Identity Management and Information Security News for the Week of December 13th: Silverfort, Cognizant, One Identity, and More

The editors at Solutions Review have curated this list of the most noteworthy Identity Management and Information Security news from the week of December 13th. This round-up covers announcements and updates from Silverfort, Cognizant, One Identity, and more.
Keeping tabs on all the most relevant Identity Management and Information Security news can be time-consuming. As a result, our editorial team aims to summarize some of the top headlines in the space by curating a collection of the latest vendor product news, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital funding, talent acquisition, and other noteworthy news. With that in mind, here is some of the top identity management and information security news from December 13th.
Identity Management and Information Security News for the Week of December 13th
Cognizant Expands its Partnership with Zscaler
Cognizant has expanded its partnership with Zscaler, a zero-trust cybersecurity provider, to help enterprises across markets streamline and transform their security posture and address evolving cyber threats. With the expanded partnership, Cognizant and Zscaler will provide coordinated solutions and services capable of reducing overall security complexity, maximizing a company’s security posture, and delivering cost-effective outcomes at scale. The companies will provide global clients with a Secured Access Service Edge (SASE), a Secure Hybrid Cloud, and a zero-trust network architecture designed for secure, compliant data management and storage.
One Identity Launches Safeguard 8.0 Long-Term Support (LTS)
One Identity, a unified identity security solution provider, has launched Safeguard 8.0 Long-Term Support (LTS), a release that aims to elevate new standards in security, compliance, and cloud-native integration for its Safeguard platform. Safeguard 8.0 is designed to help companies align with Zero Trust principles, support DevOps integration, enhance operational efficiencies, and equip users with advanced security features, all delivered through a seamless user experience. Additionally, Safeguard now supports Kerberos-based authentication for RDP connections to enhance security and streamline key tab file updates.
Orca Security Expands its DSPM Capabilities with Support for Snowflake
Orca Security, an agentless cloud security, has announced a significant expansion of its Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) capabilities with support for Snowflake. With this update, the Orca Cloud Security platform can detect and alert customers to sensitive data in Snowflake data lakes, all from the same platform used to secure their cloud provider environments. Once Orca is connected to a Snowflake database, its agentless SideScanning technology can search for sensitive information with over ninety built-in data classifiers. Support for Snowflake in the Orca Cloud Security Platform is available now in beta per customer request.
Silverfort Debuts a Privileged Access Security (PAS) Solution
Silverfort, a unified identity security company, has launched Privileged Access Security (PAS), a new way for companies to secure privileged accounts. This solution is designed to discover, classify, and protect privileged accounts end-to-end, all while operating from within Silverfort’s Identity and Access Management (IAM) infrastructure. Silverfort’s PAS offering comes equipped with capabilities for automating privileged account discovery and classification, enforcing Least Privilege to prevent ransomware propagation, implementing frictionless Just-In-Time (JIT) access at scale, and expediting the deployment process.
SonicWall and CrowdStrike Announce a Joint Solution for SMBs
SonicWall and CrowdStrike, two cybersecurity solution providers, have announced details on their new Managed Detection and Response (MDR) offering. Together, the companies aim to bring enterprise-grade security to SMBs. Their MDR offering combines SonicWall’s Managed Security Services (MSS) with the EDR capabilities from the CrowdStrike Falcon platform. Daniel Bernard, CrowdStrike chief business officer, says. “Together, we are providing MSPs with the solutions to deliver scalable, effective AI-powered cybersecurity that is easy to deploy and tailored to the unique needs of SMBs. This partnership underscores CrowdStrike’s mission to stop breaches and secure organizations of all sizes.”
Tenable Expands its Security Center Solutions with New Vulnerability Prioritization Functionalities
Tenable, an exposure management company, has announced several new vulnerability intelligence, risk prioritization, and web application scanning features for its Tenable Security Center solution. With the addition of Tenable Vulnerability Intelligence, the Tenable Security Center can provide contextualized vulnerability data capable of helping users effectively know, expose, and close their critical vulnerabilities. Additional features added to the Tenable Security Center include expanded web application scan scaling, advanced search, support for CVSSv4 and EPSS, and tools for proactively surfacing threats that warrant further review.
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