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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Nile and Palo Alto Networks team up to strengthen enterprise campus security

Enterprise network-as-a-service startup Nile Global Inc. today announced a new integration with Palo Alto Networks Inc. that allows joint customers to benefit from Nile Access Service for enterprise campuses and Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls. The integration between Nile and Palo Alto Networks is said to offer several crucial benefits to businesses and institutions. Leading the list is ...

Sysdig aims for instant threat detection with latest CNAPP release

Cloud-native application security firm Sysdig Inc. today announced new end-to-end detection and response in its cloud-native application protection platform or CNAPP, aimed at providing instant security for organizations operating in the cloud. The new release consolidates cloud detection and response within Sysdig’s CNAPP, streamlining the company’s security offerings into one unified platform. The company says the release enables organizations ...

Cybersecurity startup Blumira raises $15M for its extended detection and response platform

Cybersecurity startup Blumira Inc. today announced that it has raised $15 million in new funding to bolster the launch and development of its new extended detection and response platform. Founded in 2018, Blumira offers a security information and event management system that aggregates security information from an organization’s threat detection tools and analyzes the data for patterns ...

Amazon debuts new Falcon large language model and partnership with Persistent Systems

Amazon Web Services Inc. announced today that the Technology Innovation Institute in Abu Dhabi has trained its large language model Falcon 40B on the cloud provider’s infrastructure. The achievement is said to mark a significant milestone in the collaboration between AWS and TII, since both AWS and TII are attempting to push the boundaries of artificial ...

Skybox Security report reveals alarming rise in vulnerabilities

A new report from cybersecurity management platform company Skybox Security Inc. today details an increased need for organizations to adopt exposure management practices amid an alarming increase in new vulnerabilities.  The company’s 2023 Vulnerability and Threat Trends Report leads with the finding that there were 24,096 new vulnerabilities discovered in 2022, a 25% increase in the total number of new ...

Lacework introduces enhanced CIEM features for improved cloud identity management

Cloud security company Lacework Inc. today announced new cloud identity and entitlement management or CIEM features that it says will improve the observability of cloud identities and help identify potential identity threats. The new features are designed to help organizations understand which actions can be performed by specific identities and assess each identity’s risk. The platform dynamically ...

New report warns of cybersecurity risks in generative AI technology

Artificial intelligence is the “in” thing in 2023, all the way through an unexpected surge in stock prices on the Nasdaq Inc. Exchange. However, hackers target all new, shiny things, and that’s the main takeaway from a new report from Vulcan Cyber Ltd. The report raises critical awareness about the potential cybersecurity risks associated with the ...

BeyondID launches self-service tool for transition to Okta Identity Engine

Managed identity services provider BeyondID today announced a new self-service tool designed to support organizations in upgrading to the Okta Inc. Identity Engine. The new on-demand service offers clients a clear migration roadmap, including support for navigating new features and preparing for future identity challenges. Okta’s Identity Engine is an identity platform that enables secure and flexible ...

Traceable AI releases new API Security Reference Architecture for Zero Trust

Application programming interface security startup Traceable Inc. today announced the release of API Security Reference Architecture for Zero Trust, a guide for addressing the urgency of integrating API security into zero-trust security initiatives. Zero trust is an increasingly popular security model that operates on the principle of “never trust, always verify.” The model emphasizes continuous authentication and ...

CISA warns of critical vulnerability in MOVEit file transfer software

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added a critical vulnerability in Progress Software Corp.’s MOVEit file transfer software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and reportedly ordered all federal agencies to patch their systems by June 23. MOVEit is managed file transfer software developed and designed to provide secure and compliant file transfers for ...