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Nium

Nium adds three C suite leaders to drive global growth

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Nium strengthens global payments push with new chiefs for risk, technology and marketing as AI, stablecoins and regulation reshape the sector.
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Cyderes names Lana Knop Chief Product Officer for AI push

Sat, 24th Jan 2026
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Cyderes appoints Lana Knop as Chief Product Officer to steer post‑Lucidum product strategy and drive a new wave of AI‑powered security services.
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SentinelOne appoints Ana Pinczuk to lead product & technology

Sat, 27th Sep 2025
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SentinelOne has appointed Ana Pinczuk as President of Product & Technology to lead global AI and cybersecurity innovation efforts.
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Rohit Ghai named Chief Executive Officer as Barracuda enters new era

Wed, 24th Sep 2025
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Barracuda appoints Rohit Ghai as CEO, ushering a new era after Hatem Naguib's tenure marked by growth and innovation in cybersecurity.
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Matthew Brown appointed CFO as Tenable reshuffles top team

Wed, 27th Aug 2025
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Tenable appoints Matthew Brown as new CFO, replacing Steve Vintz who moves to Co-CEO, marking a strategic shift in leadership and growth focus.
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Tenable appoints Matthew Brown as new CFO amid leadership shift

Mon, 25th Aug 2025
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Tenable names Matthew Brown as CFO to drive growth, following Steve Vintz's move to joint CEO alongside Mark Thurmond.
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Gigamon appoints Lisa Harrup Mieuli as Chief Marketing Officer

Fri, 11th Apr 2025
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breach prevention
Gigamon has appointed Lisa Harrup Mieuli as Chief Marketing Officer to enhance its global marketing strategy amid rising demand for deep observability.
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Kaspersky named one of the top 100 global innovators

Mon, 16th Mar 2020
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For the second year, it made the Derwent Top 100 Global Innovator list by Clarivate Analytics, which includes giants like Amazon, Facebook and Google.
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Symantec, Ixia combine efforts to secure hybrid networks

Tue, 14th May 2019
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Symantec and Ixia have integrated Symantec Security Analytics with Ixia's CloudLens to enhance real-time visibility and security in hybrid cloud networks.
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New threats on the block: Formjacking, IoT, LotL attacks

Tue, 26th Feb 2019
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Cybercriminals shift focus from ransomware to formjacking and IoT exploits, with Symantec's latest report revealing tens of millions of dollars in losses.
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DigiCert conquers Google's distrust of Symantec certs

Wed, 12th Dec 2018
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DigiCert has successfully restored trust for its Symantec security certificates after Google's automatic distrust.
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Conspiracy looms: NSS Labs takes CrowdStrike, ESET, Symantec & AMTSO to court

Thu, 27th Sep 2018
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NSS Labs is suing CrowdStrike, ESET, Symantec, and AMTSO, alleging they conspired to boycott independent security tests to hide flaws in their products.
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Orangeworm threat group targeting Asia & EU healthcare sector firms

Tue, 24th Apr 2018
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The attacks deliver the Trojan.Kampirs malware and appear to be carefully targeted, with significant planning behind the scenes.
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In depth: Symantec talks data privacy, Europe's GDPR & its major impact on ANZ

Mon, 17th Jul 2017
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healthtech
The upcoming GDPR will have a significant impact on data protection in Europe and beyond, according to Symantec's Brian Fletcher.
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Petya ransomworm's rapid spread: What the experts know right now

Wed, 28th Jun 2017
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network infrastructure
The Petya ransomware uses the EternalBlue exploit to not only infect files, but an entire system's drive. We get the latest from the experts.
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Veeam slams traditional vendors stifling competition as Symantec patent suit ends

Thu, 24th Nov 2016
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Veeam has slammed fearful 'traditional' vendors for attempting to stifle competition as a long-running patent action by brought by Symantec winds up.
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Video of Hillary making ISIS deal: It's not real, says security expert

Mon, 22nd Aug 2016
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Symantec warns of non-existent video of Hillary Clinton exchanging money with ISIS used as bait in spam emails.
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Do you know how to spot and destroy that BEC scam?

Thu, 14th Jul 2016
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email security
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cybersecurity
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symantec
Business email compromise scams, also known as CEO fraud, is a huge problem in 2016. How can you spot one and what should you do about it?.
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Symantec reports record revenue

Thu, 25th Oct 2012
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Symantec achieves a record NZ$2.1 billion revenue in Q2 2013, reflecting solid growth ambitions and strong sector performance.