"But now the cybersecurity industry has reached a critical crossroads. The industry's relative newcomers such as FireEye and Bromium are under pressure to prove they can be lasting winners or sell out …
Military Contractor Formerly Named Blackwater May Be for Sale for $1B
"Constellis Holdings, the owner of the U.S. military security services business formerly known as Blackwater, is exploring a sale it hopes will value the company at as much as $1 billion, including …
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State Dept Chooses 7 for New Worldwide Protective Services Contract
"Seven companies have been awarded spots on a potential five-year, multibillion-dollar contract to help protect State Department facilities and personnel based in high-threat areas globally." Source: …
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Palantir losing key clients and employees
"Over the last 13 months, at least three top-tier corporate clients have walked away, including Coca-Cola, American Express, and Nasdaq, according to internal documents. Palantir mines data to help …
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Erik Prince and World of Mercenaries
"What Balderas didn’t mention in his two and a half hours before the commission—what the Panama Papers now reveal—was that, just weeks prior, Triple Canopy had acquired Edinburgh International, a …
Security Firm Norse Corp. Imploding
"‘The systems in question are fake systems….and the data obtained cannot be accurately used for attribution,’ Lee wrote of Norse’s sensor network. ‘In essence, Norse identified scans from Iranian …
Ex-Navy Seal Bets on Newly Discovered Congo Copper Deposit
"Frontier Resource Group, founded by former U.S. Navy Seal Erik Prince, is in talks with a potential partner to develop a copper deposit in central Democratic Republic of Congo where the company says …
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Blackwater Founder Turns White-Collar CEO Aiding Chinese Firms
"Nearly five years after selling his notorious soldiers-for-hire business, the founder of Blackwater Worldwide is once again running operations in some of the world’s most hazardous places. This time, …
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Uber Lures Facebook Security Chief Joe Sullivan to be CSO
"New age car service Uber on Thursday said that it has hired former Facebook security chief Joe Sullivan as its first ever Chief Security Officer. Sullivan, who will take the position as CSO at Uber …
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Does anyone make accurate geopolitical predictions?
"We discovered three key factors that predicted geopolitical forecasting accuracy. First, psychological factors, including inductive reasoning, pattern detection, open-mindedness and the tendency to …
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