Consisting of new capital and a loan to equity conversion, the investment round was led by Harvest Lane Asset Management. Founded in 2010, Austin-based Votiro keeps organizations safe by disarming weaponized files delivered via email, collaborative platforms, web downloads, or file sharing services, as well as those that are uploaded to consumer-facing web portals. The…

The usage and connectivity of operational technology (OT) is rapidly growing as are the number of cyberattacks on OT environments. These attacks can disrupt operations, causing damage that can reach far beyond revenue and reputation to supply chain, human safety and critical infrastructure. To help companies keep their OT environments secure, Palo Alto Networks today…

While Zero Trust is a term that is often misunderstood as well as misused, it is an approach that has real value in helping to reduce systematic cyber risk and improve resiliency. Organizations of all sizes understand that they require a resilient cybersecurity strategy that can support and enable the business even during a crisis,…

Network management company Remote.it today announced new features for its core SaaS-based service, including support for the Okta user identification platform and Docker containers, and what it’s describing as “programmatic deployment” of zero trust networks. Essentially, the company said, the idea is to provide automated provisioning and deployment of network access to managed assetts —…

Zero trust is a concept that’s easy to grasp but incredibly difficult to implement. It touches almost every system, component, application, and resource within an enterprise, and requires a strategic framework and specific tools and technologies to achieve best practice results. As organizations move Microsoft environments towards zero trust, it’s vital to ensure that all…

Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which was previously known as National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, is in its 19th year. Launched under the guidance of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), it aims to help Americans stay safe and secure online. This year’s campaign theme – See Yourself in Cyber –…

Fortifying cybersecurity defenses remains a work in progress for many organizations, who acknowledge their shortcomings but have yet to commit the necessary resources to the effort, new research from CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the information technology (IT) industry and workforce, reveals. “Risk mitigation is the key, the filter through which everything should be viewed.”…

As ransomware and BEC cyberattacks continue to increase, organizations are acquiring cyber insurance in record numbers to reduce cyber risk. According to Zurich, 83% of organizations have cyber insurance, the highest percentage in over a decade. However, there is some debate around the clarity of cyber insurance policy requirements and what security tools CISOs and…