Akamai, PerimeterX HUMAN Merger, Azure Vulns, Blockchain Sec Startups, & Brash CEOs – ESW #282
In the Enterprise Security News: Blockchain security startups are still raising tons of money, but not in crypto, since it’s now worthless. Ha! just kidding. Maybe. Am I? Anvilogic, AppViewX, Sotero, Resourcely, and Push Security all raise rounds JUICY RUMORS! Is Crowdstrike buying Orca? Is Akamai getting bought out by a PE shop? HUMAN and PerimeterX join in a rare cybersecurity merger, Are Azure’s vulnerabilities out of control? Zoom brings end-to-end encryption to its cloud phone service, npm says FINE, we’ll add some security, Kaseya’s CEO is just, telling it like it is, man. The problem must be with you. A robot attacks a child, time to add EMP grenades to your EDC! All that and more!
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- 1. FUNDING: Blockchain Security Startup Raises $90 Million Despite Crypto WinterShould we start covering crypto security startups? This is a very large Series A...
- 2. FUNDING: Anvilogic Announces $25 Million in Series B Funding
- 3. FUNDING: AppViewX Raises $20M in Series B Funding to Help Organizations Reduce Risk Across the Growing Number of Machine Identities
- 4. FUNDING: Protecting data at rest, in transit, and under query, Sotero nabs $8M
- 5. FUNDING: Resourcely helps automate security, so developers can concentrate on coding – TechCrunch
- 6. FUNDING: Push Security Announces $4M Seed Round to Introduce User-Centric Approach to Securing SaaS
- 7. ACQUISITION RUMORS: CrowdStrike to buy Israeli cybersecurity cos for $2b
- 8. ACQUISITION RUMORS: P/E Firm Said Lining Up Financing for Potential Akamai (AKAM) Bid – Source
- 9. MERGER: HUMAN and PerimeterX Unite in Market-Changing Merger to Safeguard Customers From Sophisticated Bot Attacks, Fraud and Account Abuse
- 10. VULNS: Azure’s Security Vulnerabilities Are Out of Control
- 11. LEADING THOUGHTS: My imaginary VC investment portfolio: investing in product-led cybersecurity startups shaping evidence-based security
- 12. TRENDS: Security Chiefs Warn Bloated Cyber Market Must Learn to Work Together
- 13. REPORTS: Voice of the SOC Analyst
- 14. NEW PRODUCTS: Zoom brings end-to-end encryption to its cloud phone service
- 15. NEW PRODUCTS: Corey Quinn livetweet thread of AWS reInforce, key announcements
- 16. OPEN SOURCE: Introducing even more security enhancements to npm
- 17. NEW TOOLS: TLS-Anvil
- 18. LAYOFFS: Arete IR Is The Latest Cybersecurity Company To Lay Off StaffAs many as 90?
- 19. LEARNING RESOURCES: The Kubernetes Networking Guide :: The Kubernetes Networking Guide
- 20. SQUIRREL: Microsoft Announces “Start Menu as a Service”
- 21. SQUIRREL: ‘I’m Not Being A D*ck’Kaseya CEO Voccola’s Freewheeling Town Hall Spotlights Culture Clash With Incoming Datto Employees. He repeatedly insisted throughout the session that he was “not being a dick.”
- 22. SQUIRREL: Kaseya CEO Fred Voccola On The Raucous Town Hall Meeting That Ruffled Datto Employees’ Feathers
- 23. SQUIRREL: Chess robot breaks finger of seven-year-old boy in Russiahttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11043807/Chess-robot-breaks-finger-seven-year-old-boy-tournament-Russia.html
