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Cyberrey, Vicarius forge strategic alliance to elevate cyber security in Africa
Cyberrey, a cybersecurity distributor in Africa, has formed a strategic partnership with Vicarius, a leader in autonomous vulnerability remediation. This collaboration aims to provide AI-driven protection to African enterprises, enabling them to detect, prioritize, and eliminate vulnerabilities proactively. The partnership leverages Vicariuss vRx platform, which offers automated patching, patchless protection, AI-driven prioritization, and compliance management. This alliance is particularly significant for the African market, where businesses face increasing cyber threats amid digital transformation. The partnership also includes channel-led initiatives, training workshops, and reseller enablement programs to enhance cybersecurity resilience across the continent.
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Best vulnerability management tools: Prevent security breaches
The article discusses the importance of vulnerability management tools in identifying and mitigating security vulnerabilities within an organizations IT infrastructure. It highlights several top vulnerability management tools, including Intruder, which is praised for its continuous network monitoring, automated vulnerability scanning, and integration with cloud providers like AWS, GCP, and Azure. Intruder is recommended for small to medium-sized businesses due to its simplicity and cloud-based architecture. Other tools mentioned include Rapid7 InsightVM, Nessus Essentials, OpenVAS, ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus, SecPod SanerNow, and Vicarius vRx, each offering unique features tailored to different organizational needs.
Unlocking the future: A unique exhibition on Israeli cyber technologies
The CyberWeek 2024 conference at Tel Aviv University unveiled an exhibition titled Protecting the World: Israeli CyberSecurity Technologies, showcasing Israels pivotal role in global cybersecurity. The exhibition, initiated by the Israel National Cyber Directorate, features 25 advanced cyber technologies from leading Israeli companies, symbolized by rare antique locks. It highlights Israels leadership in cybersecurity, focusing on protecting public trust, data integrity, and critical infrastructure. Despite a global downturn in high-tech investments, Israeli cyber companies have shown resilience, with M&A exits reaching $2.8 billion and private funding at $1.9 billion in 2023. The exhibition, curated by Doron Polak and photographed by Eitan Vitkon, aims to make cybersecurity accessible through art and history, emphasizing the connection between historical craftsmanship and modern innovation.
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Cyber startup Vicarius raises $30 million Series B for vulnerability remediation platform | CTech
Cybersecurity startup Vicarius has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by Bright Pixel Capital, with participation from AllegisCyber Capital, AlleyCorp, and Strait Capital. This brings the companys total funding to over $56 million. Since its last funding round in 2022, Vicarius has grown its customer base to over 400, including global organizations like PepsiCo, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Bupa, and Equinix. The funds will be used to accelerate the companys global expansion and support its growing customer base. Vicarius provides an autonomous end-to-end vulnerability remediation platform to help security teams protect their apps and assets against software exploitation.
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Vicarius raises $24M to build out its vulnerability remediation platform
New York-based startup Vicarius has raised $24 million in Series A funding to develop an autonomous vulnerability remediation platform. The platform aims to protect organizations from supply-chain attacks and reduce the time it takes to remediate vulnerabilities. Vicarius plans to consolidate the vulnerability remediation process and provide free resources to the security community. The funding round was led by AllegisCyber Capital, JVP, and AlleyCorp, with participation from executives of Okta, SecurityScorecard, and Exabeam. Vicarius intends to use the funds to triple its number of employees and expand its go-to-market strategy.
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Vicarius announces Technology Partnership Agreement with Redington
Vicarius Offers New Technology to Fix Log4j with No Vendor Involvement
Israeli cybersecurity company Vicarius is offering new technology to detect and fix the Log4j vulnerability without vendor involvement. The Log4j vulnerability allows attackers to hijack Java-based web servers and execute code remotely. Vendors are working to create their own patches, but this process could take months, leaving a significant window of opportunity for attackers. Vicarius has developed a platform that searches for the vulnerable Log4j library file and accelerates the vulnerability discovery and remediation process. The company also offers a method to fix the vulnerability without updating the software. Vicarius aims to provide new solutions for vulnerability management and address the challenges faced by security teams. The article emphasizes the need for improved cybersecurity measures and a closer examination of dependencies on open source code.
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Vicarius Secures $5M in Seed Funding - FinSMEs
Vicarius, a Tel Aviv-based predictive cyberthreat provider, has raised $5 million in seed funding. The funding round was led by Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) and included participation from innogy Innovation Hub and Goldbell. Vicarius plans to use the funds to accelerate international growth, expand its offices, and enhance its product offering. The companys cybersecurity platform uses Machine Learning to detect software vulnerabilities and provides proactive attack mitigation strategies. Vicarius TOPIA technology patches vulnerabilities and offers interim threat protection. The companys US team will be based out of the JVP International NYC Cyber Center. The funding will support Vicarius mission to protect cities, banks, utilities, healthcare systems, and the integrity of information.
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Vicarius Raises $5 Million in Seed Funding for its Predictive Cyberthreat Technology
Ready for Takeoff Take 2: These Startups Are Going to London
Calcalist will host its third annual innovation and technology conference Mind the Tech in London. The event will include a series of lectures and talks on innovation, technologies, business ties with Israel, and investment opportunities. Calcalist will lead a delegation of selected Israeli startups to showcase their technologies and meet with local investors and strategic partners. Fifteen additional startups have been selected to participate in the event, including Jifiti, QEDIT, FundGuard, Whichit, Vicarius, Capitalise, Nuweba, Rentigo, Sixgill, Cyber Observer, HopOn, Intelligo Group, Market Beyond, Addionics, and Atidot.
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WeTechBerlin Conference to Showcase Israeli Startups, Part Three
Calcalist is hosting a two-day tech and innovation conference called WeTechBerlin in Berlin on February 18-19. As part of the event, Calcalist is leading a delegation of 50 Israeli startups to participate in meetings with investors, potential clients, and business partners. The conference will bring together tech executives and industry leaders from Israel and Germany. The participating companies include Fleetonomy Ltd., Leaperr AI, Vicarius Ltd., Vesttoo Ltd., EyeSight Technologies Ltd., Addionics IL Ltd., Roomer Travel Inc., Moodify Ltd., Refundit Ltd., and Assured Inc.
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JVP Doubles Investment Award in Startup Competition
Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) has announced that cybersecurity company Vicarius and chatbot developer Mmuze will each receive a $1 million investment. The investment comes after the two companies won JVPs startup competition. The competition was open to Israeli companies looking to expand to New York and New York-based companies interested in establishing operations in Israel. Vicarius, founded in 2016, has developed technology for protecting applications from software vulnerabilities. Mmuze, founded in 2013, develops voice and text-based conversation bots for businesses. Alongside the investment, both companies will receive JVPs support in turning their technologies into successful business products and setting up their New York offices.
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Meet Vicarius- Your Watch Dog Against Vulnerable Software Applications
Israeli startup Vicarius has developed a platform called Topia that aims to predict threats and protect software without patching or code changes. The platform runs on the client side, removing the need for vendor involvement. Vicarius performs static and dynamic analysis on client-side binaries to understand the softwares behavior and uses a pattern-searching machine-learning algorithm to detect threats. The company is currently wrapping up a seed round with approximately $1.5 million in funding and plans to increase the availability of its product by supporting multiple operating systems and programming languages.
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Risk Based Security, Inc. and Vicarius Ltd. Announce Partnership