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Abdul Rahman Mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan

Technology

UN enlists blockchain in Afghanistan for transparency in rebuilding process

Navanwita Sachdev3 years ago

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As part of its "City for All" program the UN is looking to blockchain technology in Afghanistan for secure and...

The Dallah coffee pot sculpture on the Corniche in Doha the capital of Qatar, behind it are the new high rise building being built to fill the skyline.

Business

Launching in Qatar: market research, fierce competitors and big rewards

Navanwita Sachdev4 years ago

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Launching a business in a new, unseen market like Qatar can be challenging, but with well-calculated ideas, such bold moves...

Business Technology

Silk Road Startup Summit: Iran’s first intl startup conference will take place in Kish

Tim Hinchliffe5 years ago

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For the first time in its history, the country of Iran will hold an international startup conference. The Silk Road...

Business Technology

Iraqi startup incubator launches free ‘Entrepreneurship for All’ training and bootcamp

Tim Hinchliffe5 years ago

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Today Iraqi startup incubator for refugees and conflict-affected entrepreneurs, Five One Labs, launches its free "Entrepreneurship For All" training program...

Business Technology

Meet the 10 startups that made the Techstars Dubai Accelerator opening class

Tim Hinchliffe5 years ago

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When Techstars announced a partnership with GINCO to bring an accelerator program to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates last June,...

Web

Turkey takes a bite of the Syrian pie and is hungry for more

Tim Hinchliffe6 years ago

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Turkey continues to push further into northern Syria as it oversteps its boundary in the relentless pursuit of Kurdish rebels and...

Web

Turkey uses Kurdish rebels as pawns to do its dirty work in Syria

Tim Hinchliffe6 years ago

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Turkey uses Kurdish rebels like pawns on a chessboard to do their dirty work in expelling ISIS from Syria's northern border...

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...

Web

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...

Web

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...

Web

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...

Web

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...

Solar eclipse via David Paleino on Flickr

Web

Follow the partial solar eclipse online with NASA and Google Maps

Piers Dillon Scott12 years ago

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The solar eclipse which darkened the morning sky over Europe, Russia and the Middle East isn't over yet. People in...

Eclipse - On the road between Rosslare and Wexford (Pic Brendan Cooney) via RTE

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Videos of the partial solar eclipse as seen around the world

Piers Dillon Scott12 years ago

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Watch some of the best videos of today’s solar eclipse, which was seen from the Middle East to Northern Europe.

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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.