Security News
BMC announced several new offerings and integrations within the BMC Automated Mainframe Intelligence and BMC Compuware portfolios designed to modernize and streamline mainframe application development and delivery, while also increasing uptime and accelerating threat detection. BMC has completed the integration of Compuware, a BMC company, to create the BMC Compuware suite of tools that build upon the existing BMC AMI DevOps offerings.
Infostretch announced the addition of Rishabh Mishra as Head of Corporate Development. In the newly created role, Mishra will be responsible for identifying, evaluating and executing on acquisitions to expand Infostretch's technological breadth, client service capabilities, and regional presence.
Created in the UK, RankedRight is a triage system that follows an IT security team's pre-set rules to automate the time-consuming yet crucial process of ranking vulnerabilities in order of impact to the business. With teams reportedly wasting an average of 76% of their day remediating low priority risks, RankedRight enables them to divert their attention towards tackling the most critical issues and keep the company safe.
To unclog the network, the bank took the drastic step of blocking all traffic from China. News of the attack is surfacing just as the bank's new president, Mauricio Claver-Carone, seeks to leverage his hawkish views on China from his time in the Trump administration to outmaneuver those in Washington and beyond still fuming over his politically charged election last year.
Argon, an Israel-based company that provides solutions for securing the software development process, on Tuesday announced emerging from stealth mode. The company has developed a solution that provides visibility, security and integrity capabilities to help DevOps and security teams ensure that their development environment has not been compromised.
MorganFranklin Consulting announced the addition of Matt DeFrain to serve as the senior director of cybersecurity business development for the company's cybersecurity practice. Matt is a cybersecurity, operational resilience and crisis management leader who will help guide MorganFranklin clients across industries to improve their cybersecurity postures in the midst of increasing threats.
The funds will be used to accelerate product development and global market expansion for the company's cyber attack infrastructure identification and blocking technology. "HYAS turns the table on attackers by exposing and blocking their infrastructure, and communication channels," said Dave Ratner, CEO, HYAS. "This new round of financial support and the deep expertise of our new and existing partners will help us accelerate the execution of our vision on a global scale."
Google and the Linux Foundation this week announced the prioritizing of funds to allow long-time Linux kernel maintainers Gustavo Silva and Nathan Chancellor to focus on improving the security of the platform. The pervasive Linux operating system, according to a recent report from the Linux Foundation's Open Source Security Foundation and the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard, needs additional work on security.
Google and the Linux Foundation announced they are prioritizing funds to underwrite two full-time maintainers for Linux kernel security development, Gustavo Silva and Nathan Chancellor. While there are thousands of Linux kernel developers, all of whom take security into consideration as the due course of their work, this contribution from Google to underwrite two full-time Linux security maintainers signals the importance of security in the ongoing sustainability of open source software.
Ping Identity welcomed Peter Burke as the new Senior Vice President of Research and Development. Burke will drive product strategy and development across all Ping solutions, helping to further accelerate identity security and make access management simple for businesses and the consumers they serve.