6 Key Steps to Building an Award-Winning Security Team
It’s impossible to build out a really strong IT security program without the solid foundation of a great security team. Pritesh Parekh, VP and CSO of Zuora, winner of the…
DetailsDid the Panama Papers End the Honeymoon for Law Firms?
Try and do an information security risk assessment of a law firm your company uses. Give them an InfoSec security questionnaire to fill out and request key information security documents. And…
DetailsThreat Detection Company Pwnie Express Raises $12.9M in Series B Funding
Threat detection company Pwnie Express announced that it raised $12.9 million in a Series B round led by Ascent Venture Partners with investments from MassMutual Ventures LLC and existing investors…
DetailsIndustrial Internet of Things (IoT) Company Bayshore Networks Raises $6.6M in Series A Funding
Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) company, Bayshore Networks has announced that it has closed $6.6 million in Series A funding led by Trident Capital Cybersecurity. Headquartered in Maryland, Bayshore was…
DetailsIt’s the Data, Stupid
I was looking at Facebook the other day (yes, I know – a security guy that uses Facebook – just wait until you have grandkids and a scary message appeared…
DetailsAnd the Password Is…Password!
Passwords are not a means of securing information. Bill Gates told us this in 2004, but it’s 2016 now and this time, we really mean it. Gates’ reasoning was that passwords…
Details“The Internet of Cows”
Glenn Fink, a security researcher at Pacific Northwest Labs, did a presentation called the “Internet of Cows” at a recent IEEE conference where he showed how dairy farming has become an automated,…
DetailsBehavioral Authentication: Your New Best Friend
Who knows you better than your smart phone? Your family? Maybe. Your colleagues? Perhaps. Your dog? Almost certainly—but that could change very soon. For many of us, our phones and…
DetailsPCI DSS 3.2: What it Means to You
If you’re a merchant, service provider, or anyone else who stores/processes/transmits cardholder information (i.e. anyone with the PCI DSS in scope), you probably don’t need me to tell you that…
DetailsWeb Application Security Company IMMUNIO Closes $5M in Series A Round
Web application security company IMMUNIO has announced that is has secured $5 million in a series A sound led by White Star capital and previous investors. Headquartered in Montreal, IMMUNIO…
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