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Amazon acquires encrypted messaging app Wickr

The Verge

We’re excited to share that AWS has acquired Wickr, an innovative company that has developed the industry’s most secure, end-to-end encrypted, communication technology,” Stephen Schmidt, Amazon Web Services’ vice president, wrote. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Salesforce vets land $8M for employee access management startup

GeekWire

Alkove started the company after retiring last year from Salesforce, where he was chief trust officer, responsible for enterprise-wide information security and compliance. Kunda also held engineering leadership roles at Salesforce, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft.

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Symantec Government Symposium 11 March 2014 at the Renaissance Hotel Washington DC

CTOvision

Here are details from the invite: Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to join 1500 IT leaders and innovators on March 11 to collaborate and discuss the top issues in IT security and management. Learn how agencies are turning to BYOD to ensure security and ROI. Gary Galloway , Deputy Director, Office of Information Assurance, Dept.

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Jen Easterly Takes Charge of CISA At Black Hack USA 2021

ForAllSecure

It’s first directory, Chris Krebs, was fired by then-president Tump for saying that the 2020 election was the most secure election in history. Easterly first cleared up one of the biggest challenges facing information security today-- how to pronounce “CISA. develop a whole nation attack response plan.

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Former Amazon exec inherits Microsoft’s complex cybersecurity legacy in quest to solve ‘one of the greatest challenges of our time’

GeekWire

Charlie Bell, a former Amazon Web Services executive, is now the leader of Microsoft’s newly formed, 10,000-person security engineering organization. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the company’s new security organization is taking on “the next big challenge for our company and our industry.”

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Tech Moves: Startup Haven grows team to lead new fund; PSL promotions; F5 Networks adds execs

GeekWire

Tableau Software CEO Adam Selipsky will be the new CEO of Amazon Web Services, replacing Andy Jassy, who will take over as Amazon’s CEO later this year. F5 Networks hired Microsoft CVP Yvette Smith as SVP of customer success and business transformation and promoted Gail Coury to SVP and chief information security officer.

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Best IT and Tech Blogs – Must Read Information Technology Resources 2019

Galido

Their experience makes theirs perfect security blog to stay up-to-date with the latest zero-day threats and cybersecurity news. Help Net Security. Help Net Security has been a valuable resource for information security news since 1998. Zone Alarm Cyber Security Blog. Info Security Magazine.

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