Cyber Observer, the premier Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM) platform, announced a new exclusive partnership with Spire Solutions, Middle East and Africa’s leading value-added distributor, to provide comprehensive risk posture management, on-prem and in the cloud to new and existing customers in the region. Cyber Observer enables CISOs and other securityRead More…
Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, announced that it has acquired Refactr, which develops and markets a versatile DevSecOps automation platform that bridges the gap between DevOps and cybersecurity. Based in Bellevue, Washington, Refactr launched in 2017 and is privately held.Read More…
McAfee Enterprise announced MVISION Private Access, an integrated approach to enable granular ‘Zero Trust’ access and extend data and threat protection capabilities to private applications hosted across hybrid IT environments. Many organizations are extending the option to work remotely as the COVID-19 pandemic eases across some regions. The physical officeRead More…
Check Point Research (CPR), the Threat Intelligence arm of Check Pointas Software Technologies, a leading provider of cyber security solutions globally, has released its ‘Cyber Attack Trends: 2021 Mid-Year Report’, which shows how cyber criminals have continued to exploit the global shift to hybrid working and target organizations across allRead More…
HID Global, a worldwide leader in trusted identity solutions, announced that Al Ain Finance has selected its cloud-based HID Authentication Service and HID Approve mobile-based authentication application to offer its customers a secure and seamless online banking experience. Al Ain Finance built its UAE operation from the ground up onRead More…
Cybereason, the leader in operation-centric attack protection, announced the discovery of several previously unidentified cyber attack campaigns infiltrating major telecommunications providers across Southeast Asia. Similar to the recent SolarWinds and Kaseya attacks, the threat actors first compromised third-party service providers — but in this case instead of using them toRead More…
To settle a lawsuit alleging that it violated users’ privacy rights by sharing personal data with Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn, as well as allowing hackers to disrupt Zoom meetings in a practice known as Zoombombing, Zoom Video Communications Inc agreed to pay $85 million and strengthen its security practices.Read More…
In the wake of a growing number of both ransomware and sophisticated attacks, Tenable, the Cyber Exposure company, has developed 10 foundational configuration checks for its solutions, including Tenable.io, Tenable.sc and both Nessus Professional and Nessus Essentials, that assess Microsoft Active Directory security readiness and align remediation efforts based onRead More…
