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Cybersecurity Insights for Financial Risk Leaders

Bridge the divide between risk management and cybersecurity with no-nonsense cybersecurity insights in one digestible newsletter. Spend more time running your company and less time deciphering your technical team’s security jargon. Our articles take less than five minutes to read and will help you communicate better with CISOs, CIOs, and other security leaders.

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Ofer Ben-Noon and Ohad Bobrov

Palo Alto Networks to Acquire Talon

Ellie Buscemi

On Monday, Palo Alto Networks agreed to acquire Israeli startup Talon Cyber Security, an enterprise browser platform. The deal values Talon at between $600 […]

Osano Raises $25M in Funding to Enhance Data Privacy Platform 

Sara Molina

Austin-based data privacy management company Osano secured $25 million in a Series B funding round led by Baird Capital and supported by different venture […]

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Buguard Secures $500K Seed Funding

Sara Molina

Egyptian managed cybersecurity services provider Buguard raised $500,000 in a seed funding round led by early-stage venture firm A15. The Cairo-based cybersecurity startup plans […]

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People Moves

Cyber Executive Moves: Expel, AXA XL

Ellie Buscemi

Expel appoints a new chief product officer, AXA XL announces a new chief executive and DataVisor appoints a new chief revenue officer. Expel, a security […]

Cyber Executive Moves: Salt Security, AXIS Capital, Sevco Security

Kaitlyn Xia

Salt Security appoints executive vice president of product, AXIS Capital names head of cyber and technology, and Sevco Security hires first global general manager of […]

Doug Merritt of Aviatrix

Cyber Executive Moves: Aviatrix, CISA, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Sara Molina

Aviatrix hires former Splunk CEO Merrit, Indiana cybersecurity director joins CISA, and HPE names CIO and new board director.

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Symmetry Systems Closes $17.7M to Scale Data Security Platform

SecureDisruptions

Symmetry Systems, a next-generation AI-powered data-centric security company, announced a $17.7 million inside round of funding with repeat participation from ForgePoint Capital and Prefix Capital […]

How will SEC’s Cybersecurity rules affect funds?

Khushi Arora

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently proposed new cybersecurity regulations for investment funds and third-party service providers. The agency advocated that any “significant […]

Regulatory Spotlight: Avoiding the jab-hook combo

Jeremy Seth Davis

When regulators squabble, who loses? Everyone. Regulatory disharmony is real, folks—and so far, we don’t see signs of the trend waning. We recently examined the […]

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Ofer Ben-Noon and Ohad Bobrov

Palo Alto Networks to Acquire Talon

Ellie Buscemi

On Monday, Palo Alto Networks agreed to acquire Israeli startup Talon Cyber Security, an enterprise browser platform. The deal values Talon at between $600 to $700 million, according to The Information. Palo Alto will integrate Talon’s enterprise browser solution into its Prisma SASE product. The acquisition comes among a wave of acquisitions and releases involving […]

Cyber Executive Moves: Expel, AXA XL

Ellie Buscemi

Expel appoints a new chief product officer, AXA XL announces a new chief executive and DataVisor appoints a new chief revenue officer. Expel, a security operations provider in Herndon, Virginia, appointed Yonni Shelmerdine as the new chief product officer on Aug. 28. Shelmerdine comes to Expel from SentinelOne where he was the vice president of Product Management, endpoint […]

Grip Security Raising $41 Million Series B Led by Third Point Ventures

SecureDisruptions

SaaS security company plans to accelerate growth and extend market leadership SaaS identity risk management platform Grip Security announced a $41 million Series B funding round led by Third Point Ventures, with participation from YL Ventures, Intel Capital and The Syndicate Group. The investment would bring Grip Security’s total funding to $66 million and marks a major milestone for the […]

Partner One Acquires Key Fidelis Cybersecurity Assets

SecureDisruptions

Partner One, one of the fastest growing software conglomerates in the world, has announced its acquisition of Fidelis Cybersecurity software, intellectual property, equipment, inventory and customer and reseller contracts. Fidelis software is a leader in the cybersecurity industry, with innovative eXtended Detection and Response (XDR) and Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP). Fidelis solutions protect […]

Healthcare IoT: Risks, Policy, and the Path Forward 

John Powers

When Amazon launched as an online bookstore twenty-eight years ago, few would have imagined that patients could one day go to its website to treat their acid reflux. But times change. Amazon just expanded their virtual healthcare marketplace, Amazon Clinic. Across the U.S., customers can now consult with clinicians through virtual calls and get treatment […]

NIST Updates Cybersecurity Framework in New Draft, Seeks Public Comment

John Powers

The National Institute of Standards and Technology updated their cybersecurity framework for the third time in a new draft. The new framework offers guidance to organizations about reducing cybersecurity risks. It contains a set of outcomes so that any organization can evaluate, prioritize, grasp, and communicate its cybersecurity measures in an effective way. The draft […]