Network Security News

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

VideoIQ boosts Series C round to $11M
VideoIQ Inc., a Bedford-based surveillance technology company, has bumped up its Series C funding round to $11 million, taking in a second tranche from existing investors.

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Cyber-Ark raises $40M financing
Newton-based information security firm Cyber-Ark Software is pulling in a $40 million funding round, led by Goldman Sachs and Jerusalem Venture Partners.

Friday, December 2, 2011

Blog: Carrier IQ scandal proves the value of hackers
MHT News Editor Rodney Brown: The rapidly building Carrier IQ phone spyware scandal proves one thing. We need hackers...If it wasn't for the community of white-hat hackers that have been rooting smartphones since the first iPhone rolled off the assembly line, we might never have known about this invasion of our privacy.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Veracode names former Iron Mountain chief Brennan as CEO
A few months after adding a top former federal security official to its board, Veracode Inc. has tapped Iron Mountain Inc. veteran Bob Brennan as its new CEO, the company noted in a release.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Rapid7 reels in $50M in Series C round
Boston security software company Rapid7 LLC has landed a whopper of a $50 million Series C round from West Coast firm Technology Crossover Ventures to expand overseas, hire "critical talent" for product development, and make unspecified strategic acquisitions.
CounterTack raises a $9.5M Series A funding, lands in Waltham
Straight off of founding his latest startup, local tech veteran Neal Creighton has been tapped to be CEO of a real-time cyber attack security software company that is relocating from Virginia to Waltham and renaming itself CounterTack.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

MHT Innovation Report: Cyber bombs: data-security sector hopes adoption won't require a 'Pearl Harbor' moment
The data security sector in New England continues to grow, despite the almost Sisyphean task it faces — getting people to use it. Driving that growth is a seemingly unending wave of cyberattacks on corporate data and private information, along with an explosive growth of connected users and devices.

Monday, October 17, 2011

Aveksa hopes new data access tool opens markets
Waltham-based enterprise data security firm Aveksa Inc. has launched a new product, called Access Fulfillment Express, that taps the open source model and will hopefully bring in a new customer base to the company.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

RSA to security pros: Study the enemy
Officials of RSA, the security division of EMC Corp. who dealt with their own network security attacks earlier this year, said security professionals have to understand risk, and that includes understanding an organization’s adversaries and their capabilities.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

McAfee buying Portsmouth's NitroSecurity
NitroSecurity Inc., of Portsmouth, N.H., has agreed to be acquired by McAfee Inc. for an undisclosed amount, with the NitroSecurity team likely being incorporated into the McAfee Risk and Compliance business unit, officials said.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Blog: Harvard hacker really a Buffalo Bills hater?
MHT News Editor Rodney Brown blogs: Can we really ignore the possibility that the hacking of Harvard University's website last night was by New England Patriots fans upset with the loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday?

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

New Cyber Security Center launches to help halt hackers
State officials and founding members today officially launched the new Advanced Cyber Security Center at an event held at its home at MITRE Corp. in Bedford. The Center is touted as a first of its kind collaborative effort that brings together stakeholders in cyber security from the government, industry and academia.

Monday, August 1, 2011

Allot looks to raise about $85M with stock offering
Allot Communications Ltd., an Israeli IP services provider with North American headquarters in Woburn, reports it is offering up 5.32 million shares of ordinary stock that, if sold at the $16 price range Allot is trading at, would generate approximately $85 million in revenue.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Bradford Networks appoints new CEO Haley
Networks security firm Bradford Networks Inc. has named Dan Haley, an experienced chief executive officer and venture capitalist, as CEO of the Concord, N.H.-based company.

Monday, May 16, 2011

Hannigan moves to Q1 Labs CEO post
Q1 Labs Inc., a network security management company in Waltham, has promoted Brendan Hannigan to the role of CEO of the company. He previously served as president and chief operating officer.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Editorial: Human behavior still to blame for computer security issues
MHT Editor James Connolly writes: Don't blame the computer. Security technology that tries to block the bad guys is important but not foolproof. Security still comes down to people and behavior.
Network attacks have security pros, investors looking at new approaches
As governments increase their vigilance over how companies handle sensitive data, hackers, as usual, have moved one step ahead, launching attacks that often have made today’s best efforts at data protection look laughably inadequate.

Friday, May 6, 2011

IT security merger: Sophos acquires Astaro
Sophos plc, a U.K. data security software firm with North American headquarters in Burlington, has signed a deal to buy network security company Astaro, based in Wilmington, as well as Karlsruhe, Germany.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Sony data breach may top TJX
The breach confirmed by Sony Corp. Tuesday may have affected 77 million users, shattering TJX's record for the largest customer data theft ever. TJX Companies Inc. has ranked first on that list since 2007.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

NSA director Alexander discusses network security for businesses
Gen. Keith Alexander, director of the National Security Agency, participated in the University of Rhode Island's first Cybersecurity Symposium. Before racing back to a jet to head back to Washington, Gen. Alexander answered a couple of questions for Mass High Tech.