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Coalfire Atlanta Office Ranked Top Workplace

Coalfire, a provider of cybersecurity advisory and assessment services, announced today that the company has been recognized as a Top Workplace in Atlanta by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC).

March 5, 2020

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Coalfire Security Pros Named to HITRUST® Assessor Council

Coalfire, a provider of cybersecurity advisory and assessment services, announced today that two of its healthcare security specialists, Zach Shales and Arthur Staff, were appointed to the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) CSF® Assessor Council.

March 3, 2020

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Charges Dismissed Against Coalfire Employees

Coalfire, a provider of cybersecurity advisory and assessment services, today announced that two of its employees who were arrested while conducting a standard penetration test to protect Iowa citizens from cybercrime have been exonerated.

January 30, 2020

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Coalfire Achieves AWS Public Safety & Disaster Response Competency Status

Coalfire, a provider of cybersecurity advisory and assessment services, announced today that it has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Public Safety & Disaster Response Competency status. This designation recognizes that Coalfire has demonstrated technical proficiency, deep AWS expertise, and proven success to help customers leverage the power of AWS to protect the public, and prepare, respond, and recover from natural or man-made emergencies and disasters.

December 20, 2019

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Funds advised by Apax Partners to acquire Coalfire from The Carlyle Group and The Chertoff Group

Funds advised by Apax Partners (the “Apax Funds”) today announced they have reached an agreement to acquire Coalfire, a provider of cybersecurity advisory and assessment services, from The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) and The Chertoff Group. The transaction is expected to be completed in early 2020, subject to regulatory approval. Financial terms were not disclosed.

December 13, 2019

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Cybersecurity Research Reveals Risk is Shifting to Midsized Businesses

Coalfire, a provider of cybersecurity advisory and assessment services, today released its second annual Penetration Risk Report. The research, based on hundreds of engagements performed by the company’s adversarial simulation and penetration testing team, Coalfire Labs, shows that the highest risk factors have flipped from large enterprises to midsized businesses over the last year due to the continuing migration to cloud computing across all public and private sectors.

November 13, 2019

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Coalfire Receives Prestigious CREST Accreditation

Coalfire, a provider of cybersecurity advisory and assessment services, today announced that its adversarial simulation and penetration testing division, Coalfire Labs, has been awarded the prestigious CREST accreditation in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

November 6, 2019