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HYCU locks down additional funding to grow its cloud data protection business

TechCrunch

In 2018, Taylor was appointed CEO of HYCU (pronounced “haiku”), which is based in Boston — where Comtrade Software has a fourth outpost. Specifically, HYCU sells products — most of them self-serve — for cloud migration, security credential management, disaster recovery, and backup and recovery.

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Chernobyl’s lessons for critical-infrastructure cybersecurity

The Parallax

Three more died the following week, and by the end of July, radiation exposure had killed 28 people, including six firefighters, according to the World Nuclear Association’s assessment of the Chernobyl disaster , last updated in April 2018. There were at least two other cybersecurity incidents at U.S.

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Keep Technologies wants to turn a cup holder into a security guard for your car

TechCrunch

He had already earned the serial entrepreneur badge with CodeGuard, a website backup startup, and his hardware company Claw Hanging Systems. Instead, he developed a suite of smart devices for safety and security in vehicles and an accompanying cloud service and a mobile app. David Moeller wasn’t looking to start another company.

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How experts plan to secure the 2020 election

The Parallax

The 2018 midterm elections are over, mostly. But even with a few races still undecided , experts say election officials should be taking steps now to better secure the vote for the next presidential election, in two years. Higher voter turnout certainly didn’t ease election cybersecurity challenges. 7 simple reasons to vote.

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO

May 2011: Autonomy sneaks in one last acquisition, of online backup service Iron Mountain Digital, for $380 million. December 2012: HP says it is cooperating with the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the UK’s Serious Fraud Office in an investigation relating to Autonomy. June 2015: Hewlett-Packard Co.

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Cybersecurity 2030

Haft of the Spear

Discussions about cybersecurity overwhelmingly focus on the recent, which are our responses to the design and engineering decisions of the past. Yet in cybersecurity [1] the path towards a brighter future is rarely discussed. To parahprase William Gibson, this cybersecurity future is already here, it is just not evenly distributed.

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Top 4 K-12 Cybersecurity Threats to Watch in 2020

PowerSchool

How to prepare your edtech systems and prevent security breaches. By Rich Gay, PowerSchool Chief Information Security Officer & & Vice President of Development. Financial cost of cybersecurity attacks. Financial cost of cybersecurity attacks. Perform backup and recovery of your critical systems.