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A Small Victory For Securing The US Bulk Power System

Forrester IT

It is long overdue to secure the United States’ bulk power system supply chain. As early as 2007, researchers demonstrated how digitization of power systems introduces vulnerabilities that can cause physical damage.

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Former VMware exec Gillis resurfaces to run Cisco security business (again)

Network World

Industry veteran Tom Gillis, who left VMware in December, has returned to Cisco in a new but familiar role: senior vice president and general manager of Cisco’s Security Business Group. After that, Gillis founded cloud computing firm Bracket Computing, which was acquired by VMware in May 2018.

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The Story No One Cares About: PC Sales at lowest number since 2007

CTOvision

The analyst firm IDC reports that worldwide PC shipments in 2015 were about 300 million units, on par with 2007 numbers. CyberSecurity : Some of humanity's greatest thinkers, business leaders and computer scientists have struggled for years trying to enhance the security of our computers and networks. Bob Gourley.

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Cisco pays $8.6M to settle security-software whistleblower lawsuit

Network World

million to settle claims it sold video security software that had a vulnerability that could have opened federal, state and local government agencies to hackers. Cisco has agreed to pay $8.6 Under terms of the settlement Cisco will pay $2.6 RELATED: A conversation with a white hat hacker. To read this article in full, please click here

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

CIO Business Intelligence

May 2007: Autonomy spins off its Blinkx consumer software unit in an IPO. July 2007: Autonomy pays $375 million for content archiving and electronic discovery specialist Zantaz. October 2007: Autonomy acquires data management specialist Meridio for £20 million. February 2014: HP Autonomy breaks IDOL into discrete services.

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Cybersecurity company ExtraHop raises $100M, names new execs

GeekWire

ExtraHop, founded in Seattle in 2007, was acquired by private equity firms Bain Capital and Crosspoint Capital in a $900 million deal in June 2021. Its offerings include its Reveal(x), a software-as-a-service security platform. Vasani comes from Infoblox, where he scaled the company’s security business. It had raised $61.6

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Security-as-a-service supplier Alert Logic started with IDS and blossomed from there

Network World

Hall eventually sold that company to SunGard Data Systems in 2007, and in 2009 joined Alert Logic where he has since driven revenue growth 12x. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix recently caught up with Hall to learn more about Alert Logic and the security-as-a-service movement. Lets start with a brief background on the company.

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