The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) recently inked a partnership with Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) to jointly develop cybersecurity measures to combat cybercrimes. The three-year extensive deal allows enhanced communications between the two companies...
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently announced the appointment of Grant Schneider as the permanent Federal Chief Information Security Officer. Schneider, who has served as interim Federal CISO since January 2017, will now serve as the chairman...
In a recent Series A round of funding, CyberMDx, a New York-based healthcare cybersecurity startup, raised $10 million to expand medical cybersecurity to hospitals globally. The funding round was led by Pitango Venture Capital, with the participation of equity...
In response to the UK’s National Cyber Security Strategy (NCSS), a cross-sector association has been formed incorporating 15 leading UK organizations. The alliance aims to shape the government’s commitment to advance the cybersecurity standards in cyber education and to...
In its Series B round of funding, ObserveIT, an Israeli-American cybersecurity company, recently raised $33 million. The new funds will be used for technological advancements and expanding business globally. Some of the investors are NightDragon Security, FireEye, Spring Lake...
A group of 17 U.S. lawmakers advised the CEOs of Google and Facebook to push back on Vietnam’s new cybersecurity law approved by Vietnamese legislators last month. The new regulation comes into effect on January 1, 2019, and requires...
Gartner, a market research firm, recently came out with a survey stating that only 65 percent of companies globally have a cybersecurity expert. The Gartner's 2018 CIO Agenda Survey suggested that over 95 percent of Chief Information Officers (CIOs)...
Cybersecurity stocks would be a good bet for investors ahead of the U.S. 2018 midterm elections, Goldman Sachs stated recently. The investment bank anticipated that the rise in cybersecurity spending and concerns about the possibility of meddling in the...
The Russian President Vladimir Putin recently proposed a joint cybersecurity group between the U.S. and Russia to investigate Russian meddlesome in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
While speaking at the Helsinki summit, Putin said, “Once again, President Trump mentioned the...
In an attempt to promote government’s much-ambitious program, “Make In India”, Indian companies will now get preference in government’s cybersecurity procurements including both hardware and software solutions, the country’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) notified.
In a cybersecurity...
