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Business/Financial

Cyber Organization Appoints Obama Cyber Advisor As President, Expands Membership

Tuesday, February 14th, 2017

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The Cyber Threat Alliance (CTA) said on Tuesday it has appointed Michael Daniel as its first organization president, adding that it has formally incorporated as a not-for-profit entity and has expanded to six founding member companies.The CTA was initially founded in 2014 by Fortinet [FTNT] and Palo Alto Networks as a consortium to drive a coordinated industry effort against cyber crime and criminals through deep collaboration on threat intelligence and sharing preventative measures. Later that year McAfee, now Intel Security…

Army

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Congress

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