This cybersecurity founder's path from liquor store, to hacking group, to Cisco

Marian McHugh
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Duo Security's former CEO Dug Song opens up on a colourful journey that eventually saw him sell his business to Cisco for over $2bn

airInventory management in an off-licence at the age of eight is not the most conventional path into cybersecurity, but Duo Security co-founder Dug Song got bitten hard by the hacking bug at a youn...

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