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Over the past few months, we have made it even easier for customers to find third-party and open-source solutions on the VMware Marketplace through improved SEO and more. Plus, we unrolled a host of features to better the publisher experience for our partners, too. Read on for more details!   The VMware Marketplace had a busy last quarter of 2020. In our last blog, we detailed how we managed the consolidation between VMware Marketplace and…

IoT and OT security firm Nozomi Networks has announced that enterprise security leader Barmak Meftah has joined its board of directors. Meftah brings more than 25 years of experience in building market-leading enterprise SaaS and cybersecurity companies to Nozomi Networks and most recently served as president of AT&T Cybersecurity where he established its cybersecurity division and grew revenue by double digits. In addition to his independent board position with Nozomi Networks, Meftah also serves on…

Most security breaches are the result of one thing: sloppy password practices. Too many people make the mistake of choosing weak passwords, or reusing passwords that they have used elsewhere on the internet – making life too easy for malicious hackers trying to gain unauthorised access. So I was pleased to see Google announce that over the coming weeks it will be rolling out a new feature to users of its Chrome browser which will…

The worldwide cybersecurity market is set to grow by up to 10% this year to top $60bn, as the global economy slowly recovers from the pandemic, according to Canalys. The analyst firm clarified that double-digit growth from $54.7bn in 2020 would be its best-case scenario. However, even in the worst case, cybersecurity spending would reach 6.6%, it predicted. That would factor in a deeper-than-anticipated economic impact from lockdowns, although the security market has proven to…

The attackers used Google Forms to bypass email security content filters based on keywords. (Originally appeared on Flickr by brionv/CC BY 2.0) Researchers say they have observed thousands of messages using Google Forms to target retail, telecom, healthcare, energy and manufacturing companies in an apparent reconnaissance campaign to launch future business email compromises (BECs). The attackers used Google Forms to bypass email security content filters based on keywords, according to a blog released Wednesday by…

By Jessica Davis January 21, 2021 – Recent Proofpoint research shows hackers are continuing to prey on fears tied to the COVID-19 pandemic. And as the vaccine rollout continues, social engineering lures are being leveraged in malware, phishing, and business email compromise (BEC) attacks. Throughout the year, security researchers have consistently warned that hackers are using the pandemic to their advantage in a number of attacks. It follows repeated trends of cybercriminals leveraging popular, ongoing global…

Digital initiatives come in many flavors and vary widely, but they do have one thing in common and that’s data. That’s why the need to easily manage, analyze, and find key insights—and those “a-ha” moments—from data is critical to achieving and maintaining a market-leading position.  One quick look at leading companies today and it’s easy to see they aren’t just technology-centric companies, but data-centric ones. The challenge for most companies is how to make data…