Vista Equity Partners acquires KnowBe4 for $4.6 billion in cash
KnowBe4 has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Vista Equity Partners in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $4.6 billion on an equity value …
1Password Events API delivers real-time insight on password activity
1Password launched Events API, a new way to empower security teams with greater data visibility and actionable insights. While events have been available within 1Password for …
Tessian raises $65M to accelerate its mission of preventing human risk in global enterprises
Human Layer Security company Tessian announces that it has raised $65 million in Series C venture capital funding to accelerate its mission of quantifying and preventing human …
NetSPI raises $90M to fuel innovation, growth, global expansion and product innovation
NetSPI announced it has raised $90 million in growth funding led by KKR, with participation from Ten Eleven Ventures. The investment will be used to further accelerate …
ReliaQuest appoints Kara Wilson to its Board of Directors and Alex Bender as CMO
ReliaQuest announced the appointment of Kara Wilson to its Board of Directors and Alex Bender as its Chief Marketing Officer. “Providing world-class cybersecurity capabilities …
(ISC)² establishes Global DEI Task Force to expand cybersecurity workforce
(ISC)² announced the formation and inaugural members of its Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Task Force. The formation of this steering committee is one step in a …
Isolation-based security technologies are gaining prominence
Cyberinc shared its insights into the key trends that will shape the cybersecurity industry in the coming year. With evolving tactics that increase the risk and impact of …
Wuhan coronavirus exploited to deliver malware, phishing, hoaxes
The Wuhan coronavirus continues to spread and create anxiety across the globe, allowing malicious individuals and groups to exploit the situation to spread fake news, malware …
KnowBe4 KCM GRC helps organizations measure and monitor vendor risk
According to a recent survey of more than 1,000 U.S. and U.K.-based CISOs by the Ponemon Institute, 59 percent of companies said they have experienced a data breach caused by …
New infosec products of the week: April 5, 2019
Free cybersecurity threat assessment for midsize and large organizations Cynet unveiled the Cynet Threat Assessment program. The free offering for organizations with 500 or …
KnowBe4 releases a new tool aimed to test employees in a phishing scenario
KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, announced a new, complimentary tool aimed to gauge how many employees …
92% of organizations rank users as their primary security concern
Cybercrime continues to evolve and become more sophisticated. AI and machine learning are leveraged by many criminal organizations to help them better understand how to …