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

socalTECH

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. Where are you in terms of launch, and what inspired you to start up the company? We started because of abandoned shopping carts.

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Customer Trust Is An Opportunity With A Huge Payback

Startup Professionals Musings

That challenge is a major business opportunity, as well as a risk, for startups. I know companies who collect sensitive data from consumers all the time, and still seem to keep a trusted image (Amazon.com, Ebay). There are others, like Norton LifeLock , acquired in 2017 by Symantec for $2.3 Don’t take shortcuts on these.

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Spammers Running Japan Tsunami Scams, Says Norton

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Norton reported that spammers have already started to try to take advantage of the outpouring of support for the victims in Japan, pleading for donations. Norton is the Internet security brand of Symantec Corp.

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Is the Future of Cybersecurity in M&A?

Xconomy

Last month Symantec announced its plans to buy Blue Coat for $4.7 In 2015, Cybersecurity startups saw 332 funding deals with investments hitting the highest ever at $3.8 Thus, in the booming cybersecurity industry, valued at over $75 billion in 2015 by Gartner , these larger companies evolve their product lines via M&A.

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Endpoint Security Company CrowdStrike Files Publicly for IPO

Xconomy

CrowdStrike , the cybersecurity company that identified the two Russian government-linked hacker groups that invaded the Democratic National Committee (DNC)’s network during the 2016 presidential campaign, filed publicly for an initial public offering on Tuesday.

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Security And Privacy Are Both A Risk and Opportunity

Startup Professionals Musings

That challenge is a major business opportunity, as well as a risk, for startups. I know companies who collect sensitive data from consumers all the time, and still seem to keep a squeaky clean image (Amazon.com, Ebay). There are others, like LifeLock , acquired in 2017 by Symantec for $2.3 Don’t take shortcuts on these.

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Here’s A Painful Problem For Aspiring Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

In addition, there is a real business opportunity here for startups. I know companies who collect sensitive data from consumers all the time, and still seem to keep a squeaky clean image (Amazon.com, Ebay). There are others, like LifeLock , recently acquired by Symantec for $2.3 Don’t take shortcuts on these.