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ProdataKey (PDK), manufacturer of the renowned cloud access control platform built for mobile, now offers integration between its Pdk io software and Microsoft Azure Active Directory. IT departments that rely on Active Directory to simplify user and rights management across their corporate network may now use that same interface to seamlessly manage permissions within Pdk io software. System administrators can fully control the physical access of people and groups, as well as issue mobile and t...

In-person training sessions were mostly canceled during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the need for training continued, and in some cases increased, as the security industry sought to adapt to the changing business climate of a global emergency. So how well did we as an industry adjust? We asked this week’s Expert Panel Roundtable: How has security industry training changed in the last year?

The threat actor behind the SolarWinds attack, the Russian-based Nobelium, has orchestrated another successful vendor email compromise attack, this time targeting the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). According to the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC), Nobelium compromised the USAID’s Constant Contact account, so as to send phishing emails that included links containing malware. Zero-day phishing attacks The incident highlights how zero-day, never-se...

Senstar, a pioneer in video management and perimeter intrusion detection solutions, announces the launch of its Senstar Symphony common operating platform with sensor fusion engine, a modular solution for security management and data intelligence. In addition to being an open, highly scalable video management system with built-in video analytics, it includes full-featured access control and perimeter intrusion detection modules. “What truly sets Senstar Symphony apart from other systems i...

Clavister, a globally renowned company in high-performance cyber security solutions, has announced the launch of the latest generation of Clavister NetShield Virtual, highly regarded as one of the world's fastest virtualized solution for securing 5G networks. With data rates of over 600 Gbps on a single Intel Xeon-based server, Clavister sets a new high-water mark for 5G Security capacity. Virtualized solution for 5G networks With the proliferation of virtualization, there has been a steady i...

In the current world, a vast majority of a company’s sensitive data resides in Software as a Service (SaaS) applications like Office 365, Google Workspace, Salesforce, Dropbox, etc. In the recent 2020 State of SaaSOps report by BetterCloud, their data suggests that 85% of all application usage by 2025 will be via SaaS. For those who’re an MSP or IT service provider reading this, they should be thinking, “Oh snap!!! What can I be doing to better protect the sensitive data in th...

Fugue, the company transforming cloud security to help organizations innovate faster, announces it has added support for Google cloud to its multi-cloud security platform. With Fugue, cloud engineering and security teams can secure their entire cloud development lifecycle (CDLC)—from infrastructure as code to production—across their Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and now Google cloud environments using the same Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) solution. Multipl...

Check Point Research (CPR) reports that since the recently disclosed vulnerabilities on Microsoft Exchange Servers, a race has started between hackers and security professionals. CPR is seeing hundreds of exploitation attempts against organizations world-wide that are related to the four zero-day vulnerabilities currently affecting the Microsoft Exchange Server. In the past 24 hours alone, CPR has observed that the number of exploitation attempts on organizations it tracks doubled every two to...

Vectra (Vectra AI), a globally renowned company in network detection and response (NDR), has reported that in calendar 2020, sales continued to grow at a compound annual rate exceeding 100 percent and sales of Cognito Detect for Microsoft Office 365 accelerated, growing at a rate of 340 percent. These trends were driven in part by the rapid adoption of Microsoft Office 365 productivity applications, such as Microsoft Teams and heightened cyber security concerns, in the wake of numerous high-pro...

The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named a new chair and vice-chair to lead the SIA Identity and Biometric Technology Advisory Board (IBTAB), an exclusive advisory panel to the SIA Board of Directors comprised of biometric and digital identification experts. Benji Hutchinson –president of U.S. federal government business at NEC Corporation of America – will serve as SIA IBTAB chair, with Jim Black – director of security standards and controls within Microsoft’s...

Anomali, the globally renowned company in intelligence-driven cybersecurity solutions, has announced that Anomali Match is now integrated with Microsoft Azure Sentinel. By bridging the gap between these two major security solutions, Anomali and Microsoft have created an automated solution that significantly enhances and speeds joint customers’ threat detection, alerting and response capabilities. Azure Sentinel and Anomali Match integration Azure Sentinel is a cloud-native security info...

Pluralsight, Inc., the technology workforce development company, announces integration of Pluralsight Skills with the newly announced Microsoft Viva. As part of this integration, Microsoft customers with an active Pluralsight Skills license can access Pluralsight’s on-demand course content directly from Microsoft Teams. Powered by Microsoft 365 and experienced through Teams, Microsoft Viva’s Pluralsight integration is designed to provide easy access to Pluralsight’s library of...

Specialist property developer and investor, Kajima Properties’ new project development at 77 Coleman Street in the City of London is a luxury multi-tenant office set over seven floors. BNP Paribas acts as the managing agent, while the redevelopment was designed by architect, Buckley Gray Yeoman. The prominent London location is a minute’s walk from Moorgate Tube station and the Elizabeth Line. The redevelopment included installing elegant external facades as well as creating floors...

Qualys, Inc., a pioneer and renowned provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions, announced its research team, using the Qualys Cloud Platform, has identified 7.54 million vulnerabilities related to FireEye Red Team assessment tools and compromised versions of SolarWinds Orion, tracked as Solorigate or SUNBURST, across its 15,700-member customer base. Of the vulnerabilities identified, researchers noted that across 5.29 million unique assets most are related to the FireEye Red Tea...

Johnson Controls, the globally renowned provider of smart and sustainable building solutions, and Microsoft Corp., the multi-national company for software and computer solutions, have announced a global collaboration to digitally transform how buildings and spaces are conceived, built and managed. Microsoft Corp. also announced the general availability of Microsoft Azure Digital Twins. OpenBlue Digital Twin As a key partner for Azure Digital Twins, Johnson Controls’ OpenBlue Digital Twin...

Johnson Controls, the pioneer in smart and sustainable buildings, and Microsoft Corporation announces a global collaboration to digitally transform how buildings and spaces are conceived, built and managed. Microsoft also announced the general availability of Microsoft Azure Digital Twins. As a key partner for Azure Digital Twins, Johnson Controls’ OpenBlue Digital Twin is a comprehensive platform that will support the entire ecosystem of building and device management technologies with d...

Vectra (Vectra AI), a globally renowned company in network threat detection and response (NDR) solutions, has announced broader and deeper cloud capabilities, to track and link accounts and data in hybrid environments. Current security approaches lose visibility when environments expand to the Cloud, where users leverage multiple different accounts and may access resources from shadow IT devices. Network threat detection and response (NDR) Historically, users and hosts were on-premise and tig...

ConnectWise, the provider of software and expert services purpose-built for technology solution providers (TSPs), announces it has acquired Perch Security and StratoZen. These acquisitions establish ConnectWise as the platform with the comprehensive offering for TSP - complete with business management, unified management and security management, including SOC and SIEM services.  As part of the ConnectWise Fortify™ security management solution, these technologies will provide revoluti...

Dell Technologies has announced the release of their new Dell EMC PowerProtect DP series integrated appliances and PowerProtect Data Manager Software advancements to help businesses and customers protect, manage and recover data from traditional and modern applications, across core data centers, edge locations and public clouds. PowerProtect Cyber Recovery Dell, the industry renowned company in data protection appliances and software, also announces the release of PowerProtect Cyber Recovery,...

This week, Abnormal Security researchers have been tracking recent well-disguised attacks from a Russian criminal enterprise, which are using the Emotet Trojan to drop Ryuk ransomware and BazarLoader for financial gain. Ryuk ransomware attack The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a warning of an impending attack, using Ryuk ransomware, earlier this week, noting that healthcare and the public sector are the intended targets. Abnormal Sec...

Check Point Research, the Threat Intelligence arm of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., a renowned provider of cybersecurity solutions globally, has published its new Brand Phishing Report for Q3 2020. The report highlights the brands which were most frequently imitated by criminals in their attempts to steal individuals’ personal information or payment credentials during July, August and September. In Q3, Microsoft was the brand most frequently targeted brand by cybercriminals, soar...

If one works in the technology industry, it’s likely one has been hearing about recent advancements in AI-based video analysis for years now. The tech has seemingly hit its stride, with new services and applications continually popping up to expand and support the ecosystem. For an example, one really has to look no further than Amazon Rekognition, which leverages Machine Learning (ML) to make it easy to identify things like objects, people, or text within videos and images. AI developmen...

Pluralsight, Inc., the globally renowned technology workforce development company, has announced enhancements for its industry-renowned skills platform at Pluralsight LIVE. These updates include the introduction of Priorities - a first-of-its-kind tool designed to completely align skills development strategy with business objectives and Cloud labs - a hands-on learning experience designed to accelerate cloud skills development. New software updates Brandon Peay, the Executive Vice President (...

DH2i, a renowned provider of multi-platform Software Defined Perimeter (SDP) and Smart Availability software, announced the launch of DxOdyssey for IoT. The new edge-optimized Software Defined Perimeter (SDP) solution, ensures end-to-end Zero Trust IoT (Internet of Things) connectivity, for the highest possible levels of security for IoT data, communications, and operations. McKinsey advised that edge computing would represent a potential value of $175 billion - $215 billion in hardware by 2025...

Award-winning consumer and small office cybersecurity company, BullGuard, announced its new 2021 suite of antimalware solutions featuring Dynamic Machine Learning capabilities and Multi-Layered Protection. The BullGuard 2021 security suite empowers consumers to confidently perform sensitive online transactions in absolute safety and rest assured knowing cyber threats are stopped dead in their tracks. BullGuard 2021 blocks malicious behavior before it can do damage, even when malware attempts to...

Device Authority, a global provider of identity and access management (IAM) for the Internet of Things (IoT), announced the latest version of its KeyScaler platform which includes enhanced device connectivity, secure data storage and support for Microsoft Azure Sphere. In today’s evolving technology-driven world, security needs to be architected into IoT devices from the moment of inception and requires a robust foundation to deliver secure updates throughout the device lifecycle. Devices...

Access Touch integrates a modular RFID reader, touch screen display and PC processor into a powerfully versatile solution for time & attendance, payment and many other purposes. Its touch screen is a versatile platform able to support attractive, customized graphical user interfaces and menus. Additionally, Access Touch can integrate nearly any of the major RFID technologies from 125 kHz to MIFARE DESFire. As a fully functional computer, it can also interface with the Internet if needed. Li...

Acronis announced the release of Acronis Cyber Protect 15, a B2B solution which integrates backup, disaster recovery, next-generation anti-malware, cybersecurity, and endpoint management tools into a single solution. The findings of the Acronis Cyber Readiness Report 2020 illustrate why organizations need a cyber protection solution that reduces complexity and improves security while remaining cost-effective. With Acronis Cyber Protect 15’s unique integration of data protection and next-g...

AlgoSec, the provider of business-driven network security management solutions, announced strong year-on-year growth of 26% in product revenues and profitability in the first half of 2020. During H1, the company also hired 55 employees. “Thanks to the efforts of our staff and partners, we have achieved excellent results in the first half of 2020, despite the ongoing impact of the pandemic,” said Yuval Baron, CEO of AlgoSec. “This highlights how demand for our solutions is grow...

SaaS Alerts, the industry’s first-ever unified monitoring and alerting platform purpose-built for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to protect and monetize their customers’ core business SaaS applications, announces its general availability release and introduces its MSP Reslillent Response (MRR) program to provide MSPs with free unlimited use through October 1st. SaaS Alerts SaaS Alerts was designed to help MSPs monitor and protect their customers’ usage of today’s most...