Tag: Cybersecurity

The US Department of State has created the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy (CDP) as cybersecurity continues to grow in stature as a key governmental challenge.

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) revealed it received 649 complaints of ransomware attacks that had targeted critical infrastructure organisations last year.

The White House has put forward a $10.9bn budget for cybersecurity for the fiscal year of 2023 in its budget for the upcoming year.

Secfense, which aims to put an end to password-related attacks, has collected $2m in funding as it looks bolster its position internationally, with a focus on the UK and US.

Clear Skye, an identity security and governance service, has scored $14m in its Series A funding round, as it looks to bolster its team.

Autonomous cyber intelligence and active threat defence platform ThreatBlockr has closed its funding round on $5m.

Advanced application security testing technology ForAllSecure has scored $21m in its Series B funding round.

A bipartisan mix of senators from the US Senate have sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security to ask about its efforts to protect the US from Russian cyberattacks.

New rules approved by the US Congress will mean companies that are vital to US national interests will be required to report when they are hacked or pay ransomware.

Australia-based CyberTech platform Cydarm has reportedly collected a $3m investment.