A few weeks after Blue Coat announced its intention to file for IPO, plans have changed as Symantec announced its intention to acquire Blue Coat for an eye-watering $4.7bn. For Blue Coat it will be the third change of hands since 2011, with its price almost doubling every time. In 2011, Thoma Bravo picked up … Continue reading IPO called off as Symantec swoops in on Blue Coat →

Eight years old, privately funded, and profitable, the Austin-based Brinqa has confidently managed to carve out a slice of the security analytics sector, thanks to their flagship product – the Brinqa Risk Platform. Brinqa was founded in 2008 by Amad Fida and Hilda Perez. The founders have a track record for launching enterprise infosec products. … Continue reading On the Brinqa of Risk Intelligence →

Blue Coat Systems is no stranger to the the IT Security industry. Founded in 1996, the company has gone through its fair share of transformations. In 2012, Blue Coat was taken private by a group led by Thoma Bravo for $1.3bn. What followed was a period of rapid acquisition to build out its capabilities, with Blue … Continue reading Second Time Lucky? Blue Coat files for an IPO →

Washington DC-based password security firm Thycotic recently announced the release of Password Reset Server 5.0. This represents a significant update to what is one of the leading enterprise-level password management solutions. Thycotic Password Reset Server essentially streamlines the process of resetting Active Directory and Office 365 passwords. It works though an element that is added … Continue reading Streamlining password resets with Thycotic →

San Francisco, CA-based Bugcrowd was founded in 2012 in Australia by CEO Casey Ellis. The company raised a $15M Series B round in April 2016, bringing the total funding raised to $22.6m. Currently the company has around 70 employees with plans to expand to over 100 by the end of the year. With the bulk … Continue reading With $15m in the bank, Bugcrowd looks ahead →