Security News

Immuta now provides a single solution for data teams to automate cloud data access control
2020-12-11 01:15

By natively supporting popular cloud data platforms, Immuta now provides a single, powerful solution for data teams to automate cloud data access control, discovery and classification, and privacy protection-significantly improving productivity, unlocking more data for more data consumers, and minimizing the risk of data leaks or breaches. Immuta also unveiled new research that suggests the majority of data-driven organizations will adopt multiple cloud data platforms and utilize sensitive data for analytics, creating a large market need for centralized cloud data access governance.

Cloud Security Firm Wiz Emerges From Stealth With $100M in Funding
2020-12-09 16:14

Cloud security startup Wiz on Wednesday emerged from stealth mode with $100 million in Series A funding. The money came from Index Ventures, Sequoia, Insight Partners and Cyberstarts, and Wiz says it plans on using it to scale and meet customer demand for its cloud security solutions.

Qualys establishes new Cloud Platform in the UAE
2020-12-09 07:40

Qualys announced the establishment of a new Cloud Platform in the UAE. With nine locations across the globe, Qualys is expanding its highly scalable Cloud Platform that powers Qualys' suite of integrated IT, security, and compliance cloud apps including its latest VMDR and Multi-Vector EDR solutions. Uniquely, the Qualys Cloud Platform provides real-time visibility across the entire hybrid environment from on premises, endpoints, mobile, containers, cloud(s) and OT and IoT environments via an array of sensors and connectors that bring the telemetry required to provide continuous 2-second visibility across all IT assets.

Sysnet acquires Viking Cloud to enhance its cloud security platform and boost market expansion
2020-12-09 00:30

Sysnet Global Solutions announces that it has acquired Viking Cloud to further enhance its technology platform and accelerate its market expansion plans. Viking Cloud delivers asset, event and compliance management through its industry-leading next-generation cloud security platform.

Linux Foundation debuts new, secure, open source cloud native access management software platform
2020-12-08 16:00

Today, the Linux Foundation announced a cloud-native identity and access management software platform that prioritizes security and performance, the Janssen Project, which is based on the Gluu server and features signing and encryption functionalities. The Linux Foundation, a nonprofit organization enabling innovation through open source, also announced the Janssen Project Technical Steering Committee, which is comprised of engineers from IDEMIA, F5, BioID, Couchbase, and Gluu.

Cloud Visibility Firm Orca Security Raises $55 Million
2020-12-08 14:07

US and Israel-based cloud visibility solutions provider Orca Security on Tuesday announced that it has raised $55 million in a Series B funding round, which brings the total raised by the company to $82 million. Orca plans on using the money to further expand its platform's cloud security and compliance capabilities, and increase the size of its R&D and sales teams.

Thales and Google Cloud collaborate to secure public and private clouds
2020-12-08 00:30

Thales announced a new collaboration with Google Cloud that will accelerate the ability of enterprises to safely migrate sensitive data between public cloud, hybrid and private IT infrastructures. Building on a multi-year history of innovation around a variety of cloud security initiatives, Thales and Google Cloud will now empower customers to leverage the full potential of Google Cloud technology for sensitive workloads while gaining the external key management needed to control and secure data across hybrid cloud IT environments.

Gain visibility into public-facing cloud assets with Expanse for AWS
2020-12-08 00:00

Expanse has officially made its Expander solution available in the AWS Marketplace, allowing customers to manage their attack surface with full visibility into cloud facing assets. "Expanse's cumulative customer base represents more than 10% of the total Internet, giving unparalleled visibility into how cloud instances in the enterprise change in real-time," said Tom Barsi, VP of Business Development at Expanse.

Microsoft announces Azure cloud for top secret government data
2020-12-07 11:30

Microsoft today announced the launch of a new offering for its mission-critical Azure Government cloud targeted at government customers and partners that regularly work with top-secret classified data. "Today, we are announcing the expansion of our mission-critical cloud for US Government with new capabilities in Azure Government, the expansion of Azure Government Secret, and the announcement of a new cloud to serve customers with Top Secret classified data-Azure Government Top Secret," Tom Keane, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Azure Global, said.

Cohesity DataProtect: A SaaS-based offering protecting on-premises and cloud-based data
2020-12-07 02:30

Ensure efficient use of available bandwidth, accelerating backups to the cloud and data recovery from the cloud by only transmitting data blocks that have been changed. "We have been testing DataProtect delivered as a Service for some time, and I am very pleased with its performance," said Tim Kovars, Senior Systems Engineer, Quarles & Brady LLP. "The UI is simple, clean, and easy to navigate, and data ingestion and retrieval have been a snap. As a long-term Cohesity customer, this is the type of innovation I have come to expect from this data management company."