A woman lives in Santa Monica, works in Los Angeles, and vacations at a national park in Montana. She tells Facebook none of this, and yet the social media platform manages to target hyper-specific ads toward her based on these locations.
Police forces have access to DNA testing along with a host of tools to help catch physical crimes. Digital crimes, on the other hand, it's the wild west.
When it comes to the question of Google and what it knows about billions of individuals around the planet, the truth can be unsettling.
Beauceron Security has been named as one of nine start-ups selected from across the globe to participate in the Cyber London (CyLon) accelerator program.
Beauceron Security, which helps organizations effectively manage cyber risk, announced today it has raised $1.5 million in a second seed round led by the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation that also included Opportunities New Brunswick, Mariner Partners, East Valley Ventures, First Angel Network, CyLon and numerous angel investors.
It's been an exciting few months for the Beauceron team as we hit several key milestones including landing our first national partner and our first European partner as well as significantly expanding our client and user base.
While we'll have even more exciting news to share later this summer, I'm particularly excited to share this latest update.
Founding a technology company, let alone a cybersecurity firm, is not for the faint of heart.
It takes more than just a great idea or great team to build a successful venture.
It takes a supportive community willing to provide a variety of critical assistance – from early stage capital to access to mentors and advisors to programs to accelerator growth. Most importantly, it takes early adopters willing to give a start-up a chance to prove their technology and value.
In an interview with INFOSEC NORTH, David explores why he founded Beauceron Security, the impact of his platform, and how he is truly enabling organizations to treat cyber security and risk as a business issue, not just an IT problem. He provides advice for future entrepreneurs, and highlights how companies need to evolve its hiring and recruiting practices to address the acute talent shortage in the market.
Throughout history unanticipated decisions by human beings has yielded unexpected consequences.
Despite the lessons of history, the same decisions and unexpected consequences unveil themselves on a daily basis via the news and social media as the unforeseen impacts of cybercrime. We have all heard and read the cybercrime narratives. The question is why, and, what should be done about it.
Beauceron Security Inc. a startup founded at the University of New Brunswick, has secured more than $500,000 in equity funding from private and public investors.
“We are thrilled to launch New Brunswick’s newest fully funded cybersecurity firm and extraordinarily grateful for the tremendous support we’ve received from the university, our investors and our early adopter clients,” says David Shipley, CEO of Beauceron Security.
