The Business of Cybersecurity: News From Verinext, Entrust, ePlus Technology, and More

Solutions

Critical Start will now offer Vulnerability Management Service (VMS) and Vulnerability Prioritization. The company, which specializes in Managed Detection and Response (MDR) cybersecurity solutions and Managed Cyber Risk Reduction (MCRR), claims these new offerings will allow organizations to assess, manage, prioritize, and reduce cyber risk exposure posed by vulnerabilities across their environments. In a recent quote, Chris Carlson, Chief Product Officer at Critical Start, said, “Organizations understand that effective vulnerability management is critical to reducing their cyber risk exposure, but many struggle with the complexity and effort involved in implementing and running an accurate and timely vulnerability management program. By providing Vulnerability Management Service and Vulnerability Prioritization built on top of end-to-end Asset Visibility, this key part of our holistic risk reduction approach enables security teams to easily identify, manage, prioritize, and address the vulnerabilities that matter most to meeting their organization’s risk tolerance, protecting against threats, and minimizing their overall exposure.”
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Entrust has just introduced KeyControl as a Service (KCaaS), which offers organizations the ability to control their cryptographic keys while leveraging the benefits of the cloud. Entrust, which specializes in identity-centric security solutions, says its new solution offers support for geographically distributed vaults, enabling highly effective management of keys and secrets, while mitigating aggregation risks within a cryptographic ecosystem. In a recent quote, Bhagwat Swaroop, President Digital Security at Entrust, said, “Traditional key management solutions often fall short in tracking and controlling keys and secrets throughout their lifecycles. As enterprises increasingly rely on cryptography to safeguard their applications, workloads, and data, this can lead to compliance and security challenges. When it comes to cloud data security, the ability to create, use, and control encryption keys in the cloud is vital. As such, organizations are increasingly turning to cloud-based, as-a-service solutions to fulfill their cryptographic security requirements either in addition to or as a replacement for traditional on-premises solutions. Entrust KeyControl as a Service is designed specifically to help address the challenges of securing data everywhere − including in the cloud − and managing the keys and compliance in a heterogeneous and interoperable way.”
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Partnerships

Verinext, which focuses on transformative business outcomes through technology and services, has partnered with Veracode, which specializes in application risk management. The collaboration will allow Verinext to offer Veracode’s integrated software security platform to reduce security debt at scale, supported by Verinext’s structured security advice and deployment guidance. In a recent quote, Jackie Groark, Vice President Security and Chief Information Security Officer, Verinext, said, “With their impressive technology and 20 years of proprietary data and experience, Veracode enables development and security teams to partner so they can create and run secure software, faster, from code to cloud. We are thrilled to work alongside the Veracode team as we empower our customers to reduce risk and elevate their security posture so that security never stands in the way of innovation.”
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Acquisitions

ePlus Technology, Inc., has announced its acquisition of Bailiwick Services, LLC, a provider of outsourced IT integration and deployment services. In a recent quote, Mark Marron, CEO and president of ePlus inc., said, “Continuing to develop and enhance our Services business is an important part of our growth strategy. This acquisition opens many doors for customers of both organizations, offering a full spectrum of technology solutions and services through one provider. Bailiwick will be a wonderful complement to our business and our Services portfolio and we welcome them to the team.”

Bob Marko, CEO and president of Bailiwick, added, “As technology evolves and consumer-facing organizations embrace AI and other areas to enhance the experiences they can provide their customers, having a parent company like ePlus provides an incredible depth of resources that will benefit them. Our decades of experience now combined with the acquisition by ePlus means that our customers can access and enjoy the expanded capabilities, talent and skill sets that a global provider can offer.”
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