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SMU Cox Dallas 100™ Names CRITICALSTART One of the Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies in Dallas Area
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PodcastGovernment’s Role in Cybersecurity
What role does the government play in cybersecurity? Is it a private sector or government responsibi...
PodcastFighting the Unknown: Next-Generation Cyberattacks and Vulnerabilities
In next-gen cyberattacks and vulnerabilities, you’re fighting the unknown. Building a catalog of t...
PodcastCybercrime: The Monetization of Security Threats
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One of the largest utility companies in the southern US was looking for expertise to help them archi...
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NewsScammers Target Consumers on Record Day of Online Shopping
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NewsCRITICALSTART Awarded the Palo Alto Networks America’s Cortex Partner of the Year Award for 2020
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The Arkansas Research and Education Optical Network (ARE-ON) is a not-for-profit consortium of all p...
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NewsRansomware Attack on Plano Tech Firm Highlights Key Issue Companies Need to Understand
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NewsCRITICALSTART Named to the 16th Annual Aggie 100, Honored as Fastest Growing Company
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NewsCRITICALSTART Recognized as 14th Fastest-Growing Tech Company in North Texas by Tech Titans
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NewsThe 4 Threats Facing Voters This Election — and How You Can Beat Them
By Faith Karimi, CNN – October 20, 2020 As the US grapples with an election ...
NewsCRITICALSTART CEO Rob Davis selected as EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2020 Finalist
Congratulations to CRITICALSTART CEO, Rob Davis, who has been selected by an independ...
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NewsCRITICALSTART Named to MSSP Alert’s Top 250 MSSPs List for 2020
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NewsArkansas’ Colleges and Universities Bolster Security Posture by Partnering with CRITICALSTART
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State authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia are investigating whether a hospital ransomware attack r...
NewsCRITICALSTART Names New CMO, Continues 2020 Growth
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A 16-year-old student was able to disrupt the Miami-Dade Public Schools e-learning system earlier th...
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Routers made by MoFi Network are affected by several vulnerabilities, including critical flaws that ...
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NewsCRITICALSTART Named a 2020 Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Company in America
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NewsCRITICALSTART Ranks 58th on the 2020 CRN® Fast Growth 150 List
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NewsCan Your Car Be Hacked?
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NewsExperts Warn Lack of Discussion Impeding Cybersecurity Preparedness
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NewsChina Vows Retaliation After U.S. Ordered Its Houston Consulate Closed Within 72 Hours
China vowed to retaliate Wednesday after the United States abruptly ordered the closure of its consu...
NewsWho’s Going to Derail the U.S. Presidential Election? The Culprit May Be Close to Home
WASHINGTON – Fearing nightmare scenarios such as attacks on voter registration databases...
NewsCRITICALSTART joins Microsoft Intelligent Security Association
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NewsTaxes Are Due, But Beware of Scams Targeting Last-Minute Filers
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NewsHackers Target Contact Tracing Applications
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NewsThe Need for State Data in Contact Tracing Apps
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NewsCOVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps and Your Privacy
As COVID-19 cases rise, some people and government agencies are turning to contact tracing apps to h...
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NewsCRITICALSTART Recognized as Best Place to Work by the Channel Partner Insight MSP Innovation Awards 2020
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NewsCRITICALSTART Named to CRN’s 2020 Solution Provider 500 List
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NewsAccuracy in AppSec Is Critical to Reducing False Positives
According to a new report from the Neustar International Security Council (NISC), over one...
NewsCRITICALSTART’s Tera Davis Honored as a Power 40 Solution Provider Among CRN’s 2020 Women of the Channel
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Several apps could hold the future to a safe office after reopening. Imagine you are going in to wor...
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NewsAre Contact Tracing Apps Putting Your Private Data At Risk?
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NewsTennessee Has Just 25 Percent of Recommended Contact Tracers
Tennessee has just 25 percent of the recommended amount of contact tracers, leaving the state 1,500 ...
NewsTransparency Key to Heading Off Qualms About Contact Tracing, Experts Say
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For the first time in National Football League history, draft day is going remote and online. Social...
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When it comes to protecting computers and information systems from cyber attack, artificial intellig...
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NewsThe Cost to Defend: Automation is Key in Combatting Cybercrime
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NewsCRITICALSTART Grows Business By More Than 100%, Expands Headquarters
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NewsCRITICALSTART Named to CRN’s Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 list for 2020
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NewsInterview: 2020 Election Security and Digital Voting
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NewsCRITICALSTART’s Randy Watkins Joins Forbes Technology Council
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NewsCRITICALSTART Named a 2020 Best Tech Startup in Plano by The Tech Tribune
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NewsCRITICALSTART Named to SMU’s Dallas 100 List for Third Consecutive Year
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NewsCRITICALSTART Announces Partnership with Chronicle to Bring Advanced Security Solutions to Market
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NewsCRITICALSTART Named CRN® Triple Crown Award Winner
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NewsCRITICALSTART‘s TEAMARES Researchers Identify Vulnerability In Paessler’s PRTG
Threat intelligence and penetration testing team finds local privilege escalation issue in network m...
NewsCRITICALSTART Achieves Soc 2 Type II Compliance Certification
Certification Validates CRITICALSTART’s Adherence to Higher Industry Security Standards for a Serv...
NewsCRITICALSTART Named to Top 100 Managed Security Services Providers of 2018 by MSSP Alert
Second Annual List Honors Leading MSSPs & Cybersecurity Companies That Safeguard Customers’ Di...
NewsNew Tech: CRITICALSTART Applies ‘Zero-Trust’ Security Model to Managed Security Services
All companies today are exposed to intense cyber-attacks. And yet the vast majority simply do not ha...
NewsCisco Warns Customers of Critical Security Flaws, Advisory Includes Apache Struts
Cisco has issued a security advisory to customers detailing a swathe of critical and highly-rat...
NewsHigh-Severity Flaws in Cisco Secure Internet Gateway Service Patched
Two high-severity vulnerabilities have been disclosed in Cisco’s security platform that ...
NewsCisco Releases 16 Security Alerts Rated Critical and High
Cisco published on Wednesday 30 security advisories on vulnerabilities identified in ...
NewsCisco Warns of Critical Remotely Exploitable Vulnerabilities
Cisco has issued security alerts for 30 vulnerabilities across a range of its product...
NewsCRITICALSTART’s TEAMARES Researchers Identify Vulnerabilities in Cisco Umbrella
Threat intelligence and penetration testing team finds local privilege escalation issues in cloud-ba...
NewsCisco Patches Serious Flaws in RV, SD-WAN, Umbrella Products
Cisco informed customers on Wednesday that patches are available for over a dozen critical and ...
NewsCRITICALSTART Increases Revenue 87%, Moves into New Headquarters to Support Future Growth
Cybersecurity company completed a strategic acquisition to bolster Managed Detection & Response ...
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CRITICALSTART Named to 2018 CRN Fast Growth 150 List
Cybersecurity solution provider named for the second consecutive year on list recognizing thriving s...
NewsEmerging Vendors 2018: Cybersecurity Companies You Need to Know
In the IT industry, shattering the status quo is the status quo. While big vendors generate their sh...
NewsHow Legacy MSSPs Increase Cybersecurity Risks
Today, the number of cyberattacks is on the rise. According to a 2017 report from Accenture, th...
NewsCRITICALSTART Announces New Advanced Threat Analytics App for the Palo Alto Networks Application Framework
ANAHEIM, Calif., May 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ – CRITICALSTART today unveiled its ...
NewsCRITICALSTART to Acquire Advanced Threat Analytics
Unique Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) / Managed Detect & Respond (MDR) services compa...
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