I worked for a couple of years with Chris Doman when I was at AlienVault. In his spare time Chris ran a popular threat intelligence portal called ThreatCrowd which AlienVault acquired when they hired him. Chris is not only one of the smartest people I’ve worked with, but also one of the nicest. I enjoyed … Continue reading Bravo-Cado: Cloud Forensics Defying COVID-19 →

The COVID-19 pandemic literally brought the world to a standstill. Like any disruptive event, there have been winners and losers. For example, airlines are set for their worst year on record with the International Air Transport Association claiming its 290 member airlines revenues would drop to $419bn on 2020, down 50% from 2019. On the … Continue reading Why you should consider profits →

Red Hat was recently acquired by IBM for and eye-watering $34 Billion, and while it's the largest deal of its nature, it did get me curious as to how frequent it is for open-source companies to get involved in a bit of M&A. To keep it simple outside of my usual IT Security wheelhouse, let's … Continue reading Buying Open Source →

Social channels are an oft-overlooked area when it comes to information security. Social channels are left in the hands of marketing departments for customer engagement purposes. However, the adoption of social digital tools for the purposes of conducting business is widespread and largely unregulated, creating a major area of risk for organisations. If we look … Continue reading Social, the final frontier →

Overall, technologies can be pretty straightforward to secure. Teach software not to execute a certain command, block a port, or alert on a set of conditions, and it will abide. Humans, on the other hand are not as easy to harden against attacks. These attacks are frequently delivered through emails, text messages, social media, or … Continue reading The user awareness landscape →

Threatcare has announced a $1.4m seed round led by Moonshots Capital and includes Flyover Capital and Firebrand Ventures. The Austin-based company was founded in 2014 by CEO Marcus Carey. Its flagship product, Violet, is a SaaS-based offering that enables continuous security validation through attack simulations. For many security departments, the question they are often faced … Continue reading Threatcare secures $1.4m seed funding →

M&A in the infosec world has waited for the holiday season to go all out splashing its cash. A flurry of activity has occurred at the tail end of the year with considerable consolidation. Proving that encryption and identity management is no slouch, Thales has made an eye-watering bid of $5.7bn to acquire Gemalto, a … Continue reading Thales splashes out $5.7bn for Gemalto →

Infosec companies don’t always get the love they deserve from the markets once they IPO. As Barracuda Networks discovered despite posting respectable profitable growth. PE firm Thoma Bravo stepped in, paying $27.55 per share for Barracuda in a $1.6bn move taking it private. The market can be unforgiving, even when a company like Barracuda is … Continue reading A tale of two public companies →