In the rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape, artificial intelligence is becoming an increasingly crucial tool. How this plays out was discussed today in an interesting new blog post from Alym Rayani, vice president of security marketing at Microsoft, highlighting AI’s role in addressing the growing challenges in cybersecurity. The post emphasizes the ever-changing threat landscape and siloed ...

Cybersecurity technology provider Rapid7 Inc. today launched “Executive Risk View,” a new solution that normalizes risk scoring in cloud and on-premises environments. Risk scoring is a method that quantifies the potential threat a vulnerability or a set of vulnerabilities poses to an organization’s information technology infrastructure. The method considers various factors, such as the nature of ...

A new report from content delivery network provider Cloudflare Inc. today details the disturbing rise in distributed denial-of-service attacks in the second quarter against critical sectors. The report describes targeted attacks by Russian-linked hacking groups, such as REvil, Killnet and Anonymous Sudan, against Western websites. A popular target in the second quarter was financial systems, with attempts ...

Multicloud security firm Fortanix Inc. today announced significant gains across sectors and expanded its ecosystem with the introduction of its Data Masking and Tokenization Solution. Described as the industry’s first confidential computing-powered software-as-a-security solution, the Fortanix Data Masking and Tokenization Solution is designed to tackle increasing data breaches and evolving data privacy regulations organizations are dealing with in 2023. The ...

Cloud infrastructure access management startup Teleport today launched a new artificial intelligence-powered chat interface designed for DevOps teams to troubleshoot infrastructure problems more quickly and easily by chatting with their cloud environments. Called Teleport Assist, the service allows DevOps teams to chat with their cloud environments, ask questions and give instructions in English to massive fleets of servers. With ...

Cybercrime detection company Netcraft Ltd. has raised $100 million in new funding to drive growth, expand globally and accelerate its mission of detecting and disrupting cybercrime at scale to create a safer online experience. Founded way back in 1995, Netcraft offers cybercrime countermeasures and disruption services that enable a company to disrupt or take down cybercrime ...

Security startup Egress Software Technologies Ltd. today announced the launch of an adaptive security model for its Intelligent Email Security platform that provides dynamic and automated protection against advanced inbound and outbound threats. The adaptive security model is designed to evaluate human risk at the individual user level and modifies enforcement protocols based on the risk identified. In doing so, ...

It was a mixed bag for the cybersecurity industry today, as Ripple Labs Inc. bagged a win over claims that it was violating federal securities law, but was overshadowed by the founder of Celsius Network LLC being charged over a pump-and-dump scheme. The good news for Ripple was the resolution of a U.S. Securities and ...

Artificial intelligence-driven cybersecurity risk assessment company Safe Securities Inc. has acquired risk management startup RiskLens Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2011, RiskLens offers cyber risk management software designed to empower risk and chief information security officers to manage their cyber risk from a business perspective by quantifying it financially. The company’s platform allows for the management of ...

The White House today released the first version of the implementation plan for its National Cybersecurity Strategy, including more than 65 initiatives aimed at mitigating cyber risk and bolstering investment into cybersecurity. The National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan defines responsibilities across federal agencies, along with timelines for the execution of each of the outlined initiatives. According ...