Fraud protection company Feedzai, which was founded in Portugal and set up an office in Atlanta in 2016, is set to double its headcount locally to 60 by early next […]
Tag: cybersecurity
Posted inBusiness, Economic Development, Technology
Georgia and Israel to Foster Joint Research With $2 Million in Grants
Georgia on Thursday signed an agreement with the government of Israel that will result in $2 million in grants for joint research and development projects between firms in the state and […]
Posted inBusiness, Technology
Most Atlanta CyberCon Pitches Will Come From Foreign Companies
While Atlanta makes its case as a global hub for cybersecurity, seven companies from around the globe will be making theirs to the city’s top chief information-security officers. Seven of […]
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State Department’s Potential No. 2 Circumspect in Russia Talk Wednesday
Paula Dobriansky’s way of staying out of the headlines seems to be sticking to what’s in them. A foremost expert on Russia at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, she relied heavily on published reports as she […]
Posted inBusiness
Foreign Cyber Firms Pitch Fortune 500 Execs in Atlanta
With Powerpoints, acronyms and industry jargon aplenty, the pitches were esoteric — obviously not designed with the layman in mind. But that’s okay with the organizers of Cybercon 2016, an […]
Posted inDiplomacy, Trade
Targeted Trade: Dutch-Flemish Mission Hones in on Fintech, Cybersecurity and Logistics
Some trade delegations take a shotgun approach to opening new markets: pick influential cities and work backwards to find appropriate connections. Not the Netherlands or Flanders, the Belgian region, whose heads […]
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Israeli Firms to Pitch Atlanta Cybersecurity Execs
A cybersecurity forum to be held Aug. 20-21 will give 10-15 Israeli firms a chance to pitch their products to chief information officers from some of Atlanta’s top technology companies, […]
Posted inEducation
Georgia Tech Receives $4.2 Million Grant to Battle Cyber Threats
A $4.2 million grant has been awarded to researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s College of Computing in an effort to develop programs that will improve cybersecurity, especially for […]
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Part II: Structural Pressures in the Internet’s Foundations
Editor’s note: Since the first segment of the interview with Georgia State University scholars Shawn Powers and Michael Jablonski, authors of the Real Cyber War, earlier this week, a breach […]
Posted inCulture, Education
GSU Scholars Investigate Structural Pressures in the Internet’s Foundations
Editor’s note: What seem to be almost daily revelations of cyber crimes draw attention to the brave new world of the Internet. While these attacks attract publicity, the underlying pressures […]