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From our " Making Michigan More Competitive " panel at the 2022 Mackinac Policy Conference : "We have a larger role to play, particularly in the new jobs, new economy of technology innovation than we actually get credit for.  People don't generally think, in tech, of Michigan as a growth state. I think it's evidenced by the fact that we have not actually grown our population. But neither do they think of auto as a tech industry—which actually is! The big challenge though is from the World Economic Forum report on the future of jobs: there's 75 million jobs that will be displaced by technology, with 133 million new jobs being created that are digital. And we have to fight harder for the jobs that remain in manufacturing: our manufacturing levels are back up, but with a third less jobs. Some cases, like an EV, as many of you know, it takes 30% less labor to actually develop. So we have to fight harder for not just the jobs that we have, but for the jobs of the

(On Cisco's Acquisition of Duo) Dear Duo, It was 8 years ago during the Great Recession, as my wife and I were expecting our second child, and Jono was finishing his PhD, that we quietly started on a mission to democratize security by making it easy and effective for all. Over 700 of you also took a leap of faith to join us on this mission, and I want to take a moment to express to each and every one of you my overwhelming pride and gratitude for all that we accomplished, and how far we’ve come together. From the outside, many have recognized Duo’s success at delivering security for people in a way that is easy to understand, try, buy, manage, and use. But it’s actually how we do this that will have the largest and lasting impact on our industry, as we consider the massive opportunity ahead with Cisco. Companies in established industries typically prioritize three things, in order: Results, Process, and People. They define the results they want, follow historical processes by which

From an interview with Marcus Carey & Jennifer Jin for  Tribe of Hackers , 2018: Dug Song is the co-founder and CEO of Duo Security, the leading provider of unified access security and multi-factor authentication delivered through the cloud. Duo protects more than 12,000 customers globally, including Dresser-Rand, Etsy, Facebook, K-Swiss, Random House, Yelp, Zillow, Paramount Pictures, and more.. Founded in Michigan, Duo has offices in Ann Arbor and Detroit, as well as growing hubs in Austin, Texas; San Mateo, Calif., and London. Prior to launching Duo, Dug spent seven years as founding Chief Security Architect at Arbor Networks, protecting 80 percent of the world’s Internet service providers, and helping to grow the company to $120M+ annual revenue before its acquisition by Danaher. Dug also built the first commercial network anomaly detection system, acquired by Check Point Software Technologies. Dug's contributions to the security community include popular projects on open s

While Black History Month honors those who've come before us, I wanted to take a moment to highlight some contemporary leaders in cybersecurity who are creating history today, and have personally inspired me. Here are some remarkable founders, hackers, academics, executives, and investors in security you should know: Window Snyder : Window's an old friend and older-school hacker (former VAX/VMS hacker who still owns dec.net :-) and now CISO at Fastly , the fast-growing CDN company. Her impact on our industry is hard to overestimate – with courage and uncompromising integrity, she's led Mozilla, Apple, and Microsoft to address security & privacy strategically and architecturally, defending users as much against nation-state attorneys as nation-state attackers. Ejovi Nuwere : Ejovi was a fellow member of our w00w00 security crew who went on to have his autobiography Hacker Cracker published by Random House (ghostwritten by Ariel Sharon's biographer) when he was 21.

Most business books are one idea expressed in hundreds of pages, and boring as hell. When Inc. Magazine asked me for an inspiring book for entrepreneurs  (#23), I recommended the RZA's Wu-Tang Manual :  There are a number of core lessons I have pulled from this book over the years: First, follow your dreams - don't chase someone else's . Wu Tang could only have happened on Staten Island, just like Godzilla could only have appeared on a remote radioactive island in Japan, with room to stretch out and grow. No distractions, no envy. Be like ODB: There's no father to his style. Second, location matters . In an era when everyone uproots themselves to chase careers and dollars, the Wu represented Shaolin (Staten Island) with a pride of people and place, and a commitment to draw from and build on what's strategic around you. Third, build a platform of success for others as your legacy . There have always been great rap duos (EPMD, Eric B. & Rakim, Run-D.M.C., and more