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'''Eldon Spickerhoff''' is a [[Canadian people|Canadian]] [[computer security]] expert. | '''Eldon Spickerhoff''' is a [[Canadian people|Canadian]] [[computer security]] expert.<ref name=cbc2018-10-04/> | ||
He was awarded the 24th annual [[J.W. Graham Medal]], in 2019, given to a graduate of the [[University of Waterloo]] who has distinguished himself in the field of [[computer science]]. The award is named after [[Wes Graham]], an influential professor who played a key role in forging ties between the University and leading firms in the computer industry. | He was awarded the 24th annual [[J.W. Graham Medal]], in 2019, given to a graduate of the [[University of Waterloo]] who has distinguished himself in the field of [[computer science]].<ref name=uwaterloo2019-06-04/> The award is named after [[Wes Graham]], an influential professor who played a key role in forging ties between the University and leading firms in the computer industry. | ||
Spickerhoff told the ''[[Financial Post]]'' that his firm's success only came after he and his partner secured funding by selling a majority stake in his firm to [[Warburg Pincus LLC]], a US | Spickerhoff told the ''[[Financial Post]]'' that his firm's success only came after he and his partner secured funding by selling a majority stake in his firm to [[Warburg Pincus LLC]], a US private-equity firm, for $100 million.<ref name=financialpost2019-03-20> | ||
private-equity firm, for $100 million. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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<ref name=cbc2018-10-04> | |||
{{cite news | {{cite news | ||
| url = | | url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canadian-companies-overconfident-cybersecurity-1.4850989 | ||
| title = | | title = Canadian companies are overconfident when it comes to cyberattacks, study finds | ||
| work = | | work = [[CBC News]] | ||
| date = 2018-10-04 | |||
| date = | | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20220218145038/https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canadian-companies-overconfident-cybersecurity-1.4850989 | ||
| archivedate = 2022-02-18 | |||
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| accessdate = 2022-05-19 | | accessdate = 2022-05-19 | ||
| url-status = live | | url-status = live | ||
| quote = | | quote = Cyber security strategist Eldon Sprickerhoff, founder of Toronto-based eSentire, said in an interview prior to the Recipe Unlimited crisis, that research has shown humans have a universal tendency to be too optimistic. | ||
}} | }} | ||
[https://web.archive.org/web/20220218145038/https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canadian-companies-overconfident-cybersecurity-1.4850989 mirror] | |||
</ref> | </ref> | ||
<ref name=uwaterloo2019-06-04> | |||
{{cite news | {{cite news | ||
| url = | | url = https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/eldon-sprickerhoff-awarded-2019-jw-graham-medal-computing | ||
| title = | | title = Eldon Sprickerhoff awarded 2019 J.W. Graham Medal in Computing & Innovation | ||
| work = | | work = [[University of Waterloo]] | ||
| date = 2019-06-04 | |||
| date = | | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20200709013423/https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/eldon-sprickerhoff-awarded-2019-jw-graham-medal-computing | ||
| archivedate = 2020-07-09 | |||
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| archivedate = | |||
| accessdate = 2022-05-19 | | accessdate = 2022-05-19 | ||
| url-status = live | | url-status = live | ||
| quote = | | quote = Eldon graduated from the University of Waterloo with a BMath in 1991, majoring in computer science and minoring in economics. | ||
}} | }} | ||
[https://web.archive.org/web/20200709013423/https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/eldon-sprickerhoff-awarded-2019-jw-graham-medal-computing mirror] | |||
</ref> | </ref> | ||
<ref name=financialpost2019-03-20> | |||
{{cite news | {{cite news | ||
| url = | | url = https://business.financialpost.com/technology/canada-cybersecurity-firms-u-s-funding | ||
| title = | | title = Canada's cybersecurity firms keep turning to the U.S. for funding, leaving us without a homegrown leader | ||
| work = | | work = [[Financial Post]] | ||
| author = | | author = Victor Ferreira | ||
| date = | | date = 2019-03-20 | ||
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20201111181012/https://financialpost.com/technology/canada-cybersecurity-firms-u-s-funding | |||
| archiveurl = | |||
| archivedate = | | archivedate = | ||
| accessdate = 2022-05-19 | | accessdate = 2022-05-19 | ||
| url-status = live | | url-status = live | ||
| quote = | | quote = To get there, Sprickerhoff followed a path that is becoming the norm in the domestic cybersecurity space and for many other high-tech startups: He sold a majority stake to a New York-based private-equity firm, specifically Warburg Pincus LLC, reportedly for upwards of $100 million. | ||
}} | }} | ||
[https://web.archive.org/web/20201111181012/https://financialpost.com/technology/canada-cybersecurity-firms-u-s-funding mirror] | |||
</ref> | </ref> | ||
Revision as of 19:31, 19 May 2022
Eldon Spickerhoff is a Canadian computer security expert.[1]
He was awarded the 24th annual J.W. Graham Medal, in 2019, given to a graduate of the University of Waterloo who has distinguished himself in the field of computer science.[2] The award is named after Wes Graham, an influential professor who played a key role in forging ties between the University and leading firms in the computer industry.
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedcbc2018-10-04 - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Eldon Sprickerhoff awarded 2019 J.W. Graham Medal in Computing & Innovation, University of Waterloo, 2019-06-04. Retrieved on 2022-05-19. “Eldon graduated from the University of Waterloo with a BMath in 1991, majoring in computer science and minoring in economics.” mirror
- ↑ Victor Ferreira. Canada's cybersecurity firms keep turning to the U.S. for funding, leaving us without a homegrown leader, Financial Post, 2019-03-20. Retrieved on 2022-05-19. “To get there, Sprickerhoff followed a path that is becoming the norm in the domestic cybersecurity space and for many other high-tech startups: He sold a majority stake to a New York-based private-equity firm, specifically Warburg Pincus LLC, reportedly for upwards of $100 million.” mirror