Surveillance & Security News for April 2022

Abnormal Security, a pioneer in protecting large enterprises from Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks, published research data that shows a 200 percent increase in BEC attacks focused on invoice or payment fraud from April to May 2020. This sharp rise continues the trend observed by Abnormal Security throughout the year. Invoice and payment fraud According to the Abnormal Security Quarterly BEC Report for Q1 2020, invoice and payment fraud attacks increased more than 75 percent in the...

Abnormal Security, a pioneer in protecting large enterprises from Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks, introduces VendorBase, a global, federated database that tracks the reputations of an organisation’s vendors and customers, and improves the detection accuracy of advanced social engineering attacks. With VendorBase, the Abnormal Cloud Email Security platform aggregates communication in one place to provide customers with deeper insight and visibility into a vendor’s reputation...

Abnormal Security, the platform that protects large enterprises from the most sophisticated, targeted email attacks, announces the appointment of Rami Habal to Chief Product Officer. Habal joins Abnormal following the company’s $24M Series A funding led by Greylock Partners and the general availability of its cloud email security platform. Habal brings more than 20 years of experience solving consumer and enterprise customers’ biggest problems with applied machine learning across a...

Pluralsight, Inc., the globally renowned enterprise technology skills platform and solutions provider, has announced an expansion of the company’s skill development initiative for Microsoft Azure. This skill coverage expansion includes the introduction of five new Role IQs, 22 new Skill IQs and 98 courses that map to the new Role IQs, which are designed to help customers rapidly index their teams’ skills on Azure and help close resulting gaps. Rapid expansion of cloud computing Th...

Pluralsight, Inc., the technology skills platform, announces that Fujitsu in the UK is using Pluralsight to empower its team with the necessary skills to help its customers thrive in this digital world. With a strong heritage in technology, Fujitsu, the IT services provider, brings expertise and support to customers across the public and private sectors as they look to digitally transform and prepare for the future. To keep up with the rapid pace of change and continue to offer services that cu...

Pluralsight, Inc., the enterprise technology skills platform announced it has agreed to acquire GitPrime, the developer productivity platform, for $170 million in cash. The acquisition is expected to close the week of May 6th, subject to customary closing conditions. “The integration of GitPrime with our leading technology skills platform is a win for our customers and will greatly expand the Pluralsight platform to provide even more value to technology leaders and developers,” said...

Pluralsight, Inc., the technology skills platform announced that Dimension Data, a global systems integrator and managed IT services provider, is using Pluralsight to re-skill its engineers in DevOps and automation, across 47 countries worldwide. Public and private cloud management Founded in 1983, Dimension Data brings its expertise in internal IT, technology installation and configuration, and public and private cloud management, to multinational enterprises around the world. To maintain its...

Pluralsight, Inc., the enterprise technology skills platform, announces that Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc., a natural health and wellness company engaged in the manufacture and direct selling of nutritional and personal care products, is using Pluralsight to quickly and efficiently develop the latest technology skills needed to move its infrastructure from on-premises to Microsoft Azure. Nature’s Sunshine markets and distributes nutritional and personal care products through a global d...

Pluralsight, Inc., the enterprise technology learning platform, announces that its co-founder and CEO Aaron Skonnard and its chief marketing officer Heather Zynczak will speak at SaaStr Annual 2019 in San Francisco on February 5 - 7, 2019. During his presentation, Skonnard will provide insights into the B2C2B go-to-market strategy that sets apart some of the most successful, high-growth companies. He will also share how Pluralsight successfully transformed its business to serve both individual...

Pluralsight, Inc., the enterprise technology learning platform announced it has been named one of the 2019 Best Workplaces in Technology by Great Place to Work and FORTUNE. Pluralsight ranked number 5 on the Small & Medium company list, following up the company’s recent number 9 ranking on the 2018 Best Small & Medium Workplaces and number 18 ranking on the 2018 Best Workplaces for Women lists by Great Place to Work and FORTUNE.  Democratising...