Science, Ben Franklin, & Lessons – Business Security Weekly #135

    In the Leadership and Communications segment, Life Lessons of Ben Franklin, A Lesson in Leadership, How to Start a Speech: The Best (and Worst) Speech Openers, and more! Leadership Articles Science + Ben Franklin = Life Lessons – Benjamin Fra… Continue reading Science, Ben Franklin, & Lessons – Business Security Weekly #135

Leadership Articles – Business Security Weekly #133

    In the Leadership and Communications segment, CEOs Share Their Most Helpful (and Unconventional) Career Advice, 3 Lessons From Emerging Leaders On The Power of Differing Perspectives, New breed of security vendor spells trouble for pure play firms,… Continue reading Leadership Articles – Business Security Weekly #133

Leadership Articles – Business Security Weekly #126

    In the Leadership and Communications segment, 5 Myths about Strategy, The making of a technology leader, Want Fewer Employees to Quit? Listen to Them, and more! Leadership Articles Keith Krach: The making of a technology leader 5 Myths About Strate… Continue reading Leadership Articles – Business Security Weekly #126

Dragos to open Saudi Arabia office, announces new funding round

Industrial cybersecurity company Dragos plans to open an office in Saudi Arabia next year to allow the company to more quickly respond to cyberthreats to energy infrastructure in the Middle East, Dragos CEO Robert M. Lee told CyberScoop. From the 2012 Shamoon attack on a state-owned oil company, to the infamous Trisis malware that caused a Saudi petrochemical plant to shut down in 2017, the Kingdom has been the scene of high-profile cyberattacks on industrial facilities. “A large reason for us to build the office there in Riyadh simply boils down to that’s where threats are,” Lee said. “And identifying those [threats] and learning from them makes our software, makes our approach better for all of our global customers.” The Saudi office will mark a major expansion for the Maryland-based company that Lee, a former Air Force and National Security Agency cybersecurity official, founded in 2013. Dragos on Wednesday also announced […]

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Splunk, VictorOps, & Claroty – Business Security Weekly #89

In Tracking Security Innovation, Splunk acquired VictorOps for $120M, Claroty raised $60 in Series B, “MIT’s Mind-Blowing Solutions to the 9 Hardest Startup Problems”, “Two Techniques for Helping Employees Change Ingrained Habit… Continue reading Splunk, VictorOps, & Claroty – Business Security Weekly #89

Microsoft, KnowBe4, & Signifyd – Business Security Weekly #87

In Tracking Security Innovation, Microsoft to acquire GitHub for $7.5B, Thoma Bravo acquired LogRhythm for undisclosed, KnowBe4 acquired exploqii for undisclosed, Signifyd raised $100M Series D, Cyberbit raised $30M in an equity round, and more! Tracki… Continue reading Microsoft, KnowBe4, & Signifyd – Business Security Weekly #87

PhishLabs, SafeBreach, & Red Canary – Business Security Weekly #85

In Tracking Security Innovation, PhishLabs-BrandProtect merger, Avast cuts proposed IPO range, SafeBreach raised $15M Series B, Red Canary raised $6.3M in Equity, and more! Tracking Security Innovation Data Breaches Decline In Number https://www.mediap… Continue reading PhishLabs, SafeBreach, & Red Canary – Business Security Weekly #85

Carbon Black, Trusted Key, & IronNet – Business Security Weekly #84

In tracking security innovation, PE’s US cybersecurity push resumes in 2018 after last year’s lull, Carbon Black IPO Success, Trusted Key raised $3M in “Seed”, Namogoo raised $15M Series B, IronNet Cybersecurity raised $78M Seri… Continue reading Carbon Black, Trusted Key, & IronNet – Business Security Weekly #84

Tracking Security Innovation – Business Security Weekly #74

This week, IdentityMind Global raised $10M Series C, DataVisor raised $40M Series C, Infocyte raised $5.2 series B, and more business security news! Full Show NotesVisit http://securityweekly.com/category/ssw for all the latest episodes!
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Startup & Security News You Need to Know – Business Security Weekly #73

In the Startup News, APERIO Systems, Proofpoint, J2 Global acquired VIPRE, LogMeIn acquired Jive Communications, and Owl. Startup & Security News You Need to Know APERIO Systems raised $4.5M in a Seed Round https://www.owler.com/iaApp/12282812/aper… Continue reading Startup & Security News You Need to Know – Business Security Weekly #73