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Window Snyder’s new startup Thistle Technologies raises $2.5M seed to secure IoT devices

TechCrunch

The Internet of Things has a security problem. The past decade has seen wave after wave of new internet-connected devices, from sensors through to webcams and smart home tech, often manufactured in bulk but with little — if any — consideration to security. Security veteran Window Snyder thinks there is a better way.

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6 cybersecurity trends we’re thankful for

The Parallax

You might think of cybersecurity professionals as tech’s collective “ watchers on the wall ”—the guardians who let you know when doom is coming. With that perspective, you might find it hard to believe that hackers, security researchers, and other cybersecurity experts have much to be thankful for, or to look forward to.

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SecuriThings snares $14M Series A to keep edge devices under control

TechCrunch

Managing IoT devices in a large organization can be a messy proposition, especially when many of them aren’t even managed directly by IT and often involve integrating with a number of third-party systems. Armis nabs $65M Series C as IoT security biz grows in leaps and bounds. Image Credits: SecuriThings.

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2021 Global Cybersecurity Policy Challenges and Highlights

Tenable

For many global policymakers, the transformative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the need to adopt new cybersecurity and privacy policies. The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting global economic downturn represent new challenges for government security leaders. Brazil data security and Latin America regional influence.

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European Commission Proposes Bold Steps on Cybersecurity

Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks welcomes the European Commission’s release on 16 December of a set of proposals related to cybersecurity, including a new cybersecurity strategy and a proposal for revision of the Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems ( NIS 2 ). The EU’s Cybersecurity Strategy for the Digital Decade”.

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Ransomware Exponentially Increasing as IoT Provides Physical Targeting Opportunities

CTOvision

Ransomware is increasingly targeting multiple industries with downtime and lost productivity as its attack surface expands beyond the virtual realm to the physical via the Internet of Things (IoT), however, organizations can posture against this threat with a comprehensive approach to risk management. million in 2015 to 638 million in 2016.

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Meet Cognitio’s Bob Flores In Australia at Connect Expo April 19-20, 2016

CTOvision

Bob's background includes strategic planning, big data, cybersecurity and leveraging those for business outcomes. Bob is participating in Australia's Connect Expo 19-20 April 2016. Bob will be part of the Fireside chat: Tackling the data security and privacy challenges of the IoT, with. David Sykes, Director, Sophos.

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