Tagged: cybersecurity

March 4, 2023 @ 11:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Starling Bank has chosen Barings’ Landmark in Manchester to house its new office in the North. The digital bank intends “to create up to 1,000 new jobs for the region to fulfil roles across the company, including in operations, engineering, data science and cybersecurity.” The… Read More

March 3, 2023 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

trackd, the cybersecurity start-up automating vulnerability remediation without the fear of disruption, announced that it is emerging from stealth-mode behind $3.35MM in seed funding, and will bring its approach to the cybersecurity community in 2023. trackd’s unified vulnerability and patch management platform “leverages the collective… Read More

February 27, 2023 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Northern Ireland (NI) Office Minister of State Steve Baker has announced £18.9 million investment in NI’s cyber security industry at Queen’s University Belfast’s (QUB) Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT). This includes £11 million funding from the New Deal for NI. The investment will “see… Read More

February 26, 2023 @ 9:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Noventiq (LSE: SFTL), the global digital transformation and cybersecurity solutions and services provider, announces that the acquisition of the majority stake of Saga Group has been closed. In September 2022, Noventiq signed an agreement “to acquire Saga Group.” The transaction strengthens Noventiq’s presence in Eastern… Read More

February 16, 2023 @ 6:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ironblocks, the “first-ever” blockchain-native cybersecurity platform, announced today that it has raised $7 million in seed funding. This investment round is “co-led by Collider Ventures and Disruptive AI, with additional participants including ParaFi; Quantstamp; Samsung Next; Balaji Srinivasan, ex-CTO of Coinbase and former general partner… Read More

February 6, 2023 @ 12:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Radiant Logic, the Identity Data Fabric company, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Brainwave GRC, a key player focused on Identity Governance and Analytics (IGA) headquartered in France. Together, Radiant Logic and Brainwave GRC address “a broad set of identity… Read More

January 31, 2023 @ 8:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Guardz, a cybersecurity and insurance platform for small businesses, has emerged from stealth, announcing a $10 million Seed round. According to a note from Guardz, the round was led by Hanaco Ventures with the notable participation of online investment platform iAngels. Other investors include GKFF… Read More

January 29, 2023 @ 11:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Protecting and insuring against cyber risks are priorities for all companies and organizations. French cybersecurity firm EGERIE has raised 30 million euro, from investors with expertise in insurance and cybersecurity (Tikehau Capital, Open CNP, Banque des Territoires and TIIN Capital) in order “to help executives… Read More

January 25, 2023 @ 9:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The United Kingdom has consistently taken a strong position on cybersecurity, “recognizing the need to drive awareness and responsiveness on a national scale,” according to an update from Hypr, the passwordless service provider. It reportedly “established the National Cybersecurity Centre in 2016, has among the… Read More

January 19, 2023 @ 7:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Abacus Group, the provider of hosted IT services and solutions to alternative investment firms, announces that it has acquired two boutique cybersecurity consulting companies, Gotham Security and its parent company, GoVanguard, both of which have solid track records of excellence in the cyber arena. Gotham… Read More

January 15, 2023 @ 9:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) published a joint thematic Report on national financial education initiatives on digitalization, with “a focus on cybersecurity, scams, and fraud.” The Report identifies good practices “that national competent authorities and other public entities can… Read More

January 5, 2023 @ 9:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Working with eleven international entities, CaixaBank has formed a European research consortium “to explore ways to improve cybersecurity by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and big data.” The project, AI4CYBER, is “part of the Horizon Europe program for research and innovation, funded by the European Union.”… Read More

December 26, 2022 @ 5:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cowbell, the provider of cyber insurance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), recently announced the launch of its Cybersecurity Advisory Board (CSAB). Expertise on the CSAB “includes CISOs, cybersecurity visionaries, former military officers, writers, public speakers, and attorneys.” The creation of the board accelerates Cowbell’s… Read More

December 22, 2022 @ 4:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Logpoint has released its predictions for 2023, foreseeing that CISOs [Chief Information Security Officers] will “face daunting challenges amidst global economic uncertainty and comprehensive new cybersecurity legislation focusing more on businesses’ cybersecurity practices.” According to Logpoint CTO Christian Have, cybersecurity now “has the attention of… Read More

December 22, 2022 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Uppsala Security, a provider of security tools and services for Crypto AML/CTF, Transaction Risk Management, Regulatory Compliance, Transaction Tracking, and Cyber Security announced the launch of ChainKeeper — “an all-rounder platform for Web3 security, transaction tracking and reporting.” ChainKeeper was created by Uppsala Security in… Read More

December 22, 2022 @ 8:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Group-IB, which claims to be one of the global cybersecurity leaders, has presented its findings about Godfather, an Android banking Trojan that is currently being utilized by cybercriminals “to attack users of leading banking and crypto exchange applications in 16 countries.” To date, Godfather has… Read More

December 11, 2022 @ 5:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Theresa Le Chief Claims Officer at Cowbell, which claims to be the leader in cyber insurance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Cowbell is the provider of cyber insurance for SMEs and the “pioneer” of Adaptive Cyber Insurance. Cowbell reportedly “delivers… Read More

December 11, 2022 @ 12:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LexisNexis Risk Solutions released the results of its first Global State of Fraud and Identity Report, exploring research and insights from industry experts “on recent statistics and trends from [their] industry-recognized studies on the Global True Cost of Fraud and transaction data from over 39B transactions… Read More

December 5, 2022 @ 8:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Uppsala Security, a provider of security tools and services for Crypto AML/CTF, Transaction Risk Management, Regulatory Compliance, Transaction Tracking, and Cyber Security announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) focused “on the cooperation with the AI Education Institute of Hankuk University of Foreign… Read More

November 27, 2022 @ 8:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

1 in 2 Google Chrome Extensions have potential to wreak havoc,” Incogni Research shows. Data removal company Incogni analyzed “the risk profiles of 1,237 Chrome extensions available on the Chrome Web Store.” The study reveals “that 1 in 2 Chrome extensions (48.66%) has a High… Read More