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$5M Climate Impact Fund launches to support entrepreneurs tackling the climate crisis

GeekWire

Portland-based nonprofit VertueLab launched its $5 million Climate Impact Fund on Wednesday to support early stage, clean tech entrepreneurs focused on addressing climate change causes and moving to a carbon-free economy. GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser). VertueLab offers a variety of support for new companies.

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Amazon’s new $2B fund aims to boost affordable housing in Arlington, Nashville and Seattle areas

GeekWire

Amazon is under intense scrutiny for its impact on communities and brick-and-mortar retailers, even as the company cites the economic benefits of its booming third-party marketplace, and the jobs provided by its growing fulfillment and distribution network. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks at the 2018 Air, Space and Cyber Conference in Maryland.

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From cybersecurity to social justice, Rubica CEO Frances Dewing is an agent of unexpected change

GeekWire

Dewing, who holds a law degree from the University of Washington, worked for a nonprofit legal aid program early in her career and was involved with immigrant advocacy and street youth while in law school. Your preferred social network? Dewing presents at the 2019 RSA Conference. I’ve always had a social justice kind of pull.”.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Industrial Control Systems

ForAllSecure

So it wasn't this story that we hear sometimes thrown around about Lightspeed net speed cyberattacks, you know it was human adversaries doing research on the environment, so the attack starts. In a moment I’ll introduce you to someone who is trying to do that--bring ICS equipment to security conferences. What's in there?

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Jeff Bezos wants the world to know he’s a philanthropist

Vox

It was a source of growing criticism from the press and nonprofit experts as his net worth climbed, topping $100 billion by the end of 2017. Applying for a grant can often be a long, burdensome process for nonprofits. Bezos’s philanthropic track record Before 2018, Bezos didn’t have much of a philanthropic résumé.

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The Hacker Mind: Hackers Wanted: Filling the Cybersecurity Skills Gap

ForAllSecure

Turns out, SANS Institute -- which stands for SysAdmin, Audit, Network, and Security -- has launched some programs to find out. A colleague of mine used to travel around to sans training conferences across the country. Vamosi: So given that we’re widening the net for new infosec talent, who are some of the successful students?

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Real World Criminals Online

ForAllSecure

You got into a network. But I was given a Class A network, and I deployed as many snort sensors on it all over. Let's take apart packet captures you know, Project Honey net was going well. This is the hotel where the annual Black Hat USA conference is held. That doesn’t happen today. Now you can Google most things.