Security News

Insight Partners to acquire Veeam for $5 billion
2020-01-09 11:04

Software investor Insight Partners announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Veeam Software, the leader in Backup solutions that deliver Cloud Data Management. Following an investment from Insight Partners at the beginning of 2019, Veeam, the clear market leader with over $1 billion in annual sales and more than 365,000 customers worldwide, worked alongside Insight Partners' business strategy and ScaleUp division, Insight Onsite, to expand its software-defined Veeam Cloud Data Management Platform.

Avenu Insights & Analytics appoints Lara M. Oerter as Chief Operating Officer
2020-01-07 23:30

Avenu Insights & Analytics, the leading provider in State and Local government solutions, announced the appointment of Lara M. Oerter as Chief Operating Officer. Lara will have responsibility for company-wide operations, including product development and solution delivery.

Insight Partners' Latest Purchase: IoT Security Firm Armis
2020-01-07 19:33

Private equity firm Insight Partners plans to acquire yet another security company. Insight Partners had previously invested in Armis; other investors have included Sequoia Capital, Bain Capital Ventures and Red Dot Capital Partners.

Insight Partners to acquire Armis at a valuation of $1.1 billion
2020-01-07 04:28

"We considered growth rounds and strategic offers, but by partnering with Insight we have the best of both worlds - operational support and independence, both of which were important in our decision to take on a scaleup partner this early in our company journey," said Yevgeny Dibrov, co-founder and CEO at Armis. "We are thankful for the support we received from our investors at Sequoia, Tenaya, Bain, and Red Dot; and we, as well as the whole Armis team, are very excited to have Insight working alongside us as we enter this next phase, accelerating our platform and growth."

Insight Partners Acquires IoT Security Firm Armis at a $1.1 Billion Valuation
2020-01-06 22:04

Venture Capital and private equity investment firm Insight Partners has agreed to acquire IoT security firm Armis in a cash deal valuing the firm at $1.1 billion. Armis offers an enterprise-grade agentless platform designed to help organizations address problems related to unmanaged and unprotected IoT devices.

Managing Third-Party Risks: CISO Insights
2019-12-26 18:48

TMF Group's Devender Kumar on Effectively Handling Vendor RiskIt's important to look into the inherent risks of engaging with vendors before getting into assessing individual companies, says...

XebiaLabs DevOps Platform 9.5: Designed to provide business-level insight into complete software releases
2019-12-19 02:30

XebiaLabs, the recognized leader in enterprise DevOps and Continuous Delivery software, announced the latest release of the XebiaLabs DevOps Platform featuring Delivery Patterns, the industry’s...

Accenture acquires Clarity Insights to help clients scale AI across their businesses
2019-12-17 00:30

Accenture has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Clarity Insights, a U.S.-based data consultancy with deep data science, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning...

Insight into NIS Directive sectoral incident response capabilities
2019-12-02 05:30

An analysis of current operational incident response (IR) set-up within the NIS Directive sectors has been released by ENISA. The NIS Directive and incident response The EU’s NIS Directive...

HackNotice Premium: Real-time security insights and remediation
2019-11-21 04:00

HackNotice announced the launch of HackNotice Premium, a threat monitoring service that provides users with deep, real-time insight into potential breaches or data leaks and personalized recovery...