Three big-hitters in the world of cyber security have launched a firm that intends to unmask hackers and their motives, and they've scooped up $26m to get it started. As one of its first acts, CrowdStrike plans to unveil an overview of Android's weak spots in a demo at the RSA on 29 Feb.
CrowdStrike launched in "stealth-mode" last week. The firm is headed up by George Kurtz, former McAfee CTO. Dmitri Alperovitch, formerly threat research veep at McAfee, will be CrowdStrike's CTO and Gregg Marston, former FoundStone CFO, will be the new firm's CFO. Investors Warburg Pincus, which have employed Kurtz since November, have pumped in a cool $26m into the enterprise to help it hire in talent.
See more at: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/28/crowdstrike_launch_new_security_tactic/
I'm not a hacker or even a genius with a PC, merely interested in the 'growth industry' of cyber, or information, security and will share any stories and news items I find on the subject.
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