Identity Management and Information Security News for the Week of November 22nd: Cyera, KnowBe4, Accenture, 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 November 22nd. This round-up covers announcements and updates from Cyera, KnowBe4, Accenture, 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 November 22nd.

Identity Management and Information Security News for the Week of November 22nd

Accenture Expands its Cybersecurity Services and Capabilities

Accenture recently announced several new services and capabilities that use generative AI, deepfake protection, and quantum-sage data security solutions to help clients across industries improve and expand their cyber-resilience. The new offerings include deepfake protection capabilities, a Business Cyber Crisis Recovery solution, a Quantum Security Suite, and a collection of secure AI functionalities, which can help teams detect and secure unauthorized AI deployments. These additions aim to streamline the process of adopting emerging technology and make it easier for companies to address evolving threats.

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Apono Updates its Cloud Access Platform with New Protections

Apono, a leader in privileged access for the cloud, has updated the Apono Cloud Access Platform with new functionalities designed to automatically discover and revoke standing access to resources in cloud environments. With these tools, users can create guardrails for sensitive resources that allow the Apono system to process and assess access requests so users are only given what they need. The update will be available across all three major cloud service providers, launching first on AWS and followed by Azure and Google Cloud Platform.

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AppSOC Launches New Integration Solutions with Databricks

AppSOC, an AI governance and application security provider, has launched a suite of AI Security and Governance solutions tailored to the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. The integrated solution will expand security, governance, and compliance capabilities for organizations that use Databricks to develop and deploy AI models at scale. Additionally, the joint solution can secure AI models, notebooks, datasets, and workflows. Its AI-powered features include automated AI model detection, security posture management, security testing, runtime enforcement, and integrated workflows for governing AI development.

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authID and Zendesk Announce a New Integration

authID, a biometric identity verification and authentication solution provider, has announced an integration with Zendesk, a customer experience company. The integration will bring authID’s Proof and Verified products to Zendesk’s suite of customer support offerings, helping companies increase their account security, reduce fraud, and continue to provide memorable service to Zendesk users. Tim Marsden, Senior Director of Technology Alliances at Zendesk, says, “With this enhancement to customer workflows, live agents are better equipped to deterministically verify and authenticate that the user is who they claim to be.”

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Cyera Raises $300 Million in a Series D Round

Cyera, a data security solution, has raised $300 million in a Series D funding round. The investment was led by Accel and Sapphire Ventures, with additional participation from Sequoia, Redpoint, Coatue, and Georgia. These funds bring Cyera’s total valuation to $3 billion, an over twofold increase in six months. Yotam Segev, the Co-Founder and CEO of Cyera, says, “This funding enables us to continue accelerating platform development, attracting world-class talent in R&D, sales, and marketing, and strategically acquiring solutions that align with our vision for the future of data security.”

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KnowBe4 Debuts an “All-in-One” Human Risk Management Platform

KnowBe4, a cybersecurity platform for addressing human risk management, has announced HRM+, an “all-in-one” platform for making human risk management more personalized, relevant, and adaptive to the AI era. HRM+ is based on KnowBe4’s recent acquisition of Egress, which allowed KnowBe4 to combine its security awareness training with Egress’s AI-powered email security. With HRM+, companies can access security awareness training, email security, anti-phishing, real-time coaching, AI defense agents, and compliance training from a single platform.

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MetaRouter Releases its Identity Resolution Features on Google Cloud

MetaRouter, a server-side tag management and customer data infrastructure provider, has announced that its identity resolution features are now available for Google Cloud customers. This means that joint customers can sync external customer IDs and GA4 and BigQuery, Google Cloud’s GenAI-ready data platform. Greg Brunk, Head of Product at MetaRouter, says, “Our collaboration with Google Cloud allows businesses to fully leverage the power of GA4 and BigQuery, ensuring that their data streams are not only accurate but enriched with custom business logic and metrics that drive better decision-making.”

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SailPoint Details the New SailPoint Identity Graph

SailPoint Technologies, a unified security solution for enterprises, has shared details on its “vision for the future of identity security.” As part of this vision, the company announced the new SailPoint Identity Graph, which aims to bring critical context to company identities, access controls, threat detection, and risk management processes. With these features, companies can also transform data relationships into intuitive visual representations, quickly spotlight potential vulnerabilities, identify unusual patterns faster than ever, and provide users with a holistic view of identity interactions.

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Semperis Reveals the Findings From its 2024 Ransomware Holiday Risk Report

Semperis, an identity-driven cyber resilience provider, has published the results of a global ransomware study that showcases some striking gaps in ransomware defenses, specifically related to reduced security staffing during holidays and weekends. Other findings from the 2024 Ransomware Holiday Risk Report show that 86 percent of surveyed organizations in the U.S., UK, France, and Germany that were attacked were targeted on a holiday or weekend, with 85 percent—and 90 percent in the U.S.—of those companies reporting reduce security staffing during those periods.

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Splunk Launches its Solutions on Microsoft Azure

Splunk, a cybersecurity and observability leader, has announced the general availability of its enterprise security, observability, and platforms on Microsoft Azure. With this partnership, Splunk is empowering organizations to scale their digital transformation initiatives on Azure with unified solutions designed to strengthen security, accelerate innovation, and more. Tom Casey, the Senior Vice President of Splunk Products and Technology Group, says, “Together, Splunk and Microsoft are integrating enterprise data to strengthen digital resilience and deliver superior hybrid-cloud solutions, both natively and on-premises, that help organizations achieve their digital transformation strategy.”

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Twine Receives $12 Million in Seed Funding

Twine, a cybersecurity company, has received $12 million in seed funding, which was co-led by Ten Eleven Ventures and Dell Technologies Capital, with additional participation from angel investors, including the founders of Wiz. The capital will help Twine accelerate the development of its digital cyber employers, who aim to execute tasks “from A to Z” to help security teams close the industry’s talent gap. For example, Twine’s Alex, the first of its digital cybersecurity employees, is built to understand and manage identity management tasks from start to finish.

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Thales Expands its CipherTrust Data Security Platform Offering

Thales, a global technology and security provider, has announced the availability of CipherTrust Transparent Encryption (CTE) through the CipherTrust Data Security Platform as a Service. The CTE offering is designed to bring transparent, higher-performance encryption to complex environments without requiring the user to modify their applications or underlying infrastructure. Additionally, the platform comes equipped with a zero downtime encryption deployment feature capable of encrypting and re-keying data without taking applications offline, alongside several tools for ransomware protection

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