Cloud security startup Wiz reaches $6 billion, 18 months after launch
Cybersecurity startup Wiz announced on Monday that it reached the $6-billion valuation mark only 18 months after its launch, thanks to a new $250 million funding round led by Insight Partners and Greenoaks Capital.
The round comes six months after the startup’s previous raise. The Israeli star...
Forcepoint acquires Bitglass to bolster its SASE platform
Forcepoint announced it has agreed to acquire Bitglass, a cloud security startup. The move is intended to speed up the platform security vendor’s ability to provide advanced data security and threat protection technologies for organizations to deploy and use.
Forcepoint announced the intention...
Snyk announces new products, integrations, and security features at SnykCon
During SnykCon 2021, the developer security company Snyk introduced new products and innovations, as well as partnerships with HashiCorp and DigitalOcean. The company also launched SnykLearn during the convention.
Snyk Code, which offers a dev-first approach to static application security testin...
Citrix announces new secure access solutions to for hybrid work
The new Zero Trust Network Access service aims to protect all apps, data and devices among remote workers.
Citrix announced the launch of Citrix Secure Private Access. This is a new Zero-Trust Network Access (ZTNA) service delivered through the Cloud. The company claims it protects access to app...
96% of third-party container apps have known vulnerabilities
Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 published a new report outlining how the software supply chain has come to be seen as a threat to cloud security. The research unit conducted a red team exercise, with a large SaaS provider signed up with Palo Alto Networks.
Within three days, the team found critical ...
Two-thirds of cloud breaches can be prevented by proper configuration
New research has come out suggesting that two-thirds of cloud security incidents could have been avoided if the apps, databases, and security policy configurations were done properly. A lot of configuration mistakes or lack of secure policies make companies vulnerable.
IBM Security X-Force p...
Microsoft warns thousands of cloud customers of exposed databases
The Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB could have been exposed for years, experts say.
Microsoft has warned thousands of its cloud computing customers that intruders could have the ability to read, change or even delete their main databases, according to reporting in Reuters. Microsoft issued the warning...
Study finds 97% of container users are clueless about container security
A new study released by Aqua Security Software reports that many software container users are unaware of the security principles governing urgency for runtime controls.
The cloud-native security company published its 2021 Cloud-Native Security Practitioners study based on a survey of 150 cloud-n...
Office Documents responsible for 43% of all malware downloads
Netskope released the fifth edition of its Cloud and Threat Report, covering cloud data risks, threats, and trends it saw throughout the quarter. The report finds that cloud storage apps are responsible for more than 66% of cloud malware delivery.
The report said that in this year's Q2, 43% of a...
Microsoft acquires CloudKnox to boost multi-cloud cybersecurity
CloudKnox Security, a startup with venture capital funding, is being bought by Microsoft. The software giant announced that it is acquiring CloudKnox to reduce the risk of breaches experienced by enterprises in public cloud environments.
Microsoft's multi-cloud capabilities are going to get a bo...
Snowflake partners with Securonix to get into the security market
In a move that has been described as Snowflake’s entry into cybersecurity, the data cloud company has formed a partnership with Securonix, a firm that makes cloud-native security information and event management systems.
The deal is a nonexclusive partnership at this point with no indication t...
Google Cloud introduces intrusion detection security measures
Google's 'invisible security' plan is advancing after the company released several updates for its existing security services and introduced new ones. The announcement came during its Security Summit on Tuesday.
Sunil Potti, Google’s Veep and General Manager of Cloud Security, said in a blog p...