Tag: Application and Platform Security

In an interview with CRN, Klarich says the company’s debut of new AI-powered products shows how Palo Alto Networks is combining GenAI with machine learning to make security more predictive and real time — compared to other offerings that are ‘too simplistic.’ The much-awaited debut by Palo Alto Networks of a new suite of AI-powered…

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For the week ending May 10, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel including Wiz, Apple, ISSQUARED, ServiceNow, Microsoft, and the more than 50 IT vendors that signed the CISA Secure by Design pledge. The Week Ending May 10 Topping this week’s Came to Win is cloud…

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The message from customers — that they expect security products to work well together — is increasingly being acted upon around the industry, top vendor and solution provider executives told CRN this week. Cybersecurity vendors are putting more emphasis on meeting the needs of customers through integrating effectively with products from other vendors, reflecting a…

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Alongside a number of major product launches, vendors have announced funding and acquisitions — and signed a new CISA-backed security pledge — during the massive security conference in San Francisco this week. In and around the RSA Conference in San Francisco this week, the majority of the biggest names in the cybersecurity industry have had…

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The funding was led by major names of Silicon Valley venture capital including Andreessen Horowitz and comes after Wiz executives signaled an intensified push with channel partners. Wiz on Tuesday announced $1 billion in new funding at a $12 billion valuation as the four-year-old company sees surging growth in the cloud and AI security markets.…

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Riverbed’s CEO Dave Donatelli tells CRN that the new platform, coupled with its features and latest version of its AI service, presents a “whole new way of doing things” for the market. Riverbed has launched what the company is calling its biggest release in years: an open, AI-powered observability platform aimed at filling in the…

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Abacus Group, NexusTek, Astrica, Wipro, HP, Microsoft and Saviynt were among the tech companies making key executive hires and moves during April 2024. New CEOs at Abacus Group, NexusTek, Astrica and Wipro were some of the biggest executive moves last month. Anthony D’Ambrosi, formerly of ATSG; Hamilton Yu; Vicky Papa, formerly of NTT Data; and…

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“I’ve been trying to take everything that’s been negative about this and … turn it into some sort of positive,” Robert Cioffi said in an interview. Robert Cioffi, chief technology officer and co-founder of Progressive Computing, one of the MSPs hit in the 2021 Kaseya ransomware attack, traveled about 1,500 miles from his home in…

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Yaroslav Vasinskyi, 24, must also pay more than $16 million in restitution. Yaroslav Vasinskyi, a Ukrainian national accused in the July 2, 2021, ransomware attack against MSP tools vendor Kaseya, has been sentenced in the United States to 13 years and seven months in prison for his role in more than 2,500 ransomware attacks. Vasinskyi…

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‘The funding is for us to double down on investments in the channel,” says Dave Colesante, Apptega CEO. ‘It’s being able to package up compliance-as-a-service with our partners and do the same on the security scoring part.’ Apptega has raised $15 million in funding to accelerate the development of technology that brings continuous compliance to…

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