Dept of Homeland Security to Open Silicon Valley Outpost, Cites Encryption’s ‘Real Challenge’ for Govt
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has reached out to Silicon Valley as part of its efforts to maintain ease of access to encrypted data. Speaking at the annual RSA cybersecurity conference in San Francisco Tuesday, department of homeland security secretary Jeh Johnson said the organization “wants to strengthen critical relationships in Silicon Valley and ensure that the government and the private sector benefit from each other’s research and development.”He also announced plans to build a DHS outpost in the area, the DHS subsequently confirming the move to serve what it called....
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Richard Waters, writing in Financial Times, is reporting that Silicon Valley's A-Listers seem to be fast climbing onto the Bitcoin bandwagon. More and more of Silicon Valley's venture capitalists have been queuing up to invest in Bitcoin start-ups. Yesterday, some of Silicon Valley's heavy hitters bought into the $20 Million funding round for Xapo. This list included none less than Reid Hoffman of Greylock Partners, Mike Volpi of Index Ventures attracting funding from the deep pockets of Max Levchin, Yuri Milner as well as Jerry Yang, the co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo!. But this....
In recent news, the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate has issued a grant to Factom Inc., to work on blockchain based IoT security solution. When a technology grows too big, those who fail to adapt will be left behind, no matter which branch of the government they belong to. Having understood the importance of digital currency technology, the Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate has awarded a grant of $199,000 to Factom Inc. The Department of Homeland Security’s recent press release states that the organization has issued the....
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