Ramzan

Former RSA Chief Technology Officer Zulfikar Ramzan Joins Aura as Chief Scientist

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Thursday, January 20, 2022

BOSTON, Jan. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aura, a leading provider of proactive, all-in-one digital security for consumers, today announced the appointment of Dr. Zulfikar Ramzan to chief scientist and CEO of Aura Labs.

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  • BOSTON, Jan. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aura, a leading provider of proactive, all-in-one digital security for consumers, today announced the appointment of Dr. Zulfikar Ramzan to chief scientist and CEO of Aura Labs.
  • Ramzan joins Aura from RSA, where he served as chief technology officer and chief digital officer.
  • Ramzan joined RSA in 2015 as chief technology officer and for the past year has been RSA's chief digital officer.
  • Prior to his role with RSA, Ramzan served as chief technology officer of Elastica (acquired by Blue Coat), chief scientist of Sourcefire (acquired by Cisco), and chief scientist of Immunet (acquired by Sourcefire).Ramzan holds a PhD in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where his doctoral advisor was Professor Ronald L. Rivest, co-founder of RSA Data Security.

A new crackdown of LGBTQI individuals in Chechnya

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Tuesday, January 15, 2019

"Reports that Chechen authorities have started a new crackdown is disturbing."

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  • "Reports that Chechen authorities have started a new crackdown is disturbing."
  • In 2017, during the first wave of the crackdown, Rainbow Railroad reacted quickly to help 57 individuals escape Chechnya and travel to safety, and we continued to help more people in 2018, while working closely with the Russian LGBT Network.
  • The Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has consistently denied allegations of illegal detentions, human rights abuses, or even that gay people exist in Chechnya.
  • In December 2018, a report was released detailing the appalling human rights violations and abuses suffered by LGBTQI Chechens in 2017.