Veeam Inc. today announced that it has acquired incident response firm Coveware Inc. for an undisclosed price. The new offering that results from the acquisition — Coveware by Veeam — will operate independently initially, but the company will integrate elements over time. Dave Russell, vice president of strategy at Veeam, gave me a preview of the announcement.
As AI demands more from IT infrastructure, Cisco just released Hypershield, which it heralds as a new way to secure data centers and clouds. This new solution aims to protect assets wherever they are—applications and devices, as well as public and private data centers. The company says Hypershield was created with AI in mind from the ground up to help secure beyond a level humans can reach alone.
Cisco made big news in late 2023 when it announced it was acquiring Splunk for $28B, making it, by far, the largest acquisition in the company’s history. This move created massive speculation from Cisco watchers as to why the company was making such a bold move. The most obvious thought was that it could help the security business, which Cisco is currently revamping with its security cloud.
Amazon Web Services Inc. recently announced that Anthropic PBC, an artificial intelligence safety and research company, will make its Claude 3 family of models available on Amazon Bedrock. Claude 3 Sonnet and Claude 3 Haiku are already available on Bedrock, and today Claude 3 Opus is generally available to AWS customers.
Cisco’s new Cybersecurity Readiness Index is out, providing a useful gauge for understanding the cyber landscape. It all comes down to confidence—or, instead, overconfidence. One of the most repeated phrases in the Star Wars universe comes from Episode IV when Luke Skywalker blows up a TIE fighter. Luke excitedly yells out, “Got him! I got him!” With his years of wisdom, Han Solo tries calming him down by saying, “Great, kid! Don’t get cocky!”