Security News
With increasing dependence on third parties in today's interconnected world, vendor security risk assessments are more essential than ever. Failing to do them may result in hefty regulatory fines, legal fees, lost business and reputational damage.
With so many people making their way into an office building on any given day - whether as a prospective job candidate, a vendor with a delivery, or for a client meeting - it is vital that today's visitor and employee management systems are prepared to keep the grounds safe from unwanted visitors, including COVID-19. Demand grew almost overnight for fast, touchless visitor management systems that could do more to keep people safe.
Discussions surrounding how to ensure data privacy have been replaced with conversations on how citizens' data is being used, collected and processed. Generally, regulations should continue to pressure companies - including government entities - to provide adequate cybersecurity measures and follow the principle of least privilege to protect the data they have been entitled to collect or process, including transparency and giving users access to their data.
Entrust has announced its HyTrust CloudControl solution - now an Entrust business - now supports VMware Cloud Foundation, enabling unified security and compliance controls across the platform, lowering operational overhead and facilitating workload agility. As the hybrid cloud platform for managing virtual machines and orchestrating containers, VMware Cloud Foundation provides a single architecture for consistent, secure infrastructure and operations across private and public clouds.
Accenture is collaborating with SAP on a unique joint initiative to design, develop and deliver new cloud-based capabilities that strengthen existing SAP Intelligent Asset Management solutions. Accenture is bringing its industry-specific assets and knowledge to extend asset management solution functionality, helping companies in industries such as energy, life sciences and natural resources improve performance by shifting maintenance strategies from reactive to proactive.
Open source security management company WhiteSource on Wednesday announced that it has raised $75 million in a Series D funding round. The latest round, which brings the total raised by WhiteSource to more than $120 million, was led by Pitango Growth, with participation from M12, Susquehanna Growth Equity, and 83North.
Mosyle announced a new approach to Apple device management and protection with the introduction of Mosyle Fuse. The product is the cloud-native solution to blend enterprise-grade mobile device management, identity management, automated applications installing and patching, and multi-layer endpoint security for Apple-focused enterprises.
Living Security, an Austin, Texas-based company that specializes in cybersecurity awareness training, on Tuesday announced that it raised $14 million in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Updata Partners, with participation from Silverton Partners, Active Capital, Rain Capital and SaaS Venture Partners.
After a year of fast growth, Living Security announced it has closed a $14 Million Series B round to continue its expansion beyond cybersecurity awareness training and further develop its human risk management platform. "During the last three years, Living Security revolutionized security awareness training programs that were boring, ineffective and implemented just to meet minimal compliance requirements," said Ashley Rose, CEO and co-founder of Living Security.
HID Global announced the HID HydrantID Account Certificate Manager solution that eliminates manual, risk-prone processes for tracking, installing and renewing privately-issued as well as trusted Secure Socket Layer/Transport Layer Security certificates. "HydrantID ACM solves today's difficult digital certificate lifecycle management problems by providing one secure and convenient cloud-based platform for organizational teams to easily access private Certificate Authority services managed by HydrantID on their behalf," said Brad Jarvis, Senior Vice President & Managing Director, Identity & Access Management Business Area, with HID Global.