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Case in point: taking stock of the CrowdStrike outages

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In addition, CrowdStrike hired two independent software security vendors to review the Falcon sensor code, its quality control, and release processes, and also changed how its updates are released: more gradually, to increasing rings of deployment, says Adam Meyers, CrowdStrikes SVP for counter adversary operations. Trust, but verify.

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Proving voicemail doesn’t have to be wack, the Slack-backed startup Yac raises $7.5 million

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Co-founded by Justin Mitchell, Hunter McKinley and Jordan Walker, Yac was spun out of the digital agency SoFriendly, and was developed as a pitch for Product Hunt’s Maker Festival. Throughout their negotiations last year, the teams used Yac to conduct due diligence, according to Mitchell.

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Smile Identity expands African footprint with acquisition of Appruve to strengthen ID verification services

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Smile Identity , a KYC compliance and ID verification partner for many African fintechs and businesses, has acquired Inclusive Innovations, the parent company of Appruve , a Ghanaian developer of identity verification software. Before the acquisition, Smile Identity had just crossed over 60 million verifications.

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How Pariti is connecting founders with capital, resources and talent in emerging markets

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” So , how is the team at Pariti setting out to solve these problems? Pariti then assesses each company across more than 70 information points ranging from the team and market to product and economics. In a nutshell, Pariti helps founders connect with affordable talent, access capital and develop their businesses.

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For founders who want to launch apps, ‘being non-technical is not a limitation’

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Based in Warsaw, Poland, Intent assists a wide variety of companies with everything from product design and UX to development and deployment of connected devices. As a development shop, how involved do you get when helping clients validate ideas before they bring their apps to market? If so, how do you help manage their expectations?

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Sharing Responsibility for Data Security in the Cloud

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But outsourcing operational risk is untenable, given the criticality of data-first modernization to overall enterprise success. Intellectual property is key to a company’s success,” notes Simon Leech, operational security lead for HPE GreenLake Cloud Services. This also makes it easier for developers to create secure code.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: CISA Hands Down Cloud Security Directive, While Threat from North Korean IT Workers Gets the Spotlight

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North Korea reportedly uses the money to fund its weapons-development efforts. in 2022 and updated it in 2023 with more due diligence recommendations for employers to avoid falling for the scam. government has published recommendations for protecting these operational technology (OT) components.

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