Cybersecurity firm Sophos Group plc and network security company Tenable Inc. today announced a strategic partnership to provide a new security solution that leverages technology from both companies. The solution, called Sophos Managed Risk, is a vulnerability and attack surface management service that uses Tenable’s exposure management technology in collaboration with the security operations experts from Sophos Managed Detection ...

Cybersecurity risk management firm Brinqa Inc. today announced new capabilities that it says will shorten time to value and make it easier to adopt modern vulnerability management best practices. The new capabilities are focused around what Brinqa calls a “Risk Operations Center.” It’s a new approach to vulnerability management that enables chief information security officers and their ...

Identity threat detection and response startup Permiso Security Inc. today announced that it has raised $18.5 million in new funding to expand integrations and introduce new product capabilities to enhance cloud security for its customers. Founded in 2020, Permiso offers an identity-based cloud detection and response solution for cloud infrastructures. The company’s service protects identities in a modern digital ...

Venture capital deal activity in U.S. dropped to its lowest quarterly average since 2017 in the first quarter of 2024, according to a first-look report released ahead of the quarterly PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor scheduled to be released next week. The first quarter in the U.S. is described as being relatively calm, with only $9.3 billion in venture ...

Researchers at artificial intelligence startup Anthropic PBC have published a paper that details a vulnerability in the current generation of large language models that can be used to trick an artificial intelligence model into providing responses it’s programmed to avoid, such as those that could be harmful or unethical. Dubbed “many-shot jailbreaking,” the technique capitalizes on the expanded context ...

Microsoft Corp. today announced an expansion of its Priva privacy management service with new automated capabilities designed to help organizations meet privacy requirements related to personal data. Launched in 2021, Priva is a privacy management solution offered by Microsoft that helps organizations proactively identify and protect against privacy risks, assist employees in making informed data handling ...

Unified data control startup Securiti Inc. today announced the release of a new automated compliance management solution that aims to enable enterprises to navigate complex artificial intelligence and data regulations more efficiently and easily. The new Securiti Compliance Management solution seeks to address the issue wherein companies often rely on costly and error-prone manual processes to remain ...

Cloud security company Lacework Inc. today announced the release of a series of new platform capabilities that have been designed to save time for security stakeholders, such as chief information security officers and frontline security analysts. The new capabilities include a new security graph and resource explorer called Lacework Explorer, new dashboards and additional investments in Lacework ...

Security operations platform startup Adlumin Inc. today announced a new ransomware prevention feature that immediately detects and stops ransomware from encrypting files. Called Adlumin Ransomware Protection, the feature kills ransomware in seconds and save 99% of files from encryption in the event of a ransomware attack, according to the company. The 99% figure is based on testing ...

Public cloud security startup Sonrai Security Inc. today announced a new firewall solution for Amazon Web Services Inc., Azure and Google Cloud that offers one-click least privilege with zero disruption for cloud operations and development teams. Called Cloud Permissions Firewall, the new service is said to transform the complex landscape of cloud access and permissions security into ...