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Happy New Year to all of our connections and followers! If you are planning a career change this year or are looking to grow your team, get in touch today for a conversation which could kick start your 2025 plans and aspirations. #2025 #NewYear #NewGoals #NewOpportunities

🎄 As we wrap up our final working day of 2024, we want to take a moment to wish all our customers, friends, and followers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! ✨ Thank you for your support during our first six months of trading. It’s been a challenging but exciting journey. 🎉 Here’s to a bright, successful, and prosperous 2025 for us all! See you in January! #ThankYou #MerryChristmas #NewYear2025

Wishing our US network a Happy Thanksgiving today. Enjoy the holiday weekend with loved ones. #HappyThanksgiving #HolidayWeekend

Good to see a big week of funding in the security market last week: Cyera were the biggest mover of the week with a $300m Series D led by Coatue. The DSPM platform company is now valued at $3bn so massive congratulations to co-founders Yotam Segev and Tamar Bar-Ilan. Kong Inc. raised an impressive $175m Series E via Balderton Capital and Tiger Global Management for their unified cloud native API platform. Congrats to CEO Augusto Marietti and the Kong team. Prompt Security raised an $18m Series A led via Jump Capital to further its mission to protect enterprises from GenAI threats. Since emerging from stealth in January, they have quadrupled revenue and grown the customer base fivefold so well done to CEO Itamar Golan and the team. Twine Security raised a $12m seed for their unique AI digital cybersecurity employee offering co-led by Dell Technologies Capital and Ten Eleven Ventures. Congrats to founders Benny Porat, Nadav Erez, Omri Green and Justin Woody. Trustero raised a £10.35m Series A via Bright Pixel (formerly Sonae IM) for their AI driven GRC platform. Congratulations to CEO Phillip Liu and the Trustero team on this exciting step. ZITADEL raised a $9m Series A led by Nexus Venture Partners for their Cloud-Native Identity Infrastructure product. Well done to CEO Florian Forster and the team at Zitadel. Grey Market Labs raised an $8m Series A led via Capri Ventures for their Secure Environments-as-a-Service platform. Well done to CEO Kristopher Schroeder and the team. Anitian raised $7m in Series D led via Sageview Capital for their compliance automation product to accelerate the launch of their new AI-driven automation features and an accredited Platform-as-a-Service. Congrats to newly appointed CEO Chris Finan and the Anitian team. VISO TRUST raised a $7m venture round for their AI powered TPRM product via a number of investors. Well done to CEO Paul Valente and the Viso team. Calvin Risk raised a €3.8 seed to enhance its AI governance platform, led by JOIN CAPITAL and Seed + Speed Ventures. Well done to CEO Julian Riebartsch and all at Calvin Risk. RIIG raised a $3m seed via Felton group for their security analytics platform. Congratulations to CEO Denver Riggleman and the team. Qara Digital Solutions raised $2.6m to accelerate expansion of their supply chain security product into Saudi Arabia. Congratulations to Founders Hassan Abouzeed and Khaled Hassan. #Cybersecurity #Funding

Snowy scenes at Marston Search HQ today! I need to get cracking ready for snowman building with the kids after school ☃️ I’m looking to speak to IT Auditors: ☑️ Must have CISA qualification or similar ☑️ Midlands based and happy with hybrid work ☑️ Professional services background ☑️ Senior Auditor or Assistant Manager level Please note, sponsorship is not available for this role. #ITAudit #SnowyDay #WinterIsHere!

Just a handful of security funding rounds to round up on from last week: Equal Identity raised a $10m Series A led by Prosus Ventures for their identity product. Well done to Founders Keshav Reddy and Rajeev Ranjan. SurePath AI raised a $5.2m Seed via Uncork Capital for their GenAI risk platform, bringing their total funding to $6.3m. Congrats to co-founders Randy Birdsall and Casey Bleeker on this exciting step. CyberUpgrade (MSSP), raised a €2.5m Seed to enhance their AI system to operate autonomously. Well done to Founders Aurimas Bakas, Andrius Minkevičius, Nojus Antanas Bendoraitis and Algirdas Stasiunaitis. Veracity Trust Network raised a $1m Grant vis the Singapore Cyber Security Agency to develop their AI-powered malicious bot detection technology. Well done to Nigel Bridges, Stewart Boutcher and the team. #Cybersecurity #Funding

Happy Monday All This week, I am looking to source the following permanent roles: 🚀 Offensive Security Leader - London - Hybrid or On site 🚀 Application Security Testers - London - On Site 🚀 Account Executive SaaS - Benelux - Remote (must live in region) 🚀 IT Auditor - Birmingham - Hybrid Please get in touch for further details. #LiveRoles #NewWeekNewJob

"Never was so much owed by so many to so few" #RemebranceDay2024 #LestWeForget

Did you know that throughout the rest of October, charities can get a £75 discount on #CyberEssentials as part of Charity Cyber Essentials Awareness Month? 💸 We have also created a selection of free resources tailored to help charities smoothly navigate the certification process. 📚 Discover more by visiting our website 👉 https://lnkd.in/eAyuw2BS

Just a handful of tickets remaining to this cyber community event in Birmingham on Wednesday October 23rd at 6pm. We have a real mix of security professionals attending from the Midlands area and a fantastic speaker lined up on the topic of Burnout and Building Resilience in cybersecurity. Join us to network, share experiences, and explore strategies for mental wellness in the fast-paced cybersecurity world. Reach out to Stuart Stanton or Simon Linstead for more info and to book your FREE place. Special thanks to infosec.live and community sponsor Abnormal Security for putting this event on. #cybersecurity #event #midlands