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Bugcrowd raises $102 million to boost AI-powered crowdsourced security platform: Bugcrowd has secured $102 million in strategic growth funding to scale its AI-powered crowdsourced security platform offerings globally. Led by General Catalyst, with participation from longtime existing investors Rally Ventures and Costanoa Ventures, this funding round underscores investor confidence in the company’s leadership position in the crowdsourced security market. The additional capital enables Bugcrowd to accelerate growth across EMEA, APAC, and the United States, fund continued innovation into the Bugcrowd Platform, and leverage opportunities for … More → The post Bugcrowd raises $102 million to boost AI-powered crowdsourced security platform appeared first on Help Net Security.

Reach Security is announcing their recent fund raise today. Reach completed its Series A financing round from Ballistic Ventures with further participation from TechOperators LLC. Reach was also an early stage Seed investment for TechOperators, first completed in early 2021. We met Garrett Hamilton and Colt Blackmore and were immediately interested. The company at this stage had a plan to address another facet of the “platformization” challenge felt both by security product vendors and their customers. What if instead of buying into a full security platform that had obvious strengths and weaknesses, the platform itself could be abstracted in a novel way? Most enterprises use at least a dozen security products from Microsoft, Splunk, Palo Alto, Crowdstrike, Cisco, Fortinet, Okta, SentinelOne, Proofpoint. Palo Alto and Crowdstrike and constantly try to consolidate, but here we are. What Reach built is an AI layer that sits on top of all these products that interrogates each, processes all their policies and events and makes adjustments to each so instead of each product playing a different song, they are all tuned to play from the same sheet of music. Reach has made great process since 2021 and has added a great investor to back the next leg of their growth. Barmak Meftah Ted Schlein Tom Noonan Said Mohammadioun Press release: https://lnkd.in/eg3YfPt9 TechCrunch exclusive: https://lnkd.in/ezTj36j7

Security LIVE! is a show where Amazon Web Services (AWS) & security experts dive deep into solving challenges. Their next episode will feature NETSCOUT's Advanced NDR platform, Omnis Cyber Intelligence, and Arbor Edge Defense. Learn why this integrated perimeter protection with NDR intelligence & visibility is essential as you build security solutions with AWS Partners. ✅ Register today: https://lnkd.in/g5imCpAk #ndr #aws #ddos

In Part II of VentureBeat’s virtual interview, Krebs emphasizes the need for organizations to improve their infrastructure’s cyber and physical security. He also shares his perspective on why supply chain attacks are increasing, with a specific focus on healthcare and manufacturing. Krebs also explains how generative AI needs to strengthen and improve human-centric security to make an impact. The following is the second half of VentureBeat’s interview with Chris Krebs: A great read.. #usercentricinsights #generativeAI #tomshaw SentinelOne TOM SHAW

Exciting News in the Infosec World! Venture giants like Accel, Sequoia Capital,Ten Eleven Ventures and Lightspeed have made a whopping 190 deals for information security startups since 2019. 💪📈 Infosec companies have proven resilient even in economic downturns, as executives prioritize security services over other software. Application security is a hot investment area, especially in cloud workload protection platforms and security services for blockchain-based apps. Ledger and Fireblocks are making waves, securing significant funding in Web3 security. Additionally, DevOps security leader Snyk is raising the bar, attracting top talent and expanding into new markets like cloud security. 💼 Infosec companies raised a whopping $2.5 billion across 127 deals in Q1, with Wiz leading the pack at a $10.3 billion valuation. 💰🚀 🔍 To learn more about the infosec space be sure to read the article attached. Explore the market map for a deeper dive. #infosec #cybersecurity #investments #web3 #venturecapital #privateequity

An awesome webinar last week hosted by GBx on "Navigating US Expansion" with Slack co-founder, Cal Henderson and serial founder, Alastair Paterson, whose cybersecurity startup was acquired in 2022 for $160m. Some key takeaways from our panelists: 🎯 Embrace the startup mindset again: Expanding across borders mirrors the challenges of starting a new company. Understand your market, revalidate your product, redefine company culture and make sure you have top-notch legal counsel to understand the regulatory landscape in the US. 👥 Tap into relevant ecosystems and networks: Overcoming the hurdle of getting a new market to try your product is no small feat. Seek support from expatriate networks such as GBx (British tech community) and leverage your banking partner like Silicon Valley Bank (cross-border banking) who can all facilitate warm intros to potential partners, which is key for success particularly in early stages of expansion. 🌎Consider your geo (re)location: While sector-dependent and sometimes tricky for time-zones, immersing yourself by like-minded founders and 'relentlessly optimistic' investors makes Silicon Valley still a great place to grow your company. Thank you to Chiara Benn for putting this amazing panel together!

If you're going to BlackHat Europe, be sure to stop by the #MicrosoftSecurity booth to learn how our cloud investigation & response automation (CIRA) platform integrates with #Azure, #MicrosoftSentinel, and #DefenderForCloud.