On Wednesday, Shares of Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC), lost -1.61% to $15.90.
Cathy Bessant sold a lot of cookies back in her day. She can also fry an egg on a coffee can over a Bunsen burner, according to American City Business Journals.
Bank of America Corporation chief operations and technology officer was honored recently as the Girl Scouts Hornets’ Nest Council Lifetime Achievement award winner at the Westin hotel in uptown. Bessant is the 10th recipient of the annual award — although she would like to change the name of the honor to the “mid-life achievement award,” she joked at the event recently. American City Business Journals Reports
“She’s smart, she’s tough, she’s energetic, — she gets the job done,” former BofA CEO and chairman Hugh McColl Jr. said in a PBS Charlotte video about Bessant that was played at the event.
Bank of America Corporation is a bank holding company. The company, through its auxiliaries, operates through Consumer and Business Banking; Consumer Real Estate Services; Global Wealth and Investment Administration; Global Banking; Global Markets; and Other segments.
Shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL), declined -1.57% to $37.09, during its last trading session.
Oracle Corporation declared that its first quarter fiscal year 2016 results will be released on Wednesday, September 16th, after the close of the market. Oracle will host a conference call and live webcast at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time to discuss the financial results.
Oracle Corporation develops, manufactures, markets, sells, hosts, and supports database and middleware software, application software, cloud infrastructure, hardware systems, and related services worldwide.
Finally, Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC), ended its last trade with -2.24% loss, and closed at $19.64.
Symantec Corporation declared it is securing more than one billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices, counting everything from televisions and cars to smart meters and critical infrastructure. With IoT devices predictable to number 25 billion by 20201, Symantec is leading the effort to protect consumers from hacks against their always-on, Internet connected devices.
As part of its broader Unified Security Strategy, Symantec is investing in and offering the industry’s most comprehensive IoT security solutions. This approach comprises authentication, device security, analytics and administration to assist prevent cars, medical devices, industrial control systems, and countless consumer electronics from becoming hacked, tracked, and electronically hijacked as shown in recent news. Symantec’s IoT technology portfolio comprises:
- Device Security with Symantec’s Embedded Critical Systems Protection: Symantec’s newest offering protects IoT devices by locking down the software embedded in the device to protect against zero-day attacks and prevent compromise. Symantec has signed Wincor, the world’s leading providers of IT solutions and services to retail banks and the retail industry, along with other leading manufacturers in the industrial and automotive ecosystems.
- IoT Roots of Trust and Device Certificates: Symantec is working with the world’s largest chip providers and cryptographic library partners, counting Texas Instruments and wolfSSL, to embed security at the hardware level. These partnerships combine Symantec’s leading Certificate Authority with the partner’s embeddable engines to create new “Roots of Trust,” the cornerstones for devices to safely encrypt and authenticate information.
- Code Signing Certificates and Secure App Services: To ensure that code running on IoT devices is authorized, Symantec provides code signing certificates and a cloud based signing-as-a-service for a number of code formats relevant to IoT.
Symantec Corporation, together with its auxiliaries, provides security, backup, and availability solutions worldwide. Its products and services protect people and information in various environments from the mobile device and enterprise data center and to cloud-based systems.
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