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Rumored Wiz Deal Would be HISTORIC (if it happens), redefining shared responsibility – ESW #368

In this week's enterprise security news,

  1. Google is rumored to be considering acquiring Wiz for $23 BILLION
  2. ThreatConnect acquires Polarity
  3. XBOW and Sola Security are interesting new companies we’ll discuss
  4. What does “shared responsibility” actually mean?
  5. Palo Alto probably isn’t going to buy your startup
  6. Snowflake-related breaches continue getting worse
  7. MUCH less AI talk than usual
  8. Defragmenting your browser

All that and more, on this episode of Enterprise Security Weekly.

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  1. 1. ACQUISITIONS: ThreatConnect Acquires Polarity to Bring Intelligence to the Point of Decision for Security Teams
  2. 2. ACQUISITION RUMORS: Google reportedly in advanced talks to acquire cyber startup Wiz for $23 billion, its largest-ever deal

    Is it though? Or is this a strategic play to prepare for an IPO? Only time will tell.

  3. 3. NEW COMPANIES: XBOW

    Autonomously finding webapp vulns!

  4. 4. NEW COMPANIES: Sola Security (coming soon)

    This is a "must click" to read the silly quotes. We talked about this last week, but wow - really? This guy really got $28M and doesn't know what he's gonna build yet?

    Must be nice.

  5. 5. ESSAYS: Unobtrusively Upgrading Ubuntu Underfoot
  6. 6. ESSAYS: Palo Alto isn’t going to buy everyone: the anatomy of cybersecurity startup exits
  7. 7. ESSAYS: A new SaaS security shared responsibility model

    Shared responsibility is a mess right now. We're going to have to address a lot of issues.

  8. 8. BREACHES: AT&T’s massive data breach deepens crisis for Snowflake seven weeks after hack was disclosed
  9. 9. AI INDEGESTION: Delving into ChatGPT usage in academic writing through excess vocabulary
  10. 10. AI TALK: RAID (Real World AI Definitions)
  11. 11. SQUIRREL: Windows 98 Disk Defrag Simulator
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