Security News

You can protect the company from hackers, but can you protect the company from the CEO?
2020-11-20 07:00

Cyber-attackers give the matter a lot of thought, which is why a well-crafted spear-phishing attack can be so hard to defend against. Why do attackers keep throwing out spear-phishing attacks? Well, they're in business, and you have to assume their ROI ultimately works for them.

Jim Barkdoll becomes CEO of Stealthbits Technologies
2020-11-11 00:00

Stealthbits Technologies has appointed Jim Barkdoll as CEO. A data security veteran with a long, successful track record, Barkdoll most recently served as CEO of Titus, an industry leader in the data classification and security market. To further strengthen Stealthbits' product, marketing and finance organizations, the company has expanded its leadership team with the addition of Mark Cassetta as General Manager, Karyl Parks as CMO and Sarah Foottit as CFO. These additions will bolster the expertise of Stealthbits' existing team, which has propelled the company's aggressive growth trajectory and customer success during a challenging year.

No, GitHub's source code wasn't hacked and posted on GitHub, says GitHub CEO
2020-11-05 07:57

GitHub's CEO has denied that the site's source code was posted to GitHub. News of the supposed leak and posting came from a site called Resynth that linked to a Wayback Machine snapshot of a GitHub repo that purported to be the work of GitHub CEO Nat Friedman and was labelled "This is GitHub.com and GitHub Enterprise."

Fidelis Cybersecurity appoints Anup Ghosh as CEO
2020-10-21 22:45

Fidelis Cybersecurity announced the appointment of cybersecurity industry veteran, Anup Ghosh as CEO. Ghosh leaves his post as Managing Director at Accenture Security to drive Fidelis Cybersecurity through its next growth stage following the company's acquisition by Skyview Capital late last year. "Skyview looks forward to partnering with Anup to take Fidelis to a position of leadership in the cybersecurity industry."

CEO of NS8 Charged with Securities Fraud
2020-09-25 11:21

The founder and CEO of the Internet security company NS8 has been arrested and "Charged in a Complaint in Manhattan federal court with securities fraud, fraud in the offer and sale of securities, and wire fraud." I admit that I've never even heard of the company before.

Online fraud prevention biz fails to prevent CEO's alleged offline fraud
2020-09-18 18:47

It seems ironic that the co-founder of a company designed to prevent online fraud would engage in fraudulent activity. "It seems ironic that the co-founder of a company designed to prevent online fraud would engage in fraudulent activity himself, but today that's exactly what we allege Adam Rogas did," Sweeney said in a statement.

CEO of Cyber Fraud Prevention Firm NS8 Charged With Fraud
2020-09-18 15:34

The founder and CEO of NS8, a cyber fraud prevention and protection company, has been charged with fraud just months after the firm raised $123 million in funding, the U.S. Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission announced on Thursday. The DoJ said Adam Rogas, 43, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was arrested and charged with securities fraud, fraud in the offer and sale of securities, and wire fraud.

Devo Technology Raises $60 Million, Names New CEO
2020-09-16 10:18

Devo Technology, a company that provides data analytics and security solutions, announced on Tuesday that it has raised another $60 million and that Marc van Zadelhoff has been appointed its chief executive officer. The $60 million that Devo raised in this Series D round brings the total secured by the company to $131 million.

Jesper Trolle joins Exclusive Networks as CEO
2020-09-15 22:30

Exclusive Networks announced the appointment of Jesper Trolle as CEO with immediate effect. Trolle joins Exclusive from ECS Arrow Electronics, where he is currently President of the Americas, and will be responsible for driving the next phase of growth at the company and upscaling the business.

CEOs Could Be Held Personally Liable for Cyberattacks that Kill
2020-09-07 13:00

Gartner defines CPSs as "Systems that are engineered to orchestrate sensing, computation, control, networking and analytics to interact with the physical world." The security implications for such systems have been heightened as IT systems, IoT and the operational technology that controls physical systems continue to converge. At the same time, many companies are unaware that they have OT systems connected to enterprise networks; or, they may not be following proper network segmentation or other precautions.