Protexxa

🚀 Exciting News from Protexxa! 🚀 We are thrilled to announce that we have successfully closed our $10M Series A funding round! Bringing our total raise to $15M. This raise is a significant milestone in our mission to enhance global cyber defense through individual cyber hygiene. 🔒 Our new capital will fuel innovations in engineering and data sciences as we continue to build our #AI-powered platform, #Defender. As well as allow us to expand our sales and marketing teams as we enter global markets, with a major focus on the #USA ✅ Investors in our Series A include Bell Ventures and Sandpiper Ventures, with strong support from Export Development Canada | Exportation et développement Canada, BKR Capital, and Graphite Ventures. Thank you to our incredible team, partners, and investors for your unwavering support! Together we are making the digital world safer. 🌎 #Cybersecurity #SeriesAFunding #Protexxa #Defender #Innovation #TechNews

Our latest #ConnectedAndProtected newsletter edition dives into headlines from TechCrunch, CIO Views Magazine, ComputerWeekly.com, and more Check it out 👇 https://lnkd.in/gHXvVmzt #Cybersecurity #CyberHeadlines #CyberNewsletter

🚨 $10M Cyber Heist: Is MFA Enough? 🚨 A cyber gang allegedly made $10 million offering services to hackers who wanted to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) and 2-factor authentication (2FA) 😳 It shows that MFA is great—but it's just the start So what's a leader to do? 👉 Read our latest Connected & Protected to learn more #CyberSecurity #MFA #StaySecure

🚀 Exciting News: Welcoming Ryan D’Souza to the Protexxa team! 🚀   Ryan brings his 25+ years of experience to his new role as Chief Revenue Officer!   Ryan has a unique blend of big corporate, startup, and scale up success under his belt and is excited to bring that combined with his experience in M&A/fundraising to Protexxa   #Leadership #Innovation #Cybersecurity #CyberLeadership #TeamExpansion #Protexxa Claudette M. Rick Huijbregts Fab Dolan Nathalie Gahimbare Kien-Van Tram Deryck G Marilena Danelon, MA, GSEC, GCIH Ryan Thompson   Sandpiper Ventures Graphite Ventures Deloitte Ventures Canada Bell Ventures Matr (matter) Ventures BKR Capital Export Development Canada | Exportation et développement Canada

📰 Some #cybernews to start your week 📰 Reuters: Chinese hackers breached US court wiretap programs Forbes: Some Google Pay accounts were hacked Bloomberg News: The US government has reportedly stopped over 500 ransomware attacks since 2021 Learn more about these #cybersecurity headlines -- and what leaders should be planning for in 2025 -- in our latest newsletter edition

Protexxa and ENFOCOM Cyber among 37 #cybersecurity project leaders receiving $22.8 million from the National Cybersecurity Consortium. #CDNtech

🎇 We are so excited to share that Claudette M. will be speaking at the Forbes CIO Summit 🎇 Alongside leaders from organizations like Walmart, Salesforce, Airtable, and more, Claudette will be sharing more insights about being a leader in #cybersecurity Curious to learn more or apply to attend? Here's the link ➡ https://lnkd.in/gkCpU8qn

Leaders: Here are THREE quick #cyber tips as you plan for 2025 ✅ START WITH THE BASICS Things like multifactor authentication and regular password changes can still provide broad cyber defense ✅ GET TECH-Y Leverage technology to do the things humans can’t, such as monitor 24/7 and use AI defenses against AI attacks. Bonus point: use purpose-built #cybersecurity tooling ✅ LET GEN AI HELP YOU GenAI can help digest complex reports and give you key takeaways quickly, helping speed up learning curves. For instance... What changes do you need to make for SOC2 reporting? If you upload the whole document into your GenAI platform of choice, it can read it quickly and tell you the key takeaways Get more detail in the latest newsletter edition of #ConnectedAndProtected - Link in the comments

Today's #ConnectedAndProtected newsletter edition shares THREE key takeaways from Andrea Stapley and Ragulan Sinnarajah's conversation with Claudette M. at Elevate ✅ - AI is both friend *AND* foe The reality is #AI helps threat actors move faster -- but it also helps #cybersecurity defenses. ✅ - Begin preparing for #QuantumComputing today Even if full quantum power may take 5-10 years, that time will *fly* by ✅ - Start with the practical You may not need to hire a CISO on day one. But you should think about what data you collect, how it's stored, and keeping secure coding practices Read the #article for all the details (and more stories)

🔒It's Cybersecurity Awareness Month🔓 Join us on October 23 at 12 pm (EST) for an impactful conversation with Deryck Greer, CISO at Protexxa, and Jahanzaib Ansari, Co-Founder & CEO of Knockri | Skills based Hiring & Promotions as we delve into the importance of inclusive innovation in cybersecurity. 📌Don’t miss this opportunity to engage in a conversation that empowers teams to lead in cybersecurity and ethical AI! 📌RSVP Today!➡️ https://loom.ly/IftiT0s #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth #InclusiveInnovation #BIPOCInTech #LeadershipInAction