Cisco's security business grew 1% since last year; IDC expects annual cloud revenue will reach $300B in 2025; and Nokia announced FP5-based appliances.

“We are thrilled that Shaila will be the first woman to run Cisco’s security business in an industry that needs far more talent like her,” EVP Jeetu Patel wrote

“It’s outrageous that the world’s largest cybersecurity vendor ... believes that its users aren’t entitled to share any benchmark or performance comparison of its products,” Orca Security CEO Avi

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.

“Neosec is like an XDR for APIs, or a CrowdStrike for application security,” said CEO Giora Engel, who sold his previous startup LightCyber to Palo Alto Networks for $105

Following the Series F funding round, Snyk more than tripled its valuation compared to $4.7 billion at the beginning of the year.

“It’s going to take a tremendous effort across multiple layers of defense, including public-private partnerships, to tackle cybersecurity-related issues,” Michael Dell 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.

Arctic Wolf promoted Nick Schneider to CEO; HPE CTO Kumar Sreekanti is leaving his position; and Exabeam appointed a new COO.

"Startups from application security and network security are the leaders in terms of count and investments,” GlobalData's Apoorva Bajaj said.

Cisco invests in hybrid work technologies; Cisco's Q2 software sales topped $4B; and campus switching enters a new era of growth.

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.

“To say we are disappointed and frustrated that this happened is an understatement,” T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert wrote.

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.