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• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  Xen hypervisor security flaw patched after seven years

  A critical Xen hypervisor security flaw that allows attackers to access host operating systems and had gone undiscovered for several years was finally patched this week.

• October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15

  Intel pulls the plug on McAfee SaaS security products

  Intel Security unexpectedly moved several McAfee SaaS endpoint and email security products to end of life just prior to announcing a new corporate strategy this week.

• October 23, 2015 23 Oct'15

  Government surveillance, cloud growth at an impasse

  The negative effects of U.S. government surveillance have put cloud providers in a tough spot and left security vendors scrambling for better privacy protections.

• October 02, 2015 02 Oct'15

  Rackspace launches compliance assistance and managed security services

  Following its shift to a managed cloud services model, Rackspace has moved into the managed security and compliance services space.

• October 01, 2015 01 Oct'15

  Experts: It's time to rethink cloud data privacy protection

  Brian Krebs, Art Coviello and Kris Lovejoy tackle government conflicts and cybersecurity shortcomings at the Privacy. Security. Risk. 2015 event.

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• September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15

  Skyhigh Networks obtains cloud security patent for CASB platform

  Skyhigh Networks' patented method for providing cloud access security broker services uses a reverse proxy mode to provide authentication and policy controls.

• September 25, 2015 25 Sep'15

  Coviello tackles cloud privacy, government's key escrow plan

  Former RSA chairman Art Coviello said the U.S. government and cybersecurity industry need to work together to solve growing issues around cloud security and privacy.

• September 18, 2015 18 Sep'15

  Palo Alto Networks enters cloud security gateway market

  Palo Alto Networks has launched its own CASB offering called Aperture, which aims to provide SaaS security controls for enterprises.

• September 10, 2015 10 Sep'15

  CASB roundup: Microsoft confirms Adallom buy, Netskope raises $75M

  In recent CASB market news, Microsoft confirms a major acquisition and Netskope raises its biggest round of venture capital funding yet.

• September 03, 2015 03 Sep'15

  New iOS malware targets jailbroken devices, iCloud accounts

  Security researchers discovered a new type of iOS malware that targets jailbroken devices and can allow attackers to take over the devices via iCloud.

• August 11, 2015 11 Aug'15

  CASB market surging behind acquisitions, investments

  Startups are dominating the suddenly-hot cloud access security broker market. Now larger vendors are eager to join the party, but will they buy a CASB or build their own cloud security gateway?

• July 24, 2015 24 Jul'15

  Microsoft-Adallom deal poised to impact cloud security gateway market

  Microsoft reportedly agreed to acquire cloud security startup Adallom for $320 million, which analysts say could spark major growth for the cloud security gateway market.

• July 17, 2015 17 Jul'15

  Healthcare cloud usage leading to security concerns

  Healthcare organizations are increasing their cloud service usage, but is the cloud making them safer or creating more security issues?

• July 09, 2015 09 Jul'15

  Indian government leaked shadow data through Google Drive

  Researchers at Elastica recently discovered an Indian government agency had its employees' email addresses and passwords exposed through Google Drive.

• June 30, 2015 30 Jun'15

  Cisco to acquire cloud security firm OpenDNS

  Cisco added another major piece to its growing security portfolio with an agreement to acquire cloud security provider OpenDNS.