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Facebook to pay $5 billion for violating 2012 FTC consent order

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Just two days after the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced a historic settlement of privacy and security claims against Equifax, the FTC today announced that Facebook has agreed to pay $5 billion in civil fines, arising from its violation of a 2012 consent order with the FTC. 2012 Consent Order. 2012 Consent Order.

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Tanium Secures $6.5 Billion Valuation For Enterprise Security Tech

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Tanium, which provides organizations with an IT security platform, raised $200 million from Wellington Management, Baillie Gifford & Company and Adage Capital Management, pushing Tanium’s valuation up to $6.5 According to reports, Tanium addresses security friction within businesses caused by a disparate security strategy.

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Vectra Secures $100M With AI-Driven Tech

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A seven-year-old cloud security company that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) to find network intrusions has raised $100 million in a Series E funding round led by TCV, according to a report. The company was started in 2012 and has 240 employees. Khosla Ventures and Accel also took part in the round.

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Today In Payments Around The World: Lendify Secures $115M In Funding; Contour Teams With Mphasis On Trade Tech

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In today’s top payments news around the world, Swedish peer-to-peer (P2P) lending upstart Lendify has reportedly secured $115 million of funding, while international trade platform Contour has teamed with information technology (IT) solutions firm Mphasis. Swedish Startup Lendify Closes $115M Funding Deal.

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Payworks Raises $14.5M To Grow POS Technology

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Founded in 2012, Payworks offers a variety of omnichannel payment providers a next-generation payment gateway technology, operated in the cloud and provided in a Software-as-a-Service model. Payworks announced that it has completed a $14.5M

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World Password Day Highlights (The Annoying) Endurance Of A Weak Security Tool

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After all, bad password habits can bring severe financial, security and reputational penalties (whereas failing to talk like a pirate merely confirms your status as a relatively normal adult, for better and/or worse). Among the most recent examples comes from Microsoft’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Bret Arsenault.

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How The Z-Wave Alliance Is Balancing IoT Interoperability And Security

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This presents problems for developers, who need to make sure that their products run both smoothly and securely. These technologies are presenting increasing demands on local networks as more devices fill homes, causing aggravating performance lags. This topic has been a major concern for the Z-Wave Alliance developer consortium.

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