Companies

Recorded Future, the largest global provider of intelligence for enterprise security, has acquired attack surface monitoring provider SecurityTrails for an undisclosed fee.

RegTech firm PassFort and identity verification company Trulioo have partnered to offer regulated businesses a way to digitally transform their KYC and KYB processes.

Google Cloud has acquired security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) provider Siemplify in a $500m deal.

Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) has introduced new data sharing guidelines.

Muinmos has been chosen by FinTech firm Sheer Markets for its fully automated AI-based onboarding solution.

Anti-bot and fraud detection company Human Security has concluded a $100m funding round led by WestCap.

As another challenging year comes to an end, the task for organisations to remain compliant in new working environments is still ongoing. Despite firm efforts by many to avoid penalties, some institutions were unable to duck fines last year. Here are the top five compliance failure fines from the year of 2021.

With the last two years witnessing a vast global move online due to Covid-19 restrictions, cybersecurity is rapidly climbing up the agenda of important priorities for companies. Going into 2022, will we see cybersecurity become a more important priority than ever?

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has asked for evidence on distributed ledger technology (DLT) and their usage.

Climate risk stress tests by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) have found climate risks could cause significant adverse impacts on the banking sector under extreme scenarios.