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Ex-CISA Chief Warns Cybercriminals: We’re Coming For You

“If they came after and disrupted our ability to respond to COVID, we would come after them using our very particular set of skills,” Krebs said, channeling Liam Neeson in “Taken.” Read more.

Palo Alto Networks CEO: XDR Protected Us From SolarWinds Attack

Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora kicked off his company’s Q2 earnings call by discussing the SolarWinds attack. Read more.

Google Spurs Broad Cloud-Native 5G Initiative With Intel

Integration, validation, and testing of network functions and use cases are among the biggest hurdles facing 5G operators. Read more.

Aviatrix Scores $75M Series D Funding Boost

The company, which raised $151 million to date, plans to invest in growing its brand visibility and expanding the scope of its multi-cloud networking platform. Read more.

Is Istio Key to Solving the 5G Edge Challenge?

The service mesh platform is tied to linking cloud native network functions that run in edge deployments needed to support 5G use cases. Read more.