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Entrepreneurs lead the charge for a more connected Africa

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In the satirical novel In the United States of Africa, the French-speaking, Djiboutian author Abdourahman A. Waberi depicts an alternative...

Technology

Colombia’s government is digitalizing social inclusion, expanding connectivity

Sophie Foggin3 years ago

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Colombia’s Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (MinTic) is currently rolling out a three-pronged digitalization strategy to encourage the social...

Technology

How LiFi will make common WiFi problems obsolete

Grace Brennan3 years ago

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LiFi is poised to make many WiFi problems obsolete from slow connections and unstable wireless connections to health concerns, restricted...

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Mobile Technology Web

Smart bandwidth key to upcoming surge in wireless device connectivity

Pat Rabbitte3 years ago

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Wireless communication has been a key facilitator of most recent and pending technologies. Smart bandwidth usage is a prerequisite if society...

Science Technology

Photonics: quantum entanglement or light-speed networks? EU Passion Project

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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A group of scientists backed by the EU's Horizon 2020 report that they have harnessed the power of photons to...

Technology

Why nonprofits need to embrace tech in social connectivity

Francesco Segramora4 years ago

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We live in the information age and technology is an aspect of our daily lives, but it is seemingly lacking...

Social Media

Twisting the Tweets: Assange’s Gag Goes Much Deeper Than Catalonia

Tim Hinchliffe5 years ago

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Wikileaks editor Julian Assange loses his internet connection through a tricky twist of Tweets, but it wasn't just about Catalonia;...

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One week before the pandemic hit, unaware of what was about to take place worldwide, Taylor Hersom quit his job as a Chief Information Security Officer for a local firm in Austin, Texas in the hopes of finding a similar position elsewhere.

Between working at Deloitte where he advised Fortune 500 companies on compliance and security tactics, and his more recent position at the local firm, Hersom didn’t anticipate finding a new job to be a difficult feat.

However, as the pandemic set in, his interview offers dried up, and he turned to UpWork in pursuit of a job. In the beginning, he applied for as many posts as he could find in order to build up his review score.

He began taking on clients and quickly realized that startups needed a lot of help with security and compliance, and he knew this could become a genuine business for him. But what he didn’t realize was just how in demand his services would be.

As time went on, Hersom moved away from UpWork and took on staff to build a team in order to meet demand. Shortly after this, on January 1, 2021, his new company Eden Data was born.

In today’s episode of the Brains Byte Back podcast, Hersom, CEO and Founder of Eden Data, shares how the team has grown in such a short period of time by taking a positive approach to security instead of the traditional fear-based approach.

In other words, instead of securing customers using fears tactics such as telling prospects if they get hacked they will be fined, receive bad PR, or be hated, Hersom advocates that strong security can show prospects that you care about them and their data, which can successfully close more deals.

Hersom also shares how their subscription approach to security and compliance has helped them stand out in this market, allowing them to scale alongside the startups they work with.