Shift5 warns America’s transport and weapons systems are vulnerable, claiming it has the best people in the world—former members of an elite NSA hacking unit—to protect them.

Morning Consult, the Washington, D.C.-based research and polling firm, has raised a $60 million Series B round that values the company at over $1 billion.

Officials are hoping that an immersive virtual reality experience, including with Moth + Flame, aimed at getting airmen to intervene will succeed where years of traditional training have failed.

Immuta says it will use the investment, which brings the startup’s total raised to date to $169 million, to expand its workforce, acquire new customers, and further develop its products.

Base Operations just closed its $2.2 million seed funding round and will use the money to capitalize on its recent launch of a street-level threat mapping platform supporting enterprise security operations.

It first emerged more than a year ago that “adversaries” had launched successful cyber attacks against these armored vehicles.

Adlumin received Series A funding that will secure its expansion in the financial sector.

Phylum, a DevSecOps startup committed to derisking the open-source ecosystem, announced today the launch of its first software tool.

The growing prevalence of online services and apps marketing to young demographics is downright scary.

Adlumin received a patent for systems and methods of anomaly detection on core banking platforms, solidifying its mark on the financial industry.

Privacy is a growing concern for consumers and lawmakers around the world—and a growing headache for businesses of all sizes that must comply with a raft of new data rules, including Europe’s GDPR regime.

US-based cybersecurity company Shift5 has been contracted by the US Air Force (USAF) for the Phase II Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) programme.

Adlumin celebrates passing 50 financial-institution customers as the company continues to grow its security and compliance automation platform.

James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems is making an investment in market research startup Morning Consult, known for its surveys and modernizing political polling.

Swimlane acquires Syncurity, converging SOAR, incident response, case management, and managed security services—while MSP- and MSSP-friendly rivals like Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks’ Demisto, and Sophos loom.

RunSafe Security, the pioneer of a patented process to immunize software from cyber attacks without developer friction, announced an investment from Lockheed Martin Ventures and NextGen Venture Partners.

The company didn’t disclose terms, but a source pegged the price at more than $100 million.

Telehealth company American Well announced it will acquire fellow telemedicine company Avizia in late Q2 for an undisclosed sum, a deal expected to help American Well grow its acute care capabilities.

RedOwl, a Baltimore-based cybersecurity analytics startup, has been acquired by a Raytheon-owned firm in a deal that investors and business leaders say proves the region’s value as fertile ground for growing companies that can compete with the likes of Silicon Valley.