 Palo Alto Networks Expands Technology Partner ProgramTana Rosenblatt Palo Alto Networks Blog In an effort to help organizations more comprehensively address their cybersecurity challenges, Palo Alto Networks today announced significant enhancements to its Technology Partner Program that will provide organizations with the breadth of security solutions and services and the confidence in a trusted network of cybersecurity partners. The new enhancements to the program provide a streamlined support structure and offer new resources and tools to help partners drive the adoption and integration of Palo Alto Networks into customers’ environments. Improved Automation: Integration development processes, flexible learning, automated validation and qualification. Programmatic Engagement: Fostering continuous innovation, flexible learning and go-to-market (GTM) support. Partner Portal: Unveiled in August, a new portal with a self-guided approach to manage the partnership, a simplified application process, an intuitive onboarding experience and real time integration status updates. Strategic Tiering: A new four-tiered program structure, consisting of Elite, Premier, Select and Self-Service partners, will enable partners to grow and expand their businesses through Palo Alto Networks. Link: https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2021/11/expands-technology-partner-program/ Bill Toulas Bleeping Computer Microsoft has introduced an AI-driven ransomware attack detection system for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint customers that complements existing cloud protection by evaluating risks and blocking actors at the perimeter. Contrary to cloud protection which admins manually adjust, the new system is adaptive, which means that it can automatically ramp the aggressiveness of cloud-delivered blocking verdicts up and down, based on real-time data and machine learning predictions. Link: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-adds-ai-driven-ransomware-protection-to-defender/  PagerDuty Automates Incident Response with RundeckMike Melanson The New Stack.io Digital operations management company PagerDuty has released a new version of its PagerDuty Operations Cloud that introduces a new level of automation to its platform, in part due to the company’s acquisition of enterprise DevOps automation provider Rundeck. First, PagerDuty has added several features to connect everything, whether people to services or dependencies within an organization. The Dynamic Service Graph, for example, gives a snapshot of service health and application dependencies, as well as shows the teams or individuals responsible for those services. When an incident occurs, the Dynamic Service Graph gives users the ability to immediately see what is happening and who to call for help. Similarly, Global Search allows users to quickly search for attributes corresponding to incidents, alerts, services, and schedules from a single location. Next, PagerDuty Operations Cloud sees several features added as part of the Rundeck acquisition, which it groups into the latter two categories of automating everywhere and delivering flexibility. The automation comes in the form of Rundeck Actions, which brings automated diagnostics and response to the frontlines of incident response, and Rundeck Cloud, which allows engineers to author self-service automated processes without having to deploy or administer a Rundeck cluster, instead being able to run from the cloud, even behind firewalls and within virtual private clouds (VPCs). The final realm of PagerDuty’s updates focuses on this aspect of informing responders with as much information as possible and reducing noise. Link: https://thenewstack.io/pagerduty-automates-incident-response-with-rundeck/  WatchGuard Cloud enhances security platform with new endpoint security modulesShannon Williams Security Brief – Asia WatchGuard Technologies has launched four new endpoint security modules in WatchGuard Cloud, including WatchGuard Patch Management, WatchGuard Full Encryption, WatchGuard Advanced Reporting Tool, and WatchGuard Data Control. Key features of the new endpoint security modules include: WatchGuard Patch Management: Manages vulnerabilities in operating systems and hundreds of third-party applications on Windows workstations and servers. This provides a reduced attack surface, strengthening preventative capabilities and incident containment. Available as an add-on to WatchGuard EPDR, EDR, and EPP solutions. WatchGuard Full Encryption: Centrally controls and manages full disk and USB drive encryption and key recovery, leveraging BitLocker in Windows systems. Available as an add-on to WatchGuard EPDR, EDR, and EPP solutions. WatchGuard Advanced Reporting Tool (ART): Provides detailed information into the day-to-day operation of applications, networks, and users. This includes pre-defined queries, dashboards, and alerts on endpoints out of the box. Managers can also create custom queries and alerts based on endpoint telemetry. Available as an add-on to WatchGuard EPDR and EDR solutions. WatchGuard Data Control :Discovers, audits, and monitors unstructured sensitive or personal data on endpoints, from data at rest, data in use, and data in motion. It can also run real-time, free custom searches to find files within specific content. Available as an add-on to WatchGuard EPDR and EDR solutions. Link: https://securitybrief.asia/story/watchguard-cloud-enhances-security-platform-with-new-endpoint-security-modules  Exabeam Appoints Technology Finance Veteran Holly Grey as Chief Financial OfficerTMC Net News Exabeam, the leader in next-gen SIEM and XDR, today announced the appointment of Holly Grey as chief financial officer (CFO). Grey will lead worldwide financial operations across the business and will report directly to Exabeam CEO and President Michael DeCesare. Grey has more than 25 years of experience leading financial operations for a diverse range of high-growth technology and cybersecurity companies. She most recently served as SVP, finance at Forescout Technologies and was responsible for all financial and accounting operations. While there, Grey also led the company through a successful initial public offering (IPO). Prior to Forescout, Grey was SVP, finance at Accuray Inc., a publicly traded medical device technology company. Before Accuray, Grey was VP, finance at Aspect (News – Alert) Software and led the organization through extensive growth that included multiple M&A transactions. Link: https://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2021/11/15/9492111.htm CyberSaint Security Appoints Jerry Layden as Chief Executive OfficerTMC Net News CyberSaint, the developer of the leading platform delivering cyber risk automation, today announced Jerry Layden as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), assuming responsibilities effective September 2021. Layden, who previously served as CyberSaint’s Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), established a highly successful approach towards strategic partnerships and customer acquisition that resulted in triple-digit year over year growth amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Now as CEO, Layden’s leadership will propel further success at a time when the company embarks on an aggressive expansion plan beyond its current market towards customers and prospects worldwide. Layden is an accomplished technology industry veteran with experience in IT Infrastructure, cloud, SaaS (News – Alert), and service. In his three years as CyberSaint’s CRO, Layden led global sales and enablement, partner, strategic alliances, customer success, and marketing operations. During that time, he was responsible for aligning CyberSaint’s global operations to deliver the best possible outcomes for customers and partners along the journey to automated cybersecurity risk and compliance. Link: https://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2021/11/17/9494310.htm Bakers Field Long Beach, NY , Nov. 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — authID.ai (Nasdaq: AUID), the leading provider of secure, mobile, biometric identity authentication solutions, today announced new hires and appointments as the company enters a new phase of growth across industries and geographies. To oversee the expansion of the Company’s customer network, Christabel Bugla has been named Vice President of Customer Success. In addition, Brittney Liburd has joined the company as Senior Product Marketing Manager. n addition to announcing the new hires, authID.ai has promoted two company veterans to leadership positions. Having served as the Company’s Chief of Staff for five years, Grace de Fries will assume the role of Senior Vice President, Communications and Investor Relations, in which she will continue to leverage her international business development, sales, marketing, and product experience. Max Umarov has been promoted to Vice President of Solution Engineering, a role in which he will help ensure top-caliber product execution and contribute to the Company’s robust innovation pipeline. authID.ai Founder and Chief Solutions Architect Tom Szoke has been appointed Founder Emeritus. Link: https://www.bakersfield.com/ap/news/authid-ai-announces-new-hires-and-appointments/article_e9565314-105a-55f4-b27a-c99a48ba9fa2.html  India Cybersecurity Market to Reach USD 3543.75 Million By FY2027 – TechSci ResearchTech Sci Research According to TechSci Research report, “India Cybersecurity Market By Security Type (Network Security, Endpoint Security, Application Security, Cloud Security, Content Security, Others), By Solutions Type (Firewall, Antivirus & Antimalware, Data Loss Prevention, Risk & Compliance Management, Identity & Access Management, Intrusion Detection/Prevention System, Email Filtering, Secure Web Gateways, Encryption & Decryption, Others), By Deployment Mode (On-Premise v/s Cloud, By End Use Industry (BFSI, IT & Telecom, Defense, Healthcare, Energy & Power, Retail & E-Commerce, and Others), By Region, By Top 12 States, Competition, Forecast & Opportunities, FY2017-FY2027”, the India cybersecurity market was valued at USD2200.23 million in FY2021 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 8.05% during the forecast period owing to increasing cloud services, rising Internet of Things (IoT) and increasing security concerns across the globe. Technological advancements with rising demand for Big Data Analytics, AI enabled cybersecurity are further propelling the market. However, concerns related to lack of awareness, availability of resources and regulations related to the deployment of the cybersecurity in organization are expected to hamper the market growth during the forecast period. Link: https://newagetechsciresearch.blogspot.com/2021/11/india-cybersecurity-market-to-reach-usd.html Financial DE CAMBRIDGE, England, Nov. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Darktrace, a global leader in cyber security AI, today announced that one of the world’s largest investment management firms, based in the US, has signed a contract with Darktrace with the potential to deliver well in excess of $1million in revenue over several years. Link: http://beta.financial.de/rohstoffe/rohstoff-international/one-of-the-worlds-largest-investment-management-firms-signs-major-contract-with-darktrace/ Business Wire Yahoo – Finance WEEHAWKEN, N.J., November 22, 2021–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TrueFort, the zero trust application protection company, today announced the TrueFort Fortress platform has been named Best Application and Cloud Workload Protection product in the 2021 Annual ‘ASTORS’ Awards program from AST (American Security Today) Homeland Security and AST Magazine. The company’s Fortress platform leverages patented behavioral analysis and machine intelligence to help organizations better understand their applications’ trusted behaviors to fend off attacks in real-time. Link: https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/truefort-named-best-application-cloud-141100761.html Globe Newswire Helsinki, Finland – November 22, 2021 – SSH has announced the availability of SSH Secure e-communication Suite that helps organizations send, sign, collect and share confidential and sensitive data in a secure fashion. The Suite includes secure and encrypted emails, workspaces, signatures, and digital forms that allow processing information with confidence but without requiring any extra effort from the user. It can protect communications in cloud, on-premises, or hybrid environments. Link: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/11/22/2338772/0/en/PRESS-RELEASE-SSH-Launches-Secure-e-communications-Suite-for-confidential-emails-secure-data-collection-and-secure-workspaces.html |