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Why IT leaders are putting more business spin on security spend

CIO

Gartner projects that spending on information security and risk management products and services will grow 11.3% To better focus security spend, some chief information security officers (CISOs) are shifting their risk assessments from IT systems to the data, applications, and processes that keep the business going.

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Ghost Security emerges from stealth to defend APIs and apps from attackers

TechCrunch

Ghost Security , which its founders describe as an “app securitycompany, today emerged from stealth with $15 million in combined funding from 468 Capital, DNX Ventures, and Munich Re Ventures at a $50 million valuation. ” Them’s fighting words for a company that’s preproduct.

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Mosey secures fresh capital to help companies comply with payroll rules

TechCrunch

It’s clear that remote and hybrid work are here to stay — the pandemic forever changed the way many companies do business. A recent Deloitte report found that slightly over half of companies won’t permit employees to work in locations in which the company isn’t already established for tax purposes.

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Daily Crunch: Meta backs SMB e-commerce app launched by former Facebook engineering manager

TechCrunch

Andreessen Horowitz just handed him $350 million for his new company, Flow, a residential real estate company, Anita writes. This amount, we are told, is the largest individual check a16z has ever written…and it went to Neumann, who the firm backed in May for another of his companies, Flowcarbon. The company raised a $3.9

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SGNL.ai secures $12M to expand its enterprise authorization platform

TechCrunch

SGNL.ai , a company developing enterprise authorization software, today announced that it raised $12 million in seed funding led by Costanoa Ventures with participation from Fika Ventures, Moonshots Capital and Resolute Ventures. ” Kriz declined to reveal the size of SGNL’s customer base or the company’s current revenue.

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Hardest tech roles to fill (+ solutions!)

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

Creating unified development standards in the company. This blog provides in-depth information about what Data Science is and how to hire a data scientist. Cybersecurity professionals. Companies are facing security breaches at an alarming rate, putting every web user’s data at risk. Code review. Data Scientists.

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Prezent.ai secures $20M to gamify deck presentations

TechCrunch

In addition to hosting templates for companies to build branded presentations, Prezent.ai “Alternatives like management consulting and design agencies are expensive and inaccessible to the vast majority of business professionals.” offers gamified learning courses to help employees improve their presenting skills.

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