Martina King sees her tech teams as a crime fighting force. As CEO of payments fraud prevention company Featurespace, King oversees a workforce 200 strong across two continents. The UK-based executive, named one of the most influential women in payments, joined the company following executive roles in media, technology, and retail. Featurespace was her first payments […]
Many small to mid-sized, and even some large organizations, believe that their cybersecurity technology is the end-all, be-all to protecting their customer and employee data. Among these organizations, rarely is there a holistic, documented process addressing security and data protection. The plan is the technology and the technology is the plan — end of story. […]
NexDefense, an Atlanta-based cybersecurity company that protects industrial control systems, has been acquired for an undisclosed amount by Maryland-based Dragos. Dragos has been growing rapidly since raising a $37 million Series B last November. The three-year old Dragos also focuses on protecting industrial systems from cyberthreats through behavior analytics, security operations, and incident response workflows. […]
Ionic Security, the Atlanta-based data security company, has announced a growth capital raise of $40 million led by JPMorgan Chase & Co, with participation from new investor Google and existing investors Kleiner Perkins, GV, Icon Ventures, Meritech Capital, TechOperators, and Ten Eleven Ventures. This fundraise, which brings the late-stage startup’s total capital raised to over […]
A well-funded identity and cybersecurity startup — one with a colorful history and a fresh infusion of capital — is setting up shop in the South. San Francisco-based OneLogin has identified Atlanta as the location for its eastern regional center. To lead the new office, OneLogin has brought in Drew Prante, a long-time leader in the […]