Sean Michael Kerner

Average Cyber-Crime Cost to Global Businesses Rises to $11.7M: Report The average cost of cyber-crime incurred by businesses around the world has grown in 2017, according to a report from Accenture and the Ponemon Institute.  The 56-page 2017 Cost of Cyber Crime Study report, released on Sept. 26, is based on a survey of 2,182 […]

The race for internet browser supremacy is accelerating once again, with Mozilla’s latest open-source Firefox browser. The new Firefox Quantum browser, which is currently available as a beta, is two times faster than the Firefox 52 release which debuted in March 2017. Firefox Quantum is actually the Firefox 57 release, but Mozilla developers have decided […]

Equifax’s massive data breach has claimed another victim—Richard Smith, the company’s CEO and Chairman of the Board. Equifax announced that Smith has retired from effective Sept. 26. “The cyber-security incident has affected millions of consumers, and I have been completely dedicated to making this right,” Smith stated. “At this critical juncture, I believe it is […]

Container security startup Capsule8 is moving forward with beta customer deployments and a Series A round of funding, to help achieve its vision of providing a secure, production-grade approach to container security. The Series A round of funding was announced on Sept. 19, with the company raising $6 million, led by Bessemer and ClearSky, bringing […]

Security startup Flashpoint is in the business of providing Business Risk Intelligence (BRI) to its customers and partners in a number of ways. On Sept. 26, Flashpoint is set to announce a new update for its API, providing an improved method for organizations to benefit from security intelligence. “We’re providing improved visibility and context into […]

Nearly 2B Records Compromised in First Half of 2017, Report Finds The first half of 2017 has been a particularly brutal six-month period for data breaches, according to the Gemalto Breach Level Index report released on Sept. 20. During the first half of 2017, there were 918 data breaches, including 22 large breaches that led […]

Container security startup Twistlock is set to formally announce its latest platform update on Sept. 21, providing new security features to manage and control micro-services deployments. The Twistlock 2.2 update builds on elements the company first introduced in its 2.0 update in April, including the shift to the Go programming language. When Twistlock first debuted in […]

Containers are one of the hottest areas of technology in 2017, and as a result there is an increasing need for advanced container security platforms. One company in the business of securing containers is Aqua Security, and on Sept. 19 it announced that it has raised $25 million in a Series B round of funding. […]

Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) company, announced its new 360 Secure Fabric platform on Sept. 18, providing organizations with analytics, network access control and embedded security features. Among the components in Aruba 360 Secure Fabric is the new Introspect User Entity and Behavior Analytics (UEBA) offering. The IntroSpect technology comes to Aruba from UEBA […]

Equifax announced on Sept.15 that Chief Information Officer David Webb and Chief Security Officer Susan Mauldin are retiring. The retirements are a direct result of the massive data breach that Equifax revealed on Sept. 7. Webb is being replaced by Mark Rohrwasser, who had been the international CIO for Equifax since July 2016. The new […]

More than 2 billion users around the world have downloaded the Piriform CCleaner tool to help remove unwanted files and keep their systems secure. Now those users are at risk, as on Sept. 18, Piriform publicly revealed that its servers had been hacked, with attackers modifying CCleaner with a backdoor that possibly infected millions of […]

One of the key reasons why computers were created in the first place was to help create and crack cryptography, according to Konstantinos Karagiannis, Chief Technology Officer for Security Consulting at BT Americas.  Today it is the race to crack modern cryptography that is driving quantum computing research and development, Karagiannis asserted in a session […]