Security News > 2021
AXIS Insurance and Elpha Secure announced a strategic partnership to provide cyber insurance and software protection to small businesses to help improve their cyber security. "Today's small businesses have a need for efficient, effective solutions to manage their cyber risks," said Dan Trueman, Global Head of Cyber and Technology at AXIS Insurance.
SoftServe has become an official Google Cloud reseller in the delivery and management of Google Cloud solutions. With this designation, SoftServe can support end-to-end delivery and management of Google Cloud solutions, from application development to cost control, in guiding its UK&I clients through the complex landscape of public cloud resource management.
AP Memory together with Ambiq announce their partnership to enable richer experiences in next-generation battery-powered intelligent endpoint devices. Building on the rich set of features and ultra-low power of Ambiq's Apollo4 platform, AP Memory's IoT RAM solutions are optimal for providing the additional memory needed to augment the ultimate endpoint experiences.
Zyxel Networks announced a partnership with WyreStorm who has recently extended their AV over IP line with the H.265 NetworkHD 110's. WyreStorm has added Zyxel's portfolio of Networked AV-enabled switches to their NetworkHD Series of AV over IP solutions. The addition of the Networked AV technology to many of Zyxel's switch families enables partners like WyreStorm to provide networked AV solutions that deliver uncompromising network streaming performance making high-quality, low latency video distribution easier and more efficient than ever before.
uCloudlink has signed a distribution contract with Shore-Access Marine Consultancy to distribute its products and connectivity services in Philippines, Japan, Australia and Africa. As part of the expanded partnership, Shore Access will also distribute uCloudlink's Customer Premises Equipment router device and data connectivity services in the Philippines, Japan, Australia and Africa.
Microsoft's scramble to address the fallout from the zero-day attacks against on-prem Exchange Server installations continued this week with the release of a one-click mitigation tool help businesses contain the damage. The new Exchange On-premises Mitigation Tool is aimed at companies without dedicated security or IT teams to manage patching and post-incident forensics.
Microsoft has released a one-click Exchange On-premises Mitigation Tool tool to allow small business owners to easily mitigate the recently disclosed ProxyLogon vulnerabilities. This month, Microsoft disclosed that four zero-day vulnerabilities were being actively used in attacks against Microsoft Exchange.
LoginID announced a $6M round of seed funding to accelerate the adoption of a passwordless world. LoginID provides a wide range of APIs and SDKs which give enterprises the ability to integrate FIDO-certified authentication in as little as 15 minutes.
The CEO of Sky Global - which sold encryption chat software with customized smartphones - has come out fighting after Uncle Sam charged him with knowingly assisting the international drug smuggling trade. "There is no question that I have been targeted, as Sky Global has been targeted, only because we build tools to protect the fundamental right to privacy. The unfounded allegations of involvement in criminal activity by me and our company are entirely false."
RangeForce announced that Simon Hodgkinson, former CISO of bp has joined the RangeForce Advisory Board to provide strategic guidance on products, partnerships and business development. He joins existing advisors including Chris Inglis, former Deputy Director and senior civilian leader of the National Security Agency, VADM Jan E. Tighe, former Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare, Dr. Gerald Auger, Dr. Charlie Miller, Anthony Johnson, and Niloofar Razi Howe, chief strategy officer and SVP strategy and operations at RSA. "The evolving sophistication of threat actors and their techniques is placing the onus on organizations to upskill their security teams so they can keep up, yet there is little time for formal classroom training," said Simon Hodgkinson.