Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley is a senior writer at SiliconANGLE covering Startups, Bitcoin, and the Internet of Things. Duncan is a co-founder of VC funded media company B5Media and founder of news site The Inquisitr, and was a senior writer at TechCrunch in its earlier days. Tips? Press releases? Intersting startup? email: duncan@nichenet.com.au or contact Duncan on Twitter @duncanriley

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1Password launches Extended Access Management to secure unmanaged apps and devices

Cybersecurity and password service provider 1Password LLC today announced the launch of 1Password Extended Access Management, a new service that extends beyond traditional identity and access management to secure unmanaged applications and devices. The company describes Extended Access Management as a new category of security software that closes the “Access Trust Gap” in the identity and access ...

Edgio launches edge-enabled attack surface management to bolster continuous web application security

Information technology services management company Edgio Inc. today announced the launch of a new attack surface management solution that enables organizations to reduce risk from vulnerabilities by continuously discovering, identifying and remediating security exposures. Edgio Attack Surface Management has been designed to discover all web assets, provide a full inventory of technologies, detect security exposures ...

Brazilian data and AI consultancy Indicium raises $40M for US expansion

Brazilian data and artificial intelligence consultancy startup Indicium today announced that it had raised $40 million in new funding to expand its operations in the U.S. Founded in 2017, Indicium helps enterprises become “data-driven” using modern data stacks such as those provided by Amazon Web Services Inc., Databricks Inc., Google Cloud and Snowflake Inc. The ...

StrongDM raises $34M to enhance zero-trust privileged access management

Infrastructure access platform startup StrongDM Inc. announced today that it has raised $34 million in new funding to expand globally and to establish a new engineering center in Poland to enhance its zero-trust privileged access management solutions. Founded in 2015, StrongDM specializes in zero-trust PAM with a platform that delivers secure infrastructure access controls that work with ...

Palo Alto Networks launches Prisma SASE 3.0 for enhanced device security

Palo Alto Networks Inc. today announced Prisma SASE 3.0, a new solution that offers comprehensive security and performance for both managed and unmanaged devices. Aimed at addressing security issues in a world where work happens anywhere and on any device, Prisma SASE 3.0 offers a unified, artificial intelligence-powered solution that enhances security and performance across all types ...

Google launches 1B passkey authentications and new security updates

Google LLC today announced new updates on passkey and cross-account protection, along with sharing some metrics about where passkeys stand in terms of uptake and adoption. Passkeys are a phishing-resistant authentication method that allows users to log in securely using services such as fingerprints, face scans or PINs as an alternative to traditional passwords. As ...

Freshworks names new CEO, sees stock plunge on revised revenue guidance

Shares in Freshworks Inc. plunged more than 23% in late trading today after the customer service and support software firm fell short on its outlook and revised its revenue guidance for the full year downward, despite beating estimates in its most recent quarter. The company also announced that it has appointed a new chief executive, current ...

New Deep Instinct AI assistant bridges the gap in malware analysis

Threat protection-focused startup Deep Instinct Ltd. today announced the launch of DIANNA — short for Deep Instinct’s Artificial Neural Network Assistant, a new generative artificial intelligence assistant that provides expert-level malware analysis for unknown threats. Claimed to offer an unprecedented level of insight into unknown threats, DIANNA is powered by a large language model and serves as ...

Adobe targets AI security with bug bounty expansion for Content Credentials and Firefly

Creative software developer Adobe Inc. today announced an expansion of its bug bounty program to reward security researchers for discovering bugs specific to Content Credentials and Adobe Firefly. Content Credentials, built on the C2PA open standard, are integrated across Adobe applications to enhance transparency and prevent the misuse of digital assets through the provision of tamper-evident ...

New Snyk service leverages AI for better application vulnerability prioritization

Cybersecurity startup Snyk Ltd. today announced the launch of AppRisk Pro, a new artificial intelligence and machine learning-powered offering that provides application context from third-party integrations to help address business-critical risks and accelerated fixes. Designed for application security and development teams, Snyk AppRisk Pro creates a holistic understanding of application risk to equip teams with context based ...