Information Security

CrowdStrike CEO Touts ‘Record Number Of Wins’ Over SentinelOne

by Michael Novinson

‘While Microsoft attempts to check most of the boxes on paper and appeal to the CFO office, in reality, when every second counts, they needed CrowdStrike,’ says CEO George Kurtz about a new customer win.
Aqua Security Buys Software Supply Chain Security Firm Argon

by Michael Novinson

‘Cloud-native security opens up an opportunity to connect the development side with the runtime and do security better. We want to build a company that can solve a very big problem,’ says Aqua CEO Dror Davidoff.
Zscaler CEO: ‘The Channel Is Helping Us Get New Logos’

by Michael Novinson

‘When you come to 2,000 to 5,000—or even up to 10,000—users, the channel is beginning to add more and more value,’ says Zscaler founder and CEO Jay Chaudhry.
McAfee Enterprise Promotes Britt Norwood To Channel Chief

by Michael Novinson

‘There’s a very large opportunity within the channel to really come in and support this mid-market business,’ says McAfee Enterprise commercial sales head Britt Norwood, who now has channel responsibilities.
Clearlake Capital To Buy Quest Software For A Reported $5.4B

by Michael Novinson

‘We believe Quest is well-positioned to capitalize on emerging growth trends in identity-centric cybersecurity, data intelligence and IT operations management software,’ say Clearlake’s Prashant Mehrotra and Paul Huber.
Armis Raises $300M On $3.4B Valuation To Fuel Acquisitions

by Michael Novinson

‘Given our experience in the cybersecurity market, we also plan to assist Armis in quickly extending its asset security leadership through strategic acquisitions,’ says One Equity Partners’ Andrew Dunn.
Apple Lawsuit Accuses NSO Group Of Spying On Its Customers

by Michael Novinson

‘The steps we’re taking today will send a clear message: In a free society, it is unacceptable to weaponize powerful state-sponsored spyware against those who seek to make the world a better place,’ says Apple’s Ivan Krstic.
GoDaddy Breach Exposes 1.2M Customer Email Addresses

by Michael Novinson

‘We are sincerely sorry for this incident and the concern it causes for our customers. We, GoDaddy leadership and employees, take our responsibility to protect our customers’ data very seriously and never want to let them down,’ says GoDaddy Chief Information Security Officer Demetrius Comes.
Schwarz Group Acquires Security Startup XM Cyber For $700M

by Michael Novinson

‘With the backing and international footprint of the largest European retailer, we can accelerate innovation and growth and further strengthen our position in the global cybersecurity market,’ says XM Cyber Co-Founder and CEO Noam Erez.
Palo Alto Networks 18 To 24 Months Ahead Of Cloud Rivals: Nikesh Arora

by Michael Novinson

Palo Alto Networks has more cloud security ARR in a quarter than its startup rivals post over an entire year and more engineers focused on cloud security that all its competitors combined, CEO Nikesh Arora says.
Lacework Raises $1.3B On $8.3B Valuation To Expand Channel

by Michael Novinson

‘We’ve had some pretty extraordinary sales performance, and it’s clear the market is big and growing quickly. It’s a great vote of confidence for us to be able to raise this much this soon,’ Lacework Chief Financial Officer Mike Staiger tells CRN.
Expel Raises $140M In Google-Backed Funding To Grow Abroad

by Michael Novinson

‘We’ve had great success thus far, and we see massive opportunity in the future for what we do. CapitalG is really investing in companies that have truly massive global potential,’ Expel CEO Dave Merkel tells CRN.
Iranian Hackers Exploiting Microsoft, Fortinet Vulnerabilities: Feds

by Michael Novinson

‘The FBI and CISA have observed Iranian government-sponsored APT actors leverage Microsoft Exchange and Fortinet vulnerabilities to target a broad range of victims across multiple critical infrastructure sectors,’ officials said Wednesday.
Splunk CEO Doug Merritt Exits After $1B Silver Lake Investment

by Michael Novinson

‘We do not think the news this morning is overly surprising given the multiple business model changes at SPLK [Splunk] over the last 2+ years and the recent (June ’21) investment by PE firm Silver Lake,’ analyst firm BTIG wrote in a report issued Monday.
Contrast Security Raises $150M Led By Former Treasury Secretary Mnuchin’s Equity Fund

by Rick Whiting

Contrast Security will use the additional capital – which boosts the DevSecOps company’s valuation to “unicorn” status – to accelerate its global expansion and possibly for strategic acquisitions.

Security

CrowdStrike CEO Touts ‘Record Number Of Wins’ Over SentinelOne

by Michael Novinson

‘While Microsoft attempts to check most of the boxes on paper and appeal to the CFO office, in reality, when every second counts, they needed CrowdStrike,’ says CEO George Kurtz about a new customer win.

Aqua Security Buys Software Supply Chain Security Firm Argon

by Michael Novinson

‘Cloud-native security opens up an opportunity to connect the development side with the runtime and do security better. We want to build a company that can solve a very big problem,’ says Aqua CEO Dror Davidoff.

Zscaler CEO: ‘The Channel Is Helping Us Get New Logos’

by Michael Novinson

‘When you come to 2,000 to 5,000—or even up to 10,000—users, the channel is beginning to add more and more value,’ says Zscaler founder and CEO Jay Chaudhry.

McAfee Enterprise Promotes Britt Norwood To Channel Chief

by Michael Novinson

‘There’s a very large opportunity within the channel to really come in and support this mid-market business,’ says McAfee Enterprise commercial sales head Britt Norwood, who now has channel responsibilities.

Clearlake Capital To Buy Quest Software For A Reported $5.4B

by Michael Novinson

‘We believe Quest is well-positioned to capitalize on emerging growth trends in identity-centric cybersecurity, data intelligence and IT operations management software,’ say Clearlake’s Prashant Mehrotra and Paul Huber.

Armis Raises $300M On $3.4B Valuation To Fuel Acquisitions

by Michael Novinson

‘Given our experience in the cybersecurity market, we also plan to assist Armis in quickly extending its asset security leadership through strategic acquisitions,’ says One Equity Partners’ Andrew Dunn.

Apple Lawsuit Accuses NSO Group Of Spying On Its Customers

by Michael Novinson

‘The steps we’re taking today will send a clear message: In a free society, it is unacceptable to weaponize powerful state-sponsored spyware against those who seek to make the world a better place,’ says Apple’s Ivan Krstic.

GoDaddy Breach Exposes 1.2M Customer Email Addresses

by Michael Novinson

‘We are sincerely sorry for this incident and the concern it causes for our customers. We, GoDaddy leadership and employees, take our responsibility to protect our customers’ data very seriously and never want to let them down,’ says GoDaddy Chief Information Security Officer Demetrius Comes.

Schwarz Group Acquires Security Startup XM Cyber For $700M

by Michael Novinson

‘With the backing and international footprint of the largest European retailer, we can accelerate innovation and growth and further strengthen our position in the global cybersecurity market,’ says XM Cyber Co-Founder and CEO Noam Erez.

Palo Alto Networks 18 To 24 Months Ahead Of Cloud Rivals: Nikesh Arora

by Michael Novinson

Palo Alto Networks has more cloud security ARR in a quarter than its startup rivals post over an entire year and more engineers focused on cloud security that all its competitors combined, CEO Nikesh Arora says.

Lacework Raises $1.3B On $8.3B Valuation To Expand Channel

by Michael Novinson

‘We’ve had some pretty extraordinary sales performance, and it’s clear the market is big and growing quickly. It’s a great vote of confidence for us to be able to raise this much this soon,’ Lacework Chief Financial Officer Mike Staiger tells CRN.

Expel Raises $140M In Google-Backed Funding To Grow Abroad

by Michael Novinson

‘We’ve had great success thus far, and we see massive opportunity in the future for what we do. CapitalG is really investing in companies that have truly massive global potential,’ Expel CEO Dave Merkel tells CRN.

Iranian Hackers Exploiting Microsoft, Fortinet Vulnerabilities: Feds

by Michael Novinson

‘The FBI and CISA have observed Iranian government-sponsored APT actors leverage Microsoft Exchange and Fortinet vulnerabilities to target a broad range of victims across multiple critical infrastructure sectors,’ officials said Wednesday.

Splunk CEO Doug Merritt Exits After $1B Silver Lake Investment

by Michael Novinson

‘We do not think the news this morning is overly surprising given the multiple business model changes at SPLK [Splunk] over the last 2+ years and the recent (June ’21) investment by PE firm Silver Lake,’ analyst firm BTIG wrote in a report issued Monday.

Contrast Security Raises $150M Led By Former Treasury Secretary Mnuchin’s Equity Fund

by Rick Whiting

Contrast Security will use the additional capital – which boosts the DevSecOps company’s valuation to “unicorn” status – to accelerate its global expansion and possibly for strategic acquisitions.

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