Schneider Electric works with BitSight on industry edge security

Warehouse

Energy management company Schneider Electric has partnered with cybersecurity ratings firm BitSight to improve threat detection in the operational technology (OT) sector.

Industrial edge assets will be protected through a joint threat intelligence solution designed to identify deployments that could be prone to attacks or security weaknesses.

The companies plan to focus on OT protocols exposed over the internet and contextualise them with improved attribution. The...

Avassa and Axiomatics team up for edge authorisation solution

Authorisation Password

Edge orchestration provider Avassa has teamed up with authorisation specialist Axiomatics to bring efficient authorisation solutions to edge environments.

The two companies have developed a solution that allows organisations to implement a zero-trust philosophy to their edge networks without the complexities of managing a large number of devices.

Combining Avassa’s edge orchestration solutions with Axiomatics’ attribute-based access control (ABAC) platform, the...

Versa Networks secures £105m for SASE security platform

Cyber Security

Secure networking firm Versa Networks has secured £105 million in a pre-IPO round of investment for its Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) platform.

The company, which has raised £276 million across seven funding rounds since 2012, plans to use the funds to better market itself and further advance the SASE industry.

Kelly Ahuja, CEO at Versa Networks, said: “This funding will allow us to expand our go-to-market and accelerate new innovations that will further expand...

Autonomous AI cybersecurity: defending as humans can’t

Cybersecurity and risk management hasn't kept up with cyber attack growth or digital concerns, demanding a new approach that involves threat intelligence software and AI-powered automation. AI-driven automation systems can identify dangers by user, device, or location with greater speed, scalability, and accuracy than what humans can handle.

Overwhelming volume and speed of cyber attacks

The frequency and number of security incidents demand a new operational strategy. This...

Cysec and Avassa to bring central cloud-like security to the edge

Cyber Security

Security software provider Cysec and Avassa, an edge orchestration platform provider, have partnered to offer automated, scalable, and secure solutions for edge computing environments.

As enterprises increasingly look towards a hybrid adoption of both cloud and edge infrastructure, there is a growing need for businesses to stay innovative and efficient across both centralised and distributed environments.

With Cysec and Avassa’s joint partnership, the two companies...

Netskope acquires Infiot to bolster edge security services

Cybersecurity platform Netskope has acquired Infiot, a cloud-based infrastructure company focused on the IoT industry.

The acquisition will give Netskope customers access to a complete secure access service edge (SASE) platform that integrates with security service edge (SSE) services.

As part of the deal, Netskope’s Borderless WAN group will now incorporate Parag Thakore and the Infiot product team. The Infiot sales team has also joined Netskope’s sales...

Telefónica Tech bolsters security edge services with Netskope integration

Interconnected Globe

Telefónica Tech, the digital business unit of Spain’s leading telecoms provider, is integrating the software services of Netskope into its security portfolio.

The partnership will enable Telefónica to bolster its end-to-end security and management capabilities, providing enterprise customers with secure cloud data access to support their digital transformation processes.

Francisco Ginel, global service integrators channel director for Southern Europe at Netskope,...

Critical edge security issues across industries: Cyberattacks on the rise

The digital footprint and increasingly distributed IT infrastructures of edge computing are larger than ever.

According to IDC, more than 50% of new enterprise IT infrastructure will be deployed at the edge instead of through data centres by 2023. The global edge computing market will reach $250 billion by 2024 at a compound annual growth rate of 12.5% in the next couple of years.

With so much data flowing and being generated by the millisecond, companies find it...

Blaize partners with Innovatrics on edge AI facial recognition solution

Edge AI computing firm Blaize has partnered with biometric solutions company Innovatrics to develop a low power, edge-optimised facial recognition technology.

Running on Blaize’s edge devices, Innovatrics SmartFace Embedded has been designed for access control and public security applications such as face detection, facial landmarks, and face template extraction.

Users can combine specific processes and deselect others to maintain a small footprint and use minimal...

US Naval Postgrad School to research edge technology with Microsoft

US Navy

The United States’ Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is collaborating with Microsoft to explore how commercial technologies like edge computing can be applied to challenges facing the US Navy and Marine Corps.

Nestled in California’s Silicon Valley, NPS provides graduate education on classified studies with the purpose of advancing the warfighting effectiveness of the US Navy.

Microsoft will become the school’s latest corporate partner, alongside companies such as...