Security engineering

Sysdig Celebrates Falco Graduation Within Cloud Native Computing Foundation

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Thursday, February 29, 2024

Sysdig, the leader in cloud security powered by runtime insights, today celebrates Falco becoming a graduated project within the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).

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  • Sysdig, the leader in cloud security powered by runtime insights, today celebrates Falco becoming a graduated project within the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).
  • Companies publicly building on Falco include Shopify, GitLab, Skyscanner, Frame.io, and Booz Allen Hamilton; project maintainers include developers from Sysdig, IBM, Apple, and Red Hat.
  • The future of security is open: This belief motivated the team at Sysdig to contribute Falco to the CNCF in 2018.
  • By using Falco, we knew we were adopting a standard for cloud and container runtime security.

Cloud Native Computing Foundation Announces Falco Graduation

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Thursday, February 29, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, today announced the graduation of Falco, a cloud native security tool designed for Linux systems and the de facto Kubernetes threat detection engine.

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  • The cloud native runtime security tool is used by more than 30 public adopters, including Booz Allen Hamilton, GitLab, Shopify
    SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cloud Native Computing Foundation ® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, today announced the graduation of Falco , a cloud native security tool designed for Linux systems and the de facto Kubernetes threat detection engine.
  • "Real time visibility into the security of cloud native deployments is invaluable at scale," Chris Aniszczyk, CTO of CNCF.
  • "Falco is helping to push advancements in the open source cloud native runtime security space with eBPF, and we look forward to seeing the progress in this area as the project continues to grow."
  • "Falco offers an open source answer to the question of incident response in the cloud, and we're pleased to see its successful CNCF graduation."

Cyemptive Technologies Names Microsoft Veteran Paul Hiteshew as Vice President of Solutions Consulting

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Cyemptive Technologies, an award-winning provider of pre-emptive cybersecurity solutions for business and government, today announced that it has named Microsoft veteran Paul Hiteshew as Vice President of Solutions Consulting.

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  • Cyemptive Technologies, an award-winning provider of pre-emptive cybersecurity solutions for business and government, today announced that it has named Microsoft veteran Paul Hiteshew as Vice President of Solutions Consulting.
  • In his new role, Hiteshew will be leading a team of deep cybersecurity experts that provide cybersecurity architectural blueprints for Cyemptive customers.
  • “Paul brings a unique perspective from the client side of the eDiscovery and digital forensics industry that will greatly benefit Cyemptive’s customers,” said Rob Pike, founder and CEO of Cyemptive.
  • With Cyemptive ZeroStrike there is no need for recovery and remediation, an industry first capability.

Baldrige Foundation Announces 2024 Leadership Award Recipients

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Al Faber, President and CEO of the Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, Inc., today announced the 2024 recipients of the Baldrige Foundation's Leadership Awards.

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  • Awardees Represent Large and Small Business, Health Care, Education, Nonprofit, Cybersecurity, Communities, and Government
    WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Al Faber, President and CEO of the Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, Inc., today announced the 2024 recipients of the Baldrige Foundation's Leadership Awards.
  • "We have four categories of leadership awards," said Faber, "that recognize outstanding individuals, leaders, and supporters who embody Baldrige leadership and management values and principles, and who have provided outstanding service to the Baldrige community and beyond."
  • The 2024 recipient of the Spong Award in Mary Bixby, Superintendent School Services and Founder, The Charter School of San Diego.
  • "The Hertz Leadership Award recognizes role-model leaders that challenge, encourage, and empower others to achieve performance excellence," said Faber.

The Akeyless State of Secrets Management Report: 96% of Organizations are Vulnerable to Breach Due to Mismanaged Secrets

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

TEL AVIV, Israel and NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Akeyless Security, provider of  Vaultless™ Secrets Management Platform, today released the "2024 State of Secrets Management Survey Report," revealing new insights into the perils of Secrets Sprawl – when enterprise credentials, certificates, and keys remain unmanaged and unprotected. Prominent recent breaches, like those experienced by Microsoft in June 2023 and LastPass and Uber in August and September 2022 respectively, underscore the potentially catastrophic ramifications of this type of vulnerability.

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  • Secrets Management rises as a Top Priority: 1 in 3 security professionals have ranked Secrets Management among their top 5 priorities.
  • Strong demand for Secrets Management solutions: An impressive wave of 34% practitioners are planning to implement a centralized enterprise solution for Secrets Management by 2024.
  • "Evidently, secrets management is an urgent and critical priority for enterprise security practitioners and leaders," said Oded Hareven, Co-Founder and CEO of Akeyless Security.
  • The Akeyless Vaultless Platform is the broadest in functionality, strongest in security, and fastest to deploy for your secrets management needs.

New Cyber Threat Intelligence Report from CRITICALSTART® Highlights Prominent Threats and Emerging Cybersecurity Trends with Implications Spanning Multiple Industries

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Wednesday, October 11, 2023

PLANO, Texas, Oct. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Critical Start, a leading provider of Managed Detection and Response (MDR) cybersecurity solutions and pioneer of the industry's first Managed Cyber Risk Reduction (MCRR) solutions, published its biannual Cyber Threat Intelligence Report, leveraging research from its Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) team to highlight top cyber threats from the second half of 2023 and emerging cybersecurity trends impacting critical industries such as finance, education, manufacturing and state and local government (SLED).

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  • Sixty-seven percent of organizations experienced a breach requiring attention within the last two years, despite having traditional threat-based security measures in place.
  • Education remains one of the most susceptible industries to cyber-attacks, yet there is more diversity in the types of threats.
  • "In an effort to democratize cyber threat intelligence, this report highlights the most prominent security-related issues plaguing business and how they can proactively reduce cyber risk."
  • For future updates on emerging threats, follow the Critical Start Intelligence Hub .

RIT is the first university to receive support from the Google Cybersecurity Clinics Fund

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Friday, October 6, 2023

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Rochester Institute of Technology will receive $500,000 from the Google Cybersecurity Clinics Fund to teach and train new cybersecurity professionals while providing services for the public good. The funding from Google.org, the company's philanthropic arm, is part of a $20 million collaboration with the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics that Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai, announced in June of this year.

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  • Rochester Institute of Technology will receive $500,000 from the Google Cybersecurity Clinics Fund to teach and train new cybersecurity professionals while providing services for the public good.
  • ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Rochester Institute of Technology will receive $500,000 from the Google Cybersecurity Clinics Fund to teach and train new cybersecurity professionals while providing services for the public good.
  • "The expansion of our cybersecurity clinic through this partnership will give students real-life experiences and an opportunity to sharpen their skills while also helping their community."
  • In addition to grant funding, Google offers RIT volunteer mentorship from Google employees, Google Titan Security Keys , and scholarships for the new Google Career Certificate in Cybersecurity .

The Linux Foundation and Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS) Announce Keynote Speakers for Open Source in Finance Forum 2023

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Tuesday, October 3, 2023

NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, and co-host Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS), a nonprofit whose mission is to accelerate adoption of open source software, standards, and best practices in financial services, today announced the keynote speakers for Open Source in Finance Forum New York 2023 (OSFF). The event will take place November 1st in New York City. The schedule can be viewed here.

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  • NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Linux Foundation , the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, and co-host Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS), a nonprofit whose mission is to accelerate adoption of open source software, standards, and best practices in financial services, today announced the keynote speakers for Open Source in Finance Forum New York 2023 (OSFF).
  • Open Source in Finance Forum is the only conference dedicated to driving collaboration and innovation in financial services through open source software and standards.
  • This year, OSFF also plays host to numerous Linux Foundation project communities whose work has a positive impact in financial services.
  • Register TODAY for Open Source in Finance Forum for just US$375.

Mandiant Reveals mWISE Conference 2023 Keynote Lineup

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Thursday, September 7, 2023

RESTON, Va., Sept. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Mandiant Inc. , now part of Google Cloud, today unveiled new information on the exciting lineup of keynote speakers and panels for mWISE™ Conference 2023 , which will take place September 18-20, at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Washington, D.C., along with a digital option.

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  • RESTON, Va., Sept. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Mandiant Inc. , now part of Google Cloud, today unveiled new information on the exciting lineup of keynote speakers and panels for mWISE™ Conference 2023 , which will take place September 18-20, at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Washington, D.C., along with a digital option.
  • The second annual mWISE Conference will feature an impressive lineup of keynote speakers from both the public and private sectors; more than 80 sessions, over 90 speakers, and a showcase of leading cybersecurity vendor innovations on an expanded expo floor.
  • mWISE Conference 2023 will deliver engaging and educational mainstage addresses across three action-packed days, purposefully designed by the security community for the security community.
  • On top of dynamic mainstage presentations, mWISE Conference 2023 will feature more than 80 sessions, available both live and on-demand.

Ontinue and AVANT Continue Driving Momentum in Strengthening Organizations' Cybersecurity With AI-Powered MXDR Services

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ontinue, a leading provider of AI-powered extended managed detection and response (MXDR) services and winner of the 2023 Microsoft Security Services Innovator of the Year award, and its partner AVANT, a premier technology distributor and channel sales enablement company, have strengthened the cybersecurity protections of several joint customers by maximizing their existing Microsoft 365 Defender investments with the Ontinue ION MXDR service. Together, they provide a tailored security service that combines AI and human intelligence to address customers' most urgent security issues while reducing their total cost of ownership.

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  • Despite increasing vulnerabilities caused by digital transformation efforts, many organizations underutilize the extensive security capabilities of their Microsoft 365 Defender investments, instead engaging with MSSPs and MXDR providers.
  • However, the majority of providers use too many toolsets and do not effectively employ AI to gain a meaningful understanding of their customers.
  • Ontinue ION MXDR overcomes these issues by optimizing Microsoft 365 Defender, leveraging Microsoft security and collaboration portfolios, and uniquely combining AI and human intelligence.
  • Ontinue ION sets new standards for MXDR services.