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CAST Highlight 2023 fall release includes new capabilities for faster, safer cloud migration and continuous optimization

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Wednesday, October 18, 2023
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NEW YORK and PARIS, Oct. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CAST, the software intelligence leader, has announced the fall release of CAST Highlight, featuring Cloud Maturity Insights and Cloud Service Recommendations for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

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  • NEW YORK and PARIS, Oct. 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CAST, the software intelligence leader, has announced the fall release of CAST Highlight, featuring Cloud Maturity Insights and Cloud Service Recommendations for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
  • These new capabilities facilitate faster and safer cloud migration, continuous post-migration optimization, and expanded cloud service recommendations, including cloud-native services for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
  • “CAST Highlight's Cloud Maturity Insights and Cloud Service Recommendations enable organizations to redefine and broaden their approach to cloud migration and optimization,” said CAST Highlight Vice President Greg Rivera.
  • "Now businesses can enhance the cloud maturity level of their applications by using our cloud software intelligence with already-migrated applications.

Security Journey Launches Role-based Learning Paths to Enhance Application Security Training for Development Teams

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Wednesday, October 11, 2023
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Application security has become non-negotiable: 2022 saw the highest number of new CVEs to date and 2023 looks set to continue the trend.

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  • Application security has become non-negotiable: 2022 saw the highest number of new CVEs to date and 2023 looks set to continue the trend.
  • Today’s development teams are therefore under increasing pressure to balance time-to-market pressures with the need to produce more secure code.
  • Mounting regulatory pressures from the new US National Cybersecurity Strategy adds to these demands, by mandating application developers prioritize security throughout the software development lifecycle.
  • Speaking about the new learning paths, Security Journey CEO, Joe Ferrara comments: “The overwhelming customer response to these new training paths is testament to strong market demand.

Apple IT and Security Experts Gather for the 14th Annual Jamf Nation User Conference to Hear the Latest in Security and Device Management

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023
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AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Jamf (NASDAQ: JAMF), the standard in managing and securing Apple at work, kicked off its 14th annual Jamf Nation User Conference (JNUC) both virtually and in-person in Austin, Texas.

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  • AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Jamf (NASDAQ: JAMF), the standard in managing and securing Apple at work, kicked off its 14th annual Jamf Nation User Conference (JNUC) both virtually and in-person in Austin, Texas.
  • It’s bringing together management, identity and security required to be successful with Apple at Work.
  • Earlier this year, Jamf Pro added support for Rapid Security Response updates to provide admins with complete visibility and control over important security updates.
  • Jamf announced its new AI-powered support bot that will serve Jamf Nation, the largest community of Apple admins in the world.

Protect AI Experts to Discuss AI/ML Security at 2023 Texas Cyber Summit and ROOTCON 17

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Thursday, September 21, 2023
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D will present at the Texas Cyber Summit in Austin, while Dan will speak at ROOTCON hacker conference in Tagaytay City, Philippines.

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  • D will present at the Texas Cyber Summit in Austin, while Dan will speak at ROOTCON hacker conference in Tagaytay City, Philippines.
  • Daryan “D” Dehghanpisheh is President and Founder of Protect AI.
  • Dan McInerney is Lead AI Threat Researcher at Protect AI.
  • In this talk Dan will discuss vulnerabilities hidden in some of the industry's most popular AI tools, including ten of his own AI zero day discoveries.

Stairwell identifies unseen attack methods in Citrix CVE-2023-3519 for top financial services institution

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Friday, August 11, 2023
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The attacker activity, not previously outlined in the July 20, 2023, CISA report , included three web shells that were automatically flagged as malicious by the Stairwell platform's Mal-Eval tool.

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  • The attacker activity, not previously outlined in the July 20, 2023, CISA report , included three web shells that were automatically flagged as malicious by the Stairwell platform's Mal-Eval tool.
  • "While investigation and remediation are still ongoing, we felt it important to increase awareness of this previously unknown attacker activity," said Chris St. Myers, Threat Research Lead at Stairwell.
  • To get more details on this new activity, the Stairwell threat research team has published a report that is viewable here .
  • The Stairwell platform is a cybersecurity solution that enables organizations to automate crucial parts of security operations, incident response, and threat hunting processes.

XM Cyber Extends Continuous Exposure Management Capabilities

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Wednesday, August 9, 2023
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HERZLIYA, Israel, Aug. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- XM Cyber, the leader in hybrid cloud exposure management, today announced enhancements to the company's continuous exposure management capabilities. With attacks regularly going undetected, improving security posture is an ever-growing priority. However, oftentimes security and IT teams are not aligned on which of the thousands of CVEs, misconfigurations and at-risk identities are a priority for remediation, and what should be done about the growing number of legacy system remediation efforts that can't be justified. The latest updates to the XM Cyber platform extends the company's ability to address the latest hybrid cloud active directory attacks and ease security teams' ability to prioritize and remediate threats.

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  • Company bolsters signature platform that eases the scoping, prioritization, validation and remediation of security exposures, by continuously evaluating threats from an attacker's perspective
    HERZLIYA, Israel, Aug. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- XM Cyber , the leader in hybrid cloud exposure management, today announced enhancements to the company's continuous exposure management capabilities.
  • The latest updates to the XM Cyber platform extends the company's ability to address the latest hybrid cloud active directory attacks and ease security teams' ability to prioritize and remediate threats.
  • Gartner® lists Threat Exposure Management as one of the Top Cybersecurity Trends in 2023 and predicts that, "by 2026, organizations prioritizing their security investments via a continuous threat exposure management (CTEM) program will suffer two-thirds fewer breaches."
  • XM Cyber will be showcasing the company's exposure management technology at Black Hat (Booth #2606D), taking place August 9-10 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.

Phosphorus Included in the 2023 Gartner® Market Guide for CPS Protection Platforms for its Unified xIoT Security Management Platform

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Phosphorus, the leading provider of unified security management and breach prevention for the xTended Internet of Things (xIoT), was recently cited as a Representative Vendor in the 2023 Gartner® Market Guide for CPS Protection Platforms.

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  • NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Phosphorus, the leading provider of unified security management and breach prevention for the xTended Internet of Things (xIoT), was recently cited as a Representative Vendor in the 2023 Gartner® Market Guide for CPS Protection Platforms.
  • The company is one of 20 vendors in the CPS Protection Platforms Market mentioned by Gartner to be included in the report.
  • According to the Gartner report, “As threats multiply, a once generic operational technology security market is rapidly evolving into distinct categories.
  • This full-scope coverage is seamlessly achieved through the Unified xIoT Security Management Platform.

Safe Security Joins MITRE Engenuity's Center for Threat-Informed Defense

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Thursday, June 29, 2023
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PALO ALTO, Calif., June 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Safe Security, the AI-Driven Cyber Risk Management company, announced today that it has joined the Center for Threat-Informed Defense (Center), operated by MITRE Engenuity, as a Research Sponsor. This partnership will enhance the organization's ability to develop resources to protect against cyberattacks through its unique approach to public interest collaborative research and development (R&D).

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  • Global Cyber Risk Quantification leader SAFE announces that the company is now a Research Sponsor with MITRE's Center for Threat-Informed Defense, empowering collaborative research to advance cyber risk defenses
    PALO ALTO, Calif., June 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Safe Security , the AI-Driven Cyber Risk Management company, announced today that it has joined the Center for Threat-Informed Defense (Center), operated by MITRE Engenuity , as a Research Sponsor.
  • "We are proud to announce our partnership with the Center as a research sponsor and are excited to share our expertise to drive cybersecurity innovation," said Vidit Baxi CISO and Co-founder at Safe Security.
  • "The Center promotes the co-development of new tools, techniques, and strategies to address challenges in today's highly vulnerable ecosystem.
  • "The Center for Threat-Informed Defense serves as a hub for top-tier security teams worldwide to collaborate on identifying and resolving the most pressing challenges confronting cyber defenders," said Jonathan Baker, Co-Founder and Director of the Center for Threat-Informed Defense.

Trellix Detects China-Affiliated APT Groups Behind Most Nation-State Threat Activity

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023
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Insights were gleaned from a global network of expert researchers who analyze over 30 million detections of malicious samples daily.

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  • Insights were gleaned from a global network of expert researchers who analyze over 30 million detections of malicious samples daily.
  • APT groups linked to China, including Mustang Panda and UNC4191, are the most active in targeting nation-states, generating 79% of all activity detected.
  • Trellix predicts APT groups will continue cyber espionage and disruptive cyberattacks in tandem with physical military activity.
  • Trellix detected Cobalt Strike in 35% of nation-state activity and 28% of ransomware incidents – almost double from Q4 2022.

ARTESCA 2.0 delivers enterprise-grade data security and value starting under $4,000 per year

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Tuesday, May 16, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Scality announced its newest release of Scality ARTESCA, its class-leading simple, secure S3 object storage software for data deployments starting at a few terabytes. Over a dozen innovations in ARTESCA 2.0 strengthen cyber resiliency through a hardened, reduced attack surface that minimizes security risks with best-of-breed data immutability for increased ransomware protection — all at entry-level pricing starting at under $4,000 per year, including 24x7 support.

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  • ARTESCA gives us all of these values plus an efficient cost per TB in a configuration that can seamlessly double capacity to 2 PB."
  • Comprehensive support of Veeam Data Platform Direct to Object and Smart Object Storage API, enabling added ransomware protection, data immutability and operational efficiencies.
  • ARTESCA software appliance with integrated secure and minimal Linux OS, with automated patch upgrades to further simplify security management.
  • ARTESCA 2.0 delivers the full package that today's organizations are looking for — enterprise-grade security, simplicity and maximum performance at a price that won't give CFOs heartburn."