It has received donations from individuals as well as from The Jorge M. The new Oolite Arts relief fund – started March 26 with $25,000 repurposed from canceled programming – has more than quadrupled. (The Department of Cultural Affairs helps support the mission of .) Spring’s April 1 update discussed federal and local relief funding from sources such as the National Endowment for the Arts, the Knight Foundation, Oolite Arts, and the Miami Pandemic Response Fund started by United Way of Miami-Dade and the Miami Herald/el Nuevo Herald. Michael Spring, director of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, regularly sends out emails with information for artists and nonprofit organizations during this crisis. It’s too early to know what the impact will be, but we are all thinking about it.” “It’s almost like the austerity measures after World War II. “We all want to be optimistic, but there will be loss, there will be grief, and I think we need to find new ways to come together,” said Lorie Mertes, executive director of the Design District alternative space Locust Projects. But will these be enough for all or most of Miami’s arts community to survive when no one knows how long the crisis will last? Such online resources connect artists and culture-lovers virtually, producing both material and emotional benefits. In these dark days of social distancing and shuttered arts venues, doors are opening to help visual artists survive the economic onslaught of COVID-19.Īrt is increasingly coming online for the viewers, and critical financial resources are coming online for the artists. WatchTowr will use the funds to enhance its technology and seize growth opportunities.“Man-Made Environment (here, there, everywhere)” is a work by Devora Perez, an artist featured through the Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator. “As the old adage goes: ‘you can’t protect what you don’t know about’,” Benjamin said. To fuel and underpin this capability, watchTowr’s technology builds a real-time view of what an organisation's attack surface looks like to an attacker, typically empowering CISOs with a 300-400% increase in attack surface visibility. When vulnerabilities like the famed Log4Shell go from discovery to Internet-wide attacks within a matter of hours, empowering organisations to defend themselves ahead of this indiscriminate exploitation is incredibly powerful. WatchTowr has demonstrated that rapid reaction to emerging vulnerabilities within hours -across vast attack surfaces-is possible, enabling organisations to get ahead of attackers and prevent breaches. Since November 2021, watchTowr has proven its technology, identifying high-impact and critical weaknesses across organisations at scale - before attackers could exploit them. Over the last 10 years, organisational attack surfaces have ballooned to include outsourced technology, shadow IT, cloud environments and supply chain risks, to the point where most organisations have simply lost track of their attack surface. “By continuously incorporating the latest attacker tactics and techniques into the platform, CISOs can understand their susceptibility to emerging vulnerabilities and threats in hours, rather than weeks or months.” Traditional assurance approaches, like penetration testing, are no longer effective or rapid enough to keep organisations secure,” said Benjamin. “Our technology gives organisations visibility of how they could be compromised, in real-time. Our continued support is a strong vote of confidence in Benjamin and the watchTowr team, and will go towards attracting more talent and extending their reach across the region.”Įmpowering enterprises to get ahead of attackers Managing Director & Head of Southeast Asia for Vulcan Capital, Tommy Teo, remarked that, “watchTowr has tremendous potential and in a very short period of time has demonstrated promising traction and aptitude to grow. This investment enables us to expand our portfolio in the domain of cybersecurity and data privacy.” Sachin Bhanot, Head of SE Asia Investments, Prosus Ventures, said, “We are excited to back Benjamin Harris and his team as they tackle increasingly complex cybersecurity challenges. WatchTower’s total funding now comes to US$10.25 million (RM45.31 million), factoring the seed round of US$2.25 million that was secured in November 2021 from Vulcan Capital and Wavemaker Partners. WatchTowr, a cybersecurity startup headquartered in Singapore, has secured US$8 million (RM35.37 million) in a pre-series A investment round co-led by Prosus Ventures and Vulcan Capital with repeat participation from Wavemaker Partners. Enabling organisations to get ahead of attackers and prevent breaches.Led by Prosus Ventures &Vulcan Capital, follow-on from Wavemaker Partners.
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