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How Tech Companies are Combating Terrorist Propaganda

Sam Brake Guia5 years ago

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Roughly 850 people have left the UK to support ISIS, according to the BBC. One of the driving forces behind ISIS’...

Web

Humanitarian aid makes ‘no sense’ while fighting continues in Syria: UN

Tim Hinchliffe6 years ago

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The United Nations throws its proverbial hands in the air, citing it makes no sense to send humanitarian aid to Syria...

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How the Iraq war still isn’t over: The upcoming Battle for Mosul

Tim Hinchliffe6 years ago

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The Iraq war still isn't over as a US-led coalition plans to conduct a major military offensive five years after...

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US, Russia repeating same mistakes in Syria as in Afghanistan

Tim Hinchliffe6 years ago

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With the US and Russia backing opposite military forces in Syria, they are creating the same mistakes as they did in...

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Lebanon in Israel’s crosshairs as Syria’s war bleeds westward

Tim Hinchliffe6 years ago

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With the march of thousands of refugees flowing into Lebanon the war in Syria is moving westward as Israel prepares to battle...

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Big Banking & Oil: Which country do we invade next after Syria?

Tim Hinchliffe6 years ago

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The war in Syria is in its 5th year, and it is all part of a global plan to invade...

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#PrayForSyria trending worldwide after ‘US-led airstrike kills 60 civilians’

Tim Hinchliffe6 years ago

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#PrayForSyria is rising quickly on Twitter after a US-led airstrike reportedly kills at least 60 civilians in the north of...

Science

Bombs for bullets: Why are mass shooting suspects almost never taken alive?

Tim Hinchliffe6 years ago

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Why is it that mass shooting suspects are almost never taken alive? Here we analyze police training, psychological profiles, and...

Social Media

#StopIslam trending on Twitter, mostly condemning anti-Muslim rhetoric

Tim Hinchliffe7 years ago

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While the smoke still hasn't cleared from the attacks in Brussels this morning, #StopIslam is already trending on Twitter, mostly condemning...

Social Media

Hackers ping Islamic State social media accounts to British Govt

Tim Hinchliffe7 years ago

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A group of hackers report that three social media accounts allegedly belonging to Islamic State supporters have been traced to...

Social Media

Proposed social media legislation in terrorist backlash a major privacy concern

Emma Rosser7 years ago

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Lawmakers in the US have proposed legislation requiring social media platforms to report any online terrorist activity amid freedom of...

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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.