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All companies are potential victims of cyber attacks, and buying insurance is one way many are trying to manage that risk. Why it matters: Companies hit by attacks are exposed to incredible costs — Equifax lost $4 billion in stock market value in just a week — so companies are increasingly looking beyond traditional safety nets to avoid financial ruin.

The Tech Tribune staff has compiled the very best tech startups in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In doing our research, we considered several factors including but not limited to: 1) Revenue potential, 2) Leadership team, 3) Brand/product traction, 4) Competitive landscape

A good starting point for learning about Koadic is a Defcon presentation given by its two developers, Sean Dillon and Zach Harding (RiskSense). Koadic looks and acts like PowerShell Empire with script-based stagers and implants. The key difference, though, is that Koadic instead relies on JavaScript and VBScript on the victim’s computer.

Cyber risk management company RiskSense recently raised $12 million in a Series B round of funding co-led by Spring Mountain Capital and NightDragon Security. The new funds will support the company accelerate growth through sales, marketing, research & development investments, and help customers prioritize cybersecurity risks.

RiskSense has raised $12 million in a second round of financing to help customers prioritize cybersecurity risks. It’s also helping several U.S. states reduce cyberthreats related to the upcoming midterm elections.

RiskSense, Sunnyvale, $12 million: Spring Mountain Capital and NightDragon Security co-led the Series B round for this cybersecurity startup, which says it helps states secure election systems.

RiskSense, a cybersecurity startup that aims to help organizations prioritize different threats and vulnerabilities, has raised $12 million in Series B funding, according to the company. Spring Mountain Capital and NightDragon Security led the investment round.

A homegrown cybersecurity firm just announced a multimillion-dollar funding round. In a press release, RiskSense, which has offices in Albuquerque and Silicon Valley, said it raised $12 million in a Series B round of funding to help address security concerns.

Albuquerque-based cybersecurity firm RiskSense Inc. has closed on another $12 million round of venture investment, the company announced on Tuesday.

RiskSense, which develops threat and vulnerability management software, has raised $12M in a Series B funding, the company announced on Tuesday. The funding was led by Spring Mountain Capital and NightDragon Security, and also included UL Ventures, Paladin Capital Group, Sun Mountain Capital, EPIC Ventures and Jump Capital.

RiskSense, a cybersecurity company, has secured $12 million in Series B financing. Spring Mountain Capital and NightDragon Security led the round with participation from UL Ventures, Paladin Capital Group, Sun Mountain Capital, EPIC Ventures and Jump Capital.

RiskSense, Inc., an Albuquerque, NM-based intelligent threat and vulnerability prioritization platform, closed a $12m Series B financing.

The world has changed significantly in the past two years, and so have the rules around assessing cyber security risk. A combination of greater digital business penetration, a wider array of risks, and bigger consequences of cyber threats have made the world of risk management both more complex and more important than ever.

Healthcare organizations face an increasing threat from cyber attacks and hospitals are spending big to ensure their patients’ data is protected. In 2017, healthcare spending on IT reached $100 billion and there were around 32,000 intrusion attacks per day on healthcare organizations, according to FortiGuard Labs, as reported by CSO. Here are more than 125 companies focused on cybersecurity for hospitals, health systems and other healthcare organizations.

According to a report by the Ponemon Institute, an organization that conducts independent research on data protection and privacy, the Land of Enchantment has the nation’s fourth-highest risk for cybersecurity attacks.

Mike Lettman, the state chief information security officer (CISO) in Arizona, has a wealth of cybersecurity experience across multiple states. In this exclusive interview, Mike discusses what’s hot in his state government cyberefforts and points to what’s next to keep constituent data safe.

The Albuquerque office of RiskSense, a cybersecurity vendor, is on the hunt for new employees. The company will search for candidates through a “speed dating” style event to be held on June 28 in conjunction with other local companies.

Cybersecurity continues to be a struggle for most state governments, but a report from New America highlights novel approaches in Arizona, New Jersey, and Washington.

Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) devices can provide great value by handling tasks with precision, consistency, and accountability that can never be achieved by human labor. Unfortunately, these devices can also create huge risk; they are often susceptible to numerous categories of security vulnerabilities and consequently attacked by hackers.

Arizona did not have much visibility into its cybersecurity vulnerabilities when Mike Lettman arrived six years ago. Since then, the state’s chief information security officer has been able to evaluate the security posture for individual assets, network and applications, across agencies and the state’s network as a whole, Lettman said.

ITSP magazine’s John Dasher chats with Sage Wagner from RiskSense during RSA Conference 2018 in San Francisco to discuss how to help organizations understand their attack surfaces and quantify their risks, allowing for rational prosecution of vulnerabilities and threats, as well as determining the effectiveness and prioritization of security investments.

Sage Wagner, senior security pre-sales engineer at RiskSense, provides a demo of the company’s latest technology, ‘RiskSense Solution’, a vulnerability management and cyber risk platform, which helps companies manage their cyber risks through their vulnerabilities.

High tech has reached the high seas, and there are no safe harbors. That point was made very clear in a recent webinar hosted by the National/International Maritime Law Enforcement Academy and presented by RiskSense, a New Mexico-based cybersecurity practitioner.