We’re excited to announce that Amazon Web Services (AWS) has completed the S&P Global Know Your Third Party (KY3P) assessment of its security posture. This assessment demonstrates our continued commitment to meet the heightened expectations of cloud service providers. Customers can now use the AWS KY3P assessment to reduce their supplier due diligence burden. KY3P,…
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AI, Global Security News, Network Security, Venture
Top Down Ventures Closes $28M MSP Software Founders Fund I
Top Down Ventures announced Tuesday that it has completed the final close of its Founders Fund I at $28 million, surpassing its original $25 million target. The Vancouver-based venture firm said the fund, which first closed in Oct. 2024 and finalized in April 2026, is the first institutional venture fund dedicated entirely to early-stage MSP…
AI, APAC, Global Security News
Jet Technologies Doubles PDQ Labels’ Digital Output with Second Screen L350 Installation
Jet Technologies has completed the installation of a second Screen Truepress Jet L350UV SAI at PDQ Labels, making it the first converter in the ANZ region with two machines, doubling its inkjet output capacity for the next phase in its digital production strategy.
AI, Compliance, Europe, Global Security News, Risk Management
AWS completes the second GDV community audit with participant insurers in Germany
We’re excited to announce that Amazon Web Services (AWS) has completed its second GDV (German Insurance Association) community audit with 36 members from the Germany insurance industry participating, corresponding to over 63% coverage of the German market in terms of insurance premiums. Community audits are an efficient method to provide additional assurance to a group…
AI, Apps, Compliance, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Risk Management
AWS completes the 2026 annual Dubai Electronic Security Centre (DESC) certification audit
We’re excited to announce that Amazon Web Services (AWS) has completed the annual Dubai Electronic Security Centre (DESC) certification audit to operate as a Tier 1 Cloud Service Provider (CSP) for the AWS Middle East (UAE) Region. This alignment with DESC requirements demonstrates our continued commitment to adhere to the heightened expectations for CSPs. Government…
AI, Cloud Security, Compliance, Global Security News, privacy
2025 ISO and CSA STAR certificates are now available with one additional service and one new region
Amazon Web Services (AWS) successfully completed the annual recertification audit with no findings for ISO 9001:2015, 27001:2022, 27017:2015, 27018:2019, 27701:2019, 20000-1:2018, 22301:2019, and Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) STAR Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0. The objective of the audit was to enable AWS to expand their ISO and CSA STAR certifications to include one new AWS…
AI, Global Security News, malware
npm’s Update to Harden Their Supply Chain, and Points to Consider
In December 2025, in response to the Sha1-Hulud incident, npm completed a major authentication overhaul intended to reduce supply-chain attacks. While the overhaul is a solid step forward, the changes don’t make npm projects immune from supply-chain attacks. npm is still susceptible to malware attacks – here’s what you need to know for a safer…
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Palo Alto closes privileged access gap with $25B CyberArk acquisition
Cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks has completed its $25 billion acquisition of Israel-based identity security firm CyberArk, bringing privileged access and identity security into the core of its platform strategy. With this acquisition, Palo Alto aims to extend privileged access controls across human, machine, and AI identities, reduce standing privileges, limit lateral movement, and stop…