Founder's Blog What Keeps You Up At Night??? 🚨When ransomware hits - who do you call? What can be done? How much will it cost? How fast can you be up and running again? Time to get off the hamster wheel of security.
Founder's Blog The Possibilities are Endless Part 3: The Other Side of the Investing Table Bridging the investment: we need to actively seek out amazing tech companies outside our established investing network.
Posts Whose A** is on the Line When Security Goes Bad? Attention: Board Chairs, Directors, and CSuite (CEO, CFO…et al). October is Security Awareness Month We know - you have people for that. But - legally it’s YOUR a** on the line when/if things go bad. Let's talk about Zero Trust.
Posts 🚨🔐 It's CyberSecurity Awareness Month!!! What? 🎉 No excited faces? 🥳 No Cheers? Ok - so online security isn't a party. BUT - It isn't that hard either. It starts with: what's needed, why, the cost, and the plan.
Posts How does life-saving tech get to market? Check out today's Newsletter! As both a planet and a people, we need amazing tech companies to succeed. We need the advances they bring in health, medicine, security, business and more. Let’s talk tech. And investing. And getting out of our comfort zones.
Founder's Blog The Possibilities are Endless Part 2: Let's Get Life-Saving Tech Get to Market! As both a planet and a people, we need amazing tech companies to succeed. Private investment is crucial to advances in health, medicine, security, and business.
Posts Abracadabra! How to use Code Words to Combat AI... like magic! Time to start creating shared "code words or phrases" for when we need to verify that the "someone" who has called/texted/emailed is who they claim to be - and not a bot or a scammer. It's a great way to verify identity!
Posts Prepare for the AI Invasion! October is Security Awareness Month! Throughout October we will bring you information, tips, and news to help keep you, your information and your cryptocurrency safe online.
Posts Let’s talk tech. And investing. And comfort zones. Part 2-of-3 in "What if you could see the possibilities?": What if you''re NOT "status quo" AND new to the "I think I need investment" table? 1st: find integrity. Yep- it can be done! It takes time, hard questions, and suffering through broken promises, but we CAN find trusted mentors/networks/orgs!
Posts Amazing tech that we will never see. Part 2-of-3 in "What if you could see the possibilities?": Stats tell us that investing in companies owned/run by women is just good business. Add the stats about investing in diversity in general - including gender, LGBTQ+, culture, ethnicity, neurodiversity, race, ability - stats just get better.
Founder's Blog The Possibilities are Endless Part 1: MedTech, EdTech, Business Tech What if you could see the entire landscape of tech that could be available to you today? What if you could see the possibilities.
Posts MedTech: What if you could see the possibilities? Part 1-of-3 in "What if you could see the possibilities?": How do we think great technology/security companies come into being? How do we know what COULD BE - as opposed to "what got funded and what succeeded without funding”? A whole world of possibilities is slipping through the cracks.
Posts “I have been paid to kill you” I look forward to the day when emails like this are laughed at by everyone who receives them. But today is not that day. The damage, fear, and financial loss is real. Criminals are real. Let's dig into how to get ahead of these snakes once and for all.
Founder's Blog I'm at the Airport - Check it Out! Posting pictures of airline boarding passes that contain barcodes or QR codes can make your life an open book for criminals. Let's check this out further!
Posts That easy password - it's just a quick fix, yes? - Criminals LOVE quick fixes. 😱😡😵💫 Remember that password - or 2 - or 3 - that you have been meaning to change since you hit "reset password" last month (and used a quick-fix password you thought you could remember until you had time to write it down)? Criminals LOVE quick fixes.
Founder's Blog Trust me! - OR - What IS social engineering- really??? What IS social engineering? Tricks and lies. That's it, in a nutshell. It's simple, but deadly. Tricking you is easier than breaking into your system. Full stop.
Founder's Blog Help! I'm in big trouble - send money. In 2022 phishing victims in the U.S. alone were over 300k. Real people. People who lost over $50 BILLION. It's easy to lower your risk!
Security News Watch Your Apps! Data breaches very often are NOT one-offs: If there is a breach in an app that you use, watch closely for follow-up news to make sure you know if the app was breached a 2nd or 3rd time. Ask yourself where your security gaps might be.
Founder's Blog Bitfinex Heist 2016: What We Learned and Why it Matters to You In 2016 Bitfinex was breached and $72M (the value in 2016) worth of bitcoin was stolen. Why does this matter to you? Keep reading!
Founder's Blog AI & People: What Kind of History Will We Write Together? (Part 3) How much of your private information are you willing to share? How far are you willing to go? How far is too far?
Security News Summer Fun & Your Security It's summer! Time to catch up on information, tips, and news to help keep you, your information and your business safe online. 🦆 Don't be a sitting duck! 🦆 -- Cyber criminals are ALWAYS watching!
Founder's Blog AI & People: What Kind of History Will We Write Together? (Part 2) How do you define privacy? Is privacy still possible? More to the point, has privacy actually ever been possible?
Founder's Blog AI & People: What Kind of History Will We Write Together? (Part 1) Is privacy still possible?? For decades, we in the security industry have been passionate - and vocal - about privacy. It's time to listen.
Founder's Blog It's 2023: How's Business? What happens when a global pandemic hits and businesses everywhere dive into uncharted waters to survive lockdowns? My first thought is this: cybercriminals are celebrating.
Founder's Blog Security and AI: Who is Keeping Your Data Safe? It's 2023 and the pressing question remains: is privacy still possible? Who is keeping your data safe? How do you define "safe"? Now those are the RIGHT questions!