Intelligent CISO Issue 04 | Page 9

news KPMG and Cylance form alliance to secure enterprise endpoints that revolutionised endpoint security by delivering AI-powered threat prevention, have announced an alliance to protect enterprises with predictive AI-based security solutions and specialised services. KPMG’s Cyber Security Services practice guides enterprises through governance, organisational transformation, cyberdefence and incident response. The alliance with Cylance adds advanced AI-enabled endpoint security technology to KPMG’s portfolio of security strategy and road- map services. Stuart McClure, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cylance K PMG LLP, the US audit, tax and advisory firm, and Cylance, the company “With the proliferation of cybersecurity incidents, organisations are grappling with how to protect their data with limited personnel and resources,” said Ed Goings, Principal and National Leader, Cyber Response Services, KPMG LLP. “Through our alliance with Cylance, we can now offer clients an AI- powered cybersecurity solution that focuses on proactively preventing both known and unknown threats before they cause harm.” Cylance and KPMG Cyber Security Services enable security teams to prevent and respond to attacks more effectively and KPMG professionals leverage Cylance’s ThreatZERO services to assess enterprise environments to strategically deploy Cylance’s solutions. Stuart McClure, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cylance, said: “Cylance’s AI-powered threat prevention technology and services complement the deep industry knowledge of KPMG’s professionals, helping clients solve business challenges while proactively protecting their systems and sensitive data from known and unknown threats.” FORCEPOINT INCREASES INVESTMENT IN HUMAN- CENTRIC CYBERSECURITY WITH NEW SOFTWARE ENGINEERING FACILITY orcepoint, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, has opened a new Centre of Excellence in Ireland. The investment, supported by the Irish Government through IDA Ireland, will focus on new product development in the cloud and endpoint cybersecurity technology space. F to understand human interactions with data across users, machines and accounts.” The roles in Ireland will focus on the greenfield development of new cloud and endpoint cybersecurity products which integrate across the entire Forcepoint Human Point System portfolio. This all-new facility will enable Forcepoint to accelerate its ability to deliver human-centric cybersecurity solutions. The investment runs across three years with the majority of the new roles in cloud and endpoint software engineering created during the first year of operations. Further roles are planned over the remainder of the investment period. “This Centre of Excellence will be pivotal in the development and operation of market-leading endpoint security, cloud services and applications, as we scale to meet the needs of millions of Forcepoint users,” said Heath Thompson, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Commercial Security. “By drawing on Ireland’s strong talent pool we will add to our skilled teams across the world and accelerate our mission www.intelligentciso.com | Issue 04 (L–R) Councillor Mick Finn, Lord Mayor of Cork; Forcepoint CEO Matt Moynahan; and Andrew Vogelaar, the Head of Growth Markets at IDA Ireland, celebrate the opening of the Forcepoint Cork office 9