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U.S. to partner with Israel to combat ransomware attacks

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Signage is seen at the United States Department of the Treasury headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo

Nov 14 (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department said on Sunday it will partner with Israel to combat ransomware, with the two countries launching a joint task force to address cybersecurity.

The task force will develop a memorandum of understanding supporting information sharing related to the financial sector, including cybersecurity regulations and threat intelligence, the Treasury Department said.

The announcement follows a virtual meeting on ransomware that held at the White House in October with the European Union and more than 30 countries, including Israel. read more

Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo asked then for international cooperation to address the abuse of virtual currency and disrupt the ransomware business model.

The partnership follows measures taken to combat a surge in ransomware that has struck several big U.S. companies, including an attack on the largest fuel pipeline in the United States that crippled fuel delivery for several days. read more

A broader U.S.-Israeli task force was also launched on Sunday to address issues related to fintech and cybersecurity, the Treasury Department said.

Adeyemo met with Israeli Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Director General of the National Cyber Directorate Yigal Unna in Israel on Sunday to establish a bilateral partnership, the department said in a statement.

Earlier this month, the U.S. Justice Department charged a Ukraine national and a Russian in one of the worst ransomware attacks against American targets.

Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Lisa Shumaker and Daniel Wallis

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Ericsson to partner with Verizon in $8.3 billion deal to expand 5G coverage

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Ericsson, a Swedish telecom company with its North American headquarters in Plano, will partner with Verizon to expand its U.S. 5G network in a $8.3 billion deal announced Friday.

Under the five-year agreement, Verizon will utilize Ericsson’s different technology solutions to expand its ultra-wideband 5G coverage. This includes the Massive MIMO, Ericsson Spectrum Sharing and the Ericsson Cloud Radio Access Network.

The deal is the single largest in Ericsson’s history, which stretches back to 1876.

“This is a significant strategic partnership for both companies, and what we’re most excited about is bringing the benefits of 5G to U.S. consumers, enterprises and the public sector,” said Niklas Heuveldop, president and head of Ericsson North America.

Ericsson and Verizon have a long track record of partnering together. In 2020, Verizon became the first communications service provider to receive a commercial 5G base station from the Ericsson smart factory in Lewisville.

Verizon wants to rapidly expand its 5G network as it competes with AT&T and T-Mobile to grant its customers reliable 5G access. The company pledged over $45.5 billion in a C-band auction that closed in February to secure more mid-band spectrum coverage.

“5G is really going to change the future,” said Karen Schulz, who works in global network and technology communications for Verizon. “The fundamental capabilities of 5G will usher in applications and innovations that we’ve never seen before.”

5G has the potential to enhance apps and technologies like augmented reality and the Internet of Things, Schulz said.

In Texas, Verizon users are connected to 5G over 12% of the time, while T-Mobile users are connected 40% of the time and AT&T users are connected over 26% of the time, according to the latest 5G User Experience Report by Opensignal. Nationally, Verizon users are connected to 5G over 10% of the time.

As 5G expands in Texas, businesses are most likely to initially see the largest changes in coverage because they can tap into the network’s full capabilities, said Ram Dantu, director of the Center for Information and Cyber Security at the University of North Texas.

“Consumers may not be able to see the…

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Radware And Acantho Partner to Provide Cloud Web

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MAHWAH, N.J., June 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Radware® (NASDAQ: RDWR), a leading provider of cyber security and application delivery solutions, and Acantho, a telecommunications subsidiary of Italy-based Hera Group, today announced an expanded partnership to provide cloud web application security protection to enterprise customers in Italy. Through this extended agreement, Acantho has also upgraded its own infrastructure with Radware’s hybrid DDoS protection.

Acantho will now offer Radware’s Cloud WAF service, including Bot Manager, to enterprise customers for enhanced quality of service and application security. With application availability more important to the user experience than ever, web applications are becoming increasingly vulnerable, exposing enterprises to the risk of data breach and financial loss. Cloud WAF Service addresses these threats directly and effectively.

Acantho also upgraded its own infrastructure with Radware’s Hybrid DDoS Attack Protection, which includes a combination of DefensePro solutions and Radware’s Cloud DDoS Protection, which offers on-demand cloud DDoS service deployment.

For the past three years, Acantho has relied upon Radware’s DefensePro attack mitigation to provide automated DDoS defense and protection from fast moving, high-volume, encrypted or very short duration threats for its two data centers. Based upon its successful experience with DefensePro and an increased customer demand application protection security due to rapid cloud migration and increased cloud attacks, Acantho turned to Radware again to bring cloud protection to their customers and to strengthen its own infrastructure.

Roberto Privitera, Acantho’s Head of Business Development said, “Our mission is to help companies achieve excellent results in their business through cutting-edge IT services. This past year, we saw a significant number of our customers rapidly migrate to the hybrid cloud, face increased cloud attacks, and require enhanced cloud security to protect their businesses. We have supported this transformation process, also expanding our partnership with Radware to bring cloud application-level security to our customers and by…

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Improve your AppSec program with the Synopsys partner ecosystem

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Understand how the Synopsys partner ecosystem can help your organization address your software quality and application security challenges.

Synopsys partner ecosystem

To build secure, high-quality software in today’s challenging environment, organizations need world-class partnerships backed by industry-leading software quality and application security products and services.

Tom Herrmann, newly appointed vice president of channels and alliances at Synopsys, understands the value of global channel partner networks and what they can do for customers. He has spent the last 25 years working closely with partners, both large channel and alliances organizations and smaller organizations, to build partner businesses from the ground up. Today he oversees all partner program and go-to-market strategy and execution across all partner types for Synopsys.

We spoke with Tom to learn how the Synopsys channel partner ecosystem—which includes resellers, distributors, system integrators, consulting firms, cloud solution providers (CSPs), independent software vendors, and other technology partners—provides solutions to business problems. He also shares what differentiates the Synopsys partner ecosystem from other channel programs in today’s market.

What do you hear from the partner community that they are most focused on with their customers?

Companies face myriad business challenges today—everything from digital transformation, the cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data, to regulatory compliance, cyber security, data privacy, cost containment, customer experience, employee experience, and so on. Trying to solve these challenges is virtually impossible without the help of other companies that have expertise in these areas.

Like Synopsys, our partners work closely with customers and clients to help them address their most challenging business problems. They offer guidance on processes improvements, policies, security posture, and efficiency gains, as well as provide operational services and recommend technology solutions to help address these challenges.

How does Synopsys engage with its partners to help solve these challenges?

The Software Integrity Group at Synopsys has developed a…

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