A recent government-commissioned report claims that the average cost of a cyber-breach for medium to large UK businesses and charities is a mere £5,220 – despite other industry surveys estimating this number to be closer to £4 million. But industry experts like Alyn Hockey, VP of Product Management at Clearswift, warn that the figure appears to be misleadingly low.

HelpSystems has bought Strategic Cyber LLC, an "ethical hacker" that does business as Cobalt Strike, in the Eden Prairie company's latest move to beef up its cybersecurity presence.

Top pen-testing solution joins Core Security in Fortra roster of infrastructure protection solutions to meet surging market demand

Fortra today announced the latest release of Powertech SIEM Agent for IBM i. The new version provides enhanced flexibility to meet the demands of increasingly complex IT environments.

Fortra completed the first acquisition of the Kate Bolseth era this week with the purchase of Clearswift, a UK-based provider of data loss prevention (DLP) solutions. The software will play nicely with Fortra's existing managed file transfer (MFT) offerings for IBM i and other platforms, according to new CEO Bolseth, who indicates that more and bigger acquisitions are on the horizon.

Fortra announced today that it will acquire Clearswift, a UK-based content threat protection software company.

Fortra announced today the release of a free version of its security software for smaller organizations who need to protect their data with greater insight on what’s happening with their systems.

Cybersecurity Insiders recently recognized Fortra' Event manager as a top security solution.

In a new report released by Info-Tech Research Group, GoAnywhere, a Fortra solution for Managed File Transfer (MFT), received the highest scores from end users when considering product satisfaction and features along with vendor experience and capabilities.

Fortra has enhanced its GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer (MFT) solution with new PeSIT support for secure file transfers.

Fortra announced today it has acquired the Core Security assets from SecureAuth. The assets acquired from SecureAuth are industry-leading solutions for identity governance and administration, penetration testing, threat detection, and vulnerability management.

Purchase gives IT management specialist added firepower in identity governance, penetration testing, threat detection, and vulnerability management. Read the full article here.

Fortra has acquired the Core Security division of Irvine, Calif.-based SecureAuth Corp.

Fortra today announced the latest release of its industry-leading managed file transfer solution, GoAnywhere MFT. This version has unveiled a new look for GoAnywhere: a modernized web interface that simplifies how users interact with others and share files in an increasingly-secure file transfer environment.

GoAnywhere MFT Cloud Connectors are popular among Fortra customers for their ability to connect with everyday business applications to automate secure file sharing. Not only is Fortra actively updating and improving previously released Cloud Connectors based on customer feedback, it also encourages users to create their own integrations.

Long-time security expert, Pat Botz, recently joined Fortra. Botz goes way back in the computer industry. He wrote the Basic compiler and CAD tools for Control Data supercomputers and then lead the development of CAD tools for its AIX workstation line three decades ago. He eventually became a lead security architect for the IBM i platform, and left Big Blue a number of years ago to start his own security firm, Botz & Associates. Dan sat down to have a chat with Chris Heim, chief executive officer of Fortra, and John Vanderwall, vice president and business unit manager for security services at the company, as well as Botz, who now has a senior security services consultant position at the company.

Policy Minder has been expanded to empower security monitoring for data stored on Amazon S3, giving IT professionals peace of mind any misconfigurations or oversights will be detected and rectified.

Today Fortra released Cloud Connectors allowing their GoAnywhere Secure File Transfer solution to integrate with popular third-party services like Salesforce, SharePoint, Box, and more.

Linoma Software, a Fortra company, today announced the release of version 5.5 of its GoAnywhere managed file transfer (MFT) solution, which allows organizations to deploy MFT agents across the enterprise to automate, secure and audit all of their file transfers from a single, centralized location.

Fortra and Tango/04 combine to help organizations in Europe and Latin America with systems management, monitoring, and security solutions.