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cyber security
Thought Leaders in Cyber Security: Datablink CEO Alexandre Cagnoni (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: From a revenue point of view, where are you? What kind of revenue and growth rate are you trying to raise money on? Alexandre Cagnoni: Our revenue in 2016 was $7.5 million. We’re seeing a growth of approximately 30% year per year. I think if we get investment, we can accelerate this over
Thought Leaders in Cyber Security: Datablink CEO Alexandre Cagnoni (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: Is that the reason why you’re in the US? If you’re selling in Brazil and Asia, being in the US doesn’t make a lot of sense. Alexandre Cagnoni: There are a few reasons we came to the US. First of all, Brazil is quite complicated in terms of taxes and how they handle
Thought Leaders in Cyber Security: Datablink CEO Alexandre Cagnoni (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: Lastly, what about the e-commerce sector where you said you just started offering services? Alexandre Cagnoni: It happens to everybody all the time. I was recently on a trip to Indonesia. My card was refused when checking into the hotel and it was locked. It was identified by the system as a potential
Thought Leaders in Cyber Security: Datablink CEO Alexandre Cagnoni (Part 1)
Alex bootstrapped Datablink from Brazil to $7.5 million addressing cyber fraud. He discusses the trends in his current markets – Brazil and East Asia – as he gets ready to penetrate other markets. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as to Datablink. Alexandre Cagnoni: I’m was born in Brazil
Thought Leaders in Cyber Security: Markus Jakobsson, Chief Scientist of Agari (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: You’ve been in the cyber security space for a long time. Talk to me about what trends you see that are worth noting. Especially, what are some open problems out there that new entrepreneurs need to look into solving? Markus Jakobsson: Cyber security defenses are often lagging behind. Many of the big and
Thought Leaders in Cyber Security: Markus Jakobsson, Chief Scientist of Agari (Part 2)
Markus Jakobsson: My work at Agari now is to identify the trends, preferably, before they even start becoming noticeable to others and identify how to block them. Sramana Mitra: What kind of customers are primarily using Agari? Markus Jakobsson: A large number of companies use a product that blocks scammers from spoofing companies. Many of
Thought Leaders in Cyber Security: Markus Jakobsson, Chief Scientist of Agari (Part 1)
The recent phishing fiasco involving Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta hoodwinked even the IT staff of the campaign. It goes on to show how vulnerable traditional security systems can be to advanced attacks. This interview tackles some of the current developments in email fraud prevention and related topics. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing
Thought Leaders in Cyber Security: Leo Taddeo, Chief Security Officer, Cryptzone (Part 5)
Leo Taddeo: We’re going to see more focus on data privacy and protection and controlling access to content in an enterprise. That dovetails with this trend towards using Big Data for business analytics. Here’s what I mean. There’s tension between allowing employees access to data they need and maintaining privacy and confidentiality of data. Those two
