Cisco Moves into SIEM with $28B Deal to Acquire Splunk
Cisco’s surprise agreement could reshape secure information and event management (SIEM) and extended detection and response (XDR) markets.Read More HERE
US govt IT help desk techie ‘leaked top secrets’ to foreign nation
National defense files can earn you $55K … and espionage charges A US government worker has been arrested and charged with spying for Ethiopia, according to court documents unsealed Thursday.… READ MORE HERE…
Read moreCisco to buy Splunk in $28B bid to secure enterprises in AI era
Estimated to be worth $28 billion, Cisco’s planned acquisition of Splunk will form one of the world’s largest software vendors that will look to help enterprises better safeguard themselves as AI becomes pervasive.
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MGM Resorts Operations Resume 10 Days After Cyberattack
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Poland Investigates OpenAI Over Privacy Concerns
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Feds Issue Snatch Ransomware Warning
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Cisco significantly bolsters security portfolio with $28B Splunk buy
Looking to significantly reinforce its security software portfolio, Cisco has struck a $28 billion cash deal to acquire enterprise and cloud protection company Splunk.Founded in 2003, Splunk’s software platform is known for its wide-reaching ability to search, monitor and analyze data from a variety of systems. Network security teams can use this information to gain better visibility into and gather insights about network traffic, firewalls, intrusion detection systems (IDSes), intrusion prevention systems (IPSes), and security information and event management (SIEM) systems, from on premise and or its cloud-based package, according to Splunk.To read this article in full, please click here READ MORE HERE…
Read moreMenacing marketeers fined by ICO for 1.9M cold calls
Five businesses facing half a million in collective penalties for illegally phoning folk registered with TPS The UK data watchdog has penalized five businesses it says collectively made 1.9 million cold calls to members of the public, illegally, as those people had opted out of being menaced at home by marketeers.… READ MORE HERE…
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How network security can save security dollars
For the last twelve years, 100% of CIOs have said that they expect to spend more on IT security, making security the only category that just keeps on absorbing investment. Every year in the last three years, over 80% of enterprises have said that their IT security still needed improvement. So, like death and taxes, is security spending growth inevitable? If we keep on the way we have, it sure seems like it. But what might change?Let’s start with what’s important to users. External threats, meaning hacking, are a problem for every CIO. Internal threats, from badly behaving employees, are a problem for three out of four. Data theft is a universal fear, and malware that interferes with applications and operations is an important problem for over 90% of CIOs. As far as approaches or targets are concerned, 100% say access security on applications and data is essential and so is regular malware scanning. If you ask CIOs to pick a single thing they think is essential for IT security, it’s access security.To read this article in full, please click here READ MORE HERE…
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