55 Cyber
Security Deals from Q3
Wednesday, 1 October 2014
Wednesday, 9 July 2014
Cyber Security Investments and Acquisitions - Q2 2014
- Australia Software Firm Cocoon Data Enters Stock Market With $53m Reverse Takeover
- Diebold to Acquire Secure Payment Company, Cryptera A/S
- Outsourced app developer 10Pearls buys Gemini Security Solutions
- Environmental Technologies Fund invests in MWR InfoSecurity to focus on the smart energy industry
- Cloud security startup Skyhigh raises $40m in funding
- Moving Data From Cloud To Cloud, Zerto Raises $26 Million
- Deutsche Telekom buys security specialist Rola
- CloudFlare acquires enterprise VPN provider CryptoSeal
- Onapsis Inc. raises nearly $10M in funding to expand security solutions for ERP
- Security startup CounterTack takes $5M more to meet demand for attack-detection systems
- Bitcoin Security Startup Raises $12 Million
- Infosys Co-founder Nadathur Acquires Paladion Networks
- Virtru Closes $6 Million in Funding Led by Bessemer Venture Partners
- FireMon's Momentum Drives Majority Investment From Insight Venture Partners
- Security startup SparkCognition comes out of stealth mode
- CloudLock Acquires Innovode Technology
- Security software startup SourceClear raises $1.5 million - GeekWire
- Security Analytics Startup Exabeam Raises $10 Million
- Protectwise raises funds
- Dropbox adds security with MobileSpan acquisition
- Palo Alto Networks To Pay Juniper In Firewall Patent Settlement
- Cloudera acquires big data encryption specialist Gazzang
- Toronto startup Fixmo resolves lawsuit by selling itself to California's Good Technology
- Cryptzone Acquired by Medina Capital
- HackSurfer raises $3.5M so it can protect your cloud better
- Network security startup Observable Networks raises $2.45 million
- F5 Networks buys cloud DDoS specialist Defense.Net
- Israeli cyber security firm Fortscale raises $10m
- Atos to Acquire Bull for $844 Million
- Eyeing BlackBerry customers, Symantec buys secure email app maker NitroDesk | ZDNet
- VASCO to Expand its Authentication Technology Portfolio with Acquisition of Risk IDS - MarketWatch
- Cisco To Acquire ThreatGRID For Malware Analysis, Threat Intelligence
- With Divide Acquisition, Google Wants To Manage Your Mobile Devices
- Proofpoint Acquires Security Pioneer NetCitadel
- Centrify finds its identity with $42m cash injection
- Nemex Resources finalising acquisition of Wavefront Biometric Technologies
- Hadoop security: Hortonworks buys XA Secure - and plans to turn it open source
- CloudFlare Acquires Anti-Malware Firm StopTheHacker | TechCrunch
- Endgame, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Florida-based Onyxware Corporation
- General Electric Beefs-Up Security Commitment With Acquisition Of Wurldtech
- Security Firm CertiVox Bags $8M To Grow Its Secure Alternative To Passwords
- Ex-NSA staffers form new venture Area 1 Security, nab $2.5M to thwart cyber attacks
- Fireeye acquires nPulse
- Inside Secure buys Metaforic
- Cryptzone Acquired by Medina Capital - WSJ.com
- Vulcan capital invests $40m in Scytl eVoting
- Plymouth Ventures invests in Certified Security
- Diebold to Acquire Secure Payment Company, Cryptera A/S
Wednesday, 5 March 2014
Formal Methods - Key to New FireEye R&D Centre
FireEye, an advanced cyber attack prevention specialist, has announced the official opening of a research and development (R&D) centre in Dresden, Germany, for tomorrow. The FireEye European R&D team will conduct advanced mathematical research through techniques known as 'formal methods' to validate the security of the FireEye endpoint technology. The centre will initially host 15 researchers and has partnered with Technische Universität Dresden according to CBR - How One Company is Using Maths to Beat the Hackers.
It's good to see formal methods - the mathematical techniques used to verify safety-critical software - being applied to security in a commercial setting. Malvern-based company D-RISQ are also applying formal methods technology based on many years of research.
It's good to see formal methods - the mathematical techniques used to verify safety-critical software - being applied to security in a commercial setting. Malvern-based company D-RISQ are also applying formal methods technology based on many years of research.
Friday, 21 February 2014
VersAi Acquires AI-based Intellectual Property for Cyber Security from Espion
An unusual and interesting international IP deal in cyber security. Espion, a cyber security business in Ireland with interests in digital forensics and security awareness, has licensed its IP to Versai, a Canadian firm. The IP comprises a self-signature-creating AI algorithm which makes up the core of VersAi’s product line for inbound threat detection and prevention, as well as outbound policy and content security. Originally designed as a hybrid AI algorithm, borrowing from both symbolic (probabilistic reasoning, logic) and non-symbolic (machine learning, fuzzy logic, pattern detection) approaches, the technology has apparently been commercially proven and tested over 11 years as an email and content security gateway.
Tuesday, 18 February 2014
Funds raised and acquisition made - by Bit9
Bit9, an endpoint security vendor has announced it has raised $38million in investment and also acquired 'Carbon Black'. The interesting thing about Bit9 is its claim to have stopped some of the most advanced attacks seen in recent years such as Flame, Gauss and the malware responsible for the RSA breach. I also like the sound of 'Carbon Black', not a company I have heard of before, but their website says they "prepare your digital enterprise for the inevitable compromise by collecting, and retaining, precisely the data that incident responders need to answer the critical questions of any investigation" - which is a key part of enterprise forensic readiness.
Thursday, 13 February 2014
Password-free online authentication a step closer?
This could be interesting but given the failure of 'standards' in IT generally I guess we will have to wait and see - Password-free online authentication a step closer - a report in Computer Weekly looks at the Fido (Fast IDentity Online ) Alliance protocol, aimed at helping companies eliminate passwords in favour of multi-factor identity checks using a variety of alternatives.
Tuesday, 14 January 2014
World's First Insurance Backed Bitcoin Vault
A fascinating story - a UK start-up offering a secure bitcoin vault backed up by Lloyds of London insurance.
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