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The Next 4 Years: Tapping Into Nonprofit Expertise

The NonProfit Times

His unit, the 2nd Battalion 7th Marine Regiment, deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Michael Linnington Former Chief Executive Officer Wounded Warrior Project Linnington has more than 35 years of military experience and was the first permanent director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA).

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Best Practices for Securing Data in Humanitarian Crisis Situations

Saleforce Nonprofit

By: Rakesh Bharania, Director, Humanitarian Impact Data, Salesforce.org and Alex Parker, Senior Platform Architect, Salesforce.org. The unfolding crisis in Afghanistan is a stark reminder that many Salesforce.org nonprofit customers often work in fragile environments. Director, Humanitarian Impact Data, Salesforce.org.

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Today, a jury got to hear Elizabeth Holmes’ lies for themselves

The Verge

She went on to say that Theranos devices had been used in Afghanistan. Later, Holmes told Parloff that Theranos has “done work overseas for pharmaceutical companies and a little bit with foreign governments in the past, but right now we’ve got our work cut out for us here.”. He got his results that night.

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How the tech industry is responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

TechCrunch

The attack began with cyberattacks that targeted Ukrainian government departments with floods of internet traffic and data-wiping malware, followed by a ground, sea and air incursion. This is the same strategy that Facebook used in August to try to protect users in Afghanistan. GET IN TOUCH.

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Veterans Leverage Their Pro Bono Skills to Rise to the Call of Duty from Afar

Saleforce Nonprofit

When the Afghanistan government fell to the Taliban just days after the U.S. Air Force aircrafts evacuating people from Afghanistan. Government. I was heartbroken by what was happening in Afghanistan. Director, Technology Investments at Salesforce.org. Veterans Called to Duty Digitally. About the Author.

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Four Lessons From Candid About Balancing Grantee Data Protection and Transparency

sgEngage

In other, more rare occasions – such as the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021 – we’ve felt compelled to proactively take action based on changing external circumstances. Organizations may react differently to the same situation, something Candid learned in our response to the situation in Afghanistan.

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SenseOn nabs $20M for faster, more accurate cybersecurity detection and response via its ‘triangulation’ approach

TechCrunch

The London-based startup, founded and led by David Atkinson — who had previously been the commercial director for Darktrace and before that spent years pioneering new cybersecurity techniques at the U.K.’s