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Absolute hires Samir Sherif as CISO and Jim Lejeal as CFO

Absolute Software appoints Jim Lejeal as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Samir Sherif as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Jim is a seven-time CFO and demonstrated financial strategist with a passion for helping software businesses scale. At Absolute, he will oversee all global finance, accounting, financial reporting, audit, tax, investor relations, and capital planning functions beginning December 5, 2022. Jim has served in numerous financial leadership roles throughout his successful career, including helping VictorOps, through … More → The post Absolute hires Samir Sherif as CISO and Jim Lejeal as CFO appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Week in review: OpenSSL critical fix, Medibank data breach, Apple fixes zero-day vulnerability

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Incoming OpenSSL critical fix: Organizations, users, get ready! The OpenSSL Project team has announced that, on November 1, 2022, they will release OpenSSL version 3.0.7, which will fix a critical vulnerability in the popular open-source cryptographic library (but does not affect OpenSSL versions before 3.0). Apple fixes exploited iOS, iPadOS zero-day (CVE-2022-42827) For the ninth time this year, Apple has … More → The post Week in review: OpenSSL critical fix, Medibank data breach, Apple fixes zero-day vulnerability appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Protexxa raises $4 million to remediate gaps in cybersecurity for companies and individuals

Cybersecurity startup Protexxa has raised CAD$4 million in seed funding. The company aims to address the risk to businesses resulting from gaps in personal cybersecurity for both companies and individuals. Its seed funding round was led by BKR Capital, which makes transformational investments in disruptive companies and promising Black technology founders. The Firehood Angels and several angel investors, including Jeff Fettes, Annette Verschuren, and Leen Li also participated in the round. The funds will be … More → The post Protexxa raises $4 million to remediate gaps in cybersecurity for companies and individuals appeared first on Help Net Security.
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