CrowdStrike Spends to Boost Identity Threat Detection

November 12, 2024 at 03:39PM CrowdStrike has acquired Israeli startup Adaptive Shield for approximately $300 million to enhance its security posture management capabilities. This acquisition will strengthen its Falcon platform by integrating SaaS application monitoring, improving identity protection, and offering tools to manage and secure identities against increasingly common identity-based attacks. Completion is expected by … Read more

1Touch.io Integrates AI Into Mainframe Security

June 28, 2024 at 09:35AM 1touch.io has launched its mainframe security posture management (MSPM) product, utilizing contextual AI to enhance data discovery and classification accuracy. Mainframes, supporting majority of global IT workloads, face security challenges in hybrid cloud environments. MSPM offers comprehensive visibility and fast database scanning, integrating with mainframe data sources and supporting various … Read more

RSA Conference 2024 – Announcements Summary (Day 2)

May 8, 2024 at 08:30AM The 2024 RSA Conference in San Francisco featured companies like Action1, Abnormal Security, and AppViewX announcing new product and service offerings. Other notable announcements include Cloudflare’s risk management solutions, HCLSoftware’s AppScan Supply Chain Security, and LogicGate’s AI governance solution. Palo Alto Networks also introduced new AI security solutions and Zscaler … Read more

Okta to Acquire Israeli Startup Spera Security

December 20, 2023 at 11:39AM Okta has agreed to acquire Israeli startup Spera Security to bolster its Identity threat detection and security capabilities. The deal, valued at around $100-130 million, aims to provide customers with enhanced technology for identifying and addressing identity-driven attacks. Spera’s platform offers continuous protection from identity-based attacks through proactive monitoring and … Read more