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Regulation remains the strongest multiplier to cybersecurity growth

CIO

In 2023, the United Arab Emirates actively repelled more than 50.000 cyberattacks daily, explained the UAE Cybersecurity Council. According to a report from Frost & Sullivan, the GCC cybersecurity industry continues to grow, with F&S estimating it to triple in value by 2030 to reach 13.4

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Cybrary secures $25M to grow its platform for cybersecurity training

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The cybersecurity industry has taken a hit recently, with economic headwinds prompting layoffs and a broad investor pullback. But some firms have escaped unscathed, like cybersecurity training platform Cybrary , which today announced that it raised $25 million in a Series C funding round. “There are an estimated 3.5

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Top 8 ways to improve cybersecurity for your organization

CIO

As you plan your security budget, know that your recommendations to improve cybersecurity will be scrutinized more than ever before. We can’t forget every CISO’s favorite: “ How much will this reduce our cybersecurity risk? ” You’ll have to make tough choices among cybersecurity methods, tools, and techniques.

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HacWare lands $2.3M to expand cybersecurity awareness training

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million in seed funding to expand its cybersecurity awareness and training offering. HacWare aims to give companies an easier onramp to provide meaningful and engaging cybersecurity training to their employees that they won’t hate or that gets in the way of their day-to-day work.

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Generative AI & data: Potential in cybersecurity if the risks can be curtailed

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This time they’re making a $13 billion bet by partnering with OpenAI and bringing to market new products like Security Copilot to make sense of the threat landscape using the recently launched text-generating GPT-4 (more on that below). Now, Microsoft is putting a stake in the ground with its generative AI Security Copilot tool.

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Hack The Box, a gamified cybersecurity training platform with 1.7M users, raises $55M

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It also has a “pro lab” tier that takes on typical network configurations, such as Active Directory or fully patched environments, to test and train people on different attacks and approaches around common enterprise tools and scenarios. HTB is not the first nor only company to build cyber training around a gamified environment.

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Generative AI: Balancing security with innovation

CIO

Slowing the progression of AI may be impossible, but approaching AI in a thoughtful, intentional, and security-focused manner is imperative for fintech companies to nullify potential threats and maintain customer trust while still taking advantage of its power.