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2022
Kiteworks Acquires Email Encryption Leader totemo
Further Closes Intelligence Gap Inhibiting Companies from Tracking and Controlling Private Content Communications
Palo Alto, Calif., January 11, 2022 – Kiteworks, which governs and protects sensitive digital content moving within, into, and out of global enterprises, announced today its acquisition of totemo, the leading email encryption gateway provider used by hundreds of the largest multinational enterprises in the...
2021
Log4Shell: What Kiteworks Customers Need to Know About the Vulnerability
In follow-up to our recent alerts to Kiteworks customers, three vulnerabilities to Apache Log4j Java-based open-source logging library have been discovered. These vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-44228, CVE-2021-45046, CVE-2021-45105) are collectively being referred to as Log4Shell or LogJam. Similar to past exploits like Shellshock or Heartbleed, Log4Shell is a...
Kiteworks Delivers the Most Comprehensive Managed File Transfer Security & Compliance Capabilities on the Market
Provides Robust Defense-in-Depth Security While Streamlining Compliance Audits and Reporting
Palo Alto, Calif., November 11, 2021 – Kiteworks, the leading platform for ensuring regulatory compliance and effectively managing risk with every send, share, receive, and save of sensitive content, announced today the availability of comprehensive managed file transfer (MFT) governance, compliance, and security capabilities in...
Kiteworks Adds Strategic and Innovative Depth to Its Executive Leadership Team With Four Strategic Hires
Palo Alto, Calif., November 1, 2021 – Kiteworks, the leading platform for ensuring regulatory compliance and effectively managing risk with every send, share, receive, and save of sensitive content, announced today the four strategic executive hires over the past 12 months that bring seasoned leadership,...
Accellion FTA Customers Migrate to Kiteworks® to Protect Their Most Sensitive Data
Approximately 75% of FTA Customers Have So Far Migrated to Kiteworks
Accellion, Inc., provider of Kiteworks, the industry’s first enterprise content firewall, today announced approximately 75% of FTA customers impacted by the zero-day vulnerabilities in December 2020 and January 2021, have so far migrated from Accellion’s legacy product to the Kiteworks content firewall. The majority of Accellion’s...
Mandiant Issues Final Report Regarding Accellion FTA Attack
Mandiant validates full remediation of all known security vulnerabilities in the FTA product
Accellion, Inc., provider of Kiteworks, the industry’s first enterprise content firewall, today issued a statement with regards to the previously reported cyberattacks on Accellion’s legacy File Transfer Appliance (“FTA”) product. As previously disclosed, Accellion engaged FireEye Mandiant, a leading cybersecurity forensics firm, to conduct an investigation...
Accellion Provides Update to FTA Security Incident Following Mandiant’s Preliminary Findings
Mandiant Identifies Criminal Threat Actor and Mode of Attacks
Accellion, Inc., provider of the industry’s first enterprise content firewall, today issued a statement regarding Mandiant’s preliminary findings with regards to the previously reported cyberattacks on Accellion’s legacy FTA product. Mandiant, a division of FireEye, Inc., has identified UNC2546 as the criminal hacker behind the cyberattacks...
Accellion Provides Update to Recent FTA Security Incident
All Known Vulnerabilities Closed and Migration Efforts Continue
Accellion, Inc., provider of the industry’s first enterprise content firewall, today issued an update on the recently reported security incident regarding FTA, Accellion’s legacy large file transfer product. Accellion FTA, a 20 year old product nearing end-of life, was the target of a sophisticated cyberattack. All...
Accellion Responds to Recent FTA Security Incident
Patch Released in 72 Hours with Minimal Impact
Accellion, Inc., provider of the industry’s first enterprise content firewall, today issued a statement about a recently reported security incident regarding one of its legacy products. In mid-December, Accellion was made aware of a P0 vulnerability in its legacy File Transfer Appliance (FTA) software. Accellion FTA...
2020
Kiteworks Welcomes Rhonda White to Its Board of Directors
Adds award-winning CMO and Business Leader and expert in category development, brand and growth strategies, and go-to-market transformation
Palo Alto, Calif., Oct 26, 2020 – Kiteworks, the leading platform for ensuring regulatory compliance and effectively managing risk with every send, share, receive, and save of sensitive content, announced the addition of Rhonda White as an independent director on the Kiteworks Board. “We are...
Accellion and OPSWAT Partnership Combines the Industry’s First Enterprise Content Firewall with Best-in-Class Threat Prevention
Joint Solution Prevents Data Breaches and Protects Critical Infrastructure from Risky 3rd Party Communications
Accellion, Inc., provider of the industry’s first enterprise content firewall and OPSWAT, a leader in critical infrastructure protection, today announced a partnership to secure third party communications from malware and sensitive data breaches. Every day businesses contend with phishing attacks that introduce malware and Zero-day exploits to...
Accellion Secures $120 Million in Financing Led by Bregal Sagemount to Accelerate Adoption of the Enterprise Content Firewall
Company Delivers Consolidated Solution to Secure 3rd Party Communications Across Email, File Sharing, Enterprise Apps, Web Forms, SFTP, MFT, and Mobile
Accellion, Inc., provider of the enterprise content firewall that consolidates, controls, and secures sensitive third party communications, today announced a $120 million financing round led by Bregal Sagemount. The Accellion enterprise content firewall protects the IP, PII, PHI, and other sensitive content that companies share everyday with...
Employees Working From Home During COVID-19 Utilize Accellion to Avoid Data Security Risks
Secure File Sharing and Access to Corporate Systems and Content Sources Allow Employees to Continue Working Through Corporate Shutdowns and Government-mandated Shelters-In-Place
Accellion, Inc., provider of the enterprise content firewall that consolidates, controls, and secures sensitive third party communications, today announced key capabilities that protect the sensitive data remote employees access, share and collaborate on while working from home. Hackers tap into a treasure trove of PII, PHI, and...
World’s Largest Law Firms Entrust Accellion With Their Most Sensitive Content
Accellion the Top Choice in Annual Survey for Sixth Consecutive Year
Accellion, Inc., provider of the enterprise content firewall that consolidates, controls, and secures sensitive third party communications, today announced it has once again been rated the number one choice among the largest global law firms for sharing sensitive content by the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) for...