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Killing the SOC, Burger King Runes, ReliaQuest Valuation, & StrongDM – ESW #252

This week in the enterprise security news: ReliaQuest crests a $1bn valuation, CyCognito raises a $100m Series C, AWS enhances cloud vulnerability management, StrongDM automates access to infrastructure, Can we trust AI written code?, Killing the SOC - is the SOC dead?, Comparing secure messaging apps, The best cities for cybersecurity professionals, and Don't miss today's Squirrel Story - it's a personal anecdote!

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  1. 1. FUNDING: ReliaQuest Valued At More Than One Billion Dollars Following Growth Round Led by KKR – ReliaQuest
  2. 2. FUNDING: Attack surface management startup CyCognito raises $100M Series C on $800M valuation – TechCrunch
  3. 3. FUNDING: Cycode raises $56M Series B to help secure software supply chains – TechCrunch
  4. 4. ACQUISITION: Coinbase to acquire leading cryptographic security company, Unbound Security
  5. 5. ACQUISITION: Aqua acquiring Israeli software supply chain startup Argon
  6. 6. PRODUCT: Amazon Web Services unveils enhanced cloud vulnerability management
    https://venturebeat.com/2021/11/29/amazon-web-services-unveils-enhanced-cloud-vulnerability-management/
  7. 7. PRODUCT: strongDM is a proxy that manages and audits access to databases, servers, clusters, and web apps
  8. 8. TRENDS: AI Code Generation and Cybersecurity
  9. 9. TRENDS: OpenAI Codex – Wikipedia
  10. 10. TRENDS: Kill your SOC with a D-IR model
  11. 11. TRENDS: Lloyd’s Carves Out Cyber-Insurance Exclusions for State-Sponsored Attacks
  12. 12. TOOLS: Secure Messaging Apps Comparison
  13. 13. TOOLS: CVE Trends – crowdsourced CVE intel
  14. 14. CAREERS: Best cities for cybersecurity professionals – Help Net Security
    https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2021/11/26/best-cities-cybersecurity-professionals/
  15. 15. SQUIRREL: TIL my local Burger King is using Nordic runes to protect itself
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