Holly Ventures has officially come out of the gate with a $33 million debut fund, and the positioning is refreshingly unambiguous. This is a solo-led cybersecurity vehicle built on the belief that at the earliest stages of company creation, access, judgment, and real involvement matter far more than oversized checks or polished platform narratives. Founded by John Brennan, … [Read more...] about Holly Ventures Launches $33M Debut Fund to Redefine Day-Zero Cybersecurity Investing
Prime Security Raises $20M Series A to Push Agentic Product Security Into the Design Phase
Prime Security, the company behind what it calls the first Agentic Security Architect, has closed a $20M Series A round led by Scale Venture Partners, with participation from Foundation Capital, Flybridge Ventures, and Ofir Ehrlich, CEO and founder of Eon. The funding lands at a moment when software development is accelerating faster than most security teams can realistically … [Read more...] about Prime Security Raises $20M Series A to Push Agentic Product Security Into the Design Phase
SPIE Expands Its Cybersecurity Footprint with the Acquisition of Cyqueo
SPIE’s move to bring Cyqueo under its wing feels like one of those moments where the industry quietly shifts a few degrees, even if most people won’t notice it until later. Reading through the announcement, you can sense how deliberately this acquisition slots into SPIE’s bigger arc: reinforcing its position in energy and communications while climbing deeper into the escalating … [Read more...] about SPIE Expands Its Cybersecurity Footprint with the Acquisition of Cyqueo
Acronis and Synology Join Forces to Reinvent Personal Data Protection
When Acronis revealed its new collaboration with Synology, the focus wasn’t on yet another subscription tier or some vague cloud promise. Instead, it settled on something refreshingly grounded: giving every BeeDrive, BeeStation, and BeeStation Plus owner a three-year license of *Acronis True Image Essentials* for one computer, folded neatly into the device experience. It’s one … [Read more...] about Acronis and Synology Join Forces to Reinvent Personal Data Protection
Qubits 2026, January 27–28, Boca Raton, Florida
The announcement of Qubits 2026 hits with that quiet sense of acceleration that tends to follow D-Wave’s orbit: you read a few lines and suddenly feel the field taking a small step forward again. Their annual user conference returns this time to Boca Raton, set for two days of back-to-back sessions meant to showcase how quantum annealing—still D-Wave’s signature strength—is no … [Read more...] about Qubits 2026, January 27–28, Boca Raton, Florida
RSA Expands Passwordless Security Into a Full-Spectrum Identity Shield
What struck me first while going through RSA’s announcement at the Gartner IAM Summit is how directly it answers the long-standing complaint in the security world that passwordless, for all its hype, remained fragmented and oddly incomplete. You don’t often see a vendor talk about desktop logon with the same enthusiasm they reserve for cloud identity, yet here RSA leans into … [Read more...] about RSA Expands Passwordless Security Into a Full-Spectrum Identity Shield
U.S. Cybersecurity Leaders Survey 2026: Data Protection Rises to the Top
The findings from Altum Strategy Group’s first U.S. Cybersecurity Leaders Survey land with the kind of clarity that feels overdue, almost like the industry has finally stopped pretending priorities live in some abstract technical universe. The recurring theme running through the responses is that the real battleground is sensitive data—its sprawl, its exposure points, and the … [Read more...] about U.S. Cybersecurity Leaders Survey 2026: Data Protection Rises to the Top
Proofpoint’s $1.8B Hornetsecurity Deal Signals a Fierce New Phase in SMB Email Security
The announcement lands with the kind of thud that makes competitors sit up straight. Proofpoint has officially closed its acquisition of Hornetsecurity Group for $1.8 billion, absorbing one of Europe’s strongest and fastest-growing Microsoft 365 security providers. The scale of what Proofpoint just bought is massive: Hornetsecurity serves more than 125,000 customers through a … [Read more...] about Proofpoint’s $1.8B Hornetsecurity Deal Signals a Fierce New Phase in SMB Email Security
RWS Earns CMMC Level 2 — A Quiet but Significant Shift in Defense-Grade AI
RWS just crossed a threshold that, in the defense world, quietly separates the companies that *talk* about security from those allowed anywhere near sensitive systems. The firm secured CMMC Level 2 certification with a perfect assessment score — an achievement that’s both bureaucratic and genuinely consequential, because without Level 2 clearance you’re simply not permitted to … [Read more...] about RWS Earns CMMC Level 2 — A Quiet but Significant Shift in Defense-Grade AI
Cloudflare’s Rapid Response Shows Why the Internet Still Trusts It
The internet had a brief wobble yesterday, the kind that sends people refreshing pages and wondering if their Wi-Fi suddenly decided to take a long weekend. Around 08:47 UTC, part of Cloudflare’s infrastructure hit a snag, pushing a wave of 500-style errors across major platforms. But what stood out — and what honestly deserves more attention — is how quickly and openly … [Read more...] about Cloudflare’s Rapid Response Shows Why the Internet Still Trusts It