The Global Media Business Weekly

CyberRisk Alliance buys InfoSec Expo

Exhibitions. CyberRisk Alliance, the four-month-old B2B startup serving the cybersecurity and information-risk management market, has acquired the InfoSec World Conference and Expo from Southborough, Massachusetts-based MIS Training Institute. The 25-year-old show, which attracts 1,300 attendees and hosts 10,000 square feet of exhibit space in Orlando in April, is the first acquisition for CyberRisk Alliance, a company launched in November by CEO Doug Manoni (ex CEO of SourceMedia) and backed by the private-equity firm Growth Catalyst Partners which said: “This is an important milestone for CyberRisk Alliance, and it exemplifies our commitment to aggressively build a powerful and influential business-intelligence company serving this market of vital importance to our national and global security and economy.” Manoni has said he wants to build a $100m company within five years. Transaction terms were not disclosed.

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