Shift5 has been awarded a multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract to compete for orders under a $950,000,000 ceiling for DoD’s JADC2.

The First In team’s 2022 outlook on where cybersecurity opportunity is heading—from maturing sectors like zero trust and cloud security to emerging fields like OT security, web3, and threat-informed defense.

Shift5’s latest round of funding lands just a few months after its $20 million Series A raise, buoyed by several million-dollar deals last year during which the company doubled its headcount.

Appaegis Inc., a leading Data Centric Zero Trust access security company, announced that it raised $7.7M in seed funding.

Base Operations, a Washington, DC-based global threat-intelligence platform for enterprise security departments of multinationals, raised $3M in Seed 2 funding.

The cybersecurity company secures its $25M Series B funding that will support its strategic shift to a channel go-to-market strategy.

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.

First In, the venture capital firm focused on supporting mission-driven founders in cybersecurity and dual-use technologies, announced the initial close of First In Ventures Fund I.

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.

After Colonial Pipeline, SolarWinds, and the Exchange compromise, First In argues that military and intelligence veterans are uniquely positioned to build the cybersecurity companies the moment demands.

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.

Renny McPherson and Dr. Josh Lospinoso outline eight cybersecurity themes First In is watching in 2021, as a rapidly expanding attack surface opens fresh opportunities for startups.

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.

Renny McPherson and Matthew Dulaney trace how open-source software went from a niche idea to the backbone of modern computing—and why its very ubiquity makes it both invaluable and a prime cyberattack vector.

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