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What we add

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Seniority EVP / SVP / VP / AVP Job function Cybersecurity / Information Security Persona Security Operations Leader Buyer role Decision Maker / Budget Holder Adoption curve Early Adopters Technology maturity Market Correction Industry Government / Federal / Civilian

Subject determination

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Netskope https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/netskope/

Entity resolution

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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/department-of-homeland-security/cybersecurity-and-infrastructure-security-agency-cisa/ Hugging Face https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/hugging-face/ National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) https://decisioninsights.ai/registry/united-states-department-of-commerce/national-institute-of-standards-and-technology-nist/ and 4 more

Primary source

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Source https://www.netskope.com/blog/ai-agent-security-federal-agencies-hugging-face-breach Original author Lindsay Schwartz Source publisher Netskope