US presses allies to ditch Huawei citing cybersecurity risks from China – report

Washington has been on a mission to discourage its allies from using Chinese telecommunication giant Huawei’s equipment, the Wall Street Journal reports. The firm earlier slammed the US for using politics for unfair competition. Read more Washington has been up in arms over Huawei’s worldwide expansion, “having initiated an extraordinary outreach campaign” to press its European and […]

How game companies can boost cybersecurity and avoid Fortnite’s fiasco

The mobile gaming market is one of the fastest growing industries, and for the first time, market watchers forecast it to generate more than half of the global gaming market revenue in 2018. In the first half of 2018 alone, a total of 19.5 billion mobile games were downloaded across both Google Play and the […]

ThetaRay raises $30 million to grow its AI-powered cybersecurity business

ThetaRay, a big data analytics company based in Hod HaSharon, Israel, today announced that it raised more than $ 30 million in a funding round led by Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), GE, Bank Hapoalim, OurCrowd, SVB Investments, and others. That puts its fundraising total to date at about $ 60 million. “In this era when […]

Cybersecurity engineering: A new academic discipline

GUEST: Cyber startups and legacy technology companies know exactly how to attract top undergraduates: a six-figure salary, a signing bonus, even a new car. With these luxuries in reach, choosing to forgo the job offer in pursuit of advanced higher education seems irrational for most new grads. However, this is exactly what’s being asked of […]

Onapsis Raises $31 Million Series C Funding Led by LLR Partners for ERP Cybersecurity

PRESS RELEASE: Investment to help fuel company growth in a fast-growing market for securing business-critical applications, such as SAP and Oracle Financials, amid rising threat of data breaches, financial fraud and heightened compliance mandates BOSTON & PHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–April 13, 2018– Onapsis, the global experts…Read More

Red Balloon Security Raises $21.9 Million in Series A Investment for Embedded Device Cybersecurity

PRESS RELEASE: NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–April 3, 2018– Red Balloon Security, a world leader in embedded device security, today announced it has secured $ 21.9 million in Series A funding. Bain Capital Ventures led the round, with additional investment from Greycroft, American Family Ventures and Abstract Ventures. This latest round…Read More