With the CrowdStrike update continuing to cause havoc across the planet, a startup has raised $13.5 million to at least improve some level of security for the kinds of devices that have been affected. California-based ZeroTier raised the Series A in a funding round led by Battery Ventures. While legacy companies like Cisco or Palo […]
ZeroTier raises $13.5M to help avert CrowdStrike-like network problems Read More »
Cybersecurity has become a white-hot topic in the world of technology. Not only are data breaches continuing unabated, but security companies themselves are very much in the spotlight as a result. One of the fastest-growing, Wiz, was the object of a now-abandoned $23 billion acquisition offer from Google. Now, another cybersecurity startup, coincidentally closely associated
Dazz snaps up $50M for AI-based, automated cloud security remediation Read More »
Consolidation is here in cybersecurity, as bigger players in the space pick up startups that will help them grapple with the ever-expanding attack surface for enterprises as they move more activity into the cloud. In the latest development, CyberArk — one of the army of larger security companies founded out of Israel — is acquiring
CyberArk snaps up Venafi for $1.54B to ramp up in machine-to-machine security Read More »
Digital fraud detection company BioCatch has a new majority shareholder: a U.K-based private equity firm, Permira, is acquiring shares in the company “primarily” from existing investors including Bain Capital, Maverick Ventures, and Tech Opportunities, in a secondary market transaction that values BioCatch at $1.3 billion. Existing shareholders Sapphire Ventures and Macquarie Capital are also increasing
