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SEKO Logistics confirmed two new hires to their international leadership team to steer the growth of value-added global forwarding services and build SEKO’s value proposition in Australia and globally. Steen Christensen joins SEKO in the new role of Chief Operating Officer – International, while, in Sydney, Paul Good takes over as Managing Director, Australia.

Forescout’s Vedere Labs, along with CISA’s vulnerability disclosure process, is disclosing OT:ICEFALL, 56 vulnerabilities affecting devices from 10 OT (operational tech) vendors. This is one of the largest vulnerability disclosures that impact OT devices and addresses insecure-by-design vulnerabilities. It has been ten years since Project Basecamp, a research project by Digital Bond, who investigated how critical OT devices and protocols were insecure by design.

Digital financial transactions have become commonplace in recent years, growing a number of savvy consumers with a heightened awareness of fraud and the role security tools play in protecting them. Insights from Experian’s annual Global Identity & Fraud Report found that over half of consumers surveyed globally have been a victim of fraud or know someone who has – where identity theft has surpassed credit card theft as their biggest security worry.

InMoment®, a provider of Experience Improvement (XI)™ solutions, announced it has completed the acquisition of ReviewTrackers, an award-winning client review management software company. ReviewTrackers empowers over 175,000+ business locations to better manage their customer reviews across 100+ sites with their review management tech.

According to Questionmark, a key challenge facing firms monitoring the data literacy of their workforce is establishing who is literate and who is in need of training. Despite assessments being a vital solution to this, able to identify data literacy gaps and provide businesses with a means of measuring progress, many employers refuse to invest in this type of training.

BANXA Holdings Inc. (Banxa), the on-and-off ramp solution for Web3, announced it has formally entered a new partnership with WonderFi Technologies Inc. (WonderFi), a tech firm with the mission of creating better access to digital assets through compliant centralized and decentralized platforms. The deal builds on Ethereum, Polygon, and Bitcoin blockchains, and targets key markets including Australia, Brazil, European Union, United Kingdom, and the US.

Slate Asset Management (Slate), an alternative investment platform targeting real assets, announced it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Presima Inc. (Presima), a Montreal-based asset manager focused on global real estate securities (the Transaction).

ABS has signed a joint development project (JDP) with SpaceX to review the remotely controlled functions of autonomous rocket recovery droneships used for booster rocket recovery at sea. The rocket recovery droneships are modified to include an expanded deck to increase the size of the landing platform, four thruster engines for propulsion and to hold on station, and blast shielding to protect electrical and engine equipment on deck.

Taulia, a provider of working capital management solutions and part of the SAP Group has announced the hire of Danielle Weinblatt as Chief Product Officer. Danielle will oversee Taulia’s product organization and execute its product vision, strategy, and development roadmap. She will focus on building innovative offerings, expanding product suites to new geographic markets, and will work closely with SAP to provide customers with the best working capital tools needed to thrive in the networked economy. Danielle will report directly to Taulia’s CEO, Cedric Bru, and will work closely with Taulia’s Sales, Marketing and Technology leads.

Walton Global, a real estate investment and land asset management company with $3.6bn under management, announced a joint venture with Rockpoint, a real estate private equity firm based in Boston, to support demand for single-family homes in the form of rental communities across the US. Rockpoint intends to invest up to $300m in equity in Walton’s Build-to-Rent (BTR) line of business that is expected to total up to $1bn in real estate assets.