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Industry News: ESG5

    Startups Ramp Up Innovation as Cloud Cybersecurity Race Intensifies

    2023-07-28

    Silicon Angle: Venture capital cash inflows in technology often happen in high-innovation areas. Given the expanding threat surface and financial incentive for attackers, cybersecurity is attracting a lot of that cash.

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    Absolute Software Announces Completion of Acquisition by Crosspoint Capital Partners

    2023-07-27

    Business Wire: Absolute Software™, the only provider of self-healing, intelligent security solutions, today announced the successful completion of its acquisition by an affiliate of Crosspoint Capital Partners, LP, a leading private equity investment firm focused on the cybersecurity, privacy and infrastructure software markets.

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    SecurityScorecard Research Reveals 78% of Europe’s Largest Financial Institutions Experienced a Third-Party Breach in the Past Year

    2023-07-26

    Business Wire: SecurityScorecard today announced the release of a new report on the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). The report analyzes 240 of the largest financial institutions in the European Union that must comply with the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) by January 2025.

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    The SEC Wants Corporate America to Tell Investors More About Cybersecurity Breaches

    2023-07-26

    CNBC: The Securities and Exchange Commission wants corporate America to tell investors more about cybersecurity breaches and what’s being done to fight them. Much more. 

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    Thales Enters App Security Market With $3.6B Imperva Acquisition

    2023-07-25

    Tech Crunch: French aerospace and defense group Thales is procuring cybersecurity company Imperva from Thoma Bravo in a deal worth $3.6 billion.

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    Why Cyber Security Should Be Part of Your ESG Strategy

    2023-07-24

    Computer Weekly: Organisations need to consider cyber security risks in their overall environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategy amid growing cyber threats and regulatory scrutiny, according to a cyber security expert.

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    Know Your Breach: Ernst & Young

    The Target: Sixty-two clients of Big Four accounting firm Ernst & Young

    The Take: 3 terabytes of critical information about Ernst & Young clients including financial reports and accounting documents in client folders, passport scans, Visa scans, risk and asset management documents, contracts and agreements, credit agreements, audit reports and account balances.

    The Vector: The hacking campaign came to light after the Russian-speaking cybercrime group Clop began targeting a previously unknown vulnerability in MOVEit around May 27 and May 28.

    This breach highlights the extreme importance of timely software updates for known software vulnerabilities, not only in systems directly under a firm’s control, but in third-party systems the firm relies upon as well. The longer a firm, or its vendors, hold out on deploying the most up-to-date software for their systems, the greater the chance an attacker will exploit the issue.

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    Cybersecurity is Top Investor Concern, According to Fund Managers in CAMMI Survey

    2023-07-20

    Funds Tech: The increasing digitisation of the financial services sector has brought many benefits, including enhanced efficiency, improved data management and streamlined processes. 

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    Ransomware Attackers Getting More Sophisticated: Canadian Centre for Cyber Security

    2023-07-19

    BNN Bloomberg: The head of the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security says ransomware attacks are getting more common and sophisticated, but there's a lot the country could do to better defend itself.

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    TPG Expands Presence in Healthcare IT and Cybersecurity through Major Acquisitions

    2023-07-19

    Best Stocks: TPG, a leading investment firm, has recently made significant strides in the healthcare IT and cybersecurity sectors. On July 19, 2023, TPG successfully acquired Nextech, a renowned provider of clinical and administrative healthcare technology solutions for specialty physician practices.

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