Global Security Challenge

GSC Blogs from October 2007 (11)



GSC announces the 5 most promising security start-ups in the world

Security technology start-ups from all over the world entered this year's competition. After tough judging rounds in Singapore, Munich and Washington DC the top-5 finalists were selected by independent judges from academia, government, industry and ventur...

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Comments about the GSC from MOD, Siemens and startups

We received many comments since the inception of the Global Security Challenge. Wanted to share a few opinions from government officials, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs about the GSC:Lord Drayson, the U.K. Minister for Defence Procurement commented...

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What happened to last year's winner of the Global Security Challenge?

One Year on for Ingenia TechnologyIngenia Technology has experienced a phenomenal year since winning the 1st Global Security Challenge in 2006. This year Ingenia Technology qualified as a U.S. Government contractor and has received a contract from a Fe...

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An article from the GSC Team about closing security gaps

Germany:  €123 million. EU: €1.4 billion. Closing Homeland Security Gaps: Priceless.by Janeen Chupa and Simon Schneider It started out simply enough - two graduate students with some free time and a desire to do good. What we ended up le...

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How to Write a Business Plan? Tips from London Business School

One of the things that we've come to realize is that writing a business plan that will successfully garner the attention of venture capitalists is easier said than done. We see a ton of great business ideas but if those ideas can't clearly be articulated ...

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New IT-Security Partner: Microsoft

We are pleased to announce that Microsoft decided to become a formal partner of the Global Security Challenge. We are excited about this development as we have already worked closely with Microsoft leaders in various parts of the world and this new partne...

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...unearthing security technologies of tomorrow (London - Nov 8)

Global Security Challenge Conference - November 8Be a part of the world's largest competition aimed at finding the most innovative security technology startup in the world. This conference brings together senior government officials, business leaders, ven...

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Top 15 security startups worldwide

Ahead of our anticipated announcement of the five finalists next Monday, we wanted to highlight again the 15 innovative technologies that qualified for the highly selective regional Semi-Finals of the Global Security Challenge competition 2007. Here they ...

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Human Factor at Heart of European Commission's Security Research

At the European Semi-Final of the GSC in Munich last week, we heard a fascinating speech from Christiane Bernard, from the Enterprise & Industry Directorate of the European Commission. Mrs Bernard stressed the importance of the human factor in the in...

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Tough selection process for GSC Judges

One of the pillars of the Global Security Challenge is to bring business leaders, scientists and government experts on one table to judge the many fantastic innovations that entered this year's GSC from all corners of the world. These impartial judges are...

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Successful GSC event in Munich

Our European Semi-Final in Munich yesterday was very successful. After the keynote speech of Dr. Geiger - the former President of the Bundesnachrichtendienst - the five startups pitched to the audience and our distinguished panel of judges. Because of the...

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