PLATFORM SECURITY
ActZero | May 02, 2022
ActZero, a cybersecurity startup whose AI-powered managed detection and response (MDR) technology enables enterprises to cover more area, today announced a strategic partnership with TD Synnex, a global IT distributor and solutions aggregator. The agreement strengthens ActZero and TechData's current cooperation, which started in September 2021.
The ActZero platform integrates next-generation antivirus protection, endpoint detection and response (EDR), and automated and controlled threat hunting capabilities that are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, thanks to a purpose-built AI engine. The ActZero MDR solution combats the most common threats in the settings of SMB and mid-sized companies, ranging from cheap malware to highly complex assaults. The company's new relationship with TD Synnex will duplicate its earlier cooperation with Tech Data, with the objective of accelerating adoption of ActZero's unique security platform via the TD Synnex edge-to-cloud portfolio while widening access to better security for small and mid-size organizations.
"Our partnership with TD Synnex represents the next natural step in our business growth, leveraging the combined strengths and depth of the now merged powerhouses of Tech Data and Synnex. We're confident in their ability to deliver incredible results for us through their unmatched platform and security expertise, and proud to be aligned with such an incredible force within the IT ecosystem."
ActZero Chief Operating Officer Chris Finan
TD Synnex, the undisputed world leader in its field, enables development for its partners by giving unrivaled access to a worldwide distribution network, enabling its 150,000+ clients in more than 100 countries to maximize the value of their technological investments. Partnering with best-in-class cybersecurity innovator ActZero significantly expands their portfolio, providing customers with a critical new security solution to protect them from malware, ransomware, account takeover attacks, and other cyber threats that have the potential to severely disrupt business.
Reyna Thompson, Senior Vice President, Product Management, Advanced Technology Solutions- Security, NA at TD SYNNEX said that "ActZero is a great new asset to our line card, offering our customers a cutting-edge cybersecurity solution that will prove to be critical to their business needs. ActZero has been an impressive company since its inception, delivering 24/7 monitoring, protection, and response. We're excited to watch their growth as we help to elevate their exposure and get their remarkable services into the hands of small and mid-size businesses worldwide."
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DATA SECURITY
Cybersecurity Action Team | October 13, 2021
Google announced the Google Cybersecurity Action Team. Made up of experts from across the company, the Google Cybersecurity Action Team will be the world's premier security advisory team with the singular mission of supporting the security and digital transformation of governments, critical infrastructure, enterprises and small businesses.
To deliver on this mission, the Google Cybersecurity Action Team will provide:
Strategic advisory services for customers' security strategies, including transformation workshops and educational content. This function will advise customers on the structure of their digital security transformation and provide program management and professional services support.
Trust and compliance services that map our global compliance certifications to industry control frameworks, enabling customers to simplify their compliance journey.
Security customer and solutions engineering that deliver proven blueprints and architectures for deploying Google Cloud products and services securely and in accordance with regulatory requirements, as well as comprehensive solutions for autonomic security operations, cyber resilience and more.
Threat intelligence and incident response services, which include threat briefings, preparedness drills, incident support and rapid response engagements to stay on top of the evolving security landscape.
The vision of this team is to guide customers through the cycle of security transformation - from their first transformation roadmap and implementation, through increasing their cyber-resilience preparedness for potential events and incidents, and engineering new solutions as requirements change. This effort will begin within Google Cloud, building on our close partnerships with organizations of all sizes, and will evolve to bring Google security to more organizations as it progresses.
"Cybersecurity is at the top of every C-level and board agenda, given the increasing prominence of software supply chain exploits, ransomware, and other attacks. To address these unprecedented security challenges facing organizations in every industry today, we are announcing the creation of the Google Cybersecurity Action Team," said Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud. "The Google Cybersecurity Action Team is part of our ongoing commitment to be the best partner for our enterprise and government customers along their security transformation journey."
Recent attacks like USAID, Colonial Pipeline, and Solarwinds all speak to a major shift in the needs of threat protection. In August, Google dedicated $10 billion over the next five years to strengthen cybersecurity, including expanding zero trust programs, securing software supply chain frameworks, enhancing open-source security and strengthening the digital security skills of the American workforce. The Google Cybersecurity Action team is one of our efforts under these commitments.
"The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently established the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC). This initiative will unite government and private sector entities to enhance efforts to prevent and respond to malicious cyber activity against the nation's critical infrastructure," said CISA Director Jen Easterly. "It's great to see a large company like Google Cloud orient itself to support the cybersecurity of all organizations large and small through its Cybersecurity Action Team, and as part of the JCDC and other initiatives, we look forward to partnering with them and other tech companies in this vital effort."
"Google Cloud has been a critical partner in the BBVA security journey, helping us protect our customers' sensitive and proprietary data with modern frameworks like zero trust and secure-by-default products like Google Workspace," said Alvaro Garrido, Chief Security Officer at BBVA. "We look forward to the strategic services and guidance the Google Cybersecurity Action Team will deliver as we continue on our security transformation."
Under the Google Cybersecurity Action Team, Google Cloud will deliver full spectrum security and customer engineering solutions that will help organizations address business and security challenges. These will build on existing offerings like Autonomic Security Operations, which helps businesses transform their organization's Security Operations Center (SOC) and Web App and API Protection, which provides customers a comprehensive solution for protecting against modern internet threats.
Today, Google Cloud announced a new security and resiliency framework that delivers customers a comprehensive security management program with cloud technologies that are aligned to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Cybersecurity Framework. Additionally, Google also announced its new Work Safer offering, designed to help organizations, their employees, and partners collaborate and communicate securely and privately in today's hybrid work environment. It uniquely brings together the cloud-native, zero-trust solutions of Google Workspace with industry-leading solutions from across Google and its cybersecurity partners, CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks.
Customers need a consistent approach to preparing for and defending against cybersecurity threats,Our comprehensive suite of security solutions delivered through our platform and amplified by the Google Cybersecurity Action Team will help protect organizations against adverse cyber events with capabilities that address industry frameworks and standards.
Phil Venables, Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Google Cloud and founder of the Google Cybersecurity Action Team
About Google Cloud
Google Cloud accelerates organizations' ability to digitally transform their business with the best infrastructure, platform, industry solutions and expertise. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google's cutting-edge technology – all on the cleanest cloud in the industry. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.
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SOFTWARE SECURITY
SafeBase | March 14, 2022
SafeBase, Inc., a smart trust centre that streamlines the security assessment process for B2B SaaS companies, today announced that it has raised $18 million in a Series A round led by global venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with participation from Y Combinator and Comcast Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Comcast Corporation. SafeBase has over 100 customers, including Linkedin, Jamf, and Snyk, a cybersecurity firm. The funding will be used to expand the company and hire more employees.
SafeBase is a smart trust centre that allows a company's security posture to be shared and critical document access to be automated. The SafeBase portal gives organizations "self-serve" access, enabling InfoSec teams to understand everything about a company's security programme, shortening the sales cycle and increasing client trust by providing total visibility.
Enterprise adoption of new technologies has traditionally been hampered by security evaluations. As per a recent survey released by TechBeacon, cybersecurity investment would reach $174 billion in 2024, with 69 percent citing regulatory compliance as the key spending driver. Moreover, third-party breaches are growing more prevalent, with 80% of companies reporting at least one breach in the last year. Assessing overall security is critical when considering new corporate technology from a third-party vendor, but it can be a lengthy and time-consuming procedure. SafeBase is built to automate access and deliver security and compliance data for industry standards like GDPR, HIPAA, and SOC2.
Hilarie Koplow-McAdams, Venture Partner, NEA said that "Security reviews are notorious for being disjointed and often complicated—which consequently leads to delayed sales cycles and implementations. SafeBase has developed a long-desired solution that streamlines and automates security reviews within a single platform, giving customers the confidence to make faster decisions for new technology. The product has already displayed impressive market traction and we're thrilled to partner with the SafeBase team as they continue to pioneer the future of vendor security for organizations globally."
Al Yang, CEO, and Adar Arnon, CTO, founded SafeBase after meeting at Harvard and being accepted into Y Combinator's accelerator programme during the Pandemic. Adar served in the Israeli Defense Forces Unit 8200 before to Harvard, therefore the business has excellent engineering teams in both the United States and Israel. Al is a serial entrepreneur who has seen the agony and inefficiencies of vendor security evaluations firsthand. They're on a mission to make the world a better place by enabling organizations with strong security systems to earn a competitive advantage in the sales process.
"At SafeBase, we want all companies, regardless of size or sector, to be able to easily communicate their security posture to the world. We're very proud that the investors at NEA share our vision and want to help us bring it to every company that's serious about building and maintaining trust with its customers."
Al Yang, CEO of SafeBase
SafeBase helps business development and sales teams to expedite security and compliance processes for businesses integrating third-party technology providers, in addition to security and compliance challenges in the sales process. From an organized, interactive dashboard, information security personnel may now view all the data of a company's security programme.
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