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Snowflake introduces new cybersecurity workload for its cloud data platform
Snowflake Inc. today introduced a new cybersecurity workload to help organizations more effectively protect their technology environments from cyberattacks. Snowflake provides a popular cloud data platform, the Snowflake Data Cloud, that enables customers to store and process large amounts of information. The platform supports a variety of workloads ranging from marketing analytics to data science. ...
Skyhigh Security rolls out new features for securing enterprise applications
Skyhigh Security is refreshing its flagship cybersecurity platform with new features that will help enterprises more effectively protect their cloud applications and data from cyberattacks. The company announced the new features today at the RSA Conference. Skyhigh Security, officially Musarubra US LLC, emerged from a 2021 deal in which McAfee Corp. sold its enterprise business ...
Perimeter 81 raises $100M for its secure service edge platform
Fast-growing cybersecurity startup Perimeter 81 Ltd. today announced that it has closed a $100 million funding round led by B Capital at a $1 billion valuation. With the Series C funding, Perimeter 81 is now reportedly worth five times more than after its previous funding round in August 2020. During the same time frame, the startup’s ...
Elon Musk says Twitter in ‘clear material breach’ of acquisition agreement
Elon Musk today accused Twitter Inc. of breaching the terms of the agreement he inked with the company in April to acquire it for $44 billion. Musk purchased a 9.2% stake in Twitter earlier this year and later offered to buy the entire company for $43 billion. In late April, the company accepted Musk’s offer ...
Corporate learning startup Go1 raises $100M+ at $2B valuation
Go1 Pty. Ltd., a startup that helps organizations provide training for their workers, has raised more than $100 million in fresh funding to support growth initiatives. Go1 announced the funding round today. The Australia-based startup said that the investment included the participation of AirTree Ventures, Blue Cloud Ventures, Five Sigma, Madrona Venture Group, Salesforce Ventures ...
Lawmakers propose new consumer privacy bill
A group of U.S. lawmakers today proposed a privacy bill that would limit companies’ ability to collect and process user data. The Washington Post reported that the bill was introduced by Senator Roger Wicker and Representatives Frank Pallone Jr. and Cathy McMorris Rodgers. According to the Post, the development marks the first time that proposed ...
Dave Clark, CEO of Amazon’s consumer business, will leave the company
Senior Amazon.com Inc. executive Dave Clark is resigning to pursue other opportunities, the online retail and technology giant announced today. Clark (pictured) is the chief executive officer of Amazon’s Worldwide Consumer business. The executive, who was appointed to the role in August 2020, will resign on July 1 following a 23-year career at the company. “I ...
Laminar closes $30M funding round to protect enterprises’ cloud data
Tiger Global and Salesforce.com Inc.’s venture capital arm have invested $30 million in cybersecurity startup Laminar Ltd. as part of a funding round announced today. The round, which comes six months after Laminar’s launch from stealth mode, brings its total outside funding to $67 million. The Tel Aviv-based startup also counts Insight Partners and publicly ...
Chainguard raises $50M to secure companies’ software supply chains
Chainguard Inc., a startup founded by a group of former Google LLC engineers to help companies secure their applications, has raised $50 million in fresh funding. Chainguard announced the funding round today. Sequoia Capital led the investment with participation from more than 30 other investors including the chief information security officers of Block Inc., the ...
Devo raises $100M at $2B valuation for its AI-powered cybersecurity platform
Cybersecurity provider Devo Technology Inc. today announced that it has closed a $100 million funding round at a $2 billion valuation. The investment was led by Paris-based investment firm Eurazeo. All of Devo’s existing backers participated as well along with ISAI Cap Venture, a fund that makes startup investments on behalf of technology services giant ...