Neosec launched with $20M in funding; former CISA director promoted company-wide security efforts; and Arrcus hired former VMware executive Shekar Ayyar as CEO.

“Ransomware events of the last year and a half have changed the way that boards and executives think about cybersecurity, not just as an IT risk,” Chris Krebs said.

Fortinet pledges to train a million cybersecurity professionals; Dell launches ransomware recovery software; and Cisco SD-WAN is compatible with Equinix's data centers.

“Fortinet is furthering its commitment to significantly reduce the cyber skills gap as part of this initiative,” Fortinet founder and CEO Ken Xie said.

Snyk's CEO offers insight on the cybersecurity skills shortage; endpoint security tech is moving toward EDR; and AT&T targets 1 gigaton CO2e emissions cut.

The Connected Climate Initiative promotes clean technology and AT&T’s connectivity services to help customers and partners avoid a gigaton of CO2e emissions by 2035.

HPE saw robust growth across most of its business units, with the company's Aruba intelligent edge business growing by the largest margin, up 27% year over year.

Analysts say Adtran's ADVA acquisition doesn't threaten larger competitors; Wind River targets the machine economy; and Juniper Networks plans to integrate its RAN with Intel's FlexRAN platform.

HPE will provide a combination of Apollo and ProLiant servers to support the NSA's AI push.

Deutsche Telekom will add 1.2M fiber connections before 2022; Docker added a new subscription tier and updated its pricing; and satellite communication latency is decreasing.

The agency “strongly encourages” all of the cloud database customers to roll and regenerate their certificate keys and review Microsoft’s guidance on securing data.

Docker Inc.’s new business subscription “has that extra layer of enterprise expectations for management and security and compliance that doesn't get in the way of a developer,” the vendor's

Samsung plans to spend $205 billion to bolster its semiconductor manufacturing capabilities, while rival TSMC reportedly increased chip prices 20%.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said his company will spend $20 billion over the next five years to advance its own security products and services.

The National Cyber Security Alliance partnered with Palo Alto Networks to launch the Cybersecurity Education and Career Resource Library.

AWS, Microsoft, and Google remain the top 3 in Gartner's Magic Quadrant; data center server spending will grow at an 11% CAGR over the next five years; and GE

Sustain.Life's SaaS suite aims to make developing and managing sustainability programs more accessible.

Microsoft bought RiskIQ; Sysdig acquired Apolicy; and the US Defense Department canceled its $10B JEDI contract with Microsoft.

Tom Corn joined Open Systems as CPO; GitHub appointed Jacop DePriest as VP of security operations; and former IBM exec George Khatchadourian joined Kaloom as EVP of strategic partnerships.

The “Great Game” now is competing for the future of cyberspace between democratic and authoritarian governments, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said.

VMware's Project Monterey moved into early access; the U.S. government partnered with Google, AWS, and others to fight cyberthreats; and Verizon expanded its 5G edge deployment.

CISA director Jen Easterly announced the launch of the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) at Black Hat 2021.

“It’s time for Cyber Command to take the gloves off and proportionately disrupt and degrade the infrastructure and capabilities associated with the attackers,” VMware’s Tom Kellermann said.

STIX powers the Cyber Threat Alliance’s threat-intelligence sharing platform and plays an important role in Open Cybersecurity Alliance’s push for security product interoperability.