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4 Cyber ​​Security Predictions for 2016 SECUDE -

NOTICE - now, at the end of 2015, SECUDE Americas President Michael Kummer, examined four of its key predictions about the where the focus of cyber security will be placed in the new year

Author :. Michael Kummer, Americas President SECUDE

1. data solutions -Centric data protection

"solutions reactive protection of sensitive data and content as DLP (data Loss Prevention) are still important as a base layer, but companies have realized they are not enough to ensure data security . the protection of data itself rather than the location of channel or storage communication is an extremely effective way to ensure sensitive information is secured in our world increasingly complex, where information can not be simply contained within the company's boundaries. "

2. growth data out of data centers

"data outside the data center is extremely difficult to protect, and thus increases the importance of data-centric solutions. We must also realize that there is no single solution that can solve this problem and, as such, companies must begin to think in layers and integrations. Automated classification and contextual data will be a key issue for the next two years, that the appropriate classification is the first step, after verification, in a comprehensive strategy for data protection. "

3. The IT Security industry consolidates

" The great players looking to expand their portfolio through the acquisition. For example, the recent acquisition of Microsoft's classification society and the protection of Israeli data secure Islands strengthens its rights management offers. Consolidation in the field of classification of enterprise data will take place. "

4. Regulatory Compliance

" Regulatory compliance is becoming a hot topic as most data breaches grab headlines. In August, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld a decision to support the FTC to take action against organizations without adequate fixation of consumption data. In addition, the EU introduced the general data and the protection legislation, which would implement a new regulation on the law of privacy for any organization that has personal information. These cases show that data security is also becoming a problem in maintaining compliance with regulatory agencies. This change pushed the company management to consider more audit and log data collection and analysis solutions that monitor and detect the threat and risk in data movement patterns and behavior user. "

About SECUDE and Michael Kummer

SECUDE is a global provider of software solutions for data protection for customers SAP. Founded in 1996, SECUDE was originally created as a partnership between SAP AG and one of the largest research organizations focused on the implementation of Europe Fraunhofer Institute in Germany.

Since 2011, SECUDE has been part of SAP PartnerEdge Value Added Reseller (VAR) program and an SAP channel partner in Germany and Switzerland. SECUDE's solutions enable companies running on SAP to identify exports of sensitive data from SAP applications with intelligent classification and secure information with strong encryption and fine-grained authorization policies. This would allow it to access securely stored and shared within the company and through cloud and mobile platforms.

Since March 2011, Michael Kummer is the iron SECUDE launches push into the North American market of the company "President Americas." Previously, he was responsible for product management and SECUDE development companies for 5 years in Switzerland and the United States. Michael Kummer has had a history of ten years in the IT industry, dating back to his days in the Austrian army.

TierPoint hosting provider announces acquiring managed Cosentry -

TierPoint, a US provider of cloud, colocation, managed services and disaster recovery solutions, has signed a definitive agreement Cosentry to acquire a fast growing provider of managed hosting based in Omaha, Nebraska

Cosentry currently operates nine data centers in several Midwestern markets , including Omaha, Nebraska . St. Louis, Missouri; Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Cosentry was named one of Inc. Magazine '5000 Fastest Growing Companies of for eight consecutive years. The terms of the acquisition, expected to close in March, were not disclosed.

subsidiary Tierpoint

At closing, Cosentry become a subsidiary of TierPoint TierPoint and operate under the brand. At that time, private equity firm TA Associates , which acquired Cosentry in 2011, will become a major investor in TierPoint, joining RedBird Capital Partners Retirement System teachers of Ontario Cequel III, the Stephens Group, advisors and JZ Thompson Street Capital Partners .

"Cosentry is a great company with great people and this acquisition gives us a significant strategic advantage over the key Midwest markets where there is an increasing demand for data center services," said Jerry Kent, Chairman and CEO of TierPoint . "We are also very pleased that a leader like TA Associates, with a long and rich history of smart investments, chose to become a major investor in TierPoint. combining TierPoint Cosentry and bring economies of scale, which benefits our customers, and the addition of TA Associates a group of already strong investor brings the power of additional financial fire. "

When the acquisition is finalized, TierPoint work 38 data centers in the United States in 24 markets and serve over 6,000 clients.

"TierPoint can offer our customers an even more robust portfolio of cloud and managed services that we currently have available," said Brad Hokamp, ​​Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Cosentry of . "expanded footprint of TierPoint data center, covering 19 markets coast to coast, will also give our customers additional geographic options to meet their growing business needs."

TierPoint has its headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, while its vis-existing neutral data centers are located in the states of Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington.

on behalf of the investor group, Gerry Cardinale, Managing Partner and founder of Redbird capital Partners a major investor, said: "We are extremely pleased with the performance of our build-up of the team strategy during the past year, culminating with this latest acquisition Cosentry. Under the direction of Jerry, the original TierPoint platform has been transformed through several key acquisitions and continued organic growth through its national level of basic facilities. "

ByteGrid managed hosting provider with Keystone Partners to Add Integrity Firmware - monitoring capabilities

ByteGrid, a hosting service provider, colocation, hybrid cloud and managed compliance has announced an agreement with Keystone, Inc. to add integrity of firmware capabilities to private cloud solutions hosted by ByteGrid and community supervision. This will offer new levels of visibility, safety and compliance with hosting solutions ByteGrid.

Keystone is a cyber security company developing solutions Firmware integrity management designed to detect unauthorized Firmware & BIOS changes in the entire center infrastructure data leveraging its Keystone Marker patented technology.

[integrity single firmware Keystone verification tool is designed to detect unauthorized changes in the firmware to support the NIST 800-53 rv4, 800-53A RV4 SI-7 PR-CSF DS.6 controls, firing party technologies such as Intel Trusted Execution technology (TXT).

The company is a pioneer in the adoption of continuous integrity monitoring firmware in the context of data center security stack with its Firmware Integrity Verification Engine Keystone (FIVE). FIVE is a security and compliance tool that monitors and reports the level of individual devices through the cloud infrastructure enables companies to meet multiple compliance checks of trust.

incorporating FIVE his security monitoring and compliance part, managed hosting ByteGrid supplier develops new community and solutions private cloud that would allow customers to monitor ByteGrid and gain immediate visibility into their cloud infrastructure platform to identify which part of the infrastructure already supports technology provides hardware like Intel TXT.

ByteGrid integrates analysis functions FIVE to monitor and track the movement and integrity of cloud client assets to develop policies that specifically require for their firmware integrity measures as Intel TXT continued.

"We are pleased that ByteGrid expands the depth and breath of their security controls and compliance by deploying our firmware integrity verification engine to detect unauthorized firmware changes in their biggest complaint cloud platform, "said José E. González, CEO of Keystone ." ByteGrid will now be the addition of key security controls basic applicable to both commercial customers and federal. "

centers eight data

ByteGrid provides its hosting services from eight data centers in six geographically dispersed markets encompassing more than 750,000 square feet of data center space. the company serves some of the largest companies in the world and government organizations, including many Fortune 50 companies.

"Our industry is changing rapidly and demands that all companies adopt a continuous approach and proactive to secure computing environments, "said Mike Duckett, CEO ByteGrid . "A ByteGrid, we maintain an ongoing effort to ensure the highest level of safety and regulatory compliance necessary to protect the data and applications of our sensitive customers. It is crucial that we evolve our capabilities ever provision of services to maintain the highest possible level of protection in all areas of our platform. with capabilities that Keystone built with Intel Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) further strengthens our ability to provide this protection and further differentiate our services offering. "

Catalyze and hosting partner to deliver cloud hosting managed services for customer -

Internet Marketing Company, Rapid Crush, chooses the Managed Web Hosting Services Liquid for its new projects -

An Internet marketing business more quickly, rapid Crush, use Web services managed hosting liquids for their new shopping cart software and their new business WordPress.

as an Internet marketing company, called Rapid Crush systems integrators, conversion experts, and launch experts. They offer physical product training, they train their clients on how to purchase, find, make, and sell products on platforms like AWS Cloud.

Rapid Crush also teaches clients how to sell information based products through webinars and seminars. Their company is currently expanding to include WordPress products ... an "exciting opportunity" that prompted them to reach out to Liquid Web.

When Doland White became CEO of Rapid Crush in early 2016, and it now current director Sr. services David McLaurin , made a point of encounter of Liquid Web nail exactly the services they were currently using so they can plan future expansion.

"I work with other hosting providers before, but work with Liquid Web has been interesting, especially with our account manager, Alex," said M McLaurin .. . "Alex was really easy to get down and dirty in the options, enabling us to reconsider and purchase a new server."

"We want to work with someone who will be there, if we ' re calling about something really stupid or really difficult, "added M McLaurin .. . "We want to be able to take the phone and call"

The identification and understanding of their hosting infrastructure provided Rapid Crush the confidence to take on two major projects this year. Building their own basket and launching a new business WordPress

a new cart

new basket of

Rapid Crush is a key part of their core business -. they have need in place to bring in revenue. as many of the products they market and sell are online, the majority of their revenue comes through the web as well. for this reason, they have chosen to create their own and rely on the Liquid Web hosting and network infrastructure to run it.

A new WordPress business

the second new project to help fast Crush to break into the market WordPress. This new part of their activity will be focused on selling WordPress themes and access to third-party plugins. The launch of this business is an important step for fast Crush and they are happy to join a market that currently run 25% of the Internet.

Rapidscale Hires Duane Barnes as director of engineering sales -

RapidScale, a cloud managed services provider, said Duane Barnes his team as Director the sales engineering. Mr. Barnes is headquartered in Raleigh, NC, support customers in the United States.

Duane Barnes will be responsible for leading a team of pre-sales engineers, Architecting solutions to complex cloud computing , and by providing a product marketing support for sales and RapidScale management teams. Mr. Barnes has over 18 years of IT experience, with expertise in complex data center solutions, managed hosting projects, cloud computing, virtualization, storage, networking, disaster recovery, the security, and more.

Before joining RapidScale, Barnes was a cloud specialist Intelisys , dedicated to the partners of the Southeast Region. He encouraged business partners to clearly define the technology and / or business problem that had to be solved with a cloud solution to better understand the overall picture on behalf of their clients.

Duane positions also held as vice president of professional services and presales Open-Xchange , and Director of Engineering Solutions Windstream Hosted Solutions (now TierPoint). He holds certifications from Microsoft, Cisco, VMware, CompTIA, HP and EMC industry.