it can be used either on its…

Network Security

The VC View: Data Security – Deciphering a Misunderstood Category

Issued by: Security Week

I’m both excited and concerned to write about data security as one of the hot trends to monitor in 2021. Data security is a tough topic to summarize and I’d argue it may be the most misunderstood category in security right now. We’re a raw industry that has been shaken up multiple times for years….

Software Security

Data Security and Governance Provider Privacera Raises $50 Million

Issued by: Security Week

Founded in 2016 by the creators of Apache Ranger, Privacera plans to use the new funds to accelerate its go-to-market strategy and extend its portfolio to support multiple cloud services. The funding round was led by Insight Partners, but also saw participation from Battery Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Accel, Cervin, and Point 72. The new infusion…

Cloud Security, Network Security

Reinventing Managed Security Services’ Detection and Response

Issued by: Security Week

Managed security services are undergoing a timely and significant transformation, armed with new hyperscalable technology stacks, hybrid enterprise and cross-cloud protection complexities, and a demand to evolve from 24/7 eyes-on-glass into hands-on customer-integrated early warning and response. If it wasn’t a tired industry cliché we’d probably be adding “next-generation” or NG prefixes to many of…

Software Security

SaaS security in 2021

Issued by: Help Net Security

The migration toward subscription-based services via the SaaS business model isn’t new this year — it’s part of a larger shift away from on-premises datacenters, applications, etc., that has been underway for years. The pandemic accelerated the shift, boosting SaaS subscriptions as companies looked for virtual collaboration and meeting tools. What is new on a…

Cloud Security

What’s next for cloud backup?

Issued by: Help Net Security

Cloud adoption was already strong heading into 2020. According to a study by O’Reilly, 88% of businesses were using the cloud in some form in January 2020. The global pandemic just accelerated the move to SaaS tools. This seismic shift where businesses live day-to-day means a massive amount of business data is making its way…

Cloud Security

SaaS adoption prompting concerns over operational complexity and risk

Issued by: Help Net Security

A rise in SaaS adoption is prompting concerns over operational complexity and risk, a BetterCloud report reveals. Since 2015, the number of IT-sanctioned SaaS apps has increased tenfold, and it’s expected that by 2025, 85 percent of business apps will be SaaS-based. With SaaS on the rise, 49 percent of respondents are confident in their…