Atlanta-based cybersecurity management startup Apptega has raised an oversubscribed seed round of $700,000 led by Circadian Group with participation from the TiE Atlanta Angel group, Ascent Capital, Triton Claims Management, and individual family offices. The capital will be used to swell their headcount to about a dozen, expand sales and marketing efforts, as well as […]
Supply chain attacks, in which an enterprise shares information with a third-party vendor and that vendor gets hacked, are on the rise. According a recent report, 90 percent of those surveyed confirmed experiencing a software supply chain attack, with the average cost of an attack at over $1.1 million. Weak links between the two parties involved […]
In early 2017, Georgia state government made clear its commitment to growing and nurturing the state’s cybersecurity talent with the allocation of an initial $58 million, and then another $35 million, into the Hull McKnight Georgia Cyber Center for Innovation and Training. The campus of the Augusta-based center officially opened on July 10. “This visionary approach […]
This week, Attorney Generals from the U.S. and Mexico will unveil a new system for finding victims of the human trafficking industry — a shadowy, hard-to-track criminal system that captures millions each year. The system will employ facial recognition data, pulled from photos that families of missing individuals can submit, to build a shared database […]
In order to expand the footprint and resources for cybersecurity startups in Georgia, the soon-to-open Hull McKnight Georgia Cyber Center for Innovation and Training in Augusta has formed a strategic partnership with entrepreneur-focused non-profit theClubhou.se to manage its new innovation space, opening this July. The $100 million Cyber Center is the single largest investment in a cybersecurity facility […]