BalkanID, a Texas startup building technology in the Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) space, has added $2.3 million to its seed financing round, bringing the total raised to $8.1 million.
Black Hat USA 2022 – Announcements Summary
Hundreds of companies and organizations showcased their products and services this week at the 2022 edition of the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas.
Robinhood Crypto Penalized $30M for Violating NY Cybersecurity Regulations
VMware Ships Urgent Patch for Authentication Bypass Security Hole
Virtualization technology giant VMware on Tuesday shipped an urgent, high-priority patch to address an authentication bypass vulnerability in its Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation products.
IBM Security: Cost of Data Breach Hitting All-Time Highs
A study commissioned by IBM Security says the global average cost of a data breach reached an all-time high of $4.35 million and warned that the absence of zero trust principles at studied organizations are pushing those costs even higher.
AWS Announces Enhancements to Cloud Security, Privacy, Compliance
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is hosting its re:Inforce 2022 conference these days and the cloud giant has taken the opportunity to unveil several enhancements to its security offerings.
Security, privacy, compliance and identity
Updated TSA Pipeline Cybersecurity Requirements Offer More Flexibility
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has updated its directive for oil and natural gas pipeline cybersecurity, providing owners and operators more flexibility in achieving the outlined goals.
Anvilogic Scores $25 Million Series B to Tackle SOC Modernization
Anvilogic, a Silicon Valley startup working on technology to modernize the Security Operations Center (SOC), has deposited $25 million in a new investment round led by Outpost Ventures.
Apple Ships Urgent Security Patches for macOS, iOS
It’s a very busy Patch Wednesday for computer users running Apple’s flagship macOS and iOS devices.
Apple’s security response team has pushed out software fixes for at least 39 software vulnerabilities haunting the macOS Catalina, iOS and iPadOS platforms.
Huntress Acquires Security Awareness Training Startup Curricula for $22M
Managed detection and response (MDR) platform provider Huntress has shelled out $22 million to acquire Curricula, a startup in the growing security awareness business.
Huntress, based in Ellicott City, Maryland, said the deal adds a fun, story-based security awareness training platform to its stable of cybersecurity offerings.
