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Former NSA chief raises $78 million for critical infrastructure cyber security start-up

Nicholas Fearn

03 May 2018 • 2 min read

Keith Alexander hopes latest round will help take his security start-up global

Former US National Security Agency chief Keith Alexander has raised $78 million of investment for his tech start-up IronNet Cyber Security. The series B investment was backed by British investme...

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