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Customer Trust Is An Opportunity With A Huge Payback

Startup Professionals Musings

There are others, like Norton LifeLock , acquired in 2017 by Symantec for $2.3 billion, now providing identity theft services for nearly 80 million users around the globe. I know companies who collect sensitive data from consumers all the time, and still seem to keep a trusted image (Amazon.com, Ebay). Don’t take shortcuts on these.

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How Sekur.me Wants To Use Cell Phones To Fix Abandoned Shopping Carts

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Sekur.me , a new Santa Ana-based startup, has come up with a new app and service to use your cell phone for payment, bypassing the complexity of shopping carts. Explain what your service/app is all about? You don''t have to provide your name and address just to pay for a service over the Internet. Talk about your background?

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Security And Privacy Are Both A Risk and Opportunity

Startup Professionals Musings

There are others, like LifeLock , acquired in 2017 by Symantec for $2.3 billion, now providing identity theft services for nearly 5 million consumers in all 50 states. I know companies who collect sensitive data from consumers all the time, and still seem to keep a squeaky clean image (Amazon.com, Ebay). Don’t take shortcuts on these.

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New Cybersecurity Alliance Continues Trend of Industry Collaboration

Xconomy

IBM bought Resilient Systems , Cisco Systems snapped up CloudLock , Symantec acquired Blue Coat , and Carbon Black purchased Confer , to name a few. Cyber industry alliances, the thinking goes, could make customers’ cyber defenses stronger and easier to manage. We know our customers are managing multiple solutions and vendors.

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Here’s A Painful Problem For Aspiring Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

There are others, like LifeLock , recently acquired by Symantec for $2.3 billion, now providing identity theft services for more than 4 million consumers in all 50 states. A while back, the Target retail chain account database was hacked, with personal data of up to 70 million customers stolen, and this black eye won’t soon go away.

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Endpoint Security Company CrowdStrike Files Publicly for IPO

Xconomy

Sunnyvale, CA-based CrowdStrike sells cloud-based security software and related services by subscription to businesses. In addition to this endpoint security approach, CrowdStrike offers more comprehensive services, including threat intelligence and incident response. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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