Security News

ProtonMail Fights Email Spoofing With New DKIM Key Management Feature
2020-02-28 15:16

The new feature, DKIM key management, is currently in beta and users have been encouraged to share feedback to help ProtonMail developers improve it. The signature is linked to the user's domain name and it's created with a private key that has a corresponding public key added to the domain registrar's DNS. If DKIM is used, the email recipient's server looks up the public key and uses it to verify the signature in the message's header to ensure that the email is legitimate.

Privacy Management Firm OneTrust Raises $210 Million at $2.7 Billion Valuation
2020-02-27 00:23

OneTrust, a provider of privacy and security compliance tools, has raised $210 million in Series B funding at a valuation of $2.7 billion. The Series B round was led by Coatue and Insight Partners, and combined with OneTrust's $200 million Series A, brings the total amount raised by the company to $410 million.

Looking at the future of identity access management (IAM)
2020-02-21 06:30

While some of the wildest technology expectations from the big and small screen may not have come to fruition, the last decade of identity and access management development didn't let us down. I believe identity access management cloud capabilities and integrations will continue their rapid spread - as well as their transformation of enterprise technology and the way we do business - in this new decade and beyond.

ProcessUnity Vendor Risk Management expanded to include new best practices configuration
2020-02-20 16:06

ProcessUnity, a leading provider of cloud-based applications for risk and compliance management, today announced a new pre-built configuration of its award-winning Vendor Risk Management solution. Best Practices Configuration for ProcessUnity Vendor Risk Management is a pre-configured Third-Party Risk Management program with turn-key workflows, assessments, calculations, risk analysis and reporting, allowing small to midsize organizations to successfully launch and maintain a third-party risk program from day one.

ThreatConnect hires four new senior management team members
2020-02-19 23:45

In an effort to further position itself for rapid marketplace growth, ThreatConnect, provider of the industry's only intelligence-driven security operations platform, announces the hiring of four new senior management team members: Miles R. Tappin, Vice President, EMEA; Steve Mariani, VP, Revenue Operations; Daniel Moser, CFO; and Phillip Higgs, VP, Federal Sales. Bryan Hauptman, ThreatConnect CRO said, "This is an exciting time for the company and with these new hires, we will be able to expedite our expansion plan for 2020. We see a tremendous opportunity ahead. And, we feel that by bringing on these gentlemen, we have the right mix of business and technology experience combined with a seasoned approach to management. I look forward to ThreatConnect's future."

Why password management is critical to mitigating data breaches
2020-02-13 14:24

One is a big new category that we saw emerging in 2019 was not a true data breach per se, but what we're calling a data exposure, or you may also have heard the term data lake, and that's where some businesses just forgot to put a password on their cloud environments. If you can't keep up with all those passwords, use a password manager.

RSA NetWitness Platform updates eliminate false-positive threats, improves response management
2020-02-13 03:00

The updates provide customers with an enhanced RSA NetWitness UEBA offering that leverages network meta data to accurately identify unknown threats. With the latest edition of the RSA NetWitness Platform, organizations can leverage machine learning to minimize blind spots in the threat landscape and accurately identify true threats, while simultaneously improving incident response planning, management, and orchestration.

Tufin SecureCloud: Providing unified security policy management for the hybrid cloud
2020-02-13 02:30

Tufin, a company pioneering a policy-centric approach to security and IT operations, announced the availability of Tufin SecureCloud, a security policy automation service for enterprises needing to gain visibility and control of the security posture of their cloud-native and hybrid cloud environments. SecureCloud, built from the ground up and optimized for the cloud, is a major new addition to the Tufin Orchestration Suite - establishing Tufin as the first and only vendor to unify security policy management across on-premises, cloud-native, and hybrid clouds.

Report to Your Management with the Definitive ‘IR Management and Reporting’ Presentation Template
2020-02-12 14:00

While the IR process is mostly technical, reporting to the organization's management should take place on a much higher level in order for the non-security -savvy executives to understand. To assist CISOs with these tasks, Cynet created the IR Management and Reporting PowerPoint template which apart from providing an actionable response framework, is also clear and intuitive for the executive level.

Download: Definitive 'IR Management and Reporting' Presentation Template
2020-02-12 13:30

To assist CISOs with these tasks, Cynet created the IR Management and Reporting PowerPoint template, which apart from providing an actionable response framework, is also clear and intuitive for the executive level. IR Reporting To turn the security process more digestible for management, the template focuses on two key themes - actions taken to control the incident and continuous insights into its root cause and scope.