Seven cybersecurity-related acquisitions were announced in the third week of November 2021.
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WhatsApp Pushes Privacy Update to Comply With Irish Ruling
WhatsApp is adding more details to its privacy policy and flagging that information for European users, after Irish regulators slapped the chat service with a record fine for breaching strict EU data privacy rules.
U.S Banks Required to Report Cyberattacks to Regulators Within 36 Hours
In less than half a year, banks in the United States will be required to notify federal regulators of serious cybersecurity incidents within 36 hours.
SnapAttack Spins Out of Booz Allen Hamilton With $8 Million in Funding
Threat hunting and detection company SnapAttack this week announced closing an $8 million funding round, just as it spun out of Booz Allen Hamilton.
GBG to Acquire Acuant in $736 Million Deal
UK-based identity verification and fraud prevention solutions provider GBG on Thursday announced that it has agreed to acquire Acuant in a $736 million deal.
MDR Company Expel Raises $140 Million at Unicorn Valuation
Managed detection and response (MDR) provider Expel on Thursday announced raising $140.3 million in a Series E funding round.
Founded in 2016, the company has raised nearly $258 million in total and it’s now valued at more than $1 billion, earning it “unicorn” status.
Open XDR Company Stellar Cyber Raises $38 Million
Detection and response solutions provider Stellar Cyber on Tuesday announced that it has raised $38 million in Series B funding. To date, the company has raised over $68 million.
CISA Releases Incident and Vulnerability Response Playbooks
In response to an executive order signed by President Biden in May, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday released two cybersecurity playbooks focusing on incident response and vulnerability response.
UK Orders National Security Review of NVIDIA Deal to Buy Arm
American technology company NVIDIA’s planned $40 billion takeover of British chip designer Arm Ltd. faces months of delays after the U.K. government asked competition regulators Tuesday to investigate the national security implications of the deal.
