Hunters collects $15m in Series A round
Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity company Hunters has bagged $15m in a Series A funding round from Microsoft’s M12 and U.S. Venture Partners.
The state of cybersecurity in the remote workforce
Over the past few months, the world has had to get used to a new normal. Offices are now largely ghost towns and employees have been settling into a working-from-home lifestyle.
Area 1 Security secures $25m funding round to support its R&D
Area 1 Security, a pre-emptive email security solution, has closed its growth equity round on $25m, with ForgePoint Capital leading the round.
20 FinTech rounds from last week you can’t afford to be unaware of
FinTech companies, RegTech ventures, InsurTech startups and challenger banks raised money in the last week. This is what you can learn from the 20 FinTech rounds we reported on.
Intigriti nets €4.14m in its Series A round led by ETF Partners
Crowdsourced cybersecurity platform Intigriti has closed its Series A round on €4.14m.
A resurgence in deals under $1m in Q1 2020 fuels new wave of innovation...
As the global CyberTech industry matured, the share for deals valued at $50m and over increased from 1.1% in 2016 to 12.9% in 2019.
Almost half of UK businesses’ cybersecurity unprepared for sustained remote working
Remote working has become the norm for many professionals since the outbreak of Covid-19, but many businesses' digital defences are not prepared for their employees working from home for long.
The amount of new vulnerabilities identified in open source packages drops
The number of new vulnerabilities in open source packages was down by 20% compared to last year, suggesting cybersecurity efforts are progressing, according to a report from developer-first security platform Synk.
New South Wales government will open new cybersecurity centre in July
The government in New South Wales has announced plans to launch a new cybersecurity centre in Bathurst to scan for online vulnerabilities across different governmental departments.
Why the coronavirus cybersecurity boom won’t last
Cybersecurity companies may have benefited from the shift to remote working caused by Covid-19, but the growth of the market could be about to slow down as businesses tighten their IT budgets.
