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Industry News: ESG5

    Cyber Firm Rubrik Gains After First Earnings Beat Estimates

    2024-06-11

    Yahoo Finance: Shares of the cybersecurity firm Rubrik Inc. rose in late trading after its inaugural earnings results exceeded Wall Street’s expectations.

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    Fortinet to Acquire Lacework, Enhancing the Industry’s Most Comprehensive Cybersecurity Platform

    2024-06-10

    GlobeNewswire: Fortinet®, the global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking and security, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Lacework, the data-driven cloud security company.

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    CrowdStrike Forecasts Upbeat Second-Quarter Revenue on Robust Demand for Cybersecurity Solutions

    2024-06-05

    Yahoo Finance/Reuters: CrowdStrike Holdings Inc forecast second-quarter revenue above market estimates, helped by strong demand for its cybersecurity offerings in the wake of growing online challenges spurred by the use of artificial intelligence (AI).

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    225,000 More Cybersecurity Workers Needed in US: CyberSeek

    2024-06-05

    SecurityWeek: Over 200,000 more cybersecurity workers are needed in the United States to close the talent gap, according to data from CyberSeek. CyberSeek, a joint initiative of NIST’s NICE program, CompTIA, and Lightcast, aims to provide detailed and actionable data on the cybersecurity job market. 

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    Web3 Cybersecurity Company GoPlus Raises $10M to Build Permissionless Security Layer

    2024-06-05

    Coindesk: Web3 cybersecurity company GoPlus has raised $10 million in a private financing round with participation from a host of heavyweight crypto investors including OKX Ventures, HashKey Capital and Animoca Brands, according to an emailed announcement shared with CoinDesk.

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    Cybersecurity Standards Emerging in Canada as Ransomware Business Booms

    2024-06-05

    MSN: The ransomware business is booming in Canada. Recent victims have included large corporations such as retailer London Drugs, as well as the City of Hamilton, Ont., and the government of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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    Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler Shares Lead Broader Cybersecurity Selloff

    2024-05-29

    MSN: Cybersecurity stocks are selling off as investors prepare for more earnings reports within the industry. Okta Inc. PagerDuty Inc. and Zscaler Inc. are all due to post results, and Rosenblatt analyst Catharine Trebnick weighed in cautiously on the latter.

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    OpenAI Sets Up Safety Committee as it Starts Training New Model

    2024-05-28

    Yahoo Finance/Reuters: OpenAI has formed a Safety and Security Committee that will be led by board members, including CEO Sam Altman, as it begins training its next artificial intelligence model, the AI startup said.

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    The SEC's New Take on Cybersecurity Risk Management

    2024-05-28

    Dark Reading: The advent of generative AI is surfacing new risks, significantly raising the stakes for businesses around the globe and for marketplace stability.

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    SEC Charges Intercontinental Exchange and Nine Affiliates Including the New York Stock Exchange with Failing to Inform the Commission of a Cyber Intrusion

    2024-05-22

    U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that The Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) agreed to pay a $10 million penalty to settle charges that it caused the failure of nine wholly-owned subsidiaries, including the New York Stock Exchange, to timely inform the SEC of a cyber intrusion as required by Regulation Systems Compliance and Integrity.

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