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by Larry Frey, CIO, Beazer Homes It seems like every day another major cyber security breach hits the news. One day it’s “social engineers” convincing someone to install software on their computer that gives a hacker free reign in their system. The next day it’s a major information breach because a server wasn’t secured correctly. Cybersecurity […]

by Herbert Mattord, Ph.D. The field of cybersecurity is facing a significant shortfall in the number of experienced professionals. Organizations are finding it useful to hire entry-level staff from academic programs that produce cybersecurity graduates. Until recently, most of these programs were producing graduates with advanced degrees above the bachelor’s level. Master’s degrees from computer science, […]

Clint Crosby, Baker Donelson shareholder, encourages entrepreneurs to consider joining an incubator or accelerator to grow their business.

By Jeff Schmidt, President and CEO of Authomate I just came back from Silicon Valley and am counting the number of times I was asked, “why Atlanta?” It’s a similar question I asked myself ten years ago when I embarked on a journey to move from the Bay Area to Atlanta. I thought I would […]

By Francis J. Cioffi, CISO, Georgia Pacific In today’s world of technology, you can’t go a day without reading about yet another security incident, breach, attack or other type of cyber event.  It seems that no matter what you can do, there is yet another way an adversary can penetrate your defenses to cause harm […]

Data encryption company Galaxkey is bringing its simple and scalable data security platform to North America. Based in London, the company has gained traction in both the United Kingdom and Middle East, with client organizations such as Barclays, ING Bank and the British Government. Galaxkey will present to CIOs and CISOs at Baker Donelson’s Cybercon […]

Luminaries such as the Department of Homeland Security’s Chief Procurement Officer Soraya Correa and NCR Corporation Chief Information Security Officer Bob Varnadoe will join Kevin Campbell, Advisory Services Leader for PwC’s Greater Atlanta market, at Cybercon 2016 for a panel discussion on what CIOs and CISOs need to help them face issues in cybersecurity. Whether […]

Since taking top placement at Baker Donelson’s Fourth Annual Southeastern Emerging Companies Capital Connections, automotive security platform RaceIQ Engineering has been on a fast track to success. When it got to the point where it needed more than ingenuity, technological prowess and market understanding to get to the next level, enrollment in the Baker Donelson […]

Justin Daniels of Baker Donelson and Steve Bachman, CEO Partner of Hi Tech Partners and Mentor at the Baker Donelson Cybersecurity Accelerator conducted a webinar for cybersecurity start-ups about how to sell their products to large companies.

By Chris Rouland As mentioned in a previous blog post, PwC and CSO have claimed 2015 to be a watershed year for cybercrime. More and more organizations are dealing with critical security incidents, leading to greater data security budgets and an increase in demand for cybersecurity services in 2016. Atlanta is poised to be a […]