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Ballistic Ventures Founding Partners Kevin Mandia and Barmak Meftah Take the Stage at the 2024 RSA Conference

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Thursday, May 2, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO, May 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ballistic Ventures , the venture capital firm dedicated exclusively to funding and incubating entrepreneurs and innovations in cybersecurity, today announced that two founding partners, Kevin Mandia and Barmak Meftah, will take the stage at the annual 2024 RSA Conference (RSAC) taking place May 6-9, 2024 in San Francisco.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, May 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ballistic Ventures , the venture capital firm dedicated exclusively to funding and incubating entrepreneurs and innovations in cybersecurity, today announced that two founding partners, Kevin Mandia and Barmak Meftah, will take the stage at the annual 2024 RSA Conference (RSAC) taking place May 6-9, 2024 in San Francisco.
  • Ballistic's Founding Partners Kevin Mandia and Barmak Meftah will take the stage at the annual 2024 RSA Conference.
  • Earlier this week, Ballistic Ventures announced the Ballistic X Pursuit Cyber Fellows program, charting a path to narrow the industry's talent gap and economic divides.
  • Ballistic and Pursuit will be onsite at RSA to discuss the program with prospective corporate partners.

Jeff (JD) Jack Joins Govini as Chief Revenue Officer

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Monday, April 1, 2024

Arlington, VA, April 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- April 1, 2024 (Arlington, VA) –– Govini , the software company that accelerates the defense acquisition process, today announced that Jeff (JD) Jack has joined the company as its Chief Revenue Officer.

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  • Arlington, VA, April 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- April 1, 2024 (Arlington, VA) –– Govini , the software company that accelerates the defense acquisition process, today announced that Jeff (JD) Jack has joined the company as its Chief Revenue Officer.
  • “The manual, complex, spreadsheets-based approach to managing the defense acquisition process compromises our national security,” said Jack.
  • “Govini provides a critical function at a time of need for our country.
  • “JD brings a wealth of knowledge to Govini, grounded in a steadfast commitment to national security,” said Tara Murphy Dougherty, CEO of Govini.

Deepwatch Strengthens Executive Team With General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Deepwatch , the leading managed security platform for the cyber resilient enterprise, today announced that Shane McGee has joined its executive team as General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer.

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  • Deepwatch , the leading managed security platform for the cyber resilient enterprise, today announced that Shane McGee has joined its executive team as General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer.
  • “As we continue to grow Deepwatch, we are increasingly supporting customers and their data globally,” said Charlie Thomas, CEO of Deepwatch.
  • In that role, McGee built and managed the company’s legal, privacy and compliance functions and established inward and outward-facing privacy programs.
  • He then spent the next three-and-a-half years serving as FireEye’s General Counsel, Global Services and Cloud Solutions, and later its Chief Privacy Officer.

Praetorian Appoints David Hunt as Vice President of Applied Research

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Thursday, January 11, 2024

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Praetorian, a leader in advanced offensive security solutions, is proud to announce the appointment of David Hunt as the new Vice President of Applied Research.

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  • Praetorian is proud to announce the appointment of David Hunt as the new Vice President of Applied Research.
  • AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Praetorian, a leader in advanced offensive security solutions, is proud to announce the appointment of David Hunt as the new Vice President of Applied Research.
  • In his new role, David will oversee the internal research team, Praetorian Labs, focusing on the development of cutting-edge computer network exploitation (CNE) and computer network attack (CNA) tradecraft.
  • "I'm excited to join Praetorian and work closely with the Labs team," Hunt said.

DTEX Systems Appoints Mandiant Global CTO Marshall Heilman as CEO

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Tuesday, December 5, 2023

DTEX Systems , the global leader for insider risk management, today announced the appointment of Marshall Heilman as CEO.

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  • DTEX Systems , the global leader for insider risk management, today announced the appointment of Marshall Heilman as CEO.
  • In this role, Heilman will drive its mission to proactively protect global organizations from insider risks, supercharging DTEX’s global growth through relentless operational excellence and customer-centric innovation.
  • Heilman brings 20+ years of experience across cybersecurity, engineering, and executive leadership domains to DTEX.
  • “Insider risk has transcended boardroom conversations to become one of the biggest threats facing national security today,” said Heilman, DTEX Systems CEO.

SnapAttack Expands Partnership with Mandiant to Modernize Cybersecurity through Operationalized Threat Intelligence

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SnapAttack, a centralized platform pioneering threat hunting, detection engineering, and threat intelligence, is delighted to announce an expanded partnership with Mandiant, part of Google Cloud, to extend operationalized threat intelligence to organizations of all sizes.

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  • ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SnapAttack, a centralized platform pioneering threat hunting, detection engineering, and threat intelligence, is delighted to announce an expanded partnership with Mandiant, part of Google Cloud, to extend operationalized threat intelligence to organizations of all sizes.
  • SnapAttack's newly introduced "Threat Profiles" automatically generate a tailored threat profile for each customer organization by leveraging key information from Mandiant Threat Intelligence in a customer's unique operational environment.
  • Threat Profiles, powered by Mandiant Threat Intelligence, eliminate the contextualization and actionability challenges that restrict threat intelligence programs, empowering organizations to prioritize the threats that matter most to them.
  • The platform then generates recommendations for the most effective threat detection strategies, bridging the often vague gap between threat intelligence and practical action.

SentinelOne® Bolsters Threat Intelligence Capabilities with Singularity™ Threat Intelligence

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023

And SentinelOne (NYSE: S), a global leader in autonomous cybersecurity, is expanding its native threat intelligence capabilities to deliver it.

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  • And SentinelOne (NYSE: S), a global leader in autonomous cybersecurity, is expanding its native threat intelligence capabilities to deliver it.
  • The company today announced the launch of Singularity Threat Intelligence, a threat intelligence solution that provides security teams with an end-to-end view of the threat landscape, along with deep, relevant and actionable insights they can use to quickly combat adversaries and minimize risk directly within the SentinelOne Singularity Platform.
  • Singularity Threat Intelligence allows security teams to proactively hunt for threats across all their data and security tools with industry-leading threat intelligence from multiple sources, including Mandiant , and take action before they cause harm.
  • “With Singularity Threat Intelligence, security teams can see what’s coming and defend the future today.”
    Singularity Threat Intelligence is in limited preview today and will be generally available by the end of the year.

Accenture Federal Services and Google Public Sector Launch Cybersecurity Center of Excellence

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023

ARLINGTON, Va. and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Accenture Federal Services and Google Public Sector today announced the launch of a new Cybersecurity Center of Excellence to help U.S. federal agencies rapidly detect and respond to increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks. The Cybersecurity Center of Excellence will be powered by the front line threat intelligence of Mandiant, and Accenture Federal Services' full spectrum cybersecurity services.

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  • ARLINGTON, Va. and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Accenture Federal Services and Google Public Sector today announced the launch of a new Cybersecurity Center of Excellence to help U.S. federal agencies rapidly detect and respond to increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks.
  • The Cybersecurity Center of Excellence will be powered by the front line threat intelligence of Mandiant , and Accenture Federal Services' full spectrum cybersecurity services.
  • The Cybersecurity Center of Excellence is part of an expanded alliance to bring together Mandiant's Threat Intelligence platform and Accenture Federal Services' human-centered cybersecurity services for federal agency clients where they operate–at the edge, in datacenters, and in the cloud.
  • Accenture Federal Services will also introduce Google Cloud's Security AI Workbench and generative AI capabilities into its integrated cybersecurity services to help federal agencies detect threats sooner and respond more quickly.

RevBits further enhances its USB device protection capability in its Endpoint Security & EDR solution - delivering an unrivaled granular policy environment

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Monday, October 2, 2023

RevBits announces that it has further strengthened its already robust USB device policy environment in its endpoint security & EDR solution by adding a defining field for device serial numbers.

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  • RevBits announces that it has further strengthened its already robust USB device policy environment in its endpoint security & EDR solution by adding a defining field for device serial numbers.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231002319775/en/
    RevBits Endpoint Security & EDR is a next-generation endpoint security solution delivering complete protection from malware through its three-phased analysis engine and the deepest EDR module on the market.
  • RevBits Endpoint Security & EDR allows administrators to deeply define what is allowed and not allowed in USB device use.
  • Within the USB policy-setting environment of RevBits Endpoint Security & EDR, policies can be set on the following five significant parameters:
    Enable or disable USB ports on specific or groups of workstations to control USB use.

SentinelOne® and Mandiant Bolster Strategic Partnership, Empowering Organizations to Harden Defenses and Proactively Protect Against the Latest Threats

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Monday, September 18, 2023

“The cybersecurity threat landscape is rapidly evolving, with attacks becoming more numerous and sophisticated by the minute,” said Ric Smith, Chief Product and Technology Officer, SentinelOne.

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  • “The cybersecurity threat landscape is rapidly evolving, with attacks becoming more numerous and sophisticated by the minute,” said Ric Smith, Chief Product and Technology Officer, SentinelOne.
  • “Over the last 18 months, Mandiant and SentinelOne have partnered to deliver highly adaptable and intelligence-led security solutions to customers,” said Marshall Heilman, Mandiant CTO, Google Cloud.
  • “The expanded strategic partnership marks a major milestone in our journey to democratize our threat intelligence and make it actionable for everyone.
  • A pioneer and leader in autonomous cybersecurity, SentinelOne provides a market-leading AI-powered platform to protect the entire enterprise.