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SnapAttack Raises $8m to Enable Proactive Cybersecurity by Empowering Offensive Researchers and Network Defenders to Collaborate

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Tuesday, November 16, 2021
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SnapAttack , a cybersecurity firm that advances both proactive and collaborative security with a single platform, today announced an $8M funding round led by Volition Capital.

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  • SnapAttack , a cybersecurity firm that advances both proactive and collaborative security with a single platform, today announced an $8M funding round led by Volition Capital.
  • We believe SnapAttack can help lead the change from reactive to proactive.
  • SnapAttack is unique in the market by combining offensive (red teaming) and defensive (blue teaming) tradecraft to identify security gaps and improve advanced behavioral detections.
  • SnapAttack offers a proactive solution; a security platform focused on attack emulation, detection-as-code and continuous development and validation of robust behavioral analytics.

Giant Food Announces New Store Opening in Manassas, Va.

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Tuesday, November 16, 2021
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LANDOVER, Md., Nov. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Giant Food , the leading greater Washington D.C. regional grocery chain, today announces the grand opening of a new Virginia store located at 10864 Sudley Manor Drive in Manassas.

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  • LANDOVER, Md., Nov. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Giant Food , the leading greater Washington D.C. regional grocery chain, today announces the grand opening of a new Virginia store located at 10864 Sudley Manor Drive in Manassas.
  • Customers also have the option to place Giant Pickup or Giant Delivers orders on giantfood.com or the Giant Food mobile app and can choose to pick up their groceries at the store or have them delivered directly to their doorsteps.
  • The new store replaces the Giant store located at 8025 Sudley Road in Manassas.
  • This year, Giant Food is celebrating 85 years as a community grocery store.

AMD Processors Accelerating Performance of Top Supercomputers Worldwide

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Tuesday, November 16, 2021
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Finally, AMD EPYC 7003 series processors, which launched eight months ago, are utilized by 17 of the 75 AMD powered supercomputers in the list, demonstrating the rapid adoption of the latest generation of EPYC processors.

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  • Finally, AMD EPYC 7003 series processors, which launched eight months ago, are utilized by 17 of the 75 AMD powered supercomputers in the list, demonstrating the rapid adoption of the latest generation of EPYC processors.
  • AMD is engaged broadly across the HPC industry to deliver the performance and efficiency of AMD EPYC and AMD Instinct products, along with the ROCm open ecosystem, to speed research.
  • The first partition is based on next-generation AMD EPYC processors code named Genoa and the second partition is based on 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors and AMD Instinct MI250x accelerators.
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratorys Frontier exascale computer which is powered by optimized 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors and AMD Instinct MI250x accelerators.

Contributing to the sustainable economy, NW Natural issues inaugural sustainable bond

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Monday, November 15, 2021
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Northwest Natural Holding Company, (NYSE: NWN) (NW Natural Holdings), and NW Natural Gas Company (NW Natural) recently closed on several sustainable financings as the Companies strive to continue supporting the energy transition and movement toward a sustainable economy.

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  • Northwest Natural Holding Company, (NYSE: NWN) (NW Natural Holdings), and NW Natural Gas Company (NW Natural) recently closed on several sustainable financings as the Companies strive to continue supporting the energy transition and movement toward a sustainable economy.
  • On November 3, 2021, each of NW Natural Holdings and NW Natural amended and restated its revolving credit facility, resulting in the extension of the maturity date to November 3, 2026, and an increase in NW Natural Holdings and NW Naturals total borrowing capacity to $600 million.
  • It owns NW Natural Gas Company (NW Natural), NW Natural Renewables Holdings (NW Natural Renewables), NW Natural Water Company (NW Natural Water), and other business interests.
  • This report, and other presentations made by NW Natural Holdings or NW Natural from time to time, may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S.

Archaea Energy Inc. Signs 21-Year Renewable Natural Gas Agreement with Northwest Natural Gas Company

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Monday, November 15, 2021
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Archaea Energy Inc. (Archaea) (NYSE: LFG), an industry leading renewable natural gas (RNG) company, announced today that its subsidiary Archaea Holdings, LLC has entered into a long-term RNG purchase and sale agreement with Northwest Natural Gas Company (NW Natural), a subsidiary of NW Natural Holdings (NYSE: NWN).

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  • Archaea Energy Inc. (Archaea) (NYSE: LFG), an industry leading renewable natural gas (RNG) company, announced today that its subsidiary Archaea Holdings, LLC has entered into a long-term RNG purchase and sale agreement with Northwest Natural Gas Company (NW Natural), a subsidiary of NW Natural Holdings (NYSE: NWN).
  • NW Natural provides natural gas service to approximately 2.5 million people in Oregon and Southwest Washington.
  • This marks the third RNG contract for NW Natural under the landmark Oregon Senate Bill 98, which supports renewable energy procurement and investment by natural gas utilities.
  • NW Holdings owns NW Natural, NW Natural Renewables Holdings, NW Natural Water Company (NW Natural Water), and other business interests.

HNTB hires aviation program management expert David Harris

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Monday, November 15, 2021
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NEW YORK, Nov. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- HNTB Corporation announced program management expert David (Woody) Harris, PE, has joined the firm's aviation practice.

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  • NEW YORK, Nov. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- HNTB Corporation announced program management expert David (Woody) Harris, PE, has joined the firm's aviation practice.
  • Based in HNTB's New York office, Harris is deputy program executive for the John F. Kennedy Airport Redevelopment Program, the nation's largest public-private aviation terminal effort.
  • Harris has 20 years of construction management experience with the Naval Facilities Engineering Command on military installations worldwide.
  • Before joining HNTB, Harris worked for another consulting firm where he was instrumental in successfully delivering large airport programs.

Booz Allen Spins Out SnapAttack™ to Standalone Company

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Monday, November 15, 2021
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Booz Allen is maintaining a significant minority stake in the new company as well as a strategic partnership agreement to continue collaboration, further enhancing and complementing the firms robust threat detection management capabilities.

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  • Booz Allen is maintaining a significant minority stake in the new company as well as a strategic partnership agreement to continue collaboration, further enhancing and complementing the firms robust threat detection management capabilities.
  • For more than 100 years, military, government, and business leaders have turned to Booz Allen Hamilton to solve their most complex problems.
  • SnapAttack was incubated in Booz Allens Dark Labs and is rooted in years of experience in nation-state level cyber operations and tradecraft.
  • In 2021, SnapAttack was established as a stand-alone company to focus on proactive threat hunting, detection-as-code, purple teaming, and rapidly evolving their platform capabilities.

SoGoSurvey's latest release to help companies create a future-proof business

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Saturday, November 13, 2021
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"From expanded reporting controls to more streamlined workflows, this release brings to life so much of the feedback we've heard from our clients," said Senior Account Manager Mary McCormack.

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  • "From expanded reporting controls to more streamlined workflows, this release brings to life so much of the feedback we've heard from our clients," said Senior Account Manager Mary McCormack.
  • The new release will give companies increased flexibility and options to gather and analyze data for a wide variety of business purposes from enhancing customer experience to improving employee engagement.
  • The predictive analysis functionality is a powerful tool that will allow companies to better analyze the impact of business decisions and see emerging trends and behavior patterns well in advance.
  • Organizations like Uber, Walmart, UNICEF, and Citibank as well as hospital systems, financial services companies, governments, and educational institutions use SoGoSurvey to gather business intelligence.

Education Market Size in UAE to Increase by USD 97.12 Thousand | Research Insights Highlight Rising Awareness of Early Education as Key Trend | Technavio

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Friday, November 12, 2021
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  • The Education Market in UAE is fragmented with the presence of several global and regional players.
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INTRUSION Appoints Renowned Cybersecurity Expert, Tony Scott, as New President & CEO

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Thursday, November 11, 2021
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PLANO, Texas, Nov. 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- INTRUSION (Nasdaq: INTZ), a leader in cyberattack prevention solutions including zero-days, today appointed Tony Scott as its new President and CEO, who will assume the role on Monday, November 15, 2021.

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  • PLANO, Texas, Nov. 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- INTRUSION (Nasdaq: INTZ), a leader in cyberattack prevention solutions including zero-days, today appointed Tony Scott as its new President and CEO, who will assume the role on Monday, November 15, 2021.
  • Before starting the TonyScottGroup in 2017, Scott was appointed by President Obama as the Federal Chief Information Officer for the U.S. Government in February 2015.
  • In that role, he had oversight, budget and management responsibilities for the more than $85 billion budget that the Federal Government annually spends on IT.
  • INTRUSION, Inc. (NASDAQ: INTZ) protects any-sized company by leveraging advanced threat intelligence with real-time artificial intelligence to kill cyberattacks as they occur including zero-days.