Recent Security Analysis
A Blue Coat made to measure for Thoma Bravo
Public since 1999, Blue Coat is responding to the down market by taking itself private with the help of PE firm Thoma Bravo. It's a move with some good opportunities in store.
TDM / Deal Analysis, 9 Dec 2011
Wendy Nather, Eric Hanselman, Brenon Daly
Can Thycotic flourish with a midmarket focus in privileged identity management?
Is there space for a vendor that hasn't moved up the food chain to tackle the privileged identity management challenges at large enterprises? Thycotic's progress suggests there is, even as it looks to build an enterprise PIM product.
MIS / Impact Report, 9 Dec 2011
Steve Coplan
PATRIOTism, the cloud and the rise of jurisdiction shopping
No cloud conversation, let alone cloud conference, would seem to be complete now without some reference to the Patriot Act and data privacy/protection. However, there appear to be many expert opinions but few actual answers.
MIS / Spotlight, 7 Dec 2011
William Fellows
StillSecure rolls out managed security services for Hostway
The new partnership emphasizes multi-tenant, host-based security that's affordable for the one- to two-host customer as well as the big ones, and avoids appliance-based pricing.
MIS / Market Development, 7 Dec 2011
Wendy Nather
Duo Security looks to shake up authentication market with mobile and service focus
Founded by Arbor Networks alums, Duo is one of a new breed of vendors with a fresh view of authentication, looking to mobile computing as a vehicle to extend the reach of the technology. Can Duo pull ahead of the pack with a services architecture?
MIS / Impact Report, 5 Dec 2011
Steve Coplan
New money, a new CEO and a new product release buoy RedSeal's expansion
Having changed its name, hired new leadership, raised fresh funding, released the latest version of its product, opened an office in India and achieved success in international markets, RedSeal says 2011 has probably been its busiest year to date.
MIS / Market Development, 2 Dec 2011
Andrew Hay
With DLP seeing a resurgence, RSA focuses on coverage and management in new version
Thanks to anxieties about more sophisticated attackers, data loss prevention may indeed have a new lease on life, but RSA has invested in coverage of new platforms and is tackling implementation issues to underscore its market presence.
MIS / Market Development, 1 Dec 2011
Steve Coplan
BeyondCore marries processing quality management with cloud data security
Building on its expertise in transaction processing analysis, the company is adding the ability to separate data for business process outsourcing and cloud-based services.
MIS / Impact Report, 30 Nov 2011
Wendy Nather
Solutionary gets new capital infusion for security growth
MIS / Analyst Note, 29 Nov 2011
Wendy Nather
GuardTime tackles data integrity via distributed verification, one use case at a time
The pitch for GuardTime may be keyless signatures, but the company isn't out to replace encryption with its timestamping technology for data integrity (quite yet). Instead, it has found useful ways to make trust as good as proof for data exchange.
MIS / Impact Report, 22 Nov 2011
Steve Coplan
Zeihlund moves from interim to fulltime Secunia CEO
MIS / Analyst Note, 22 Nov 2011
Andrew Hay
Sophos updates Endpoint Security product; tightens integration and adds features
With new patch management, client-side Web protection and integrated encryption management, the endpoint protection vendor gives its users more tools with which to fight the never-ending endpoint battle.
MIS / Market Development, 21 Nov 2011
Andrew Hay
CA CloudMinder becomes concrete with federation, ID management as a service launches
The clouds have parted on CA's identity-in-the-cloud service, a protracted work in progress. With the functionality now in place for federation and user management for SaaS applications and management from the cloud, the market complexities loom.
MIS / Market Development, 18 Nov 2011
Steve Coplan
Replenishing the ranks of the publicly traded IT security vendors
There was a two-year drought between the IPO of Fortinet and last week's offering by Imperva. The next debut in the sector, however, may be coming quickly. Who's rumored to be filing soon, and who do we expect to file in the coming year?
TDM / Sector IQ, 17 Nov 2011
Brenon Daly
Riding the wave of APT and cyber, CounterTack secures a $9.5m series A
MIS / Analyst Note, 17 Nov 2011
Andrew Hay
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