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Tech Alpharetta Welcomes Six New Members to Strategic Board of Directors

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Mardi, mai 21, 2024

Tech Alpharetta , the nonprofit organization helping the City of Alpharetta lead in innovation, announces the appointment of six new members to its Strategic Board of Directors.

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  • Tech Alpharetta , the nonprofit organization helping the City of Alpharetta lead in innovation, announces the appointment of six new members to its Strategic Board of Directors.
  • Tech Alpharetta’s Board is comprised of the area’s leading senior executives and is focused on conceptualizing and guiding strategies for growing the Alpharetta technology ecosystem.
  • Tech Alpharetta’s Board features local c-suite, senior executives, city leaders and community partners.
  • “These leaders lay the foundation for our continued success, propelling the growth of technology and innovation in Alpharetta.”
    Since its establishment in 2012, Tech Alpharetta and its Board have advised the city of Alpharetta on tech infrastructure and have helped to build Alpharetta’s thriving ecosystem.

KuppingerCole Identity Fabrics Leadership Compass Names RSA An Overall, Innovation, and Market Leader

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Jeudi, mai 16, 2024

RSA, the security-first identity leader, announced today that KuppingerCole Analysts AG has named RSA an Overall Leader, Innovation Leader, and Market Leader in its 2024 Identity Fabrics Leadership Compass Report, which provides CISOs, CIOs, and security teams with key insights into the vendors that can “deliver the full range of identity services required by an organization.”

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  • RSA, the security-first identity leader, announced today that KuppingerCole Analysts AG has named RSA an Overall Leader, Innovation Leader, and Market Leader in its 2024 Identity Fabrics Leadership Compass Report, which provides CISOs, CIOs, and security teams with key insights into the vendors that can “deliver the full range of identity services required by an organization.”
    The 2024 KuppingerCole Leadership Compass: Identity Fabrics comes at a key moment in cybersecurity.
  • “The KuppingerCole Identity Fabrics Leadership Compass gives identity its due, validates the RSA Unified Identity Platform , and recognizes the progress RSA continues to make delivering authentication, access, governance, and lifecycle capabilities to security-first leaders.”
    “The KuppingerCole Leadership Compass recognizes that being an identity vendor isn’t enough—to meet market demands and prevent data breaches, organizations must prioritize the few vendors that can provide all the components that an identity security platform requires,” said RSA Chief Product and Technology Officer Jim Taylor.
  • The KuppingerCole Leadership Compass provides transparent assessments of which vendors can sufficiently answer those questions—and by extension, which vendors can’t.”
    The KuppingerCole Identity Fabrics Leadership Compass highlights several key strengths that RSA solutions deliver, including:
    RSA was named an Overall Leader, Market Leader, and Innovation Leader in the previous Identity Fabrics Leadership Compass report published in 2022.
  • The most recent Leadership Compass noted improvements in the usability and interoperability of RSA solutions.

Ransomware defense company Mimic emerges from stealth, announces $27M seed round from Ballistic, Menlo, Team8, Wing, and Shield

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Jeudi, mai 2, 2024

PALO ALTO, Calif., May 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Mimic, the ransomware defense company, announced today that it has emerged from stealth and that it has secured a seed round of funding of $27 million led by Ballistic Ventures, with investment from Menlo Ventures, Team8, Wing Venture Capital and Shield Capital.

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  • Mimic, the ransomware defense company, announced today that it has emerged from stealth.
  • "Mimic's SaaS platform provides enterprises with detection, deflection, and rapid recovery from ransomware attacks," said Derek Smith, Mimic CEO.
  • Mimic is the last line of defense, working in concert with our customers' other controls.
  • "Ransomware is the highest priority problem for all CISOs in the Fortune 500 and Global 2000," said Schlein.

Norfolk Southern appoints corporate communications, compliance leaders

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Vendredi, mars 15, 2024

Talton-Buck joins Norfolk Southern from Delta Air Lines, where she spent 20 years of her career and most recently served as vice president – global public relations and reputation.

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  • Talton-Buck joins Norfolk Southern from Delta Air Lines, where she spent 20 years of her career and most recently served as vice president – global public relations and reputation.
  • Kolar will serve as a key advisor to Norfolk Southern's leadership on matters of regulatory compliance and compliance culture.
  • With 20 years of experience at Colonial Pipeline, a company with a similar operations focus and workforce to Norfolk Southern, Kolar brings experience in frontline compliance, ethics, field operations, and accounting.
  • "Norfolk Southern is further enhancing our compliance, operations, and regulatory oversight capabilities.

Stroud Water Research Center honors Laura Turner Seydel, chair of Captain Planet Foundation

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Mercredi, octobre 4, 2023

Avondale, PA, Oct. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stroud™ Water Research Center bestowed the 2023 Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence to Laura Turner Seydel, a global champion of Earth stewardship, on Tuesday, October 3 at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library in Delaware.

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  • Avondale, PA, Oct. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stroud™ Water Research Center bestowed the 2023 Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence to Laura Turner Seydel, a global champion of Earth stewardship, on Tuesday, October 3 at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library in Delaware.
  • Chairing the Captain Planet Foundation, which has overseen the funding of hands-on projects in 90 countries and empowered millions of young people to be problem-solvers for the planet.
  • Turner Seydel said, “I am very honored to receive the Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence from the Stroud Center.
  • Her contributions are wide-ranging and connect to many of the critical issues we confront with our work at the Stroud Center.

Claroty Adds Amtrak CISO Jesse Whaley to Advisory Board

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Lundi, septembre 18, 2023

NEW YORK, Sept. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Claroty, the cyber-physical systems protection company, today announced the appointment of Jesse Whaley, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of Amtrak, to the company's advisory board. Whaley has signed on to help Claroty realize its vision of safely connecting cyber and physical worlds.

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  • NEW YORK, Sept. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Claroty , the cyber-physical systems protection company, today announced the appointment of Jesse Whaley, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of Amtrak, to the company's advisory board.
  • Whaley has signed on to help Claroty realize its vision of safely connecting cyber and physical worlds.
  • "We're excited to welcome such a seasoned and respected authority across the cybersecurity community in Jesse Whaley," said Yaniv Vardi, CEO of Claroty.
  • In his current role as CISO of Amtrak, Whaley leads the management of cyber risk and information security matters, managing everything from traditional enterprise technology risks to unique challenges with operational technology.

Industry IoT Consortium Updates Industry Internet of Things Security Framework

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Mardi, juin 20, 2023

BOSTON, MA, June 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Industry IoT Consortium® (IIC™) published updates to its comprehensive and unique Industry Internet of Things Security Framework (IISF), initially published as Industrial Internet Security Framework.

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  • BOSTON, MA, June 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Industry IoT Consortium® (IIC™) published updates to its comprehensive and unique Industry Internet of Things Security Framework (IISF), initially published as Industrial Internet Security Framework.
  • This foundational document creates broad industry consensus on securing Industry Internet of Things (IIoT) systems at a time when cyber-attacks on industrial control systems are on the rise.
  • “IIoT systems interact with actuators in the physical world where Internet security concerns can lead to loss of life or damage to systems,” said Chuck Byers, CTO of the Industry IoT Consortium.
  • “Organizations should consider leveraging the IISF and the IIC’s many resources to accelerate their digital transformation strategy.”
    Download the Industry Internet of Things Security Framework foundational paper from the IIC website for more information and a complete list of authors.

Orbital Sidekick Successfully Launches Third GHOSt Satellite

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Mardi, juin 13, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, June 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orbital Sidekick (OSK) , the global leader in space-based commercial hyperspectral monitoring, today announced the successful launch of GHOSt 3, the third satellite in its planned GHOSt(™) (Global Hyperspectral Observation Satellite) constellation aboard the Transporter 8 rideshare mission.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, June 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orbital Sidekick (OSK) , the global leader in space-based commercial hyperspectral monitoring, today announced the successful launch of GHOSt 3, the third satellite in its planned GHOSt(™) (Global Hyperspectral Observation Satellite) constellation aboard the Transporter 8 rideshare mission.
  • This latest mission comes on the heels of the company’s successful launch of GHOSt 1 and 2 aboard the SpaceX Transporter 7 rideshare mission in April.
  • With three GHOSt satellites in orbit, OSK’s capabilities for delivering enhanced monitoring and intelligence services for its customers are further enhanced.
  • “This latest launch further delivers on OSK’s mission objectives, including operation of the most powerful hyperspectral constellation on the market.

Colonial Pipeline Terminals Again Recognized for Safety Performance

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Mardi, mai 30, 2023

ALPHARETTA, Ga., May 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Colonial Pipeline Terminals was recognized for the second year in a row for exemplary safety performance by the International Liquid Terminals Association (ILTA). Colonial received the ILTA's 2023 Platinum Safety Award for its dedication to safety culture, including management commitment, employee participation, safety training, hazard identification and control, and safety program innovation.

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  • ALPHARETTA, Ga., May 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Colonial Pipeline Terminals was recognized for the second year in a row for exemplary safety performance by the International Liquid Terminals Association (ILTA).
  • Colonial received the ILTA's 2023 Platinum Safety Award for its dedication to safety culture, including management commitment, employee participation, safety training, hazard identification and control, and safety program innovation.
  • Colonial Enterprises Inc. entered the terminal business in Q4 2020 when it launched Colonial Pipeline Terminals and purchased three refined product terminals.
  • Colonial Pipeline Company, a subsidiary of Colonial Enterprises, is the largest refined petroleum pipeline in the United States, transporting more than 100 million gallons of fuel daily.

Anomali and ONG-ISAC Announce Joint Initiative to Combat Cybercrime in Oil & Natural Gas Sector

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Mercredi, mai 17, 2023

Anomali , the leader in modernizing and scaling security operations, and the Oil and Natural Gas Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ONG-ISAC) , have announced a joint initiative to help protect oil and natural gas critical infrastructure organizations against nation-state attacks and other persistent cyber adversaries.

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  • Anomali , the leader in modernizing and scaling security operations, and the Oil and Natural Gas Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ONG-ISAC) , have announced a joint initiative to help protect oil and natural gas critical infrastructure organizations against nation-state attacks and other persistent cyber adversaries.
  • “Critical infrastructure remains a primary target for today’s threat actors, whose activities can cause substantial and costly disruptions.
  • Anomali has a strong reputation for helping critical infrastructure organizations detect and respond to global adversaries.
  • Anomali is proud to partner with ONG-ISAC and support its many members in their fight against today’s most persistent adversaries,” said Mark Alba, CMO, Anomali.