Security News

Amir Elbaz, BeyondEdge CEO, named to Board of Directors for Building Cyber Security
2020-08-25 22:30

BeyondEdge announced its CEO has been named to the Board of Directors for Building Cyber Security, the leading non-profit organization focused on improving and advancing the physical information and operational technology systems security, safety, and privacy in both the public and private sector. "Leading BeyondEdge for the past ten years, a company with a history of innovation and industry firsts, we selected Amir for his reputation in staying ahead of market needs by focusing on software and automation to deliver highly-available and secure access to technology solutions in the public and private sectors," said Jason Lund, CEO of Building Cyber Security.

Patrick Harr becomes CEO of SlashNext
2020-08-05 22:30

SlashNext announced that security and cloud services veteran Patrick Harr has joined the company as CEO. With a proven track record of leading security and cloud startups, as well as Fortune 100 divisions, Harr will drive the company's next phase of growth and accelerate its mission to protect the world's internet users from all forms of phishing across email, mobile, web, SMS, social networking, gaming and collaboration services. Phishing attacks have skyrocketed, with a 350% increase since January 2020 according to Google and 85% of phishing attacks are happening outside of email on mobile devices according to Verizon.

'We stopped ransomware' boasts Blackbaud CEO. And by 'stopped' he means 'got insurance to pay off crooks'
2020-08-03 14:02

"We discovered and stopped a sophisticated attempted ransomware attack," Blackbaud CEO Michael Gianoni has told financial analysts - failing to mention the company simply paid off criminal extortionists to end the attack. As we reported, Blackbaud paid a demanded ransom back in May before quietly notifying the world two months later.

Yaniv Vardi Appointed CEO of Industrial Cybersecurity Firm Claroty
2020-07-20 16:00

Industrial cybersecurity solutions provider Claroty announced on Monday that Yaniv Vardi has been named the company's chief executive officer. The company appointed him CEO "Based on his proven and repeatable success growing companies significantly in the industrial space from startups to mature, profitable enterprises."

IDEMIA appoints Pierre Barrial as President and CEO of the Group
2020-06-30 22:30

The supervisory board of IDEMIA has appointed Pierre Barrial as the new President & CEO of the Group, replacing Yann Delabrière who resumes his previous role as Chairman of the Board. Pierre Barrial will succeed Yann as the Group's President & CEO. He brings over 25 years' experience with multinational and multicultural tech companies serving both the government and enterprise sectors.

Brave CEO apologises for adding affiliate links to URLs
2020-06-09 12:29

The Brave browser has provoked unhappiness among some of its users after being caught redirecting searches to affiliate links that earned it commission. What this means is that Brave users searching for Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange, would have had their query autocompleted so that they ended up on a special version of the Binance homepage that lets the company know that Brave's address bar was the origin of that visit.

Ransomware: Consumers would hold CEOs personally responsible for attacks
2020-06-08 13:19

Based on a survey of 12,000 consumers across six different countries, the Veritas report found that 40% of consumers would hold CEOs personally responsible for ransomware breaches. How organizations should handle ransomware threats is a matter of some inconsistency among consumers.

Jack B. Blount joins Intrusion as President and CEO
2020-05-27 22:45

Intrusion announced that its Board of Directors has named Jack B. Blount to the position of President and Chief Executive Officer. "We are excited to have Jack join Intrusion. He is an experienced executive with a tremendous amount of experience," stated Michael L. Paxton, Vice President and CFO of Intrusion.

CEOs and CISOs disagree on cyber strategies
2020-05-20 05:30

There are growing disparities in how CEOs and CISOs view the most effective cybersecurity path forward, according to Forcepoint. The global survey of 200 CEOs and CISOs from across industries including healthcare, finance and retail, among others, uncovered prominent cybersecurity stressors and areas of disconnect for business and security leaders, including the lack of an ongoing cybersecurity strategy for less than half of all CEO respondents.

CEOs, CISOs fear becoming the next big breach target
2020-05-19 13:42

Most CEOs are losing sleep over the prospect of becoming the next big, headline-grabbing security breach victim, according to a new report on global business leaders' cybersecurity priorities from global cybersecurity firm Forcepoint, in partnership with WSJ Intelligence. "At a time when cybersecurity is more strategic to business growth than ever before, it is time senior business and security leaders reassess their cybersecurity strategy to one that enables them to move left of breach," Fischbach said.