Security News > 2021
Tripwire announced expanded multi-cloud capabilities for Tripwire Configuration Manager. Tripwire Configuration Manager simplifies the monitoring, remediation, and automation of cloud account configurations for multi-cloud organizations through a single console.
These include extending Dynatrace's AI-powered risk assessment for applications running on Node.js, the runtime environment underpinning the cloud-native applications of many of the world's leading brands. Dynatrace is extending automatic software vulnerability detection in Kubernetes environments from workloads to the platform itself, and linking vulnerabilities discovered by Dynatrace to individual containers to streamline assessment and increase the speed of remediation.
Entrust has announced a partnership with Netcetera to help financial institutions combat fraud associated with card-not-present transactions. The combined solution allows issuing banks to perform real-time risk analysis of online transactions based on a wide range of factors, and then to challenge the user with Strong Customer Authentication if a CNP transaction surpasses the risk threshold.
Qualys announced it is expanding Qualys VMDR to mobile devices with support for Android and iOS/iPadOS delivering an end-to-end solution for mobile device security. Qualys' all-in-one VMDR provides in-depth mobile device visibility, data security insights, proactive posture monitoring, and automated response for all iOS and Android devices and installed apps - just like VMDR does for on premises, endpoints, clouds, containers, OT and IoT assets.
Accenture and VMware announced an expanded partnership and the launch of a dedicated business group that will help organizations adopt a 'cloud first' strategy - accelerating migration to the cloud, building modern apps more rapidly, and using the cloud as a foundation for innovation and new business models, ultimately realizing greater value. Supported by approximately 2,000 Accenture cloud professionals trained in VMware products and services, the Accenture VMware Business Group will help clients tap into the powerful capabilities and elasticity of the cloud - which has become essential to quickly scaling business services, operating efficiently and enabling innovation at scale.
Ordr announced that the company has expanded its partnership with Fortinet to deliver integrated solution to address the security challenges posed by widespread IoT and unmanaged devices. As the number of connected devices on corporate networks-from critical business infrastructure such as IP-enable physical security devices to consumer devices such as smart speakers-has grown exponentially, they have become lucrative targets for attack.
Farsight Security launched Farsight DNSDB for IBM Security SOAR, which integrates Farsight DNSDB with IBM Security SOAR, formerly Resilient, the company's security orchestration, automation, and response solution. Through this integration, Farsight DNSDB and IBM Security SOAR enable security analysts to automatically contextualize incidents and add to their existing workflows to measurably reduce the number of unknown domain names, IP addresses, name servers, mail exchanger records and other DNS-related assets, in seconds.
The investment - EQT's first in an Israeli company - follows five years of partnership and will be used to continue CYE's hyper-growth in the global market. "As hackers increasingly deliver devastating attacks, causing millions of dollars in lost revenue and productivity, CEOs of global companies have come to understand that accurately assessing cyber risk begins with them," said Reuven Aronashvili, Founder and CEO of CYE. "We are well past the point where companies can limit cyber threats to one department. Today's attacks can hit the core of any business, essentially crippling the company."
SecuriThings Horizon is the first IoTOps solution that enables organizations to maximize the operational efficiency and security of their devices. Already, major organizations - including large enterprises, financial institutions, universities, airports and retailers - are using SecuriThings to monitor and secure their IoT devices globally.
The Avaddon ransomware gang has fixed a bug that let victims recover their files without paying the ransom. On Tuesday, Javier Yuste, a Ph.D. student at Rey Juan Carlos University, published a decryptor for the Avaddon Ransomware on his GitHub page and released a report describing the flaw through ArXiv.