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Is it OK for corporations to piggyback social causes to expand?

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Can we really expect profit-oriented corporations that piggyback on social causes to have the best interests of developing nations when...

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Will scrub toilets for Wifi? 22K people accidentally agree to community service for Wifi

Sam Brake Guia5 years ago

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Always read the terms and conditions before logging on to public Wifi, or you may be one of the 22,000...

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Colombia ranks #1 in Affordable Internet Access for Developing Nations: Report

Tim Hinchliffe6 years ago

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For the second year running, Colombia ranks number one in the developing world for Internet affordability and access, according to...

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Digital Colonialism: Facebook’s agenda to limit connectivity in developing countries

Tim Hinchliffe7 years ago

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Facebook has been working hard to spread its influence to developing nations; however, it's not about providing access to all of...

Libya pulls plug on internet via @labovit/@arbornetworks

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Can Libya’s government bring down URL shortener bit.ly?

Piers Dillon Scott12 years ago

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Following successful mass protests in Tunisia and Egypt thousands of protesters have been taking part in demonstrations in Libya, which included a “Day of Anger” on Friday. However, concerns have been raised that if Gaddafi’s government were to shut down internet access, as happened in Egypt, bit..ly links, which are shared by millions of twitter users every day, will become unusable.

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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.