Lattice to Host Virtual Seminar on Anti-Fragile Security and Post-Quantum Cryptography in FPGAs

HILLSBORO, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ: LSCC), the low power programmable leader, today announced the company will host a virtual seminar about the challenges, opportunities, and latest programmable logic solutions for anti-fragile security and post-quantum cryptography.

The seminar will explore today’s cybersecurity trends and risks as the threat of system fragility increases. We will discuss how to use FPGAs to future-proof systems for resilient and secure silicon, solutions, and services to reduce risk and decrease fragility. In addition, we will also focus on post-quantum cryptography and rapidly approaching standards requirements.

Who: Lattice Semiconductor

What: Anti-Fragile Security and Post-Quantum Crypto in FPGAs

When: Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 7 a.m. PST or 5 p.m. PST

Where: Lattice Security Seminar (Advance registration is required)

About Lattice Semiconductor

Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ: LSCC) is the low power programmable leader. We solve customer problems across the network, from the Edge to the Cloud, in the growing Communications, Computing, Industrial, Automotive, and Consumer markets. Our technology, long-standing relationships, and commitment to world-class support let our customers quickly and easily unleash their innovation to create a smart, secure, and connected world.

For more information about Lattice, please visit www.latticesemi.com. You can also follow us via LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, WeChat, Weibo, or Youku.

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February 03, 2022 at 09:08AM

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Cyber Attack affects fuel supply in Germany

A Cyber Attack has caused a temporary fuel supply in whole of Germany with situation intended to improve only after 10 days. Oiltanking GmbH Group and Mabanaft Group are the two firms that were deeply affected by the digital attack, resulting in halting the Operational Technology Systems to the core.

According to highly placed sources, the attack targeted the IT infrastructure of Marquard & Bahls Group, thereafter impacting two of its subsidiaries, i.e. Mabanaft Group and Oiltanking GmbH Group.

Cybersecurity Insiders has learnt that the digital impact could affect the operations of over 1955 gas stations and could rise a shortage issue in the country, causing a severe dent in the transportation and logistics sector.

German Intelligence Service, BfV, has warned the government and populace that attacks of similar kind could hit the country and might be coordinated by Chinese Hacking Group dubbed APT27.

Note 1- Unconfirmed sources state that the attack was of Ransomware genre and the hackers are demanding millions of dollars to free up the data from the encrypting malware.

Note 2- Law enforcement agencies across the world such as FBI and CIA are urging victims not to pay a ransom to hacking groups as it not only encourages crime but also doesn’t guaranty the return of the decryption key for sure. But some security analysts are asking the victims to think wisely and to act accordingly. Meaning those who can recover data from backups can do instead of paying a ransom. But if the recovery costs are high, then paying a ransom turns economical.

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February 02, 2022 at 10:58AM

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Three ways banks can ensure a sustainable future

North American audiences are demanding sustainable corporate initiatives more than ever.  Both large financial institutions as well as community banks and credit unions are responding to growing awareness to step up pro-environmental standards from various stakeholders including consumers, employees, investors, competitors, eco-system partners and government entities.  Large banks such as American Express, Santander, and investment powerhouses such as BlackRock have sustainability as core goals of their investment strategies.  Financial institutions run the risk of damaging their corporate public profile without embracing strong forward thinking environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) policies. 

According to 2021 Pew Research Data, a majority of Americans believe reducing climate effects is key to ensuring a sustainable planet for future generations.  Close to 60% percentage of baby boomers believe the government and corporations should be addressing climate change more than they currently are.  In Canada, climate issues are the top election issue for Canadian voters in 2021.   

Young adults, who are more open to advancing climate change policies, are even more inclined to support sustainable business practices and to take personal initiatives to address climate change more than are their predecessors.  Millennials lean towards renewable sources of energy and companies that support green initiatives in greater numbers.  Millennials are increasing the pressure on their investments with roughly one-third often or exclusively investing in corporations that adopt strong ESG initiatives with clear goals communicated to their stakeholders. As top talent enters the workforce, more potential employees seek out companies with robust ESG programs as one part of their selection criteria.  

Both U.S and Canadian banks and investment powerhouses are increasing environmental initiatives and creating competitive ESG marketplaces. In 2019, American Express announced zero corporate emissions since 2018, and were recognized as corporate leaders on climate action and sustainability by CDP Climate A List. Santander, with a large international presence, was declared the most sustainable bank by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI)  in 2019 due to its long-term commitment to responsible banking and ESG initiatives.  

Citibank was the first to endorse the Principles of Responsible Banking, developed by banks to support the United Nations Environment Programme Initiative.  In Canada, five of the largest banks have committed to Equatorial Principals, an international risk management framework specifically for financial institutions adopted by 37 countries geared toward mitigating environmental and social risks in decision making. Through ESG initiatives, large lenders are finding a positive correlation between social and environmentally sustainable objects and strong financial performance. This trend allows the industry to benefit positively from adoption and implementation of eco-friendly sustainable business practices. 

North American financial institutions now experience more pressure from government agencies to account for and publish their sustainable goals and responses more than ever.  While many of these policies are currently on a volunteer basis, pressure comes from multiple channels of accreditation.  As sustainability becomes more important to the public at large, government entities and accreditation programmes are increasing pressure on the financial services industry to outline sustainable outcomes and meet ESG goals. The US Federal Reserve began requesting outlines from big lenders to outline what their loan books will look under certain climate change scenarios. While this initiative is not currently mandated, the request indicates the Federal Reserves vested interest in ensuring lenders are prepared to pivot and adapt to climate crisis-related scenarios such as wildfires, extreme weather events, flooding etc.  With many NGO programs and market driven indices such as the DJSI, the pressure to create, implement and report ESG successfully initiatives is stronger than ever. 

Therefore, what options do financial organisations, both large and small, have to create long-term policies and initiatives for a sustainable future? 

The good news is that there are many small and large ways to adopt sustainable initiatives. To start, businesses can adopt and accelerate digital banking.  Digital transformation within financial institutions, fueled by the COVID-19 crisis has dramatically increased in a short period. Digital banking provides multi-faceted solutions to create a greener business structure.  By moving operations to cloud based solutions, businesses mitigate climate-associated costs such as electricity, which increases profit margin, a win for business and a win for the climate conservation.  Simpler measures include encouraging clients to adopt digital statements and online activities that help decrease material costs while decreasing use of paper and associated activities of transport. Digital payments allows transactions to contribute to decreasing carbon output and increasing costs savings.   

On cost efficient smaller scales, eco-friendly products are now available for banks across the globe and US to adopt and provide for clients.  These include reclaimed ocean plastic cards, eco-friendly bio-based PLA cards as well as recycled PVC products for sustainable card issuance programs.  By averting the numbers of non-organic plastics in the environment, institutions can help avoid plastic contamination in the environment.  In years, roughly the equivalent of 150 Boeing 747’s worth of plastic are used globally to produce approximately 6 billion cards annually.  By choosing sustainable card options, financial institutions and credit unions participate in mitigating the overall carbon output of the card payment industry.  Institutions may also choose to participate in carbon-offset programs offered by Thales, where we collaborate with NGOs to offset carbon emissions in six areas around the globe, supporting your carbon neutral goals. 

Shifts in payment card preferences are driving the current market.  More issuers are moving to sustainable credit card options than ever before.  By changing to sustainable card options, banks help divert plastic used in the estimated 6 billion cards made globally from the waste stream.  

Another eco-friendly banking initiative is sustainable capital investments. Many large investment firms report more Americans requesting sustainable portfolio options, investment packages and other long-term sustainable investment options. By increasing the availability of sustainable investment options, more large banks are incorporating these investment strategies to meet ESG goals and respond to stakeholder pressure. 

For more information on Thales eco-friendly products and carbon neutral programs, visit https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/markets/digital-identity-and-security/banking-payment/cards/eco-friendly-credit-card.  

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February 02, 2022 at 09:09AM

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Immutability Specialist Codenotary Now Offers Trusted Software Supply Chain Assurance in a Fast, Easy, Inexpensive Cloud

HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Codenotary, the immutability specialist that can instantly identify untrusted components in software, today announced Codenotary Cloud, a fast, easy, inexpensive way to determine where a vulnerability, such as Log4j, exists. Codenotary Cloud reduces the cost to almost instantly identify and remove unwanted artifacts by up to 80% and delivers compliance with the U.S. Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity.

“A vulnerability scan tells you a malware is present, but then the problem is you need to find all the places it exists and that can often take weeks or months,” said Moshe Bar, co-founder and CEO, Codenotary. “With Codenotary Cloud, it’s possible to do that in seconds – with the ability to create, track, and query your software including the Software Bill of Materials (SBOM).”

Codenotary Cloud provides an end-to-end trusted software supply chain with integrity and authenticity. It can be scaled to millions of integrity verifications per second and gives developers a way to attach a tamper-proof SBOM for development artifacts that include source code, builds, repositories, and more, plus Docker container images for their software and Kubernetes deployments. The SBOM can make those instantly visible to customers, auditors and compliance professionals. It is built without uploading any data to the service, instead notarizing these artifacts using tamper-proof cryptographic verification to uniquely identify development artifacts. Each artifact retains a cryptographically strong identity stored in Codenotary’s immutable database, immudb.

With Codenotary Cloud it’s possible to maintain trust status at the level of each individual artifact at scale. Codenotary Cloud provides tools for notarization and verification of the software development lifecycle attesting to the provenance and safety of the code.

Codenotary Cloud can be fully integrated with most vulnerability scanners and popular cloud-native continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) systems. The DevOps attestation service runs on any cloud or host as a managed service or customers can host themselves. Pricing starts at $5,500 for a workgroup of 10 developers.

To learn more, see a demo and start a trial to create tamper-proof SBOMs for your software in minutes, go here.

About Codenotary

Codenotary brings easy to use trust and integrity into the software lifecycle by providing end-to-end cryptographically verifiable tracking and provenance for all artifacts, actions, and dependencies. Codenotary can be set up in minutes and can be fully integrated with modern CI/CD platforms. It is the only immutable and client-verifiable solution available that is capable of processing millions of transactions a second. With the Codenotary tamper-proof bill of materials, users can instantly identify untrusted components in their software builds. For more information, go to https://www.codenotary.com.

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February 02, 2022 at 09:09AM

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Sentar Expands Footprint with New Office in San Diego, California

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sentar Inc. (Sentar), a women-owned business specializing in advanced cybersecurity and intelligence solutions and technology, announced today the opening of a new office location in San Diego, California. The San Diego office, located at 2305 Historic Decatur Road, Suite 100, will operate as a remote location, strategically positioned near existing customer and partner sites in the heart of the region’s former Naval Training Center at Liberty Station.

The announcement comes on the heels of Sentar’s 32^nd anniversary of being in business.

“Our new San Diego office will allow us to directly engage with the Navy/Marine Corps market,” said Darren Kraabel, Sentar President. “The new year, along with our new office, presents new opportunities for us to grow our relationships with our customers and even further enables us to provide high-quality solutions.”

Sentar has a long-standing partnership with NAVWAR and Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific and is currently supporting Five Prime Contracts based out of the San Diego Market. Most recently, Sentar won two full and open IDIQ MAC contract awards, to provide Technical and Engineering Support to the Navy. Sentar is committed to growth within San Diego and surrounding markets. The new San Diego office will provide a local presence to support Sentar’s current success and invest in the future of our partnership with our Navy and Marine Corps customers

Sentar’s core business of supporting the warfighter within the Department of Defense has expanded in 2022. Recently, Sentar announced their first contract with NASA, a $9M MSFC Ground Systems Engineering Support Services BPA through 2024. Additionally, Sentar was recently awarded the $2.4B National Cyber Range Complex (NCRC) Event Planning, Operations, and Support (EPOS) Multiple-Award Contract (MAC).

About Sentar, Inc.

Sentar is one of the fastest-growing cyber intelligence, analytics and operations solutions providers focused on the National Security sector. Its cyber domain solutions blend expertise in cybersecurity, intelligence, analytics, and systems engineering into holistic solutions that combine these disciplines to deliver superior results to mission partners. Key clients include the U.S. Navy, the Defense Health Agency, the U.S. Army, and Missile Defense Agency. Sentar has offices in Huntsville, Alabama; Charleston, South Carolina; Columbia, Maryland; San Antonio, Texas; and San Diego, California. Visit www.sentar.com for more information.

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February 02, 2022 at 09:09AM

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Adlumin Launches Customer Advisory Council

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Adlumin announced the formation of its Customer Advisory Council, assembling dedicated and skilled customers who will help design the course of the company’s brand and platform innovations.

Adlumin’s ongoing success can be attributed to its strong foundation of customer support and genuine interest in its product. The company has continuously adapted its product to combat the ongoing cybersecurity challenges and threats that organizations face daily.

The primary focus of the advisory council is to enhance the Adlumin platform and brand by bringing its customers’ opinions and feedback to the forefront. The board will help Adlumin better align its vision by understanding the key goals, needs and initiatives of its customers, ensuring success.

“Developing an advisory council was essential because as Adlumin grows as a company, we want to incorporate authentic, end-user customer feedback into the design of our platform moving forward,” said Skylar Moran, Director of Customer Success at Adlumin. “We want our customers’ voices to be amplified as their input is essential to shaping the future growth of the platform. I look forward to taking this next step in our customer success journey.”

The board comprises up to 10 customers, ranging from daily users to CEOs from various industries, including education, cybersecurity, financial services and more. These customers volunteered their time to serve as a member of the board. The council will meet quarterly with Adlumin’s leadership team to discuss internal release management updates, foster ideas for new releases, new additions to the platform, new marketing initiatives and more.

“The Adlumin platform has quickly become one of our most utilized security tools. Since implementation, we have been impressed with Adlumin’s commitment to customer satisfaction and product capability,” said Aaron Evers, Adlumin Advisory Board Member. I’m excited to be on the customer advisory board and to help drive the future of the Adlumin product.”

The first meeting is set for Thursday, Feb. 3 and will have a packed agenda as the company looks to start the year off strong. Adlumin looks forward to building upon the advisory board’s mission, strengthening its platform, employees and overall brand along the journey.

About Adlumin

Adlumin Inc. is a patented, managed security services platform built for corporate organizations that demand innovative cybersecurity solutions and easy-to-use, comprehensive reporting tools. The Adlumin team has a passion for technology and solving the most challenging problems through the targeted application of data science and compliance integration. Our mission is to “add luminosity” or visibility to every customer’s network processes through real-time threat detection, analysis, and response to ensure sensitive data remains secure.

www.adlumin.com

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February 02, 2022 at 09:09AM

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Springboard Launches 12-Week Tech Sales Bootcamp to Train Students for High-Pay Sales Roles

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Springboard, an online learning platform preparing students for in-demand careers through comprehensive, human-guided programs, has announced that enrollments are now open for its new Tech Sales Bootcamp, the first-of-its-kind from a high-profile learning platform and a new pathway for non-tech workers to enter high-pay, high-demand tech careers.

Tech sales is a rapidly growing industry that offers high-paying, exciting careers, often with high-growth enterprise SaaS companies, that call for communication skills, strong sales fundamentals and processes, and hands-on experience with modern sales and research tools. The market value of just the top 10 SaaS companies rose to $1.23 trillion in 2021. The average tech sales starting salary with less than 1 year of experience exceeds $71,000, while the average total compensation for Tech Sales Director roles is over $242,000.

“We’ve trained over 10,000 students to enter competitive tech careers with an emphasis on experiential learning and best-in-class career services, and we’re excited to offer a new route for non-technical workers to join the tech industry,” said Kelvin Tse, General Manager at Springboard. “To design the course, we listened closely to tech companies that are looking to build their sales teams—we’re in a great position to match graduates with companies that are ready to hire students right out of the program.”

Through its Tech Sales Bootcamp, Springboard aims to prepare students with soft and technical skills necessary to thrive in the industry. In the 12-week course, students will learn from an online curriculum that includes videos, articles, quizzes, and live learning sessions, all created and curated by leading industry experts. Through a mixture of experiential and assessment-based learning, students will learn to build and maintain sales pipelines using CRM programs like Salesforce, practice and receive feedback from sales experts and classmates, and develop fluency in language and concepts used in B2B tech sales.

The bootcamp will prepare students for entry-level sales jobs including Sales Development Representative and Business Development Representative. The Tech Sales Bootcamp curriculum was exclusively developed in partnership with Winning by Design, a well-established sales training organization that has trained teams at some of the tech industry’s leading companies including Adobe, Asana, DocuSign, and Uber Eats.

“We help sales professionals master the skills needed to make an impact for their customers,” said Dan Smith, Chief Learning Officer at Winning by Design. “In partnership with Springboard, we’re training those who are launching a career in tech sales with the skills they need to be successful on day one of their new roles. By completing our course, students will be empowered to continuously build and grow their skill sets.”

With a deep focus on preparing students for a career, all students receive support from a personal career coach and the Springboard career services team. To date, Springboard graduates have been hired by more than 2,000 companies, including over 50% of the Fortune 100. The Tech Sales Bootcamp is Springboard’s first new program offering since its high-growth Cybersecurity program launch in January 2021.

Enrollment for the Springboard Tech Sales Bootcamp is now open, and classes will begin on March 14, 2022. Prospective students can enroll or learn more about the Tech Sales Bootcamp at springboard.com/courses/tech-sales-career-track. Employers interested in exploring opportunities as an official hiring partner can request further information at hire.springboard.com.

About Springboard

Founded by Parul Gupta and Gautam Tambay in 2013, Springboard is on a mission to transform one million lives through education by 2030. Springboard believes that each student is unique and needs a learning experience designed to fit their life’s pace, supported by advisors and mentors. More than 20,000 students across 100+ countries have used Springboard to advance their careers through the platform’s comprehensive, mentor-led online learning programs. Graduates have landed jobs with employers like Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Reddit, and Boeing. Springboard has also trained corporate teams at Visa, Gusto, and The North Face. Springboard was recently named one of the 2022 GSV EdTech 150 — a list of the world’s most transformative growth companies in digital learning. Springboard is a 2020 Inc. 5000 company based in San Francisco, recently named a Top Workplace for Women by Elpha, and is backed by leading venture capital firms including Telstra Ventures, Vulcan Capital, SJF Ventures, Reach Capital, Pearson Ventures, International Finance Corp., Costanoa Ventures, Learn Capital, and Blue Fog Capital.

About Winning by Design

Winning by Design is a global B2B revenue consulting and training company that enables recurring revenue teams to architect sustainable growth. With our experience as operators of high-growth companies, we apply scientific frameworks and proven models to help Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success teams at B2B companies and global enterprises achieve impact. Founded in 2012, WbD is a fully remote company, serving 600+ leading organizations around the world, including Uber Eats, DocuSign, MURAL, and OwnBackup. The company has been recognized for its success, including earning placements as one of the fastest growing private companies (#147 on the Inc. 5000 of 2021, and #2 on Silicon Valley Business Journal).

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February 02, 2022 at 09:08AM

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