Sean Michael Kerner

CoreOS on June 1 officially launched the Torus open-source distributed storage project for container deployment. Torus makes use of some existing CoreOS-led open-source efforts, including the etcd distributed key value store that is also a core component of the Kubernetes container orchestration system. Torus will join a landscape of open-source distributed storage systems that includes […]

Collaboration Can Help Ease Security Staffing Shortages: Report Staffing is a well-known problem in security today. A new report from Intel Security points to the use of collaboration to improve efficiency and reduce the strain of skills shortages. Collaboration Improves Security Efficiency While not a panacea for solving all security woes, collaboration has a measurable […]

When consumers buy laptops at retail stores from major laptop vendors, the devices come out-of-the-box with various forms of software updaters. According to research published May 31 by Duo Security, those updates have been exposing users to security risks. Duo Security found 12 vulnerabilities in the updaters, the worst of which could have potentially enabled […]

This past week, a half-dozen security vendors announced new funding rounds, totaling approximately $98 million. The different technologies and vendors that benefited from the investments are a microcosm of the current state of security and where investors see opportunities in the future. By dollar amount, the largest round of funding was the $41 million Series […]

Rahul Pangam worked at Google for seven years focusing on reducing fraud, and now he’s taken that expertise to his startup Simility. Pangam founded Simility with the goal of reducing online fraud via a combination of human data scientists and the right amount of machine learning. Pangam, who is also CEO of Simility, started building […]

Getting visibility into potential threats from the emerging Internet of thing world isn’t just about knowing a device is present, but also what it’s doing. Security vendor ForeScout on May 26 announced an update to its CounterACT platform that provides enhanced visibility into IoT, all the way down to the power levels used by devices […]

Email security vendor Agari is raising new funds to help it grow its reach and accelerate the development of technology that can combat increasingly sophisticated forms of email attacks and fraud. The $22 million in Series D funding was led by Norwest Venture Partners and included the participation of Alloy Ventures, Battery Ventures, First Round […]

Votiro isn’t the typical type of security vendor to announce a Series A round of funding. The Israeli security vendor announced on May 25 that it raised $4 million in Series A financing led by Redfield Asset Management. What makes Votiro somewhat different than a typical Series A candidate is the fact that the company […]

Red Hat updated its recently acquired Ansible technology May 25 with a new version that provides enhanced support for Docker container deployment as well as Microsoft technologies. Red Hat acquired Ansible in October 2015, adding DevOps IT automation technologies into its product portfolio. The new Ansible 2.1 update is actually the second incremental update since […]

Google’s corporate mission statement has long included the phrase “Do No Evil,” which refers to Google as a company, but it could easily also be extended to the broader Internet as well. Google is working on multiple fronts to make sure “no evil”—be it a hack or malware attack—goes on against its users and the […]

vArmour—which CEO Tim Eades took out of steath mode in September 2014 to introduce a new approach to help secure data center networks—raised $41 million in a Series D round of funding to help finance the company’s growth and global expansion. The Series D round of funding, led by Redline Capital and Telstra, brings vArmour’s […]

Studies Offer Insight Into Third-Party Risks, Security Best Practices As security remains a top concern among IT professionals, a pair of surveys show areas where organizations direct their focus in mitigating risk. Third Parties Are Prime Breach Suspects Data breaches can come from different sources, though according to Soha Systems’ report, 63 percent are somehow […]