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    Cisco Makes Largest Ever Acquisition, Buying Cybersecurity Company Splunk For $28 Billion In Cash

    2023-09-21

    CNBC: Cisco is acquiring cybersecurity software company Splunk for $157 per share in a cash deal worth about $28 billion, the company said in its largest acquisition ever.

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    Evolution Equity Partners Joins Forces With Women Who Code To Help Bridge the Gender Gap in Cybersecurity

    2023-09-20

    PR Newswire: Evolution Equity Partners, a leading cybersecurity-focused venture capital firm, is pleased to announce its partnership with Women Who Code, a global nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering diverse women to excel in technology careers. 

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    HiddenLayer Raises $50M For Its AI-Defending Cybersecurity Tools

    2023-09-19

    TechCrunch: HiddenLayer, a security startup focused on protecting AI systems from adversarial attacks, announced that it raised $50 million in a funding round co-led by M12 and Moore Strategic Ventures with participation from Booz Allen Hamilton, IBM, Capital One and TenEleven.

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    US Federal Agencies Seek to Streamline 'Hodgepodge' of Cyber Reporting Rules

    2023-09-19

    BNN Bloomberg: The Department of Homeland Security wants Congress and other federal agencies to help it streamline 52 different cyber reporting requirements to protect critical infrastructure and ease regulatory burdens on hacking victims.

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    SEC Cyber Disclosure Rules: What’s The Role Of The CIO?

    2023-09-19

    Cybersecurity Dive: The Securities and Exchange Commission introduced new requirements for disclosing material cybersecurity incidents on Sept. 5, placing pressure on organizations to adopt robust reporting mechanisms. 

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    FTX Bolsters Claims Portal Security Measures Following Cyber Breach

    2023-09-17

    Cointelegraph: Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX has restored its customer claims portal with tighter security protocols, which was previously shut down due to a cyberattack.

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    Cyber Risk Is Business Risk, And The SEC Knows It

    2023-09-13

    The Hill: A long overdue policy change to improve corporate governance on cybersecurity is taking effect. These companies are drivers of innovation and critical to the strength of the U.S. economy.

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    MGM Resorts Discloses Cyber Incident In Filing With SEC

    2023-09-13

    Cybersecurity Dive: MGM Resorts officially disclosed a “cybersecurity issue” with the Securities and Exchange Commission in an 8-K filing, after taking its systems offline earlier.

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    Breach of Microsoft Engineer’s Account Likely Led to Hack of US Officials

    2023-09-06

    BNN Bloomberg: China-linked hackers breached the corporate account of a Microsoft Corp. engineer and are suspected of using that access to steal a valuable key that enabled the hack of senior US officials’ email accounts, the company said in a blog post.

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    Verizon Unit to Pay $4 Million US Penalty to Resolve Cybersecurity Claims

    2023-09-05

    Yahoo Finance: Verizon Business Network Services, a unit of the telecom giant , agreed to pay $4.1 million to resolve U.S. allegations that it failed to follow required cybersecurity standards, the U.S. Justice Department said.

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