Cybersecurity/Information Security

Anitian, a provider of pre-engineered cloud security and compliance automation, has netted $55m in its Series B round.

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A report by payments authentication and monitoring solutions provider Outseer has detailed a massive spike in global brand abuse attacks in the third quarter of 2021.

Canadian cybersecurity unicorn 1Password has extended its valuation to $6.8bn after it closed a star-studded Series C round on $620m.

Trellix, an extended detection and response (XDR) solutions provider, has been officially launched as a result of the merger of McAfee Enterprise and FireEye.

Israeli cloud security firm Polar Security has bagged $8.5m from a seed funding round following a period of stealth by the company.

Baobab, which bundles cybersecurity and cyber insurance services, has reportedly collected €3.5m in its pre-seed funding round.

Banyan Security, a zero-trust network access solution developer, has scored $30m in its Series B funding round.

Evo Security, an identity and access management solution, has scored $3.9m in its seed funding round.

Content firewall provider Accellion has come to a settlement of $8.1m to bring to an end a lawsuit over a data breach that involved FTA, its legacy file sharing service.