Security News

Tigera launches Calico Cloud, a pay-as-you-go SaaS for Kubernetes security and observability
2021-02-18 03:00

Calico Cloud gives DevOps, DevSecOps, and Site Reliability Engineering teams a single pane of glass across multi-cluster and multi-cloud Kubernetes environments to deploy a standard set of egress access controls, enforce security policies for compliance, and observe and troubleshoot applications. Calico Cloud is Kubernetes-native and provides native extensions to enable security and observability as code for easy and consistent enforcement across Kubernetes distributions, multi-cloud and hybrid environments.

The Weakest Link in Your Security Posture: Misconfigured SaaS Settings
2021-02-11 02:48

Even more than that, it is the SaaS Security Posture Management that is critical to today's company security. Gartner has defined the SaaS Security Posture Management category in 2020's Gartner Hype Cycle for Cloud Security as solutions that continuously assess the security risk and manage SaaS applications' security posture.

Votiro launches SaaS solution that eliminates file-borne threats
2021-02-10 03:00

Votiro announced the launch of a cloud-based SaaS version of their Secure File Gateway solutions. The launch of the SaaS solution will provide customers working within or migrating to the cloud with a scalable way to completely eliminate file-borne attacks carried through email, web downloads, and website uploads.

Obsidian SaaS security solution now available on AWS Marketplace
2021-02-08 01:45

AWS customers can now purchase the Obsidian SaaS security solution directly in AWS Marketplace and pay for the service through their integrated AWS bill. Obsidian protects against account compromise, insider threats, access misuse, data leaks, excessive privileges and weak posture in SaaS applications with its cloud detection and response platform.

SaaS Application Backup Firm Rewind Raises $15 Million
2021-01-19 13:54

Backup-as-a-service provider Rewind on Tuesday announced it has raised $15 million in Series A funding. Founded in 2015, the Ottawa, Canada-based company helps customers secure business-critical software-as-a-service application and cloud data, and claims more than 80,000 organizations in over 100 countries rely on its solutions.

PrivaceraCloud: A SaaS-based data security and governance platform
2021-01-14 02:30

Privacera announced the general availability of PrivaceraCloud, a new SaaS-based data security and governance platform that enables faster cloud onboarding and data access governance for hybrid and multi-cloud data services. PrivaceraCloud is ideal for enterprises looking to migrate data and analytical workloads from their on-premises Hadoop-based data lakes or private clouds to public cloud.

Review: Code42 Incydr – SaaS data risk detection and response
2021-01-05 05:30

Incydr is Code42's new SaaS data risk detection and response solution, which enables security teams to mitigate file exposure and exfiltration risk without disrupting legitimate collaboration. Incydr keeps an eye on all file-associated events that happen across the company's environment and shortens the time it takes to detect and respond to data risk caused by an insider threat.

SaaS security in 2021
2020-12-28 05:00

As a result, companies have to make sure the SaaS vendors keep their company's data secure, and that their employees use of these SaaS solutions is secure also when end users are not connected to the office network. They'll also look for BYOD security strategies and take a more modern approach to security architecture that includes cloud-based security and access management protections, such as multifactor authentication and federation with SaaS applications.

Cohesity DataProtect: A SaaS-based offering protecting on-premises and cloud-based data
2020-12-07 02:30

Ensure efficient use of available bandwidth, accelerating backups to the cloud and data recovery from the cloud by only transmitting data blocks that have been changed. "We have been testing DataProtect delivered as a Service for some time, and I am very pleased with its performance," said Tim Kovars, Senior Systems Engineer, Quarles & Brady LLP. "The UI is simple, clean, and easy to navigate, and data ingestion and retrieval have been a snap. As a long-term Cohesity customer, this is the type of innovation I have come to expect from this data management company."

How to reduce the risk of third-party SaaS apps
2020-12-03 06:00

Third-party SaaS apps can significantly extend the functionality and capabilities of an organization's public cloud environment, but they can also introduce security concerns. Assessing the risk of these applications is the key to maintaining a balance between safety and productivity.