Identity Management and Information Security News for the Week of November 17; Concentric AI, Securonix, SonicWall, and More

The editors at Solutions Review have curated this list of the most noteworthy identity management and information security news for the week of November 17. This curated list features identity management and information security vendors such as Concentric AI, Securonix, SonicWall, and more.

Keeping tabs on all the most relevant identity management and information security news can be a time-consuming task. As a result, our editorial team aims to provide a summary of the top headlines from the last month, in this space. Solutions Review editors will curate vendor product news, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital funding, talent acquisition, and other noteworthy identity management and information security news items.

Identity Management and Information Security News for the Week of November 17

Concentric AI Announces Partnership with Cohesity

Concentric AI, a data security posture management (DSPM) solutions provider, this week announced it has partnered with Cohesity, an AI-powered data security and management company, to integrate its Semantic Intelligence solution. This integration will benefit joint customers by making Concentric AI’s data security posture management capabilities readily available on the Cohesity Data Cloud.

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Securonix Appoints Scott Sampson as Chief Revenue Officer

This week, Securonix, a leader in SIEM solutions, announced the appointment of Scott Sampson as Chief Revenue Officer. With more than 30 years of client-focused leadership experience at global enterprise software companies, Sampson has a proven track record of driving profitable growth. He most recently served as the Chief Revenue and Commercial Officer at DailyPay, Inc., a leading on-demand pay solution provider. Prior to joining DailyPay, Sampson was the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales at 8×8, leading unified communications as a service (UCaaS) and contact center as a service (CCaaS) provider. Sampson was responsible for 8×8’s global mid-market and enterprise sales, and led its field organization and sales operations. In addition to serving as Chief Revenue Officer of NewVoiceMedia through its acquisition by Vonage, Sampson spent 10 years at IBM in North American and global enterprise sales leadership positions.

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SonicWall Acquires MSSP, Solutions Granted, Inc.

SonicWall, a global cybersecurity leader, this week announced the acquisition of Solutions Granted, Inc. (SGI), a top Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP). The acquisition reinforces SonicWall’s commitment to its valued partners and extends its portfolio to include U.S.-based Security Operations Center services (SOCaaS), Managed Detection and Response (MDR), and other managed services that are tailor-made for MSPs and MSSPs.

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Cloudflare Set for Back-to-Back Spotlights with Solutions Review

Network security solutions provider, Cloudflare, is set to appear in Solution Review’s Spotlight Series for back-to-back events, starting Monday, November 20th. Both events will be focused on different aspects of the HTTP/2 Rapid Reset DDOS attack.

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Read on for more on the November 21st event.

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The Importance of Increased Visibility in the Cloud-First Era

Dave Stuart of Laminar Security, a Rubrik Company, shines a light on the importance of increased visibility in the cloud-first era. Put simply: you cannot protect or manage data that you don’t know exists. And staying in the dark about that data isn’t an option—not when regulations are tightening on what feels like a daily basis, and the costs of a data breach continue to soar. Like termites or black mold, data blind spots can wreck your operations from the inside before you’ve even become aware of the problem.

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