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Predictions 2016: Apple, Tesla, Google, Medium, Adtech, Microsoft, IoT, and Business on a Mission

John Battelle's Searchblog

The post Predictions 2016: Apple, Tesla, Google, Medium, Adtech, Microsoft, IoT, and Business on a Mission appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. it was really you who’ve encouraged me to have at it again for 2016. 2016 will be the year that “business on a mission” goes mainstream.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Company Sector Year Status Verodin Cybersecurity analytics 2018 Acquired by FireEye Kenna Security Risk management 2018 Acquired by Cisco PhishMe Incident response 2016 Acquired: P.E. Named after the infamous string of nation-state cyber attacks during the late 2000s, NightDragon was established in 2016 by former McAfee CEO Dave DeWalt.

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Top Cybersecurity Startups to Watch in 2022

eSecurity Planet

With robust encryption policies, Evervault can help reduce insurance premiums and offers PCI-DSS and HIPAA compliance automation. Cowbell Cyber is a dedicated cyber insurance company that relies on continuous risk assessment, AI data analytics, and real-time underwriting to give clients pre- and post-breach services. Cowbell Cyber.

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UK: Supreme Court judgment in Morrisons – employer not vicariously liable for data breach

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

In November 2013, an aggrieved Morrisons employee, Andrew Skelton, downloaded payroll data he was entrusted with at work onto a personal USB stick. The court declined to specifically consider the General Data Protection Regulation, (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”). 2 Mohamud v WM Morrison Supermarkets plc [2016] UKSC 11; [2016] AC 677.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

Through the years, we’ve seen several strains of ransomware make headlines: CryptoLocker in 2013, Locky in 2016, WannaCry and Hermes in 2017, GandCrab in 2018, and now, Ryuk joins the pack of notable names in criminal malware. Microsegmentation is the ultimate solution to stopping lateral movement. Ransomware Types.

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Me on the Equifax Breach

Schneier on Security

This is exactly the sort of information criminals can use to impersonate victims to banks, credit card companies, insurance companies, cell phone companies and other businesses vulnerable to fraud. In May 2016, one of its websites was hacked, resulting in 430,000 people having their personal information stolen.