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Avecto adds market-leading endpoint privilege management to Bomgar’s Privileged Identity and Access solutions, resulting in a best-in-class Privileged Access Management (PAM) portfolio.
Combined solution will enable companies to defend against privileged access threats, and improve compliance, productivity, and performance.

Helps Organizations Add an Extra Layer of Security to Windows Machines and Comply with IT Regulations

A new data breach risk scanning feature helps users find unpatched operating systems and applications, device settings that don’t meet configuration requirements, and more than 60 types of sensitive personally identifiable information.

The new TPx Complete package combines unified communications with managed IT and security offerings in a one-stop-shopping package offering 100 percent guaranteed performance and discounts of up to 40% off the cost of individual products.

The two companies will develop a fingerprint sensor offering hardened biometric security and biometric authentication for notebook PCs based on AMD’s Ryzen Mobile platform.

By finding and cataloging the attack surface beyond the firewall with WhiteHat Discovery, organizations can safeguard where their brand is used in domains and hosts across the web

Thoma Bravo, a leading private equity investment firm, announced it will acquire a majority interest in Centrify, the market-leading next-generation Identity & Access Management platform, from its venture capital investors, led by Mayfield, Accel Partners, Jackson Square Ventures and Index Ventures. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of this year, subject to usual and customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Acquisition Expands Mimecast to Offer Cybersecurity Awareness Capabilities with Leading Training Content, Risk Scoring and Real-World Simulation Attack Scenarios

Company publishes mid-year update of 2018 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report, finds more than 5.99 billion total malware attacks, up 102 percent, in the first six months of 2018
Ransomware back in big way, 181.5 million attacks since January, a 229 percent year-to-date increase
Encrypted threats up 275 percent over last year
Company’s Real-Time Deep Memory Inspection (RTDMI) technology now stops Spectre chip-based attacks
RTDMI stopped more than 12,300 never-before-seen variants in 2018

MobileIron (NASDAQ:MOBL), the secure foundation for modern work, announced that Scott Hill has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He will report to CEO Simon Biddiscombe.

“I am delighted to welcome Scott to our leadership team,” said Simon Biddiscombe, CEO, MobileIron. “Scott is a seasoned finance executive who has a deep understanding of the enterprise security market and a wealth of relevant experience to bring to bear at MobileIron.”