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Deal Would Boost Veeam's Cyber Footprint as Data Protection Vendor Valuations Surge Bloomberg reported that data protection and ransomware recovery giant Veeam is in advanced talks to buy DSPM and AI security vendor Securiti for $1.8 billion, with an announcement coming as soon as this week. The deal would accelerate Veeam's pivot from backup and disaster recovery to cybersecurity.
The Edmund Group's Adler on Managing Third- and Fourth-Party Risk in Healthcare Healthcare organizations face growing risks from data distribution, vendor dependencies and global instability. Steven Adler, partner at The Edmund Group, discusses practical steps to strengthen vendor oversight and resilience.
Manufacturer Resumes Operations at Wolverhampton Unit British car maker Jaguar Land Rover began on Monday a phased restoration of operations following a month of cyberattack-induced idleness. Fears of large-scale job losses at the car manufacturer and its extensive network of suppliers led the U.K. government to guarantee a 1.5 billion pound loan.
2020 Hack Has Cost EyeMed About $12.6M in Multiple Regulatory Fines, Settlements Benefits provider EyeMed Vision Care has agreed to pay $5 million and improve its security practices to settle class action litigation involving a 2020 phishing breach. The incident has been the subject of previous multimillion dollar settlements and enforcement actions by multiple state regulators.
Proliferating Age Verification Systems a Hacker Target A vendor breach linked to Discord exposed government ID uploads used in age verification, raising alarms among privacy experts who warn that third-party data collection systems are becoming high-value targets amid rising legislative mandates for online age checks.