Tag: Cybersecurity
The cybersecurity vendor says in a federal lawsuit over the July IT outage that it ‘certainly did not cause the harm that Delta claims.’ CrowdStrike has filed a lawsuit against Delta over the July IT outage that crippled the airline for days, formally accusing Delta of seeking to “shift blame” for its own failings to…
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The new Cisco 360 Partner Program was designed with value in mind, not transactions, to better align with Cisco’s larger goals to capture more mindshare in security, AI, software and services, Cisco’s Rodney Clark told CRN exclusively. The newly revealed Cisco 360 partner program will go live in February 2026 to give the tech giant’s…
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‘The foundation of our program was hardware and transaction. That’s who we were as a company at the time and that served us well … but what it rewarded was a partner who transacts, and the way that we do business today is quite different. It’s the first material shift in how we evaluate partners…
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The cybersecurity vendor is reportedly once again exploring its options for being acquired. Cybersecurity vendor Rapid7 is reportedly exploring its options for being acquired by private equity investors for the second time in two years. According to a Reuters report Monday, publicly traded Rapid7 is in “early” discussions about a potential acquisition deal with several…
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Delta is seeking unspecified damages in connection with the CrowdStrike-caused IT outage in July, which cost the airline more than $500 million in out-of-pocket losses, according to the complaint. Delta is seeking significant damages from CrowdStrike in connection with the July IT outage caused by the cybersecurity vendor, which cost the airline more than $500…
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Generative AI, copilots, agents, cybersecurity and PCs are among the many topics expected to come up. An update on Microsoft’s suite of artificial intelligence offerings, including copilots and agents. Growth in Teams and the productivity application suite. And early signs of an AI PC revolution. These are some of the subjects expected to come up…
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In an interview with CRN, Rubrik CEO Bipul Sinha discusses data security in the GenAI era and why ‘nobody else from our space is even daring’ to go public. The well-known data security challenges posed by the arrival of generative AI have accelerated the already strong growth opportunities at Rubrik, which is positioned at the…
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According to a New York Times report, hackers working for the Chinese government sought to access the devices through a previously reported compromise of Verizon. Hackers believed to be working on behalf of the Chinese government sought to access devices belonging to Donald Trump and JD Vance, in connection with a previously reported compromise of…
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‘Approximately 100 million individual notices have been sent regarding this breach,’ the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says. UnitedHealth Group disclosed that data belonging to an estimated 100 million individuals was impacted in the widely felt breach of Change Healthcare earlier this year. The insurer had already said in June it believes sensitive…
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The cybersecurity powerhouse this week debuted its new cross-practice offering that seeks to help meet the massive need for securing the use of GenAI, Optiv’s Randy Lariar says. With the debut of its new AI Security Services offering this week, cybersecurity powerhouse Optiv is looking to help organizations adopt GenAI at a faster rate while…
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