Sean Michael Kerner

Modern applications are often built with a jigsaw puzzle array of pieces that all fit together to enable a full stack of functionality. The challenge from a security perspective is that not every organization or application properly validates all the different puzzle pieces, which can be a risky proposition. Case in point, on Nov. 26 […]

Amazon Web Services is looking to further accelerate the adoption of serverless computing with the announcement on Nov. 26 at its re:Invent conference of its new open-source Firecracker lightweight virtualization technology. There has long been a debate about whether or not it is necessary to run containers within an additional layer of isolation, provided nominally […]

Cyber-security startup Acceptto is set to officially emerge from stealth on Nov. 27, bringing to market its’ new approach to reducing identity fraud with a cognitive authentication platform. The foundation of Acceptto’s platform is the company’s eGuardian engine which enables the cognitive authentication capabilities. With cognitive authentication, rather than relying on usernames and password or […]

When moving to the cloud, organizations face multiple challenges to managing and maintaining access to governance policies. It’s a challenge that startup Orkus is looking to solve with its Access Governance Platform, which it announced on Nov. 26. The Orkus Access Governance Platform provides capabilities for understanding and controlling access and authorization policies. Among the […]

In the era of cloud-native application deployments, with containers, microservices and serverless architectures, traditional firewall technologies are typically a less than ideal solution. Among the vendors that have emerged to tackle the challenge of microservices visibility is Israeli startup Alcide, which has positioned itself as a microservices firewall platform vendor. On Nov. 20, Alcide announced […]

Facebook has faced multiple challenges over the course of 2018 as it has struggled with inauthentic user behavior, abuse of private information and outright attacks where user accounts were hijacked. In an effort to improve user account security and mitigate hijacking threats, Facebook announced on Nov. 20 that it is increasing the awards it pays […]

Cyber-security startup Awake Security announced its flagship technology platform on Nov. 19, providing organizations with a network-based approach for discovering potential cyber-risks. The Awake Security Platform is network traffic analysis (NTA) technology that analyzes data packets to identify malicious and unauthorized activities. The platform’s automated triage capabilities provide risk ratings for security operations center analysis; […]

Assigning identity to applications has long been a challenge for organizations, and it’s one that startup Portshift is looking to help solve. Portshift officially launched on Nov. 20, backed by Israeli cyber-security accelerator Team8 and $5.3 million in seed funding. Portshift’s core technology uses digital signing techniques within the development and deployment phase to validate […]

It has been three and half years since Red Hat last issued a major new version number of its flagship Red Hat Enterprise Linux platform. A lot has happened since RHEL 7 was launched in June 2014, and Red Hat is now previewing its next-generation RHEL 8 platform in beta. Among the biggest changes in […]

SonicWall is adding multiple new features to its product portfolio, in a bid to help organizations further secure their on-premises and hybrid cloud assets against threats. Among the new features coming to SonicWall’s Capture Cloud Platform are zero-touch deployment options and software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) security features. The Capture Security Center is also being enhanced with […]

A week after the first rumors of the acquisition began to surface, BlackBerry confirmed on Nov. 16 that it is acquiring cyber-security vendor Cylance for $1.4 billion in cash. The deal is expected to close before BlackBerry’s fiscal year end in February 2019. Cylance is best known for its suite of endpoint detection and response […]

Docker Inc. announced a series of new partnerships on Nov. 15, including a new round of investment from Salesforce Ventures and a partnership with Salesforce’s Mulesoft division. The partnership provides integration between the Docker Enterprise platform and the Salesforce Mulesoft Anypoint platform, which enables organizations to design, build and manage APIs. “Excited to work with […]