Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in finally starting to pick up. Although the allure of financial gains and market expansion drives these deals, the digital age demands a rigorous assessment of cybersecurity risks accompanying such mergers. Unanticipated cyber issues, like dormant malware or inconsistent access controls, can transform an ideal...
Such an acquisition would facilitate the integration of Normalyze's DSPM technology into Proofpoint's cybersecurity platform, which would bolster sensitive data discovery and classification, risk evaluations and prioritization, and security and compliance issue remediation efforts.
Such a purchase would integrate the Effectiv team into Socure, which would be leveraging the former's platform to facilitate automated risk and trust decisions from a single platform, noted Socure.
"Combined with our security solutions and industry leadership in MDR, we will strengthen our collective position in the market and provide better outcomes for organizations of all sizes globally," said Sophos CEO Joe Levy.
In a time where cybersecurity incidents are expected to cause $8 trillion in damages globally in 2023, NightDragon’s portfolio companies are crucial players in bolstering defenses.
Aside from enabling the monitoring of hacking operations, Recorded Future's threat intelligence platform has also been touted to facilitate the discovery of misconfigured and vulnerable systems, as well as at-risk third-party infrastructure.
Own, originally founded as OwnBackup in 2015, offers enterprise-level data backup, disaster recovery, and security solutions with a focus on SaaS platforms like Salesforce, AWS, and Microsoft.
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