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.

“Not since my time at AppDynamics have I seen a company taking such an innovative approach to solving a real customer problem,” Greylock's David Wadhwani said of Cribl.

According to ​​AWS, the new competency program makes it easier for customers to find validated MSSP partners qualified to deliver Level 1 managed security services.

The 3.0 product integrates data from Kubernetes environments, cloud hosts, traffic logs, audit logs, Prisma Cloud, and third-parties with non-cloud endpoint and network data sources.

“Based on our investigation yesterday, the information that appeared in an internet chat room does not appear to have come from our systems,” an AT&T spokesperson said.

SDxCentral expands its editorial team and coverage; Cisco claims it's among the top 10 global software companies; and FireEye released its XDR platform.

According to FireEye, its XDR platform is best suited for enterprise and mid-market security operations teams that are increasingly at risk from cyberattacks.

The carrier said that the stolen data includes customers’ first and last names, date of birth, social security numbers, and driver’s license information.

“T-Mobile has been a favorite target of hackers over the past few years, and they really need a complete rethink of security,” ZK Research principal analyst Zeus Kerravala said.

T-Mobile confirms "unauthorized access to some T-Mobile data occurred, however we have not yet determined that there is any personal customer data involved."

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

Unit 42 researchers also detail a new trend they call “quadruple extortion,” as if double extortion ransomware attacks weren’t disturbing enough.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas talks cyber defense; Cisco expands its SD-WAN offerings; and Gartner says SASE has reached adolescence.

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.

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

Marvell acquired Innovium; Cisco security execs laid out five real-world tips enterprise IR teams should use to combat cyberattacks.

Businesses are “realizing that this is the nature of the game today that [I will get breached],” Trend Micro's Jon Clay said.

The vulnerability exploits a flaw in the FDM On-Box’s REST API, which enabled attackers to run arbitrary code on Cisco Firepower firewalls.

The great debate over “open” versus “closed” XDR has reached a fever pitch, but even vendors that claim an open XDR platform can’t seem to agree on what open

Cisco goes all hybrid with its "no return to office" policy, confronts unequal internet access; and VMware's former SVP of security Tom Corn joins Open Systems.

Juniper Networks posted strong Q2 revenues; Cisco goes all-in on hybrid work; and the supply-chain squeeze will limit Nokia’s growth through 2021.

Cisco’s current annual research and development budget is about $6 billion, and the bulk of this investment will help support hybrid work-related technologies.