Security News > 2020 > December
NS1 announced the appointment of David Coffey as chief product officer. In his role, Coffey will focus on product development and at-scale execution for NS1. Coffey is a technological innovator, team builder, and transformational leader credited with planning and executing cloud transformations and revolutionizing product capabilities for multiple companies, including global tech firms McAfee and Intel.
Two Silicon Valley VC firms, Silver Lake and Thoma Bravo, sold hundreds of millions of dollars in SolarWinds shares just days before the software biz emerged at the center of a massive hacking campaign. The two firms owned 70 per cent of SolarWinds, which produces networking monitoring software that was backdoored by what is thought to be state-sponsored Russian spies.
Cloudentity announced the appointment of renowned cybersecurity expert Jim Pflaging to its board of directors. Pflaging joins Cloudentity's expanding leadership team to support the accelerated market demand for API authorization and governance solutions.
CUBE announced the appointment of Pedro Pereiro and Steve Pool to the executive leadership team. Pool joins as Chief Financial Officer and Pereiro joins as Chief Services Officer, leading end-to-end global services.
EfficientIP announced two new senior appointments - Thierry Drilhon as chairman of the board and Cécile Ferreboeuf Clayes as a new board member. Thierry Drilhon has been appointed to the role of Chairman of EfficientIP. He brings with him extensive experience of the technology sector, having previously worked in senior roles at Microsoft and Cisco, including CEO Cisco France, and Vice President EMEA and Senior Vice-President Worldwide Channel.
The next time you try to download an app from the App Store onto your iPhone or iPad, you may notice a new App Privacy section that seeks to clue you in on certain details. With the release of iOS/iPadOS 14.3 this past Monday, any new or updated app must include a privacy label, otherwise it won't be allowed on the App Store.
In his Chamber of Commerce commentary, Beyond the Hype - Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity, Housley writes, "While AI systems support cybersecurity by enabling prevention or detection and resolution of threats, they should not be considered the panacea to all cybersecurity problems." Next, the discussion during the webinar looked at how AI will benefit and enhance cybersecurity programs.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Cabinet approved a bill Wednesday that would require companies involved in setting up critical infrastructure such as high-speed 5G networks to guarantee that their equipment can't be used for sabotage, espionage or terrorism. The bill, which now goes to parliament, seeks to address concerns that vendors such as Chinese tech company Huawei might pose a security risk if they have access to core parts of the German telecoms network.
Data protection firm BigID announced on Wednesday that it has raised $70 million in a Series D funding round, bringing the valuation of the company to more than $1 billion. BigID provides solutions that help organizations gain insight into the data they collect and process.
Microsoft has opened up the public preview of password autofill via its Authenticator app for iOS and Android. Requiring iOS 12.0 or above, or Android 6.0 and later, Microsoft's Authenticator app has been pressed into password management.