Cloud Security

IBM today announced a new cloud-based community platform for cyber security applications. IBM Security Connect is the first security cloud platform built on open federated technologies, with AI at its core, to analyse security data across previously unconnected tools and environments. An IBM analysis of clients’ environments found that on average, cybersecurity teams are using over 80 different security products from 40 different vendors. Our research also indicates less than 20 percent of the features...

Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, together with Google Cloud, today welcomed Minister for Digital and the Creative Industries, Rt Hon Margot James MP to launch Atos' first artificial intelligence (AI) lab under the Atos and Google Cloud’s global partnership. The Atos AI lab in London will bring together expertise in AI alongside private and public sector organisational capabilities to collaborate and unlock cross-enterprise opportunities. The new lab will be available to businesses and...

CrowdStrike® Inc., the leader in cloud-delivered endpoint protection, today announced it is positioned as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: U.S. Incident Readiness, Response, and Resiliency Services: Beyond the Big 5 Consultancies 2018 Vendor Assessment (doc #US44257117, September 2018). According to the IDC MarketScape assessment, CrowdStrike leverages its intelligence-led incident response (IR) approach and understanding of adversary tactics and techniques to identify security gaps within its client organisations and to advise executives on the development...

Nyotron, an Israeli company and provider of the industry’s first OS-Centric Positive Security solution to strengthen endpoint protection, today announced that the company has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Ingram Micro to help it accelerate its global presence – particularly in the United States – and build its global channel ecosystem. The partnership, which includes a $10 million investment from Ingram Micro, expands on an existing relationship between Nyotron and Ingram Micro, which...

Barracuda Networks, Inc., today announced that Barracuda CloudGen Firewall received a Recommended Rating from NSS Labs in their 2018 Next Generation Firewall Group Test. In this year’s test, 10 products were examined for security effectiveness, performance, and total cost of ownership (TCO). “This test, which has a strong focus on IPS and SSL security and performance, demonstrates what we are hearing from our customers regarding how effective our CloudGen Firewall is,” said Klaus Gheri, VP...

New Iris Investigate API Enables Security Teams to More Easily Profile Threat Actors within Popular OSINT Correlation Tool. DomainTools, a leader in domain name and DNS-based cyber threat intelligence, today announced a new integration with Maltego delivered via the latest Iris Investigate API. This comprehensive integration creates a seamless view of data to provide an easy transition from SIEM alert to human analysis. Additionally, it preserves the results of analysts findings for future correlation and...

Highlights: Barracuda extends its award-winning CloudGen WAF to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to help customers defend against advanced layer 7 threats, OWASP Top 10, bots, DDoS, and zero-day threats. Well-architected, frictionless deployment, with flexible billing options. Automation first ethos helps SecOps better collaborate with DevOps and NetOps to easily deploy application security. Barracuda Networks, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-enabled security and data protection solutions, today announced the availability of its CloudGen WAF on Google...

Bitglass, the Next-Gen CASB company, today released the 2018 Cloud Adoption Report, its fourth such study, which examines cloud adoption in more than 135,000 organizations around the globe. The report corroborates what is now broadly apparent –  the flexibility, productivity and cost savings benefits of cloud apps have fueled widespread adoption in every industry. Surprisingly, the report finds that the adoption of cloud security technologies lags cloud adoption, leaving many at risk of a data...

Alert Logic, the leading provider of Security-as-a-Service solutions for the cloud, today announced the availability of its 2017 Cloud Security Report. The report analyses customer data from more than 3,800 Alert Logic cloud, on-premises and hybrid cloud customers over an 18 month period, from August 1, 2015 to January 31, 2017.  Report findings are based on an analysis of more than 2 million security incidents captured in Alert Logic intrusion detection systems and escalated by...

  At last year’s Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards, Andrew Hardie, Chair of the BCS DevSecOps Group, was awarded the title of Cloud Security Superhero. I chased him up to see what his overview thoughts on the event were and ask why is it important to support and encourage people to take part. What is the significance of the Unsung Heroes Awards for the cybersecurity community? “It’s to recognize those who make those contributions that are below...