Security News

Aquant raises $30M to support growth, drive AI innovation, and accelerate global expansion
2020-02-03 00:30

Aquant will use this capital to support its rapid growth, drive the continuous innovation of its AI platform, accelerate global expansion, and grow its engineering, client services, and go-to-market teams. "The expectations from customers of manufacturing companies are growing, just as skilled service workers are retiring. This makes exceptional service delivery more critical, and more challenging, than ever," said Shahar Chen, CEO and co-founder of Aquant.

Fortanix announces record sales year, new partnerships and global expansion in 2019
2020-01-20 02:30

Fortanix, the Runtime Encryption company, announced it had a record year in 2019, which saw sales climb 285 percent over the previous record year. "New privacy legislation such as the California Consumer Privacy Act, advances in hardware for Runtime Encryption, and cloud service providers partnering with Fortanix will undoubtedly drive accelerated investment and demand for data protection and confidential computing solutions."

Security Compass Receives Funding for Product Development and Expansion
2020-01-17 14:39

Toronto, Canada-based Security Compass has received additional funding from growth equity investment firm FTV Capital.

BigID raises $50 million to accelerate global sales, channel and product expansion
2020-01-08 00:30

BigID, the leader in privacy-oriented data discovery, intelligence and automation announced that it has raised $50 million in new funding from Tiger Global less than four months after previously raising a $50M Series C. The new capital will be used to deliver new products in privacy and protection of personal data along with expansion of go-to-market strategies across the globe. With $144 million raised in less than two years, BigID has established itself as a leader in privacy-centric data discovery and intelligence to help enterprises automate privacy compliance activities like data access rights, data sharing management, and consent governance.

Secure Code Warrior raises $47.6M to support global expansion initiatives and product innovation
2019-12-13 00:30

Global secure coding company, Secure Code Warrior, announced it had secured a Series B funding round of $47.6 million led by Goldman Sachs. Additional investors also include ForgePoint Capital and...

DHS Rolls Back Facial-Recognition Expansion Plan
2019-12-10 14:04

Biometric facial scanning won’t be a requirement for all U.S. citizens traveling internationally after all, the department decided.

DevSecOps role expansion has changed how companies address their security posture
2019-10-11 06:00

While organizations shift their applications to microservices environments, the responsibility for securing these environments shifts as well, Radware reveals. The rapid expansion of the...

Kenna Security raises $48M to accelerate its international expansion and drive further innovation
2019-09-30 22:30

Kenna Security, the enterprise leader in risk-based vulnerability management, announced a $48 million series D funding round that adds Sorenson Capital and Citi Ventures as new investors. Ken...

Expansion of DHS Continuous Diagnostics Program Considered
2019-09-06 13:04

Legislation Calls for Expanding Program for Use at Federal, State and Local LevelsBills now being considered in the Congress would make the Department of Homeland Security's Continuous Diagnostics...

Keyfactor acquires Redtrust to accelerate innovation and global expansion
2019-07-03 23:00

Keyfactor, a leading provider of secure digital identity management solutions, announced the acquisition of Spain-based Redtrust, a digital identity solutions company providing centralized...