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Proofpoint, Inc., a cybersecurity and compliance company announced the general availability of its Digital Communications Governance (DCG) offering, bolstering its existing offerings in pace with the evolving modern data governance and enterprise archiving market. DCG offering The new offering helps organisations simplify the governance of communication data and provides security insights across all major digital channels for conducting risk. It leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to surfa...

Logpoint has been named a Niche Player in the 2024 Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) by Gartner, the independent industry analyst firm. Logpoint has been recognised in every Magic Quadrant for SIEM since 2018. Logpoint offers a Converged SIEM solution that comes with native Security Orchestration, Automation & Response (SOAR). The solution offers Threat Detection, Investigation & Response (TDIR) and compliance use cases, helping organisations increase...

Eurotech, a renowned provider of edge computing systems and a pioneer in the field of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Edge AI, proudly announces its inclusion in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Global Industrial IoT Platforms. This recognition marks the fifth consecutive time Eurotech has been listed, underscoring its consistent excellence and innovation in the IIoT space. Importance of IIoT platforms The Gartner report, highly regarded across industries for...

11:11 Systems, a managed infrastructure solutions provider, was named an Aspiring provider in the 2023 Gartner Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer for Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) report. 11:11 Systems is one of seven companies included. Customers lauded the organisation for its exceptional commitment, noting they are an “outstanding team dedicated to our account, and these specialists are top of their game.”  DRaaS solution The dependability and consistent p...

Entrust, a global pioneer in identity and data security, has been positioned by Gartner® as a Challenger in the Magic Quadrant™ for Access Management for its offering, the Entrust Identity as a Service IAM solution. The evaluation was based on specific criteria that analysed the company’s overall completeness of vision and ability to execute. Entrust was one of just 11 providers placed in the 2023 Magic Quadrant for Access Management. Robust first line of defence “T...

Veridas, the Spanish technology company specialising in digital identity and biometrics announced it has once again been included in the Gartner Market Guides for Identity Verification and User Authentication. The Gartner Market Guides include definitions, benefits, key findings, and recommendations for organisations looking to implement and utilise both User Authentication and Identity Verification technologies for security, risk management, and fraud prevention. User authentication As d...

The identity verification industry has evolved significantly in recent years, expanding its scope beyond traditional Know Your Customer (KYC) processes. As IDV is becoming the new norm, more identity verification providers are vying for the attention of potential customers. While the market is becoming a buyer’s market, it can also be confusing because of the many seemingly similar offers. As Gartner notes, “It is challenging for end-user organisations to select a vendor in a crowde...

Absolute Software, the only provider of intelligent, self-healing security solutions, announced that it has been recognised for the second year in a row as a Representative Vendor in the 2023 Gartner Market Guide for Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA). In the report, Gartner emphasised growing demand in the market and ZTNA’s future direction. The report stated, “The ZTNA market has continued to mature and grow rapidly. Gartner’s Forecast: Enterprise Network Equipment by Mar...

Claroty, the cyber-physical systems protection company announced it has been recognised as a Representative Vendor in the 2023 Gartner Market Guide for CPS Protection Platforms. This is the first Gartner Market Guide to focus on cyber-physical systems (CPS) protection platforms as a market category, highlighting the growing need for technology solutions that discover and protect CPS assets in production and mission-critical environments amid a rapidly changing threat landscape.  CPS prote...

As if security teams weren’t sweating enough, a wave of new cyber risks is emerging as workers take off for their summer holidays.   With more people working outside the office, personal devices and public Wi-Fi will be used to access sensitive corporate data. Hackuity get it it can be tough to resist jumping on that free Starbucks Wi-Fi after a second shot of espresso. Users are not the only ones. Unsecured actions Employees almost universally take security shortcuts, and Gartner...

42Crunch, the API security platform company, announced the latest set of API security testing and threat protection capabilities, designed to ensure companies build APIs that are secure by default and don’t impede the developer workflow. Companies will benefit from these latest advancements by enhancing their overall API security governance and compliance while simultaneously speeding up the delivery of secure APIs.  42Crunch API security platform The 42Crunch API security platfo...

Barracuda Networks, Inc., a provider of cloud-first security solutions, will announce a new platform called Barracuda SecureEdge, a SASE solution that helps make hybrid and remote work easier to secure. Barracuda SecureEdge integrates Barracuda’s Secure SD-WAN, Firewall-as-a-Service, Zero Trust Network Access, and Secure Web Gateway capabilities.  Single-vendor solution According to Gartner®, “By 2025, 80% of enterprises will have adopted a strategy to unify web, cloud se...

Invicti Security announces momentum-building success in 2023, as the company touts receipt of multiple awards spotlighting the company’s products, growth, leadership, and corporate culture. With the need for enhanced cybersecurity at an all-time high, Invicti supports its customers by delivering world-class customer experiences and products that provide AppSec with zero noise. Momentum-building success In the first quarter of 2023, Invicti received three Cybersecurity Excellence Awards...

Delinea, a provider of privileged access management (PAM) solutions for seamless security announced the close of its fiscal year, delivering annual recurring revenue (ARR) growth of over 25% year-over-year while growing recurring revenue to 85% of total revenue.  The company added over 1,300 new customers during 2022 as it extended PAM to provide authorisation for all identities across the modern, hybrid enterprise. New identity and name  A notable highlight of the year was rebrandi...

SentryBay, the UK-based cybersecurity software company has announced that it has been recognised as a Sample Vendor in the Gartner® Hype Cycle ™ for Endpoint Security, 2022 under the VDI/DaaS Endpoint Security category for the second year in a row. VDI and DaaS According to the Gartner report: 'The increased use of VDI and DaaS to deliver access to company apps and data from unmanaged devices demands additional controls. Less control of the local machine introduces the risk of keylog...

Druva Inc., the industry’s SaaS platform for data resilience announced that it has been recognised as a Customers’ Choice in the Gartner® Peer Insights “Voice of the Customer” Enterprise Backup and Recovery Software Solutions Vendor Report. Overall ratings Druva’s recognition as a Customers’ Choice is based on Overall Experience and User Interest and Adoption, receiving an Overall Rating of 4.8 out of 5 (based on 139 reviews as of 31 October 2022)....

Gartner has recognised ABB as a ‘Visionary’ in its 2022 Magic Quadrant™ for Global Industrial IoT Platforms report, based on ABB’s completeness of vision and ability to execute. The recognition is based on the Gartner evaluation of the ABB Ability™ Genix, ABB’s flagship industrial IoT platform and AI suite that was launched in 2020. ABB appears in the report for the second year in a row. ABB was recognised as a ‘Niche Player’ in 2021 and a ‘...

According to Gartner’s latest forecast, organisations consider zero trust as a critical strategy to reduce risk and exposure, but few organisations have completed zero-trust implementations. Gartner predicts that only 10 percent of large enterprises will have a mature zero-trust programme implemented by 2026. Zero trust is a security measure that identifies users and gives them the appropriate amount of access, enabling businesses to operate with minimal hurdles while risks are decreased....

OutSystems, a pioneer in high-performance application development, announces it has once again been named by Gartner, Inc. as a Leader in the January 2023 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Low-Code Application Platforms (LCAP). In its sixth consecutive time as a Leader, OutSystems was positioned highest on the vertical axis for ‘ability to execute’ based on its product/service, sales execution/pricing, customer experience, market responsiveness/record, overall viability, marketing execu...

According to Gartner’s latest forecast, spending on information security and risk management products and services is forecast to grow 11.3 percent to reach more than $188.3 billion in 2023. As organisations increase their focus on ESG, third-party risk, cyber-security risk and privacy risk, Gartner predicts that the integrated risk management (IRM) market will show double-digit growth through 2024, until greater competition results in cheaper solutions. Security services including consu...

Who needs cards when everyone has a smartphone? That’s the key question underlying the access control industry’s transition to mobile credentials. But the transition is easier said than done, and mobile credentialing, for all its advantages, also has limitations, which further innovation continues to address. Wider acceptance comes next, driven by use cases in various vertical markets. We asked this week’s Expert Panel Roundtable: What are the latest developments in mobile acce...

SS&C Blue Prism has been recognised as a pioneer! It has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the pioneers quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Robotic Process Automation (RPA). This is the fourth year in a row that SS&C Blue Prism has been named in the pioneers quadrant. In the 2022 report, the Gartner evaluation was based on completeness of vision and ability to execute. Position as a pioneer SS&C Blue Prism believes its positioning in the pioneer’s quadrant by Gartner demon...

Veracode, a globally renowned provider of Application Security Testing (AST) solutions, has announced its Continuous Software Security Platform, which seamlessly embeds application security into the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). The platform streamlines workflows by bringing together development and security teams, in order to provide a broad understanding of risk, remediation guidance, and progress at every stage of the development process. Leveraging multiple methods to assess softw...

Ava Cyber has rebranded as Qush as it looks to become a pioneer in Data Loss Protection, a market that is projected to reach revenues of 3.5 Billion USD by 2025. Customers across the globe are leveraging the power of Qush’s software to reduce insider threats, and protect their IP and their sensitive commercial, financial, and personnel data. Originally established as Ava Reveal in 2016, Qush’s flagship Data Loss Protection product has received a very strong reception in the marketpl...

Corsha, a DC-based API security company that provides an innovative approach to securing API communication between trusted machines, announces a $12 million Series A funding round. Ten Eleven Ventures and Razor’s Edge Ventures co-led the round that included participation from 1843 Capital. Organisations are increasingly relying on cloud infrastructure to scale their applications and services. The sheer number of APIs per organisation is exploding, and with that, so is the number of potent...

The overall cost savings of migrating to cloud services is expected to drive more than 85% of organisations to embrace a cloud-first principle. Additionally, more than 95% of new digital workloads will be deployed on cloud-native platforms by 2025 (up by 65% from 2021). This is according to Gartner. For instance, intelligent mobile devices and mobile apps have become an essential aspect of everyone’s life. Checking the news, the weather forecast, emails or the intrusion system s...

StorMagic®, simplifying storage and security from the edge to the core, announces that it has been positioned by Gartner as a Visionary in the Magic Quadrant for Hyperconverged Infrastructure Software for its offering, StorMagic SvSAN. The evaluation was based on specific criteria that analysed the company’s overall Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute. StorMagic was recognised as a Niche Player in the previous years. They’ve been recognised as a Visionary for the first...

Aqua Security, the pure-play cloud-native security solutions company, has announced the availability of its new Aqua Platform, with a unified console to ease the journey from scanning and visibility to workload protection in cloud-native environments. Aqua Platform The new Aqua platform reduces administrative burden and allows security teams to start with scanning and cloud security posture management (CSPM) capabilities, then add in sandboxing capabilities and workload protection as needed. T...

VMware, Inc. unveiled expanded cloud workload protection capabilities to deliver security for containers and Kubernetes. The new solution will help increase visibility, enable compliance and enhance security for containerized applications from build to production in the public cloud and on-premises environments. Comprehensive cloud platform “Containers and Kubernetes are enabling organisations to develop and modernize applications faster than ever, but the innovation is also expanding t...

Integrated risk management and cybersecurity provider, SureCloud, has recently secured a multi-million venture debt facility from growth lending specialists, BOOST&Co. News of the funding comes just as SureCloud moves on its plans for growth in the UK, as well as its plans for expansion into the US. The funding from BOOST&Co, a fast-growing alternative lender that invests in high-growth SMEs, also acts as a vote of confidence in the new direction SureCloud is forging which is expected t...