Digital Trust & Safety Pioneer Only Vendor to Achieve “Leader” Status Across All Three Categories

Sift, the leader in Digital Trust & Safety, today announced it has been named a Leader in the Fall Grid® Reports for Fraud Detection, E-Commerce Fraud Detection, and Risk-Based Authentication by G2, the world’s largest and most trusted software marketplace. Sift is the only solution provider to have earned Leader status in these three software categories.

The G2 Fall 2023 Grid® Reports are based on an evaluation of customer satisfaction, the market presence of a company in its respective category, and customer reviews. Sift has been named a leader in G2’s quarterly Grid® Reports in E-Commerce Fraud Detection for 15 consecutive quarters, Fraud Detection for 10 consecutive quarters, and Risk-Based Authentication for four consecutive quarters.

Sift public recognition has surged in 2023, and earning Leader status in G2’s latest reports follow the news of being named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Digital Fraud Management, Q3 2023 by Forrester Research, Inc. In that report, 15 fraud prevention vendors were evaluated across 20 criteria and only two, including Sift, were listed as Leaders.

"Being named a Leader in the G2 Fall Grid® Reports reflects the material, positive difference Sift is making for our customers,” said Armen Najarian, Sift’s Chief Marketing Officer. “More than 700 customers have placed their trust in Sift to help grow their digital business profitably. We don’t take this responsibility lightly, and are committed to deepening the investment in our product and customer experience to confidently serve the market as an industry leader.”

Highlights of recent Sift user reviews on G2 include:

• "Sift is the partner of choice for fraud prevention. Sift is one of the few tools in our software stacks that has such a clear ROI. We have total transparency with our entire order pipeline to prevent fraudulent purchases. The UI is intuitive and the rules-based engine makes creating and editing rules on the fly a breeze.”
• “I've used Sift for a very long time and it’s fantastic! I've used Sift across multiple organizations in my time in Trust & Safety and I genuinely appreciate how responsive the Sift team is when questions arise and how proactive they are about keeping in contact. With regard to the Sift portal, it's easy to use, easy to understand, and I appreciate being able to set up review queues for my team and the needs of our specific types of fraud.”
• "Sift's end-to-end solution is a revelation. It's efficient, intelligent, and remarkably easy to use. This tool truly stands out in the crowded landscape of fraud detection and risk management solutions. The single, intuitive console is a game-changer. It's like having all the necessary tools and insights right at your fingertips without the hassle of switching between disconnected systems. What sets Sift apart is its comprehensive approach. Unlike other fraud tools, Sift doesn't just scratch the surface – it dives deep into risk operations with its patented technology. The connected data it provides is invaluable; it paints a clear and holistic picture of potential threats, allowing us to make informed decisions swiftly…”

New regional investments in sales and technical expertise will help customers tame network complexity

BlueCat Networks, a leading provider of mission-critical network and cloud infrastructure software for reliable and secure DNS, DHCP, and IP address management (collectively known as DDI), today announced a strategic partnership with Grupo Dice. This alliance addresses the challenges of network complexity for enterprises in Mexico and Latin America and recognizes the region’s adoption of enterprise network management tools.

"Mexico and Latin America hold immense potential for DDI management solutions and this partnership is a key pillar in our strategy,” said BlueCat's Senior Vice President of Worldwide Channel Sales, Doug Popik. “We’re excited to show customers how BlueCat’s industry-recognized solutions can help them optimize their networks, improve efficiency, and bolster security.”

DDI management is a crucial component of modern IT infrastructure, enabling organizations to manage and control their networks across multicloud, hybrid cloud, and on-premises environments. The complexity of today's networks demands agile solutions to ensure seamless connectivity, security, and scalability. BlueCat's innovative DDI portfolio offers a comprehensive approach to managing these critical network services.

The partnership with Grupo Dice, a leading regional IT distributor, showcases BlueCat's commitment to the region. With a Mexico-based team, BlueCat will collaborate with networking and IT systems integrators, channel marketing agencies, and IT professionals to provide tailored DDI management solutions to enterprises.

"We're ready to share the value of BlueCat's cutting-edge DDI management portfolio with partners, resellers, and customers," said Nestor Lozano, Grupo Dice's Head of Marketing and Sales. "Working with BlueCat aligns perfectly with our commitment to bringing the best technology and support to our customers."

CAYIN Technology, a leader in the digital signage industry, has announced the launch of the latest version of its Digital Signage Assistant. The update is described as a game-changer, featuring a new user interface and groundbreaking features aimed at revolutionizing how businesses manage their digital signage networks. The new 'Real-time CMS Overview' allows users to manage their CMS dashboard from their mobile devices, providing real-time statistics and network data. Another feature, 'Centralized Scheduling Management on Your Mobile,' enables users to schedule digital content effortlessly from anywhere. CAYIN believes that these updates will make the management of digital signage networks more efficient and convenient.

TAIPEI, Sept. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- CAYIN Technology, a pioneer in the digital signage industry, is excited to announce the launch of the latest version of its Digital Signage Assistant.

Digital Signage Assistant update is not just an upgrade; it's a game-changer. With a fresh user interface and groundbreaking features, it's set to revolutionize the way businesses manage their digital signage networks.

Your CMS Dashboard, Now in Your Pocket
With the new 'Real-time CMS Overview', you're no longer tied to your desk. This feature transforms your mobile device into a powerful command center, giving you a bird's eye view of your CMS. Whether you're in a meeting, on your lunch break, or on the other side of the world, you can access usage statistics, network data, and more, right at your fingertips. Stay connected, stay informed, and manage your digital signage operations with unprecedented efficiency.

Schedule Like a Pro, From Anywhere
Say goodbye to the days of being chained to your office computer for scheduling tasks. The 'Centralized Scheduling Management on Your Mobile' feature brings the power of scheduling to your mobile device. Whether you're at a coffee shop or in the comfort of your home, you can manage your schedules effortlessly. Add or edit skins, programs, playlists, videos, images, and HTML content with just a few taps. This feature gives you the freedom to create captivating and personalized digital content that takes your brand display to new heights.

"We're thrilled to introduce these innovative features to our users," said a spokesperson for CAYIN Technology. "We believe that these updates will significantly enhance the user experience, making the management of digital signage networks more efficient and convenient than ever before."

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Leading European full-service post-production Studio sees major boost in capacity, scalability, and performance with Qumulo

Qumulo, the simple way to manage exabyte-scale data anywhere, today announced that award-winning, Prague-based PFX Studio is working with the company to streamline its full service post-production environment. Working in tandem with Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Qumulo is supporting PFX Studio to consolidate multiple locations and workflows onto the Qumulo® File Data Platform.

The mission of PFX is to produce world-class, Post-Production services for film, television, animated content, as well as advertisements. It fulfills this mission by collaborating with leading global companies such as Netflix, HBO Max, Disney, and many others. PFX has grown into one of the most prominent and trusted VFX companies.

The studio is utilizing the Qumulo File Data Platform’s interface for efficient management and real-time operational analytics. Real-time insights are of key importance for the M&E sector. PFX automates key processes using the Qumulo advanced API.

“Everything worked from the start. Qumulo has a great approach, is customer-focused, doesn’t overwhelm with information, and helps us concentrate on what is essential for us,” said Martin Polak, Head of IT, PFX.

Unstructured data has grown exponentially over the past decade, and legacy architectures can no longer keep up with the growing demands to store and manage it. The big data behind PFX’s expanding production portfolio ultimately led to technical issues. By turning to the Qumulo File Data Platform, PFX optimized the management and centralization of its massive file data for all sites.

Top three business benefits

• Major boost in capacity, scalability, and performance. Compared to Hitachi HNAS, Qumulo’s file data platform offers a much simpler, more scalable, and agile solution. Capacity can be expanded on demand. Since PFX opted for an All-NVMe solution with Qumulo, the performance boost was noticeable from the start. PFX is utilizing Qumulo as their active storage, whereas HNAS covers the NAS storage without performance needs, and the backup
• Real-time data visibility and control of data. Effective data management at scale is impossible without real-time data visibility. This is of key importance in the M&E sector. PFX’s central repository managing plug-in was causing a system slow down. They were able to fix the issue with the help of real-time insights. Qumulo’s real-time analytics dashboard and data services were built to control access, monitor usage, prevent bottlenecks, and predict costs using live data
• REST-API to simplify file management and automation. Qumulo's software is enhanced, complemented, and managed by a robust REST API. It helps PFX to retrieve all information with REST calls and supports automation. Information presented in the Analytics tab can be retrieved with REST calls against the API. Most file system operations can also be invoked with the REST API

Qumulo’s software platform and Scale Anywhere™ approach offers customers a simple solution for managing big data within their private data center by bringing together a consumption-based approach, on-premises controls and a modern cloud experience. The Qumulo and HPE solution runs on HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen10 Plus servers for higher performance, industry-leading security, and optimized workload capabilities.

Qumulo is the storage software of choice for in-house and remote creative work teams. From major film studios, streaming networks, gaming and production houses, to animation, post production and VFX companies, Qumulo helps innovators capture, collaborate and distribute creativity for audiences all over the world to enjoy.

Essential HR information used to power AI-based insider threat detection, enrich security workflows with business context, and provide better alignment between security and HR teams

DoControl, the leading SaaS Security Platform (SSP), today announces integration with popular Human Resources Information System (HRIS) platforms such as Workday and HiBob. Through this integration, customers will have the ability to leverage metadata from these applications, enabling them to make smarter security decisions, support secure offboarding processes, as well as insider threat management for departing employees - both via resignation or termination covering more SaaS threat models.

When it comes to decisions and metadata leveraged from these systems, DoControl's integration with HRIS applications is essential as it will give customers much more context into the action of employees, current or past, all while providing powerful SaaS security policies throughout business-critical applications. This year, we have seen a tremendous amount of enterprises reducing their workforce, putting the risk for data exfiltration at an all time high as disgruntled employees depart from the business. This integration will enable DoControl to continuously monitor suspicious activity and trigger automated workflows to remediate top threat models.

Human Resources teams and security teams work in silos, but their ongoing work has reciprocal effects, ultimately resulting in blind spots when it comes to their HRIS tools and the associated metadata, for example:

• An employee is about to leave, so you want to reduce their access to sensitive information. Through this integration, DoControl will continuously sync the list of departing and terminated employees using its insider threat management software
• Someone from the organization is sharing sensitive information with their personal email. The integration will deploy anomaly-detection mechanisms identifying inappropriate end-user behavior and send real-time notifications to security teams via DoControl's risk management solution
• Notify the employee's manager about security concerns or violations through automated security workflows, which are initiated in real-time when employment status or changes are triggered to prevent employees exfiltrating data stored in SaaS applications

"SaaS applications have a goldmine of valuable data that could easily fall in the wrong hands, and timing around separation of this data is critical. An employee who is no longer with a company or has been let go can download, share or even delete files in the course of a few minutes." said Adam Gavish, CEO and Co-founder at DoControl. "Through this integration, DoControl will be better able to protect customers from insider threats arising from a dismissal, enabling them to closely monitor employee behavior and shut down access to SaaS assets and applications when permissions need updating or the employee's tenure with the company ends.

Elevating digital security: AtData and Persona join forces to combat fraud in the digital era

AtData, the leader in email address intelligence, announced its partnership with Persona, a unified identity platform that helps businesses verify their users and fight fraud. This collaboration reflects an industry that is acknowledging the pressing need for stronger defenses against a myriad of online threats. With data breaches, identity theft, and fraud on the rise, these partnerships represent a promising front against the pressing challenges.

AtData's rich email-centric intelligence data will be available in Persona's marketplace, where their customers can access the largest global email address network that can identify malicious users hiding behind an email address. Persona's choice in partnership further highlights AtData's prowess in risk and fraud prevention, reinforcing their position within data focused solutions.

AtData has demonstrated its commitment to innovation for over 20 years, driving industry standards while leveraging its email intelligence data to meet the demand of modern fraud operations teams. Backed by AtData's advanced machine learning models, Persona's clients benefit from AtData's flexible Fraud Services API tied to their historic database.

Tom Burke, CEO of AtData, remarked, "This partnership with Persona is a testament to our shared vision of creating a safer, smarter digital economy. AtData has always believed in the power of data-driven decisions—being added to the Persona marketplace will enable their customers to utilize our expertise in email address intelligence and robust data offerings to help capture more fraud with greater confidence. Together, we're looking forward to making strides in preventing fraud and ensuring a more secure digital experience for users everywhere."

Persona, through its platform, has been an innovator in enabling businesses to streamline their identity operations, making services more user-centric and efficient. The integration of AtData's fraud solution into Persona's Marketplace will elevate this efficiency to an even higher level, enabling businesses to operate more securely.

"To combat the rising tide of sophisticated fraud, we've seen more of our customers incorporate additional risk signals as part of their verification and decisioning process," says Persona's Trust and Safety Architect Jeff Sakasegawa. "By leveraging AtData's expertise in email address intelligence via our Marketplace platform, joint customers can flag additional suspicious users while getting a holistic view of a customer's riskiness."

Cybersecurity leader brings global threat intelligence to industry consortium

Global cybersecurity leader Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704) is proud to announce its membership in a new industry alliance, the Hacking Policy Council, dedicated to advocating for security research and testing among policymakers.

Brian Gorenc, VP of threat research at Trend: "It is a true honor for Trend and for myself personally to collaborate with a council of the nation's leading experts in security research and vulnerability disclosure. We have closely followed the evolving cybersecurity landscape outside of the U.S. for the past two decades, and we look forward to using this knowledge to inform policies across the country. There's no better way to help achieve our mission of making the digital connected world safer."

The Hacking Policy Council was founded by the non-profit Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law alongside Google, Intel, and other industry names. The Council reinforces the importance of a collective effort to advocate for cybersecurity best practices.

Harley Geiger, coordinator of the Hacking Policy Council: "We are thrilled to welcome Trend as the newest member of the Hacking Policy Council. Our mission is to champion safer and more transparent technology through responsible hacking practices. With Trend's significant expertise joining the Council's leaders in vulnerability disclosure, penetration testing, and security research, we are poised to make even greater strides. Together we will continue to ensure that ethical hacking and vulnerability management thrive within a supportive legal and policy framework, benefiting consumers, enterprises, and society at large."

The Council's mission is to raise awareness among policymakers of the importance of best practices that protect and facilitate vulnerability disclosure and management, penetration testing, ethical hacking, and related disciplines.

Trend brings formidable experience in this space through its Zero Day Initiative™ (ZDI), the world's largest vendor-agnostic bug bounty program, and a leading voice in ethical disclosure practices. The ZDI has been vocal in calling for more transparency from vendors in vulnerability management and higher quality in their security updates to improve protection for technology end users.

Trend is also noted for decades of global threat research and insight into the ever-changing exploit marketplace—intelligence which will be invaluable as it supports the Hacking Policy Council's ambitious aims.

Joining the Hacking Policy Council further cements Trend's commitment to enhancing global cybersecurity and improving U.S. policy to make the country a safer place to exchange digital information.