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FHE has long been described as transformative for data privacy and cloud security as it enables computing on encrypted data sets, thereby keeping the underlying data secure. With Secret Computing technology, data scientists can finally build advanced analytics and Artificial Intelligence models on distributed data sources without ever exposing or transferring sensitive data across departments, organizations, or jurisdictions.

Endace announced a strategic partnership with Corelight that will provide security teams with rich insights and detailed forensic data that accelerate the process of detecting, analyzing and responding to network security threats. Corelight sensors produce rich, protocol-specific logs for incident response and threat-hunting workflows within any SIEM. When integrated with EndaceProbe Analytics Platforms these logs include "Pivot-to-Vision" links which connect SIEM events to the related packet data recorded by the EndaceProbes on the network.

Upon consummation of the transaction, Appgate will become a public company with significant financial resources to accelerate growth, scale, and go-to-market strategies. Headquartered in Miami with more than 360 employees, Appgate enables rapid, effective, and scalable Zero Trust cybersecurity for private enterprises and government entities.

Solis Security and MyITpros announced a definitive merger agreement. The two organizations join forces to bring the Solis Security managed IT portfolio of customers along with the entire team of associated professionals with managed IT and cybersecurity expertise into the IT support and proactive management and technology consulting resources of MyITpros.

BeyondID helps companies acquire, deploy and manage best-of-breed cybersecurity and cloud services to become more secure, agile and prepared for the future. "We are thrilled to partner with Tercera to expand our footprint in the Okta ecosystem and broaden our identity and cybersecurity offerings," said Arun Shrestha, CEO and co-founder of BeyondID. "Tercera's investment will help us meet the growing demand organizations have for more secure access to their critical data and higher performing cloud identity solutions."

Apple has fixed a sudo vulnerability in macOS Big Sur, Catalina, and Mojave, allowing any local user to gain root-level privileges. Last month, security researchers at Qualys disclosed the SUDO CVE-2021-3156 vulnerability, aka Baron Samedit, that allowed them to gain root privileges on multiple Linux distributions, including Debian, Ubuntu, and Fedora 33.

Kong will use the capital to scale its go-to-market operations, grow world-class Engineering and Customer Experience teams, and accelerate cloud connectivity with its new SaaS-based Kong Konnect service connectivity platform. "With impressive momentum, happy customers and strong market share, Kong is primed to help organizations meet the growing demands of this new digital reality and succeed in today's cloud native world."

Dan Garfield, who joined founder and CEO Raziel Tabib to launch Codefresh in 2016, has been promoted to Chief Open Source Officer. In his new role, Garfield will lead the realignment of Codefresh as an open source company, with engineering time dedicated to open source contributions and providing enterprise solutions on top of open source projects for their customers.

Orange Business Services announced that it will design and build a new data center to provide cloud services for Egypt's 'New Administrative Capital'. The project will be implemented in collaboration with Orange Egypt, who will supply the required infrastructure and services, following their appointment as the project's prime contractor by Administrative Capital for Urban Development - owner and developer of the New Administrative Capital.

Microsoft today rolled out updates to plug at least 56 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software. Windows 10 users should note that while the operating system installs all monthly patch roll-ups in one go, that rollup does not typically include.