http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com The Global Security Challenge is the first annual business plan competition to find and select the most promising security technology startups in the world. en-uk http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=296 http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=296 Following up on last year's GSC blog article on how large the global market for security products is, here are a few new figures from 2010: £150 billion GBP, as estimated by Goldman Sachs and quoted by the UK government agency, UKTI in its latest SPRINGBOARD Magazine: "The global market f... http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=295 http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=295 Follow updates from the GSC on LinkedIn and Twitter, where security innovators, VCs and security professionals can follow updates from the Global Security Challenge and discuss security innovation topics or post jobs. Over 400 startups and professionals have joined us on these two social networking ... http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=294 http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=294 We are currently looking for 2 highly motivated employees for our fast growing company in London. The two open positions are both full-time, based in our London office: - Director of Conferences & Competitions  - Sales & Marketing Executive  For more information about the roles and... http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=293 http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=293 - Thinking about entering a GSC competition?- Need tips on what to include in a GSC competition entry?- Do you want to know what really happens in the judges Q&A?  We interviewed the two winners of the Global Security Challenge 2009.  Here is what they had to say.... Prof Max Robinso... http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=290 http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=290 Do you have an innovative technology that can be used to prevent, defend against, cope with or recover from terrorist incidents and other criminal acts in the Cloud?  If this sounds like you, take a look at the new GSC competition – Cloud Security Challenge 2010.  Competition winner... http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=289 http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=289 Cloud Security Challenge - Apply today!   Have an innovative idea to protect access to the cloud, regulatory compliance or data integrity? As cloud computing is investigated and adopted by businesses, its inherent security risks are becoming more apparent.  Governments and large enterpr... http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=287 http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=287 Although 2009 has seen drop of investor activity in security start-ups compared to last year, this just reflects the larger economic reality of this year and we still tracked a healthy level of investments and exits throughout the year: Total venture capital funding comes in at $449 milli... http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=285 http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=285   Incorporating key insights from recent interviews with thought leaders on cyber security, as well as propriety statistics, the 'Innovation Trends in Cyber Security' report summarises the current state of play in the cyber security sector and highlights key trends for the coming years. ... http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=284 http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=284 Kromek (UK) and Adaptive Imaging Technologies (Israel) have been awarded $400,000 and $100,000 respectively, as the winners of the Global Security Challenge competition 2009.  The security companies, who were chosen out of hundreds of worldwide entries, pitched their inventions at the GSC Secur... http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=283 http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=283 Ksplice has been voted the winner of the ‘GSC Cyber Security Challenge’ award, by an expert judging committee.  The award brings with it a £5,000 cash grant, sponsored by BAE Systems and mentorship from Nick Kingsbury, an experienced international software entrepreneur and ven... http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=281 http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=281 The GSC Security Summit 2009 will see the culmination of the six regional finals held around the world in September and October.  Find out who the winners are, from each of the six regional events, and see them make their final pitches in the battle to win the titl... http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=280 http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=280 The Regional Finals across North America, Europe and Asia have taken place over and the top 6 security SME's and top 6 security start-up's have been chosen to present their innovation at the GSC Security Summit, in London, on 13 November 2009. Here are some highlights from the recent Regional Fin... http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=279 http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=279 The 2nd annual Crowded Places Challenge aims to bring fresh thinking to the problem of protecting the general public from the threat of terrorism in crowded urban environments.  At present, governments and industry are looking for more effective ways to respond to the huge challenges posed by s... http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=278 http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=278 We tracked over $160 million Dollars in investments by VCs into security startups during the first two quarters of 2009.  While this is only about 40% of last year's volume during the same timeframe, we see signs of investors' returning appetites for security ventures. Equally important, we a... http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=277 http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=277 Win $10,000, plus exclusive mentorship Closing date: 1 September 2009   Have an idea to solve a security problem?  There are many potentially disruptive innovations that have yet to reach commercialization.    The Global Security Challenge (GSC) Most Promising Security... http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=276 http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=276    The Global Security Challenge is pleased to announce that Smiths Detection (http://www.smithsdetection.com) and Accenture (http://www.accenture.com) have continued their support of the GSC in 2009.  The partnership provides an important platform to empower security entreprene... http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=275 http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=275 1. Crowded Places Idea (to be launched in summer 2009)The 2nd annual Crowded Places Idea competition aims to bring fresh thinking to the problem of protecting the general public from the threat of terrorism in crowded urban environments. At present, governments and industry are looking for more effe... http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=274 http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=274 The Global Security Challenge has announced today that the deadline for submissions to the ‘Most Promising Security Start-Up’ and ‘Best Security SME’ categories has been extended until June 30, 2009 (11.59pm GMT).  The deadline has been extended due to demand and to prov... http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=273 http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=273 Here is another roundup of recent VC funding rounds in security and defence startups. In April and May 2009, we saw over $31 million in investments by venture capitalists and angel investors in security start-ups worldwide. We regulary track VC investments in security start-ups. To view the accumul... http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=270 http://www.globalsecuritychallenge.com/blog_detail.php?id=270 The fourth annual Global Security Challenge Competition, the leading international competition for security innovators, is open for entries.  The competition offers security entrepreneurs the opportunity to showcase their inventions and compete for up to $500,000 in cash grants.   T...