We are pleased to share that Wickr has been acquired by Amazon and is now part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) team. We’re proud to have created highly trusted, secure communication solutions for messaging, video conferencing, file sharing, and more. From our founding ten years ago, we have grown to serve organizations across a wide range of industries, all over the world. Together with AWS, we look forward to taking our solutions to the next level for our customers and partners. Learn more here →
This article originally appeared on The Cyber Wire. The US Intelligence Community last week released the unclassified version of its report on foreign interference in the 2020 Federal elections. The investigation found no evidence of foreign attempts to manipulate vote counts or other “technical aspects” of the election. No cyber ballot-stuffing found,
This article originally appeared on FCW. As more details have emerged about the breach into federal agencies involving SolarWinds Orion, senior administration officials and analysts have started calling the incident a “supply chain attack.” While the government continues to assess the scope and scale of that breach, the White House
This post originally appeared on Enterprise Security Tech. Kiersten Todt, Managing Director and Co-Founder of the Cyber Readiness Institute: “Women in cybersecurity have evolved through the recognition that the field of cybersecurity is inter-disciplinary and focuses on problem-solving and building solutions. Therefore, the capabilities needed in this space are broad-reaching
This article originally appeared on Entrepreneur. Zero Trust is a popular concept in cybersecurity. It initially referred to enterprise security teams who built processes that removed all trust from end-users. This is a valid approach. I, for example, like to run companies that do not mind if employees click on bad links. We understand it
This article originally appeared in Forbes. In the wise words of Richard Powers, “Money you lose by slowing down is always more important than money you’ve already made.” The first time I witnessed a bank security expert accept the electronic theft of his bank’s money was a career-defining moment for me. In
This article originally appeared on C4ISRNET. The list of IT issues awaiting the U.S. Defense Department’s next chief information officer is filled with pressing concerns to harness the power of emerging technologies and defend the military against those capabilities. On that list: Reevaluate the department’s cybersecurity approach, which has come
This article originally appeared on SC Magazine. As the reality of powerful quantum computers draws closer, concerns about the threat this game-changing technology poses to today’s cryptographic tools and the critical data protected by them have grown. Since the days of ancient Rome, human beings have used encryption to protect
In an effort to advance the availability of Wickr’s first-in-class, end-to-end encrypted collaboration platform, we’ve partnered with Reynen Court to deliver our Enterprise offering to its extensive consortium of leading global law firms. Wickr Enterprise is now featured in the Reynen Court Solution Store and will be available for law
This article originally appeared on Enterprise Security Tech. Wickr, one of the top secure collaboration platforms, recently announced the availability of “Global Federation”, a feature that will allow enterprise and government entities to securely communicate using end-to-end encryption (E2EE) with individual users and mission critical partners outside of their network.
This post originally appeared on FCW. While both public- and private-sector entities are still reeling from the consequences from the SolarWinds Orion hack, the National Institute of Standards and Technology this week published new tools to help organizations defend sensitive information against nation-state backed threats. The tools are mostly aimed at non-governmental
This article originally appeared on Help Net Security. Wickr announced the general availability of “Global Federation”, a feature that will allow enterprise and government entities to securely communicate using end-to-end encryption (E2EE) with individual users and mission critical partners outside of their network. With Global Federation, all Wickr users across RAM,
New Global Federation Feature Sets a New Standard for Secure End-to-End Encrypted Collaboration Capabilities in Enterprise and Federal Markets NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Wickr Inc., the world’s most secure collaboration platform, today announced the general availability of “Global Federation”, a feature that will allow enterprise and government entities to securely communicate using end-to-end