Microsoft has expanded the capabilities of its secure service edge (SSE) offering with new features designed to enable zero-trust security.

The vendor revealed the price tags of its two recent acquisitions — about $232 million for Dig Security and about $435 million for Talon Cyber Security.

The vendor is also expanding its Security Copilot integration into the identity and data security and management services.

NTT offers 11 managed services based on Cisco's technologies for networking, security, hybrid cloud, data centers, wireless LAN and more.

“In 2024 we expect attackers to use generative AI and LLMs [large language models] to personalize and slowly scale their campaigns,” said Google Cloud CISO Phil Venables.

The vendor also introduced five new next-generation firewalls, expanding its portfolio to include more use cases such as 5G and operational technology.

ReliaQuest's data approach is to leave the security data where it is and dynamically pull it into its platform built on Snowflake's Data Cloud.

The layoffs could affect more than 500 mostly-U.S. employees, although Splunk CEO Gary Steele noted that they were not a direct result of the Cisco acquisition.

The two companies didn't disclose the exact financial details of the transaction, but the deal is reportedly to be valued at over $300 million.

The new A10 Defend security portfolio integrates artificial intelligence and machine learning to help identify and mitigate advanced, multivector DDoS attacks.

The new Linux 6.6 kernel is now available, integrating an array of updated capabilities that will impact workstation, server and cloud deployments.

“Security should be a strategic priority for all small and medium businesses, just because they can't afford to have the disruption,” AWS's Ben Schreiner said.

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HPE Aruba aims to ensure consistent security policy enforcement across all domains, including the campus, branch, data center and cloud.

Despite macroeconomic struggles, Okta's report showed 80% of respondents reported their zero-trust budgets had increased over the past year.

EVP Jeetu Patel noted there is no timeline when a patch is available for the vulnerability and urged users to disable the HTTP server feature.

The Ubuntu 23.10 Mantic Minotaur update for the popular Linux distribution brings several improvements for desktop, server and cloud users.

Tech giants warn that all organizations or individuals serving HTTP-based workloads on the internet might be vulnerable to this distributed denial of service attack.

The vendor is targeting a subsidiary initial public offering for the IoT business in the first half of the next fiscal year.

The new requirements mean bulk senders will need to provide a one-click unsubscription option and process unsubscribe requests within two days.

The two companies share similar visions of cybersecurity and observability convergence even before the potential deal, said Gartner's Gregg Siegfried.

Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins said Splunk’s security, observability and artificial intelligence capabilities “complement” Cisco’s existing portfolio.

Previously known by its code name Project Amber, the attestation service is now being used by Intel's partners such as Thales, Zscaler and Nvidia.

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said the integration gives the vendor “one of the most complete cloud security offerings on the planet.”