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Syniverse said it is working with NTT DOCOMO to be the first to offer inbound 5G roaming service to mobile operators and their mobile customers when traveling to Japan. DOCOMO launched in September an inbound 5G roaming service to allow foreign mobile operators and their customers visiting Japan to roam on DOCOMO's 5G network.

Cyral has received a strategic investment from Silicon Valley CISO Investments, an angel syndicate of more than 50 practicing CISOs that invests in a small number of innovative cybersecurity startups each year. Cyral is only the fifth company to receive an investment from SVCI, which was founded in late 2019, following a rigorous due diligence process that included multiple presentations to SVCI members and insight into the company's growth plans.

Illusive Networks announced it has reached significant milestones in customer adoption: growing at a rate of 228% in new annual recurring revenues over 12 months, another funding round, and strategic new hires. "Ofer Israeli, CEO and founder, Illusive Networks, said:"Our rapid growth is a testament to the need for our solution, especially with the rise of cyber-attacks and the complexity of securing remote workers which makes our products more critical at this time.

MedCrypt announced the addition of Michael McNeil to its board of directors. "As a recognized leader in medical device cybersecurity, there are few people who have spent more time than Michael McNeil has, thinking and addressing the problems of device security. He is considered by many as the one who has established the de-facto standard for how manufacturers should implement security governance, processes, and technology," says Mike Kijewski, MedCrypt CEO. "2020 has been quite the year for us. We were impacted by the pandemic, just like the rest of the world, but that didn't stop us from continuing our commitment to educating the industry about why we need to prioritize cybersecurity now and always."

If you're designing a security bug bounty for your organization's products, by all means get the lawyers to take a look, but keep their hands off the keyboard. Chloé Messdaghi, veep of strategy at infosec training firm Point3, said she's encountered bounty programs that look more like they're intended for the legal team than the security community.

Bandos will bring more than 15 years of experience to the position including his five years as VP of Cybersecurity at Digital Guardian. Prior to joining Digital Guardian, Bandos was Director of Cybersecurity for Dupont where he was responsible for overseeing internal controls, incident response and threat intelligence.

Dueling surveys from Kaseya showed that IT department leaders share their underlings' worries about security and productivity.

A password manager is essentially an encrypted vault for storing passwords that is itself protected by a master password. Password vaults can be used to simply store passwords for easy recall, but one of the best features of most password managers is their ability to generate passwords.

The White Ops team of researchers, including Cirling, Michael Gethers, Lisa Gansky and Dina Haines, - who named the investigation "RAINBOWMIX," inspired by the 8-16 bit color palate running throughout the retro game apps - found that these fraudulent apps were downloaded more than 14 million times by unsuspecting users. "Most of the RAINBOWMIX apps have a"C-shaped rating distribution curve," the team reported.

There's an old adage in information security: "Every company gets penetration tested, whether or not they pay someone for the pleasure." Many organizations that do hire professionals to test their network security posture unfortunately tend to focus on fixing vulnerabilities hackers could use to break in. These folks are very often contractors who work with established ransomware groups, and who are paid a set percentage of any eventual ransom payments made by a victim company.