Friday Tech News

Good morning and Happy Friday! Welcome to our new home for FTN!

Thank you so much for making this a part of your Friday morning coffee time. I'm Phil Moroni, and I'm an Account Executive in the Information Technology Services Industry here with another edition of Friday Tech News!

What is this?This is a newsletter that provides updates and insights on the latest trends and developments in the technology industry. I am a professional who specializes in supporting IT and procurement leaders in evaluating, investing, and managing people, processes, and technology tools that support their businesses.

Each week, I summarize relevant industry updates from popular Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM's), software publishers, and managed providers. The goal of my research and newsletter is to keep you informed about current trends and events that may impact your business from a trusted and reputable source. It's just information I'm sharing, and, I follow and work with hundreds of partners in the industry, keeping track of their growth, changes, and evolution so that you don't have to.

Bottom Line:As you focus on improving your business through digital initiatives, my commitment is to keep you informed of the fast-paced changes and trends taking place so that you can plan ahead and stay ahead of the game.

Key areas of focus for me are:

1. Cloud Computing, Security, Trends

2. Developer & Security Tools

3. Networking & Infrastructure Tools

4. End User Tools & Workspace Tech

5. Emerging Technologies and Future Concepts

If you have any questions, would like information about any specific vendors I follow, or would like to have a conversation about any topic that is challenging you, I invite you to engage with me! I value feedback immensely and would love to know what you find valuable about this newsletter so feel free to reach out!

Thank you for reading, and stay digitally and physically safe!

Phil

OEM News & Updates

Uptycs | Uptycs CWPP adds agentless scanning

AWS | AWS Security Hub now integrates with AWS Control Tower

Wiz | Introducing Azure Least Privilege: Enforce least privilege access for Azure environments

Red Canary | Red Canary and Palo Alto Networks Expand Partnership

Microsoft | Azure Storage Mover–A managed migration service for Azure Storage | Azure Blog and Updates

AWS | FAQ: What Is Amazon Security Lake? 10 Things to Know for MSPs, MSSPs and AWS Partners

Beyond Identity | Beyond Identity and CrowdStrike: Advanced Attack Prevention and a Strong Zero Trust Foundation

Upbound | What's the buzz? Crossplane shows universal promise in scaling open-source builds

Satori | Satori Introduces New Access Manager

Microsoft | Microsoft acquires startup developing high-speed cables for transmitting data

Google | Google Chrome Will Now Consume Less RAM

Cisco | Cisco : Simplify the Adoption of Sustainable Technologies in the Workplace with Cisco DNA Center

Microsoft | Microsoft Edge is Ending Windows 7, 8, 8.1 Support Starting January 2023

Secret Double Octopus | Secret Double Octopus release addresses phishing with passwordless MFA

ConnectWise | ConnectWise partners with Evo Security to deliver Identity and Access Management (IAM) Platform to IT Solution Providers

Palo Alto Networks | Palo Alto Networks launches Cortex Xpanse Active ASM

Red Hat | Red Hat Announces New Collaborations and Enhancements to OpenShift Data Science

Cisco | Cisco reportedly begins 5% layoffs

PureSoftware | PureSoftware announces partnership with Databricks to empower businesses to unlock the power of integrated data ecosystem

Commvault | Commvault named a leader in data resilience solutions suites

N-able | N-able Wins “Security Vendor of the Year” and “Backup and Archive Innovation of the Year” at 2022 SDC Awards

Arqit | Arqit announces a partnership with Dell Technologies

Google Cloud | Google Cloud, Palo Alto Networks Announce Zero Trust Network Access Partnership

Yellowbrick | Yellowbrick and Smart Associates Partner to Offer a Path

AWS | Amazon EMR Launches Support For Amazon EC2 M6A, R6A Instances To Improve Cost Performance For Spark Workloads By 15–50%

AWS | AWS Announces Clean Rooms for Secure Collaborations

Laminar | Laminar's Cloud Data Security Platform Now Available On AWS Marketplace

Catalogic | Catalogic protects Azure and GCP VMs against ransomware

Microsoft | Microsoft's last Patch Tuesday of 2022 addresses two zero-days

Deep Instinct | Stellar Cyber Integrates with Deep Instinct’s Deep Learning Technology for Unrivaled Cyber Attack Prevention

AWS | Advanced Notice: Amazon S3 will automatically enable S3 Block Public Access and disable access control lists for all new buckets starting in April 2023

CrowdStrike | CrowdStrike Expands CrowdStrike Falcon Platform with Industry’s Most Complete Adversary-Driven External Attack Surface Management Technology to Minimize Risk from Exposed Assets

New Relic | New Relic Widens Partner Ecosystem with Over 100 Integrations

JupiterOne | JupiterOne CISO and Head of Research Wins SANS Lifetime Achievement Award

Box | Box Announces Availability of New Security Enhancements to Help Combat Cyber Threats in the Cloud

Articles I Liked This Week

Wired | Log4j’s Log4Shell Vulnerability: One Year Later, It’s Still Lurking

DBTA | Trend-Setting Products in Data and Information Management for 2023

The Hacker News | Top 4 SaaS Security Threats for 2023

CSO | Are robots too insecure for lethal use by law enforcement?

Krebs | FBI’s Vetted Info Sharing Network ‘InfraGard’ Hacked

CSO | 14 lessons CISOs learned in 2022

Solutions Review | 8 Endpoint Security and Network Monitoring Vendors to Watch in 2023

VentureBeat | As Google weighs in on ChatGPT, You.com enters the AI chat

• Played around with this one this week. Very cool and super user friendly.

Tech Funding & M&A

Veracode | Veracode Adds Advanced Dynamic Analysis Capability With Acquisition of Crashtest Security Solution

• Crashtest Security is a Germany-based cyber security platform that offers penetration testing automation and threat assessments for enterprises.

Proofpoint | Proofpoint Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Illusive

• Illusive is a New York based cyber security platform that offers solutions for enterprises in the identity and risk protection space.

• You may recall seeing Illusive from previous section of FTN "Tech You Oughta Know about"

Ngrok | Ngrok Raises $50M to Drive App Authentication, Observability

• Ngrok is a California based API-first ingress-as-a-service platform that enables developers to deploy local development servers to the internet.

Nerdio | Nerdio Secures $117 Million Series B Investment from Updata Partners - Nerdio

• Nerdio is an Illinois based cloud platform that allows businesses to deploy, manage, and optimize Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktops.

Snyk | Snyk Closes $196.5 Million Series G Funding at $7.4 Billion

• Snyk is a Massachusetts based security platform that offers solutions for developers with threat intelligence for enterprise businesses.

Dataiku | Dataiku Announces $200 Million Investment Led by Wellington Management

• Dataiku is a New York based AI-enabled data science platform that offers solutions such as data governance and geospatial analytics.

AppOmni | AppOmni Adds to Series C Funding with New Investment From TSG

• AppOmni is a California based SaaS platform that provides solutions such as security management, monitoring, and threat detection.

Meme of the week

Recommendations 

Last but not least, I'll try and throw some recommendations in every now and again for your other enjoyment. I'm super grateful for Mike Privette over at Return on Security for his guidance and mentorship in the newsletter writing process. If you don't follow his newsletter, Security Funded, you should! It's also written right here on Beehiiv and contains a plethora of information for the everyday infosec practitioner. Here's a link to the most recent article in the series:

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