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Bidding Open on DHS’ $6B Security Hub, House report stresses sharing

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” “The suppliers will provide a centralized way for government agencies to procure hardware, software and consulting services for continuous monitoring and real-time threat detection.” ” Symantec believes that they have found at least 1200 malicious apps in the last seven months. Via Net Security, more here.

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Portland startup DeepSurface Security raises $1M to help companies assess vulnerabilities

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DeepSurface Security co-founders Tim Morgan, CTO, and James Dirksen, CEO. The company is led by CEO James Dirksen , who previously sold RuleSpace to Symantec and was an executive at Formaltech, and CTO Tim Morgan , a longtime security consultant. DeepSurface Photos). Portland, Ore.-based

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Tech Moves: Leafly announces new board ahead of SPAC merger; Amazon vets depart; and more

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based Dutch Bros Coffee as the retailer’s first chief technology officer. At Blue Nile, a Seattle-based online jewelry retailer, Gower was VP of technology. She was previously senior director of technology and product at T-Mobile and a consultant at Slalom Consulting. Doorstead raised $12.5

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Tech Moves: Xbox hires Seattle gaming vet Kim Swift; Frontdoor adds Amazon Fashion leader; more

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Tony Bacos , former vice president and CTO of Amazon Fashion, has been hired at Frontdoor as the company’s first senior vice president and chief digital officer. He previously worked at Nike, Symantec and The Regence Group. Paulen will continue to lead West Monroe’s Seattle office. Tony Bacos. Memphis, Tenn.-based

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

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All those factors together make the Symantec Government Symposium of 11 March 2014 one to pay attention to. The Symantec Government Symposium features 10 sessions where attendees will: Explore how agencies can develop a process for incident response prioritization and use actionable intelligence throughout the entire threat lifecycle.

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Does Next-Generation Anti-Virus Solve the Fatal Flaws of Anti-Virus?

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Many of us in the community, myself included, have long said that anti-virus is dead and even a senior VP at Symantec has now admitted such. The true positive rate, indicating what fraction of actual malware is detected, is shown on the Y-axis. The chorus of voices declaring the end of anti-virus has reached a deafening pitch.

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The Sony Hack in Context

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Indeed, penetrations of corporate information systems are so widespread, persistent and severe that government agencies and cyber security firms such as Symantec independently estimate America is losing “hundreds of billions” of dollars in intellectual property per year. CTO cyber conflict cyberattack Cybersecurity'