Security News
"The goal of the survey was to take the pulse of the cybersecurity community as many of their organizations began to shift their employee bases and operations to remote work setups in March and April," said Wesley Simpson, COO of². 96% of respondents' organizations have closed their physical work environments and moved to remote work-from-home policies for employees; nearly half said this was the case for all employees, while 49% indicated that at least some employees are working remotely.
Insight Enterprises, the global integrator of Insight Intelligent Technology Solutions for organizations of all sizes, announced the launch of Insight Connected Platform, a scalable Internet of Things foundation that accelerates the creation of smart spaces within any environment, be it stores, restaurants, manufacturing plants, hospitals and even entire cities. Insight Connected Platform is designed to reduce security risks, propel efficiency and enable faster deployment by unifying how organizations use IoT solutions.
Imply, the real-time intelligence company, announced Imply 3.3, featuring enhancements that help customers optimize their analytics spend and improve time to insight on their freshest data, while extending Imply's leading real-time analytics performance to a broader set of queries. The addition of JOIN operations broadens Druid's performance advantage over data warehouses and data lake query engines by leveraging Druid's architectural advantages such as advanced indexing and horizontal query distribution.
BioCatch, the global leader in behavioral biometrics, announced it has completed a $145 million Series C investment led by Bain Capital Tech Opportunities, the growth investing business of Bain Capital. The investment will accelerate BioCatch's rapid growth, broaden its product offerings and further support its expanding client base into new verticals.
HYAS, a leader in threat intelligence and attribution, announced HYAS Insight, a threat intelligence and attribution solution that improves visibility and productivity for analysts, researchers and investigators while vastly increasing the accuracy of their findings. HYAS Insight lets analysts connect specific attack instances and campaigns to billions of historical and real-time indicators of compromise faster than ever before, bringing invaluable new intelligence and visibility to security efforts.
UK Parliament's Defence Committee is to open an investigation into 5G and Huawei with a special focus on national security concerns. The House of Commons committee, made up of MPs, wants to find out for itself whether or not Huawei poses a threat to national security, something that nobody has ever raised before and which is bound to uncover lots of new and original insights.
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HiveIO announced version 8.0 of Hive Fabric, an intelligent virtualization solution that provides high-performing, scalable technology that removes complexity in the data center and delivers a seamless IT experience. The new version provides protection for virtual machines and user data with its Disaster Recovery capability by seamlessly integrating with cloud storage.
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, 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.