KKR plans to buy Barracuda Networks to support growth in managed detection and response, extended detection and response, and secure access service edge. KKR plans to provide resources and expertise to fuel Barracuda's growth past the $500 million sales figure it hit under Thoma Bravo's ownership.
Starting in July, the second Tuesday of every month will "just be another Tuesday," Microsoft says. After releasing patches for vulnerabilities in its software every second Tuesday of every month since 2016, Microsoft says it is now set to roll out automatic updates. Some security experts weigh in.
For organizations with legacy systems, effective security and risk management remain essential as they transition to cloud or hybrid environments, says Davanathan "Devan" Naidoo, CIO of New Dimension Corp. He shares essential strategies and lessons learned.
Private equity giant Thoma Bravo has agreed to purchase identity security powerhouse SailPoint for $6.9 billion in the sixth-biggest cybersecurity acquisition of all time. The deal will give SailPoint the flexibility needed to support its customers, expand its markets and accelerate innovation.
As use of Apple devices has grown in the enterprise, the company has increasingly become a target for malware threats and other attacks. ISMG spoke with experts and CISOs about the seriousness of these threats and what organizations can do to mitigate the risks.
Ditch the old “castle-and-moat” methods. Instead, focus on critical access points and assets, making sure each individual point is protected from a potential breach.
As market forces converge to make enterprises of all sizes more conscious of their own cybersecurity sophistication, John Randall of GoSecure proposes a road map to help assess where one is, where one needs to go - and to what degree third-party assistance is necessary.
A proposed rule requiring publicly traded companies to disclose a breach within four days of deeming it material will force CISOs to determine the consequences of breaches sooner. CISOs will need to have board-level conversations within a day or two of discovering an issue to assess materiality.
Sunder Krishnan, chief risk officer at Reliance Nippon Life Insurance Co., a joint venture of Reliance Capital and Nippon Life, discusses risk management approaches; using PAM, data encryption and other processes to safeguard customer data; and investing in behavioral systems to secure data.
A week after the Spring4shell vulnerability was first detected, security companies Microsoft, Check Point and Akamai have identified exploitation attempts, and Trend Micro has confirmed the first successful attempt - the Mirai botnet leveraging CVE-2022-22965 for its malicious operations.
David Pollino, former CISO of PNC Bank, joins two editors at ISMG to discuss what organizations can do to harden their cybersecurity defenses, how we need to think about our adversaries differently in today's threat landscape and how the "Great Resignation" is affecting cybersecurity.
Hackers are exploiting third-party remote access. If you’re not taking third-party risk seriously, it’s just a matter of time until your company is the next headline.
In the latest "Proof of Concept," Lisa Sotto, partner and chair of the global privacy and cybersecurity practice at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP and David Pollino, former CISO at PNC Bank, join Information Security Media Group editors to discuss U.S. regulatory trends and supply chain risk management.
New BeyondTrust CEO Janine Seebeck plans to help privileged users protect themselves by applying machine learning to detect patterns in the data generated across BeyondTrust's 20,000 customers. She starts as BeyondTrust's CEO July 1 and replaces Matt Dircks, who has led the company since 2014.
As CISO of publishing company Penguin Random House, Deborah Hawarth works on managing the convergence of IT, OT and IoT. A key step, she says, is ranking the risks posed by vulnerabilities so the organization can prioritize "where we're going to spend our energies and our money in terms of the fix."
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