January 23, 2024 at 09:12AM Israeli startup Silverfort raised $116 million led by Brighton Capital in a Series D funding round, with existing investors also expanding their equity stakes. The company aims to scale its identity security technology, having already added tens of millions in new Annual Recurring Revenue and hundreds of enterprise customers. The … Read more
January 19, 2024 at 12:08PM Australia made significant investments in cybersecurity, but still faces challenges, with numerous cyber incidents affecting key sectors. The Essential Eight, a cybersecurity framework, is outdated and fails to address modern threats like cloud and SaaS applications. An update is necessary to include directives for configuration management, identity security, third-party app … Read more
January 18, 2024 at 08:18AM Seattle-based startup Oleria, founded by former Salesforce CISO Jim Alkove, secured a $33 million Series A round led by Evolution Equity Partners. The funding, supported by previous investors, aims to further develop its adaptive and autonomous identity security technology. Oleria’s approach emphasizes providing seamless access management and continuously assessing and … Read more
January 9, 2024 at 02:00PM Delinea, a Silicon Valley access management vendor, has acquired Israeli startup Authomize, enriching its product portfolio with identity threat detection and response technologies. The undisclosed but reportedly “several tens of millions of dollars” acquisition aims to combat the surge in identity-related data breaches by providing tools to detect and mitigate … Read more
November 6, 2023 at 03:05PM Microsoft will be implementing Conditional Access policies that require multifactor authentication (MFA) from administrators when logging into Microsoft admin portals. These policies will also require MFA for cloud apps and high-risk sign-ins. Admins will have 90 days to review and enable these policies. Microsoft recommends opting for MFA to protect … Read more
October 19, 2023 at 05:09PM SailPoint Technologies, in collaboration with Accenture, released the findings from their annual research report, ‘The Horizons of Identity Security.’ The report revealed that 44% of companies are still in the early stages of their identity security journeys, and only 70% of identities in mature companies are covered by foundational governance … Read more