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Cyber-Security: Protecting Companies and Citizens From Assault

Milken Institute | Apr 28, 2015

Video: Ray Rothrock, Chairman and CEO, RedSeal; Partner Emeritus, Venrock speaks at the Milken Institute Annual Global Conference.

Cyber-Attacks Cause Consternation in the C-Suite

eWeek | Apr 27, 2015

A coordinated assault launched by sophisticated cyber-criminals would wreak ongoing havoc on business operations, cause considerable harm to a brand, and potentially affect related companies, even entire industries, according to a report by RedSeal.

C-suite execs fear ‘domino effect’ of cyber attacks: Survey

IT World Canada | Apr 20, 2015

In a poll of 350 executives which included chief information officers, chief information security officers, chief executive officers and chief security officers from companies with workforces ranging from 250 to 1,000 employees, RedSeal found 59 per cent of respondents believe a major cyber incident could affect a country’s economic security.

Capital Gains: LinkedIn Goes to School, Domo Gets to $2 Billion and More

re/code | Apr 12, 2015

RedSeal, the network security firm led by ex-National Venture Capital Association president Ray Rothrock, raised $17 million in funding. “The watch-word for the SendGrid breach is ‘interdependence,’” he said in an email. “In the online world, we may think we’re dealing with one company, but we’re actually dealing with them and every other company they choose to deal with. This makes an ever-widening attack surface.”

RedSeal relauches with new features and $17M in funding

Fortune Termsheet | Apr 7, 2015

RedSeal, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based cybersecurity certification company, has raised $17 million in Series C funding.

RedSeal gets new funding, executives

NetworkWorld | Apr 7, 2015

Network visualization and risk assessment vendor RedSeal is re-launching with new capabilities, executives and funding that will be used to hire more engineers and boost its channel partners.

Ray Rothrock continues RedSeal relaunch with $17M in new funding

Silicon Valley Business Journal | Apr 6, 2015

In addition to providing visibility into virtual networks, RedSeal now helps customers verify and optimize security in private and public clouds, including Amazon Web Services and VMware vShield.

Former Cyber-Security Czar Says Network Perimeter Defenses Don’t Work

eWeek | Apr 6, 2015

Clarke, who is now CEO of Good Harbor Security Risk Management, spoke at the dinner at the invitation of RedSeal, a risk management software company, which was announcing a new round of funding. He said that there are several steps that a company usually takes once the management accepts that hackers will find their way into the company network.

Slack Hacked

eSecurity Planet | Mar 30, 2015

Steve Hultquist, chief evangelist at RedSeal, said by email that the Slack breach clearly demonstrates that organizations need to use automation to improve security. “They must use a system to ensure that all of their security zones are correctly configured, that there are no ways around the security controls, and that all possible paths are monitored for unexpected activity — not just those that are used when everything is operating as expected,” he said.

Secrecy on the Set: Hollywood Embraces Digital Security

The New York Times | Mar 29, 2015

Some Hollywood studios are removing their movie editing software from the Internet so hackers cannot get to it, said Ray Rothrock, the chief executive of RedSeal, a security start-up. For years, oil companies have been doing something similar with their pipelines — a process known as “air-gapping”— so that if hackers breach their internal network, they can’t use that access to blow up a pipeline. Now, Mr. Rothrock said, Hollywood is doing the same to combat theft.