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Masergy enhanced its Masergy AIOps feature by applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to optimize Software as a Service applications on global networks. Masergy AIOps is deeply embedded into the network, security, and application layers and was developed using an unprecedented amount of historic data patterns, leveraging the company's 20 years of network and security logs.
DoControl emerged from stealth mode on Monday with an automated data access controls platform for SaaS applications, and more than $13 million in funding. It raised $3.35 million in seed funding and it recently raised another $10 million in a Series A funding round led by RTP Global, with participation from StageOne Ventures, Cardumen Capital and CrowdStrike's early stage investment fund, Falcon Fund.
It doesn't have to be that way - a company's SaaS security posture can be strengthened, and SaaS configuration weaknesses can be avoided. SaaS Security Posture Management, as defined by Gartner, is critical to the security of today's enterprise.
Everbridge announced an expansion of its end-to-end and global Critical Event Management SaaS platform, unveiling the most comprehensive integrated suite of digital and physical resiliency solutions for global organizations preparing for 'the new normal' in the post-pandemic world. Digitally transforming how organizations manage, respond to, and mitigate a crisis, as well as protecting revenue while improving cost efficiencies, Critical Event Management represents a 'must have' set of standards and best practices that forward-looking CEOs and boards increasingly incorporate into how they govern operational risk from unplanned events.
Forty percent of people have lost data stored in their online tools, according to the findings from a recent survey of Software-as-a-Service users across a mix of industries by cloud backup provider Rewind. The company is encouraging businesses of all sizes to assess their current cloud data protection initiatives and have comprehensive backups in place for primary business applications ahead of World Backup Day on March 31.
Merlin Venture announced the formation of a Public Sector growth program for cybersecurity software-as-a-service startups. The program leverages Merlin Ventures capital, engineering lab, FedRAMP certification acceleration process, and Public Sector relationships to help startups tap into a $200 billion Public Sector IT solutions market.
While there's lots of bustle around protecting data that resides in on-premises apps, when it comes to protecting data in SaaS apps, it's pretty much crickets. One way they can better protect and preserve crucial SaaS app data is by having the right backup in place.
Lyve Cloud enables always-on mass capacity data storage and activation. "Lyve Cloud is a natural extension of Seagate's leadership in mass data solutions, combining our mass capacity HDD innovation with deep storage industry knowledge to help customers activate more of their valuable data," said Ravi Naik, executive vice president, storage services, and chief information officer at Seagate.
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.
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.