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We present a list of selected cybersecurity companies that received funding during the second quarter of 2024. Alethea closed a $20 million Series B funding round led by GV, with participation from Ballistic Ventures, who led Alethea's Series A funding in 2022.
Cybersecurity leaders are grappling with the complexity, overlap and blind spots that come from using multiple cybersecurity vendors and tools. Cybersecurity leaders can use the following three strategies to achieve cybersecurity platform consolidation.
Highlights Complex Tool Landscape: Explore the wide array of cybersecurity tools used by MSPs, highlighting the common challenge of managing multiple systems that may overlap in functionality but...
Organizations have made progress in the past 12 months related to advancing their OT security posture, but there are still critical areas for improvement as IT and OT network environments continue...
74% of cybersecurity professionals globally say that they have taken time off due to work-related mental well-being problems, with staff reporting taking an average of 3.4 sick days per year due to work-related mental well-being problems. 66% of business leaders globally say that the top reasons why cybersecurity professionals are working over their contracted hours are due to increased numbers of cybersecurity threats and unpredictable threats after work hours.
As a Cyber Security Engineer, you will define and monitor security requirements for applications and infrastructures. As an Incident Response Analyst, you will investigate and respond to cybersecurity incidents, conduct threat hunting activities using various tools and techniques, prepare detailed incident reports and briefings for clients and internal stakeholders, collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance security measures and protocols, and train junior staff and contribute to knowledge sharing within the team.
While 62% of organizations have begun their own zero trust journey, only 48% of US organizations have, raising a concern that Western entities know they have a problem but are unable to adopt zero trust, leaving them vulnerable to cyber threats. Cloud security incidents make organizations turn to AI-powered prevention.
Just like Google Maps revolutionized navigation, process mapping can revolutionize how you understand and manage your security landscape. Today most teams are navigating the streets of cybersecurity with the equivalent of paper maps.
Recent cyberattacks targeting the nation's healthcare system have demonstrated the vulnerability of hospitals and payment systems. In January of 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services launched a healthcare cybersecurity gateway website to simplify access to the Department's healthcare-specific cybersecurity information and resources and published voluntary Healthcare and Public Health Cybersecurity Performance Goals designed to help healthcare institutions plan and prioritize high-impact cybersecurity practices.
Microsoft has unveiled a new cybersecurity program to support hospitals serving more than 60 million people living in rural America. In 2023, the healthcare sector reported more ransomware attacks than any other critical infrastructure sector and attacks involving ransomware against the healthcare sector were up nearly 130%. Cybersecurity attacks disrupt health care operations across the country and pose a direct threat to patient care and essential operations of hospitals.