Security News > 2021 > March

Acronis announced the integration of its cyber protection solution, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, with the Kaseya VSA platform. "As a channel-centric partner, we created Acronis Cyber Protect to empower service providers with comprehensive cyber protection that easily integrates with the tools they already use so they can protect more clients and more workloads per employee," said Pat Hurley, Acronis Vice President and General Manager, Americas.

Byos announced a partnership with Insight Enterprises. This partnership affords the opportunity for Byos to reach a large bandwidth of customers who, in many cases, may not be aware of the Byos portfolio of security endpoint edge solutions.

IDEMIA and Cybernetica partner up to offer governments and other interested parties a new two-in-one digital ID solution. This partnership increases value for eService providers and citizens by offering strong mobile authentication and digital signatures.

"There's a data gap in the cyber insurance industry. Specifically, there's a lack of objective cyber risk analysis, which makes it nearly impossible for insurers to accurately predict loss, set premiums, and protect insureds," said Goldman. "Trava exists to bridge that gap. Thanks to our partners at TDF Ventures, High Alpha Capital, and M25, we can accelerate the creation of an integrated cyber insurance company-one that collects, analyzes, and incorporates cyber risk data to provide better coverage for small and medium-sized businesses."

With the addition of Redscan and its extended detection and response enabled security operations center platform, Kroll expands its Kroll Responder capabilities to support a wider array of cloud and on-premise telemetry sources. Redscan will join Kroll under the leadership of Andrew Beckett, Managing Director and Head of the EMEA Cyber Risk practice, and Marc Brawner, Managing Director and Global Head of Managed Services.

Combat Networks announced that it has acquired Duologik and GDL, two privately held IT solution providers based in Toronto. This transaction expands Combat's solution portfolio to include offerings for archival and disaster recovery that span on-premise infrastructure and multi-cloud technology.

VENZA announced it has acquired CyberTek Engineering, MSP that offers a wide range of business IT services and solutions. "Today's announcement is another remarkable milestone in VENZA's strategic growth journey, building upon our continued momentum and strong innovation trajectory," says Jeff Venza, the company's Chairman & CEO. "By acquiring CyberTek, we create a force-multiplier effect in addressing some of the biggest struggles for hoteliers today: staying ahead of technological change while ensuring compliance and protecting their business and guest data against vulnerabilities and threats."

Strike Graph announces that it has hired Mr. Dan Adams as its new Vice President of sales. At Strike Graph, Dan Adams is a member of the leadership team with responsibility for global sales, which includes managing all aspects of the go to market strategy, customer acquisition and demand generation.

Box announced that Sebastien Marotte will be joining the Box Executive team as President of Box Europe, the Middle East and Africa, effective June 7, 2021. "Sebastien is joining at an exciting time for Box, as we're continuing to grow our international presence and amplify the power of the Content Cloud," said Stephanie Carullo, COO of Box.

Confluent welcomes two new leaders to the executive team. Cory Scott joins as chief information security officer to help build and operate Confluent's security team.