Google to let Android Users Opt Out of Ads Tracking by 2021-end

Google is tightening its privacy practices that could make it harder for advertisers to track users on Android phones and tablets. The company will let Android mobile software users opt out of being tracked by advertisers on their smartphone applications.

The option will become available in late 2021, with a Google Play services update. Developers will no longer be able to see a user’s unique advertising ID if that person has declined to receive personalized ads. Unlike Apple’s feature, users won’t be opted out of ad tracking by default.

FireEye to Sell FireEye Products Business to Symphony Technology

FireEye has entered into a definitive agreement to sell the FireEye Products business, including the FireEye name, to a consortium led by Symphony Technology Group (STG) in an all-cash transaction for $1.2 billion, before taxes and transaction-related expenses.

The transaction is expected to close by the end of the fourth quarter of 2021, subject to customary regulatory approvals and closing conditions, and will separate FireEye’s network, email, endpoint, and cloud security products, along with the related security management and orchestration platform, from Mandiant’s controls-agnostic software and services, enabling both organisations to accelerate growth investments, pursue new go-to-market pathways, and focus innovation on their respective solutions.

Juniper Networks Launches Juniper Security Director Cloud

Juniper Networks has announced that the company is continuing its investment in the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) market with the introduction of Juniper Security Director Cloud, a cloud-based portal that distributes connectivity and security services to sites, users and applications, as well as manages customers’ SASE transformations.

Juniper Security Director Cloud bridges organizations’ current security deployments with their future SASE rollouts by providing security that is managed anywhere and everywhere, on-premises and in the cloud, from the cloud.