SECURITY
NEWS
Sectigo partners with NetObjex to protect the edge of IoT
S
ectigo (formerly Comodo CA), a leading
commercial Certificate Authority
(CA) and a provider of purpose-built and
automated PKI management solutions,
has announced a secure Edge computing
technology pact with NetObjex, an
intelligent automation platform for tracking,
tracing and monitoring digital assets using
AI, Blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT).
The collaboration provides enterprises
and manufacturers with a secured, trusted
computing infrastructure that extends from
IoT Edge devices to the cloud and Blockchain.
A broader array of environments, coupled
with the prevalence of data breaches, make
it critical for enterprises to secure their
computing infrastructure.
The Sectigo and NetObjex partnership
brings to market products and solutions
that comprehensively address this problem,
reducing the risk of security compromises
to data and firmware logic. This enhanced
security fulfils a growing need in the market
as enterprises increase investments in IoT,
This enhanced security fulfils a
growing need in the market as
enterprises increase investments in
IoT, AI and Blockchain.
AI and Blockchain, which all thrive on clean,
pristine data.
Through collaboration, both companies
will be able to deliver enhanced security in all
products and solutions. The combined solution
includes the following security features:
Enterprise-grade PKI solution for
strong authentication
Secure boot for NetObjex’s Edge devices
Secure firmware updates utilising
signing firmware
Secure communication using
mutual authentication
SpyCloud expands into Europe, the Middle East and Africa
S
pyCloud, a leader in account takeover
(ATO) prevention, has expanded sales
and support operations into Europe, the
Middle East and Africa within six months
of closing a US$21 million Series B funding
round earlier this year.
International growth is one of the
company’s stated goals for 2019. SpyCloud
now has more than a dozen new customers
in the EMEA region from the aviation,
energy, higher education, insurance,
information technology, manufacturing and
professional services industries, including
one of the world’s top 10 law firms.
As the dedicated EMEA team grows,
newly-appointed Director of Sales for EMEA,
Neill Cooper, will lead efforts to protect
businesses and their customers in the region
from ATO attacks.
SpyCloud prevents ATO by identifying
exposed employee and customer account
credentials as early as possible, then
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equipping companies to proactively
remediate compromised accounts.
“Businesses in EMEA have in the last
year gained a more complete understanding
of customer attitudes towards security
practices and the impact of data loss.
SpyCloud provides the best defence against
ripple-effect attacks fuelled by the enormous
black market for stolen usernames and
passwords,” Cooper said. SpyCloud aims to
hire additional sales talent in EMEA this year
to fuel its growth in the region and protect
more corporate and consumer accounts
against takeover attacks.
In the course of their research,
SpyCloud’s identified more than 23 billion
compromised account credentials which
effect organisations around the world.