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OwnBackup Achieves 'Unicorn' Status With $167.5 Million Funding Round
2021-02-01 12:16

Cloud data protection provider OwnBackup has completed a $167.5 million Series D funding round, which helped it reach "Unicorn" status, at a valuation close to $1.4 billion. To date, the company has raised a total of more than $267.5 million in funding.

Security chaos engineering helps you find weak links in your cyber defenses before attackers do
2021-02-01 11:48

Chaos engineering is a way for security teams to replace continuous firefighting with continuous learning, according to two industry experts. At the RSA 365 Virtual Summit this week, Aaron Rinehart, CTO and co-founder Verica, and Jamie Dicken, manager of applied security at Cardinal Health, explained how this approach to IT security works.

Root9B, Fidem in Cybersecurity M&A Round-Up for January 2021
2021-02-01 11:34

Trusted identity, payments and data protection solutions provider Entrust acquired HyTrust, a company that provides virtualized and multi-cloud data encryption, key management, and cloud security posture management solutions. Tech solutions provider GMI has bought Alagen, a cybersecurity services consultancy.

Hijacked Perl.com Domain Hosted on IP Address Linked to Malicious Activity
2021-02-01 09:50

The Perl.com domain, which since 1997 had been serving articles about Perl programming, was hijacked last week. The Perl Foundation announced last week that the domain was hijacked, warning users to steer clear of Perl.com, due to possible connections to sites associated with malware distribution.

Countless emails wrongly blocked as spam after Cisco's SpamCop failed to renew domain name at the weekend
2021-02-01 07:04

Cisco's anti-spam service SpamCop failed to renew spamcop.net over weekend, causing it to lapse, which resulted in countless messages being falsely labeled and rejected as spam around the world. When the domain name expired, *.spamcop.net resolved to a domain parking service's IP address.

To combat cyber warfare the security industry needs to work together
2021-02-01 06:00

Just when we thought 2020 couldn't get worse, security firm FireEye broke the news that the compromise of a software solution by IT solutions provider SolarWinds had resulted in security breaches across the public and private sector, at dozens of companies and government agencies, including the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Treasury, Justice, Defense, and the Center for Disease Control. The National Security Agency, the main body tasked with protecting government assets from hackers, did not detect the breach.

How do I select a PAM solution for my business?
2021-02-01 05:30

To select a suitable PAM solution for your business, you need to think about a variety of factors. Ease of implementation and speed of deployment: There are a litany of examples of technology solutions failing to deliver anticipated benefits because they were not fully implemented, so your chosen PAM solution should easily integrate with the existing technology stack and enable rapid roll-out.

Board members aren’t taking cybersecurity as seriously as they should
2021-02-01 05:00

Trend Micro shared results from a study that reveals systemic challenges with security integration into business processes. The study found that only 23% of organizations prioritize the alignment of security with key business initiatives.

New value exists at the intersection of digital tech and sustainability
2021-02-01 04:30

European companies that accelerate both their digital and sustainability transitions are likely to recover faster and emerge stronger from the COVID-19 crisis, according to a report from Accenture. The report indicates that companies leading in both digital adoption and sustainable practices are nearly three times more likely than other companies to be among "Tomorrow's leaders," thereby recovering faster and emerging stronger from the crisis.

5G core market size to reach $9.497 million by 2025
2021-02-01 04:00

The global 5G core market size is projected to grow from $630 million in 2020 to $9.497 million by 2025, at a CAGR of 72.0% during the forecast period, according to ResearchAndMarkets. The 5G core market is gaining traction due to the evolution of cellular network technology, which has offered higher data speeds and lower latency.

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