Sunday, 30 November 2025

Sequoia Capital Leads Series D Round, Okta appoints Philip Turner as new GM for European Operations

London, UK: Okta has announced that it closed a $27 million Series D funding round led by returning investor Sequoia Capital. Existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners and Khosla Ventures all participated. Okta will use the funds to build on its significant momentum in North America and to expand internationally, led by the company’s first European general manager.

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New email spam campaign using Android FakeDefender malware

FireEye discovered an email spam campaign, currently ongoing, which is dropping the well-known Android malware - Android FakeDefender. Looking through our data threat intelligence (DTI) platform, we believe that this campaign started on the 6th of September.

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Accellion and AIIM study reveals widespread concerns about sharing content on mobile devices

Palo Alto, CA: Only 18 percent of organizations are confident that their mobile policies are compliant with corporate policy and government regulation, according to research released today by Accellion, Inc., the pioneer in providing enterprise-class, secure mobile productivity solutions, and AIIM, a global non-profit organization that provides independent research, education, and certification programs to information professionals. In addition, 51 percent of organizations have ‘big doubts’ about their mobile content management processes.

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BATH, United Kingdom: Zynstra, a provider of hybrid cloud solutions for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), has announced the completion of a $3.8 million Series A funding round, bringing the total amount raised to just over $6 million. The financing was led by Octopus Investments, and included early investors Richard Brennan, former EVP Global Marketing at Orange Group, Tom Vari, former CIO of Cable at Rogers Communications Inc. and Jon Craton, Zynstra’s Chairman and former CEO of Cramer.

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  2. IPSecurityCenter PSIM Solution demonstrates integration with Digital Sentry
  3. Options switches to Arista Networks to deliver the lowest latency solution for European Exchange Colos
  4. President Uhuru Kenyatta: “Terrorism is the philosophy of cowards”
  5. Nearly half of executives think failure of financial controls will cause the next financial crisis according to AutoRek research
  6. New Industrial Control Systems Cyber Security Certification in Development
  7. TREND FOCUS: Crowd and open source in cyber security
  8. Tripwire announces new Tripwire Enterprise Policy Manager
  9. DDoS threat highest during retailers’ critical Q4 sales period
  10. Databarracks shortlisted for the UK IT Industry Awards 2013
  11. Royal Air Force monitoring station attains 50 years of service in space surveillance and missile early warning operations
  12. Kroll Ontrack expands DIY data recovery software to include data protection and destruction functionality
  13. Polatis announces compact, energy efficient, high performance 48x48 optical switch at ECOC 2013
  14. SandSIV AG launches a breakthrough Voice of the Customer (VoC) technology and navigational interface
  15. BSIA plans free seminar to help South-East businesses improve security and tackle crime



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