Security News > 2020 > June

This broader range of fiber aggregation, access and ONTs in the SDX portfolio supports more operator use cases and lowers the total cost of ownership for next-generation fiber access networks. ADTRAN's next-generation SDX portfolio addresses these concerns and enables operators to deploy open, disaggregated fiber access platforms that support these forward-looking reference architectures without compromising on carrier-grade features or form factors.

ADVA launched the industry's first ePRC optical cesium atomic clock solution, protecting synchronization networks from costly and dangerous interruptions to satellite signals. The Oscilloquartz OSA 3350 ePRC+ provides unprecedented stability and significantly longer lifetime compared to all other ePRC cesium clocks.

Druva announced the launch of an API integration with FireEye extending visibility and control over endpoint backup data to monitor, analyze, detect and respond to data breaches from ransomware, data theft, and insider attacks. Joint customers of Druva and the FireEye Helix platform can now dramatically reduce incident response times, minimize downtime, and accelerate recovery from protected backup data.

Infocyte is partnering with CyberDefenses to deliver Election Security Assessments throughout the United States. CyberDefenses' Election Security Assessment evaluates the end-to-end election process and provides cyber risk insights to arm election teams with stronger defenses against election cyberattacks and tampering.

Protegrity, the data-security solutions provider, announced a new partnership with Snowflake, the cloud data platform, to enable organizations with high security requirements to employ Protegrity's data de-identification technology in the Snowflake environment. If a brand wishes to tap its consumer data to provide superior marketing and customer experiences, Snowflake provides the cloud data platform for accelerating those insights; Protegrity ensures the privacy of the data connected to the consumers.

Privo will expand and enhance Navisite's AWS and cloud services with a broad range of capabilities, from cloud assessment and planning through migration, cost optimization and managed DevOps. "Privo's strong market reputation as an APN Premier Consulting Partner and highly skilled, certified experts are the perfect complement to our AWS practice and overall managed cloud service portfolio," said Mark Clayman, CEO at Navisite.

VMware is acquiring antimalware company Lastline to boost its network security offerings. As Lastline is privately held, terms of the deal are not being disclosed.

1touch.io's unique, network-based data discovery allows the enterprise to identify, in a continuous, automated, and accurate manner, all data repositories inside the organization that store sensitive data such as PII, PHI and PCI-related, as well as the business processes that access, replicate, move and update such data repositories. "With the click of a button, the organization can locate information according to search value, whether it is structured or unstructured data, whether it is text, image, or video. In an age where everything is known about us, we need to allow people, customers and organizations to share data on one hand and protect privacy using preset policies on the other."

K2 Cyber Security announced that veteran sales leader Monty Venkersammy has been appointed as Vice President of Channel Sales. K2 Cyber Security was named one of the hot newcomers to the RSA Conference in 2020 by Help Net Security.

A new ransomware strain called Tycoon is seeking to wheel and deal its way into the Windows and Linux worlds, using a little-known Java image format as part of its kill chain. Working with KPMG's UK Cyber Response Services, the researchers analyzed a targeted attack using the previously unknown malware on an organization's domain controller and file servers.