SquareX founder Vivek Ramachandran discusses the limitations of secure web gateways, focusing on their inability to handle dynamic, script-based attacks. He emphasizes the need for browser-native security products that offer real-time protection against evolving web threats.
The Vercara acquisition by DigiCert will combine DNS and SSL management into a single platform, driving automation and improving security for enterprises. The deal is expected to create a unified solution for certificate and domain validation while enhancing protection against cyberthreats.
Akamai’s $450 million acquisition of No Name Security marks a pivotal point in API security. Oz Golan, Noname's CEO and Akamai's vice president of API security, discusses the integration plans, technological synergies, and future growth opportunities that come with Akamai’s extensive customer base.
Reports last weekend that technology behemoth Broadcom had started discussions to acquire zero trust pioneer Zscaler for $38 billion raised eyebrows throughout the cybersecurity industry. The surprise comes from both the high price tag as well as the source: anonymous Substack and Medium posts.
With employees spending 90% of their time using web browsers, these apps have become primary targets for attackers. Even secure web gateways and web application firewalls cannot offer adequate protection, said Vivek Ramachandran, founder of SquareX. He offered strategies to stop web-based attacks.
Effective cloud security demands solutions, controls, and countermeasures that are created for the cloud. After all, the cloud exposes digital assets to different kinds of risk from those hosted on traditional on-premises infrastructure. The Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is particularly relevant in defending...
Palo Alto Networks remains a leader in Forrester's zero trust platform rankings while Microsoft and Check Point entered the leaders category for the first time. Vendors in the zero trust platform space ditched point products and pursued organic investments or M&A to create a broader offering.
The maker of the world's most popular VPN service hauled in $100 million on a $3 billion valuation to accelerate growth through mergers and acquisitions. The Warburg Pincus-led investment will allow the Lithuania-based internet privacy and security vendor to expand its product offering.
Last year's winner of RSA Conference's prestigious Innovation Sandbox contest could soon be acquired by Palo Alto Networks, according to Calcalist. The platform security behemoth is in advanced negotiations to purchase enterprise browser startup Talon Cyber Security for $600 million, Calcalist said.
Palo Alto Networks edged out Versa Networks, Cato Networks and firewall rival Fortinet for the top spot in Forrester's first-ever secure access service edge rankings. Leading providers have over the past 18 months built or bought both the networking and security pieces of SASE, Forrester found.
The U.S. federal government acknowledged that it is lagging behind on border gateway protocol security practices. Officials from several government agencies, ISPs and cloud content providers organized a workshop to understand the latest security improvements underway.
The latest generation of ransomware and phishing attacks is being designed to evade existing network security controls such as gateways and firewalls, said Menlo Security CEO Amir Ben-Efraim. Threat actors have taken the time to codify, register and customize URLs to impersonate a bank's help desk.
SMB cybersecurity platform Coro purchased an early-stage Israeli startup to bring network connectivity to its SASE offering for midmarket organizations. Coro said its buy of Jerusalem-based Privatise will give Coro clients a secure way to connect, manage and filter out malicious content.
Thales has agreed to purchase Imperva for $3.6 billion to enter the application and API security market and expand its footprint in data security. The deal will add a robust web application firewall along with capabilities in API protection and data discovery and classification to Thales' portfolio.
A growing number of security teams are looking to consolidate tools to simplify operations, said Gartner analyst Dionisio Zumerle. "When you have the complexity, it's very hard to identify misconfigurations between the different overlapping tools, and it's also hard to identify security gaps."
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