Italy to set up its own cybersecurity agency
Italy is set to create a national agency that will enable it to fight cyberattacks. A draft decree shows that Italy plans to press ahead with its plans to build a unified cloud infrastructure that will ensure security is tightened for public administration data storage.
The country is among seve...
Palo Alto Networks updates Prisma Cloud CSPM, adds new detection capabilities
Palo Alto Networks introduced five new capabilities to the cloud security posture management of Prisma Cloud. These updates include a visibility-as-code feature and a pair of threat detection capabilities that can protect customers against crypto-jacking and data exfiltration.
Varun Badhwar, SVP...
GDPR inquiry launched on the use of Azure and AWS in the bloc
EU's privacy regulator, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has started an inquiry into whether the bloc's leading institutions are protecting citizens' private data when using Microsoft's Azure and Amazon's AWS clouds.
The EDPS has also opened a separate examination into whether the ...
Splunk intends to acquire TruSTAR, a cloud-native security startup
Splunk announced on Tuesday that it intends to acquire the cloud-native security startup TruSTAR Technology, for an undisclosed sum. TruSTAR was founded in 2014 and offers an application programming interface (API)-first cloud-native intelligence management platform.
It transforms intelligence f...
Exabeam Fusion automates the entire TDIR workflow
Exabeam has announced Fusion XDR and Fusion SIEM. These are two cloud services that can take on threat detection, investigation and response (TRID) without compromising the existing technology stack.
As the names suggest, Fusion XDR is specifically focused on extended detection and response, whi...
Sysdig launches new products for cloud and container security posture management
Sysdig, the container security startup, announced some new unified cloud and container security products to its portfolio, with the launch of continuous cloud security posture management. Cloud Security Posture Management for AWS is the first product.
It is based on Cloud Custodian, an open-sour...
McAfee Mvision CNAPP now generally available
McAfee has released Mvision Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP). This is a service for securing applications in the cloud. The company announced the service last autumn.
Mvision CNAPP provides consistent data protection, threat prevention, governance and compliance throughout th...
‘Most Microsoft 365 customers saw attempts for account takeovers’
Intrusion attempts on Microsoft 365 accounts appear to be very widespread. The vast majority of companies that purchase Microsoft 365 have seen malicious attempts to take over employee accounts.
This is according to a report by cybersecurity firm Vectra, which surveyed 1112 IT decisionmakers. Th...
Google unveils a new cyber insurance program for cloud customers
"First of its kind" offering is probably going to set a trend in the industry.
Google announced this week that it has teamed up with two major insurers to develop a cybersecurity insurance offering. The new program would provide Google Cloud customers with coverage against cyberattacks.
Speci...
Datadog to buy Sqreen application security management platform
Datadog, a cloud monitoring platform, announced that it plans to acquire Sqreen, a software-as-a-service security company. It was originally founded in France and participated in the 2016 TechCrunch Startup Battlefield.
Sqreen is a cloud-based security platform used to project applications direc...
Akamai is acquiring Inverse to boost its IoT security services
Yesterday, Akamai announced that it had acquired Inverse, a company based in Montreal, dealing in open-source consulting and integration. Akamai has an interest in Inverse’s technology which provides context and visibility in the IoT landscape.
To be specific, Akamai said that Inverse would br...
Security Report: Web app attacks are up 800% compared to 2019
All categories of attacks have increased as hackers adapt their tactics to the pandemic world.
CDNetworks, a leading CDN and cloud security provider, has released their State of the Web Security for H1 2020 Report. The Report describes a massive increase in cyber attacks in 2020 compared to 2019...