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M&A Trending In Cybersecurity Industry Vertical For 2022

CyberSecurity Insiders

According to CSO, 2021 shaped up to be an active year for mergers and acquisitions in the cybersecurity industry. Top cybersecurity M&A deals for 2021 | CSO Online. Are the applications configured correctly, is there any hidden malware, are there risky legacy programs attached to the applications? In fact, the volume of U.S.

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BrandPost: Everything SMBs Need to Know About Ransomware in 2021

CSO Magazine

Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts a victim’s computers, blocking use of the device and all access to their data. In 2020, most businesses had to accelerate their digital transformation plans to enable the majority of employees to work from home. 1 In fact, ransomware is the most common cyberthreat that SMBs face.

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Q&A: Researchers find evidence of emerging market for stolen, spoofed machine identities

The Last Watchdog

Hudson: You can somebody to click on a website, using a falsified machine identity, and then download them some ransomware, or put keystroke stealer, or any kind of information harvesting malware. At the end of the day the CSO the CIO and the CEO all left the company. LW: What’s Venafi’s solution all about?

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