Tag: Cybersecurity

TEL-AVIV, Israel – HUB Cyber Security, a cybersecurity solutions and services developer is pleased to announce the appointment of Noah Hershcoviz as chief strategy officer and a member of the company’s board of directors, effective immediately. They also welcome Shai Schiller, who will join the strategy team.  HUB said that Hershcoviz brings a wealth of financial and execution expertise to the organization. With past roles in the M&A division of Ernst & Young (EY) and as an investment...

SAN FRANCISCO – Elevate Security’s name has been added to the 2023 Intelligent Applications Top 40 (#IA40) list. This industry-driven list (sponsored by Madrona Ventures, Microsoft, AWS for Startups, McKinsey, and PitchBook) identifies top companies at different stages of growth that are building applications with AI and GenAI. For the 2023 IA40 list, Madrona said it solicited the top venture investors in AI for nominations of the private companies they believe will transform and define...

ATLANTA – A technology outage that impacted rail operations for the Norfolk Southern Corp. late Friday evening on Sept. 29 has been ruled not to be the result of a cyber attack following an update from the company on Saturday. On Friday evening, Norfolk Southern's data center experienced an outage that impacted rail operations that included their dispatching system, train movements, and functionality of their terminal operating system. Operations were halted until the...

WASHINGTON – The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced the kickoff of the 20th Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Throughout October, both CISA and the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) will focus on ways to “Secure Our World” by educating the public on how to stay safe online. “Secure Our World” will also be the enduring theme for throughout the year with the campaign aiming to drive behavioral change around core cybersecurity habits and...

CORK, Ireland – A data breach has resulted in a large-scale ransomware attack perpetrated against Johnson Controls International. The news comes courtesy of a regulatory filing made on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, in which Johnson Controls details a cybersecurity incident that affected portions of its internal information technology infrastructure and applications, according to the filling. While the company notes it has implemented workarounds for affected systems and said that...

I hope you will be both refreshed and comfortable as you read this week’s blog, safe in the knowledge that you will have achieved more restful sleep than I have, dear readers. That’s right, I’m burning the midnight oil lately as I have spent this week chasing the last of my GSX content out the door. Well, there’s bound to be some leftovers, but come next week I’ll be back into the normal flow as I gear up to tackle October (it’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month,...

SNOHOMISH, Wash. – Cybersecurity solutions provider for business and government, Cyemptive Technologies, has announced that international business executive and cybersecurity veteran Varun Vaid will serve as vice president of cyber solutions - strategic accounts. In his new role, Vaid will be responsible for strategic accounts and strategic partnerships in the Americas and serve as the regional head of Cyemptive in the Middle East.    “Vaid’s business background...

SAN JOSE and SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Cisco and cybersecurity software company Splunk have announced a definitive agreement under which Cisco intends to acquire Splunk for $157 per share in cash, representing approximately $28 billion in equity value. Cisco reported that upon close of the acquisition, Splunk President and CEO Gary Steele will join Cisco’s executive leadership team reporting to Chair and CEO Chuck Robbins. In a release issued on the acquisition the parties...

BROOMFIELD, Colo. – On Sept. 19, 2023, LogRhythm announced its partnership with Novacoast, a cybersecurity, identity and access company specializing in managed security, engineering, development, and advisory services. The company called the partnership a significant milestone as Novacoast becomes the first LogRhythm Axon service provider to provide level one and level two analyst services and custom content for the cloud-native SaaS SIEM platform. LogRhythm said it’s also taking...

INGOLSTADT, Germany – Global cybersecurity solutions provider for SAP customers, SecurityBridge, has acquired Dutch SAP security specialist Protect4S. With this acquisition, SecurityBridge said that its customers will benefit from an even more comprehensive one-stop-shop software platform that will improve every SAP customer’s security position across all technology stacks. SecurityBridge and Protect4S are combining their long-standing expertise and deep understanding of customers’...