It is with profound sadness that Qualys, announces the passing of Philippe Courtot, the company’s former CEO, chairman and leader for the past 20 years. Philippe passed away on June 5, at the age of 76. Philippe led Qualys through a remarkable journey and built it into a leading providerRead More…
A new threat actor SentinelLabs track as Agrius was observed operating in Israel beginning in 2020. An analysis of what at first sight appeared to be a ransomware attack revealed new variants of wipers that were deployed in a set of destructive attacks against Israeli targets. The operators behind theRead More…
Saudi Arabia’s Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) announced the implementation of a regulatory framework to beef up cybersecurity in the Kingdom. The “cybersecurity regulatory framework” for service providers in the communications, IT, and postal (services) sector aims to raise the security levels of service providers.Read More…
Exabeam, a Silicon Valley startup that helps companies automate the analysis and monitoring of their cybersecurity data, said it raised $200 million in its latest round of funding which valued the company at $2.4 billion. While venture capital investment in cybersecurity has been rising fast over the years, it gotRead More…
Tushar Richabadas, Senior Product Marketing Manager – Applications and Cloud Security at Barracuda elaborates to Security MEA on their ‘The state of application security in 2021’ survey. Elaborate on the most important finding in ‘The state of application security in 2021’ survey. The most important finding of the Barracuda reportRead More…
FireEye announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell the FireEye Products business, including the FireEye name, to a consortium led by Symphony Technology Group (STG) in an all-cash transaction for $1.2 billion, before taxes and transaction-related expenses.Read More…
Fortinet, a global leader in broad, integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions, announced an integration of the company’s industry leading Fortinet Secure SD-WAN to the Google Cloud Network Connectivity Center (NCC). Fortinet is extending the benefits of its industry-leading Fortinet Secure SD-WAN solution to Google Cloud NCC users to simplify andRead More…
BeyondTrust, a worldwide leader in Privileged Access Management (PAM) software solutions, announced that it has received a significant new equity investment from Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, “Clearlake”), a sector focused investment firm operating integrated businesses across private equity, credit and other related strategies. Clearlake will joinRead More…
