Security News > 2021 > May
QOMPLX announced the extension of its Identity Assurance analytics solution to automatically detect identity-based attacks on cloud service providers. The company's new Cloud Identity Forgery detections for Q:CYBER detect lateral movement and post-exploitation attacks, including those used in the SolarWinds compromises, in which attackers illicitly accessed federated cloud services using forged Security Assertion Markup Language assertions.
Persona, a San Francisco, Calif.-based identity verification firm, today announced that it has raised $50 million in Series B funding. The company has now raised over $68 million to date.
Trilio announced the availability of TrilioVault for Kubernetes 2.1, the latest release of its cloud-native backup and recovery platform that enables restoration and mobility of entire Kubernetes workloads on-demand. TrilioVault for Kubernetes 2.1 features new Kubernetes management functionality including visibility and insights into Velero-based backups as well as enhanced disaster recovery capabilities for multi-cloud infrastructure deployments.
Riskified announced the launch of the latest version of Deco, a real-time solution for recovering orders lost to card-not-present payment authorization failures. "Payment authorization failures are a significant, often hidden, source of revenue loss for eCommerce merchants," said Eido Gal, CEO of Riskified.
Software intelligence company Dynatrace announced it is providing agentless support for OpenTelemetry. This allows customers to send OpenTelemetry data directly to the Dynatrace Platform when agents are not possible or necessary.
With the announcement today, Sysdig launched the first runtime security detection and response solution for AWS Fargate that provides detailed audit logs to respond to incidents. Sysdig's runtime detection for AWS Fargate is based on open source Falco, the runtime security tool created by Sysdig and contributed to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.
DataStax announced that K8ssandra, an open-source distribution of Apache Cassandra on Kubernetes, is available on any Kubernetes environment including distro-specific integrations for Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engine, and Azure Kubernetes Service. "Apache Cassandra is a highly scalable, fast and reliable database and running it on Kubernetes removes many of the operation hurdles around installation, customization and maintenance."
The U.S. Agency for Global Media has disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of current and former employees and their beneficiaries. USAGM is a US government agency whose mission is to "Inform, engage, and connect people around the world in support of freedom and democracy." USAGM operates broadcast networks, such as Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, Office of Cuba Broadcasting, Radio Free Asia, and Middle East Broadcasting Networks, to deliver news and information to people worldwide.
Risk Strategies is to roll out CyberCube's Broking Manager, the cyber risks analytics platform for insurance intermediaries. Founded in 1997, Risk Strategies is a leading specialty insurance broker and risk management consultancy.
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