'Secure Coding as a Service' Firm Sqreen Raises $2.3 Million

Good to see this investment in Paris-based firm Sqreen. Many investors have piled in to the narrative that companies need security solutions to counter the high cost of insecurity but very few have invested in products that help reduce that insecurity by making sure software has fewer vulnerabilities from day one.

Startups from Europe, Israel and South Africa selected for Cyber London accelerator programme

Cyber security startup accelerator and incubator Cyber London (CyLon) has announced the participants in its second programme to support cyber security startups. The 14-week programme gives entrepreneurial teams access to professional training and guidance from a network of mentors and investors. The companies also receive a £15,000 investment in return for 3% equity. CyLon partners and sponsors are Amadeus Capital Partners, Epsilon Advisory Partners, Winton Capital, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP and Fried Frank.

The startups taking part in the second programme are:

•Aves Netsec, Finland

•BitNinja, Hungary.

•Fabric, UK..

•Mazor, Israel.

•Simudyne, UK. - with a focus on decision support systems

•Torsion InfoSec, UK.

•UkkoBox, UK and Brazil.

•Verity, South Africa.

UK startup Panaseer raises $2.25 million to bring cyber security intelligence to the board

UK cyber security software company Panaseer has raised $2.25 million through a syndicated seed investment round. Panaseer was founded in 2014 by a team of cyber security experts from BAE Systems. Interestingly, its aim is to bring cyber security intelligence to the board, not just the security teams. It addresses the question: “How secure are we?”, the question that should be on every board member’s lips but is very difficult for anyone to answer. If they can really do that, using their big data and visualisation platform, and make the insight relevant to senior level decision makers, then they will certainly succeed. Panaseer was selected to accompany the Prime Minister to Washington DC earlier this year as part of a cyber-security delegation and has since gone on to sign its first New York based Financial Services client.

 

For further cyber security deals and innovations see Security TechWatch.

UK government and industry launch £6.5m CyberInvest scheme to fund research into cyber security

The UK government, in collaboration with industry, has launched a scheme called 'CyberInvest' to fund research into cyber security. To date, 18 companies have signed up to the scheme and have committed £6.5m over the next five years. This includes BT, which is investing £500,000 into the scheme. Other companies that have made their involvement public include Northrop Grumman, Crossword Cybersecurity, Nexor and Becrypt.

Microsoft Goes For Another Israeli Cyber Security Firm - Secure Islands

Israel has a thriving security startup industry, and Microsoft just announced an agreement to buy Secure Islands, its third Israeli security firm in a year.

The acquisition follows Microsoft’s purchase of hybrid cloud security startup Aorato for $200M last year and Adallom for around $300 million in September.

October's Cyber Security Deals

Cytegic Raises Angel Funding for Tools That Forecast Cyber-Security Risk

Cybersecurity startup SignalSense raises $4.5M with a 'DVR' for network attacks

InteliSecure Acquires UK-Based Pentura

Checkpoint founder's new network security company Cato raises $20m

Cisco to Buy Network-Security Firm Lancope for $453 Million - WSJ

PwC buys former RBS tech innovator’s security start-up - The Scotsman

Former NSA head's cyber-security startup raises $32.5 million| Reuters

Thoma Bravo Completes Acquisition of Majority Stake in DigiCert

HP sells its TippingPoint security business to Trend Micro for $300 million

Bracket Computing raises $46.4M

illusive networks Raises $22Mn to Fund Cyber Deception Technology

Thales to Buy Data Security Firm Vormetric for $400M

PhishMe Acquires Malcovery Security - Infosecurity Magazine

Wombat Security to Acquire ThreatSim - Infosecurity Magazine

RiskIQ Acquires PassiveTotal to Expand Portfolio of Threat Infrastructure Analysis Capabilities

Area 1 Security Raises $15M to Fight Phishing

Rapid7 Acquires Logentries

Communications Startup Symphony Raises Over $100M With Google As One Of Its Backers

SentinelOne Raises $25 Million To Attack Security Threats At The Kernel | TechCrunch

Startup DataVisor Nabs $14.5 Million to Fund Spark-based Security

CISCO buys Indian file sharing company Pawaa

Big data cybersecurity startup Cybereason raises $59m Series C in round led by Softbank | SiliconANGLE

Fledgling Israeli cyber-security giant makes second acquisition

LogMeIn to Acquire Password Management Leader LastPass Nasdaq:LOGM

Raytheon broadens cyber capabilities with acquisition of Foreground Security - MarketWatch

Israeli Container Security Startup Scalock Lands $4M Series A Investment | TechCrunch

CyberArk to Acquire Viewfinity, Extending Privileged Account Security Solution to Limit Progression of Malware-based Attacks | Business Wire

Vasco Data Security (VDSI) to Acquire Silanis Technology in $85M Cash Deal

Globes English - Israeli cyber security startup Morphisec raises $7m

Digital Guardian Acquires Code Green In Bid To Become One-Stop-Shop For Data Loss Prevention

Cisco Expands Security Services Portfolio with Portcullis Acquisition

Dome9 raises $8.3 million for its hybrid cloud security system

Cyber security startup Vectra Networks cashes in on hot investment market for $35 million - Silicon Valley Business Journal

Big Data security analytics startup Exabeam raises $25 million in Series B funding

This Weeks Cyber Security Deals - 16th October 2015

RiskIQ Acquires PassiveTotal to Expand Portfolio of Threat Infrastructure Analysis Capabilities

Wombat Security to Acquire ThreatSim

Phishme acquires Malcovery

Area 1 Security Raises $15M to Fight Phishing

Rapid7 Acquires Logentries

Communications Startup Symphony Raises Over $100M With Google As One Of Its Backers

Startup DataVisor Nabs $14.5 Million to Fund Spark-based Security

SentinelOne Raises $25 Million To Attack Security Threats At The Kernel | TechCrunch

CISCO buys Indian file sharing company Pawaa

Big data cybersecurity startup Cybereason raises $59m Series C in round led by Softbank

Fledgling Israeli cyber-security giant makes second acquisition

LogMeIn to Acquire Password Management Leader LastPass

18 Cyber Security Deals in September

Cisco Expands Security Services Portfolio with Portcullis Acquisition

Portcullis is a UK-based security consultancy that offers services for testing and security response and research. 

Dome9 raises $8.3 million for its hybrid cloud security system

Cyber security startup Vectra Networks cashes in on hot investment market for $35 million - Silicon Valley Business Journal

Big Data security analytics startup Exabeam raises $25 million in Series B funding

Phantom Cyber a Low-Key Startup in a World of Many

Onapsis Raises $17M Round Led by Evolution Equity Partners to Boost Cyber Security of SAP and Oracle Enterprise Applications | Onapsis

CloudFlare Locks Down $110M From Fidelity, Microsoft, Google, Baidu And Qualcomm | TechCrunch

novidades : Econocom signs the acquisition agreements for Altasys, a digital security specialist

ESET acquires UK data encryption company Deslock

Biometric startup will use $18.5 million to further develop its iris recognition systems for security checks

Secunia Acquired by Flexera Software - Softpedia

Alcatel-Lucent Purchases Mformation for IoT Security Smarts

Former NSA Director Alexander Cybersec Startup Raises $7.5M

Israeli anti-car hacking firm Argus raises $26 million| Reuters

Okta Raises $75 Million, Boosting Valuation to Nearly $1.2 Billion

Cloud security company Censornet raises £2m

Los Altos-based Netskope raises $75 million in big Iconiq-led funding round - Silicon Valley Business Journal

Blackberry to acquire mobile security firm Good Technology for $425M

New Directions in Cyber Security - EIT conference in Berlin

Some interesting early stage cyber security companies under the wing of the Privacy, Security and Trust Action line in EIT Digital:

CryptTalk - Secure Communications
http://Crypttalk.com

qkey - mobile authentication
https://www.qkeysecurity.com/index.html

Solidshield - Obfuscation, anti-tamper, software licensing
http://www.solidshield.com

Chino - Secure storage for health data according to EU privacy laws
https://chino.io

Cleafy - web site integrity protection
https://cleafy.com

GuardSquare - application protection
http://www.guardsquare.com

SecurityMatters - industrial network monitoring
http://www.secmatters.com

Sentryo - Cyber Awareness for the Industrial Internet
http://www.sentryo.net

Another UK Cyber Security Company Raises Funding

According to Computer Business Review UK-based CensorNet has landed £2m from a Series A funding round, with the raised funds earmarked for channel growth & bolstering R&D. This follows yesterday's announcement from PixelPin reported here.

Hot-off-the-Press - BT Infinity Labs partner PixelPin announces funding for Picture-based Passwords

PixelPin have announced a significant fund raise from angel investors. They are hosted at BT Infinity Labs and are also working in the EIT Digital Trusted Cloud project with BT, the Digital Catapult and other partners across Europe. Chuffed co-founder Geoff Anderson told me "the funding, and new board members, allows us a transformation, from an early stage startup towards a real growth phase".

16 Cyber Security Investments and Acquisitions - August 2015

Aiming for an IPO, Zscaler Raises $100M to Provide Security from the Cloud

Accenture acquires US cybersecurity firm FusionX

CA to Acquire Xceedium for Privileged Identity Management

Mobile Security Startup Wegilant Secures $500K In Pre Series A Round From Existing Investors

China's Vulbox secures series A round

Imprivata Announces Public Offering Of Common Stock By Selling Stockholders

Bastille raises $2.5M to secure the Internet of Things

Proofpoint Buys Mobile App Threat Identification Assets

Cronus raises $2.2 million

Auth0 raises series A

AlienVault Secures Massive $52M Round

Israeli App Security Startup Snags $2.3M Seed Round | TechCrunch

Clavister Secures Further Funding and Targets Listing on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm

Indian angels invest in cloud security startup Instasafe

Bit9 Carbon Black Continues Investment in Innovation by Acquiring Security Data Analytics Firm

Digital security startup MagicCube nabs $2.2 mln seed

For more Cyber Security deals and innovation see: Security TechWatch

22 Global Cyber Security Deals in July

22 Cyber Security Deals in July

Cisco buys OpenDNS

Level 3 acquires DDOS company Black Lotus
AVG Technologies Acquires Privax, a Global Leader in HMA VPN Solutions
Network security and analytics startup Kentik emerges with $15M in its pocket
Splunk Buys Security Startup Caspida For $190M
Ex-AOL CTO raises $1M for new cyber security startup Polyverse
Expanding In Latin America, Brazilian Anti-Virus Startup PSafe Raises $30M
DataLocker Acquires USB Security Solutions Provider BlockMaster
CrowdStrike raises $100m in funding round led by Google Capital
Deception security startup TrapX raises $9M
Crossword raises £1.5M for cyber security IP deals
Big data privacy start-up Privitar raises over $1 million in funding round
CounterTack Acquires ManTech Cyber Solutions International
SailPoint to Acquire Whitebox Security to Secure and Manage Unstructured Data
Microsoft Acquires Israeli Cloud Security Firm Adallom
Darktrace just raised $22.5 million from US VC Summit Partners
Israeli cybersecurity startup WireX raises $9.3M
Baltimore cyber startup Terbium Labs raises $3.7 million
LookingGlass Announces Acquisition of Kleissner and Associates for Global Botnet Monitoring
Cylance raises $42 million for AI-based cyber security software
Cybersecurity startup RedOwl raises $17 million series b
Blue Coat acquires Perspecsys

For more Cyber Security deals and innovation see: Security TechWatch

Market and Industry Trends in Cyber Security - EIT Digital event

 

New Directions in Cyber Security October 1st - Berlin Privacy Security & Trust EIT Digital Business Community Event   A full day dedicated to market & industry trends Industry & Policy Makers Keynotes and Panels Startup Pitches  Technology Demands & Offers Workshops Business Networking & Matchmaking with Industry Professionals EIT Digital Co-Location Centre, Berlin Ernst Reuter Platz 7, 6th Floor Berlin 10587

Invest in Cyber - the first European investment conference focused exclusively on cyber security - October 14-15

Invest-in-cyber is the only European partnering convention focused exclusively on leading investments in cybersecurity. INRIA Rennes are hosts, jointly organized by Pôle d’Excellence cyber and its partners. The two-day event brings together institutional investors and venture capitalists with experts on cybersecurity, industry leaders, analysts and cybersecurity entrepreneurs. Early stage companies seeking seed funding, development and later stage financing can network with qualified panels of investors and potential partners.

Defence Tech Transfer Brings Innovative Cyber Security Assessment Tool to the Market

Great to see in Computer Weekly that a "military-grade" cyber defence capability assessment tool (CDCAT) is being made available to commercial business. Originally developed for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) by the UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) it is being licensed to accreditation organisation APMG via Ploughshare Innovations (which manages the commercial licensing of technology out of DSTL). Apparently the tool and its scoring system can be used on an on-going basis to monitor cyber risk by obtaining a business licence from APMG for the .NET version or by signing up for the soon-to-be-introduced web version.

Cyber Security Deals - June

Synopsys to acquire Quotiums IAST product, Seeker
Security startup RedSocks secures a 3 million euro investment
Palo Alto Networks Acquires CirroSecure
IoT security addressed by ARM's Sansa acquisition
F-Secure acquires nSense
Cyphort Raises $30 Million to Expand Threat Detection Business
CA Technologies buys Israeli IdMlogic for approx. $20M
Cybersecurity Startup VS2 Raises $2M Seed Funding Round
Big Data endpoint security firm CounterTack raises $15M in fresh funding round
Menlo Security Raises $25M, Launches From Stealth With New Take On Email, Web Security
Secure Email Platform Criptext Raises Seed Round
Rapid7 files for $80m IPO
Cyber-Security Startup enSilo Announces $10M Funding for New Approach Preventing Data Exfiltration
Israeli app security startup sold for $100 million
Insight Venture invests $84 million in Israeli cyber firm Checkmarx
Security startup Barkly secures $12.5M from NEA
BitSight Raises $23M In Series B Funding For Security Ratings Technology
YC-Backed Cymmetria Uses Virtual Machines To Decoy And Detect Hackers
Stealthy Va.-based Cybersecurity Startup Verodin Raises $2M

Jerusalem Post reports Alibaba investment in Israeli cyber security fund JVP

Follows on from PayPal's recent acquisition of CyActive which counted JVP as an investor.
Alibaba makes strategic investment in Israeli venture capital fund.

And seems to endorse the message from this recent article in the MIT Technology Review:
Why Venture Capitalists Love Security Firms Right Now

PayPal acquires Israeli cyber security startup CyActive

Founded as recently as 2013, and with just $2m raised to date, the deal is purported to have a value of $60m -$80m.

According to Yoav Tzruya, a partner at CyActive investor Jerusalem Venture Partners, CyActive could have helped prevent the infamous Sony attack. It analyses attacks that occurred at other companies to see if slight variants are potentially a threat, and then prevents a future attack getting through. Tzruya also suggested that the Sony attack was a variant of several other attacks, and that CyActive could have stopped it.

This is the first exit for JVP’s one-year-old cyber security lab.

DHS Licenses Malware Detection Tech to Cyber Security Company

Hyperion, a malware forensics detection and software assurance technology developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been licensed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) for market commercialization to R&K Cyber Solutions LLC, an application development and cyber solution company. Hyperion is apparently S&T's second technology that has successfully been transferred to the commercial market