Archive for January 10, 2024

Samsung uses AI technology to make the connected device experience safer and more inclusive

Posted in Commentary with tags on January 10, 2024 by itnerd

This week, Samsung unveiled ‘AI for All’ at CES 2024, a new vision for how artificial intelligence technology will enable people to experience their devices more intuitively and conveniently. Samsung’s strategy focuses on the role of AI in enhancing connected experiences that are both simple and useful, helping improve people’s daily lives.  

Throughout CES, Samsung presented a variety of products and services that will help this vision come to life, specifically Samsung’s Galaxy Book4 which will be the company’s most AI-ready laptop series yet. Through Samsung’s collaboration with Microsoft, the user experience is being advanced further with new connectivity features that make the Galaxy Book4 series more adaptable than its predecessors. Below are a few of the product highlights: 

  • Microsoft Copilot connects the Galaxy Book4 series with Samsung Galaxy smartphone to make them work seamlessly together, so that it feels like just one device. Microsoft Copilot can find, read or summarize text messages from a user’s Galaxy smartphone and even automatically create and send messages on a user’s behalf directly from the PC. 
  • The Galaxy Book4 series can now turn Samsung Galaxy smartphones’ powerful camera into a PC webcam, using it for video calls on virtual conferencing apps.  
  • The Galaxy Book4 series can also be paired with other Galaxy devices beyond smartphones. The Tab S9 Ultra can be used as an additional PC monitor, and users can enjoy clear sound quality when the PC is connected with Galaxy Buds2 Pro. 

Through the ongoing collaboration between Samsung and Microsoft, more intelligent capabilities will continue to be made possible on the Galaxy Book4 series.

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Abnormal Security Appoints Jonathan Corini As VP Of Worldwide Channel Sales & Stephanie Goodman As Head Of Global Alliances

Posted in Commentary with tags on January 10, 2024 by itnerd

Abnormal Security today announced that it is fueling its continued hypergrowth by expanding its sales leadership. The company has appointed two executives to lead its channel and alliances initiatives, with Jonathan Corini joining as Vice President of Worldwide Channel Sales and Stephanie Goodman as Head of Global Alliances. 

Corini will lead Abnormal’s global channel sales strategy and oversee all aspects of the company’s channel partner program, while Goodman will expand Abnormal’s strategic alliances ecosystem and accelerate growth among technology partners. These appointments cap a banner year for the company, which now serves 1,880+ customers and recently crossed $100M in ARR. This unprecedented success over the past year is due in large part to the company’s extensive partner system, ongoing dedication to the channel, and deep technology alliances across the industry—all of which will continue under new leadership. 

Corini has over 23 years of experience in cybersecurity and has held numerous sales and channel leadership positions. He most recently served as the VP of Global Channels at HYPR, where he designed and launched a new channel-focused GTM strategy that was responsible for over one-third of the company’s pipeline. Previously, Corini was SVP of Global Channels at Mimecast, where he grew channel sourced bookings to over 40% of the company’s revenue and expanded the global MSP business to 20,000+ customers. In addition, Corini has held channel leadership roles at ForeScout Technologies, Tanium, and Intel Security throughout his extensive career.

Goodman brings over 15 years of security experience and comes to Abnormal most recently from Google, where she served as the Global Lead of Strategic Alliances & OEMs. While there, she launched a global OEM program that grew over 200% in its first year and led her team to grow GSI revenue by 250% over the course of 2023. Previously, Goodman was the Director of Global Strategic Alliances at ForeScout Technologies, where the alliance team created an integration monetization plan that now represents 25% of overall company revenue, and held channel program management roles at McAfee. 

The two executives are joining an established channel-first organization with strong technology partnerships. Abnormal currently supports dozens of strategic partners, including value-added resellers, by providing its behavioral AI platform to protect customers against the growing threat of advanced, socially-engineered email attacks. The email security platform currently integrates with Microsoft, Google, and CrowdStrike, as well as dozens of other cybersecurity platforms. Moving forward, the focus will be on deepening relationships with enterprise partners throughout North America, expanding channel partnerships across Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, and launching strategic alliances with key organizations across the industry.

For more information about the partner program or to become a partner, visit the Solution Partners page.

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Jscrambler Wins 2024 BIG Innovation Award for Second Consecutive Year 

Posted in Commentary with tags on January 10, 2024 by itnerd

Jscrambler, the pioneering platform for client-side protection, today announces it has been named a winner in the 2024 BIG Innovation Awards presented by the Business Intelligence Group for the second consecutive year. Jscrambler’s Client-Side Protection Platform has been recognized amongst global technology organizations whose innovative approach and platform have caused market disruption.  

Jscrambler was the first to merge advanced polymorphic JavaScript obfuscation with fine-grained third-party tag protection in a unified Client-Side Protection and Compliance Platform. Its integrated solution ensures a robust defense against current and emerging client-side cyber threats, data leaks, and IP theft, empowering software development and digital teams to innovate securely. With Jscrambler, businesses adopt a unified, future-proof client-side security policy all while achieving compliance with emerging security standards including PCI DSS v4.0. 

Organizations from across the globe submitted their recent innovations for consideration in the BIG Innovation Awards. Nominations were then judged by a select group of business leaders and executives who volunteer their time and expertise to score submissions. 

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Dasera Expands Data Security Posture Management Capabilities to Microsoft 365

Posted in Commentary with tags on January 10, 2024 by itnerd

Dasera has expanded its capabilities, securing sensitive data across multiple applications. With the inclusion of Microsoft 365, Dasera provides organizations with enhanced visibility into their data across OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams, ensuring robust protection and governance.

The integration with Microsoft 365 represents a monumental step forward for Dasera, enabling a robust solution to identify and manage sensitive data within the suite. This enhancement optimizes privacy processes via Dasera’s powerful policy engine, facilitating efficient data discovery and management.

Dasera’s extension into SaaS applications introduces several key features:

  • Unparalleled Visibility: Dasera identifies sensitive data within SharePoint sites and OneDrives, ensuring proactive risk mitigation.
  • Comprehensive Risk Assessment: The platform identifies sensitive data shared via files in Teams conversations, ensuring end-to-end security.

Additional new features include swift and efficient data risk assessment, which enable organizations to:

  • Get a Rapid Data Risk Assessment with Snapshots: Quickly pinpoints the identification and securing of sensitive information within AWS RDS data stores. This non-intrusive method is quickly deployed and ensures comprehensive security assessments without impacting performance or privacy policies. Snapshots empower organizations to swiftly understand and mitigate potential threats, bolstering data security seamlessly.
  • Ingest Context from Anywhere: Expanding metadata enrichment capabilities, Dasera now ingests data tags from AWS, complementing existing integrations with GCP and Snowflake. This enhancement automates tag importation when connecting to any AWS data store, facilitating precise alerting and remediation.

Dasera continues to pioneer transformative advancements in data security and governance, ensuring organizations stay ahead in safeguarding their most critical assets.

Check out Dasera’s “What’s New” page to learn more about these updates. For more information on how Dasera helps organizations secure their full data lifecycle, read our white paper “Harness the Power of Data Security.”

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Capital Health Pwned By LockBit

Posted in Commentary on January 10, 2024 by itnerd

The LockBit ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the November 2023 cyberattack on the Capital Health hospital network and is threatening to leak 7 terabytes of stolen data by today if ransomware demands are not met.

Last November, the New Jersey and Pennsylvania primary healthcare service provider experienced an IT systems outage following a cyberattack on its network. Despite operations returning to normal, Capital Health’s latest updates indicate they are still investigating whether data was stolen during the cyberattack.

This past Sunday, the LockBit ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the attack on its data leak extortion portal alleging to have stolen seven terabytes of medical data which they threaten to leak today if the organization fails to meet their ransom payment demands.

“We purposely didn’t encrypt this hospital so as not to interfere with patient care. We just stole over 10 million files,” LockBit stated on their data leak site.

Emily Phelps, VP, Cyware had this to say:

   “This ransomware attack underscores the critical importance of hospitals gaining access to actionable threat intelligence swiftly and effectively. Hospitals are essential service providers, and any delay in identifying and mitigating cyber threats can have dire consequences, not just for data security but also for patient care – even though the ransomware group did not encrypt the files.”

It’s nice that LockBit has some degree of ethics. But they’re still holding patient data for ransom. That’s bad for the patients involved in this through no fault of their own, it’s bad for the hospital, and it’s bad for all of us as this will just keep happening until we all get serious about locking things down so these sorts of event don’t happen.

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