Company context
The public record describes Defensive Thinking Inc as American cybersecurity company co-founded by Kevin Mitnick and Alex Kasper. Its recorded founding year is 2002.
- Public business description
- American cybersecurity company co-founded by Kevin Mitnick and Alex Kasper
- Country recorded for the company
- United States
- Founding year in source record
- 2002
Recorded founders
- Alex Kasper · American cybersecurity educator, producer, and entrepreneur.
The linked people are recorded under the company’s founder property in the cited dataset. This is a founding association, rather than a verification of current equity or management responsibility.
More from the public record
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- Recorded official name
- Defensive Thinking Inc · View source field
Understanding Defensive Thinking Inc in context
Defensive Thinking Inc is included because its public company record connects a named business to an identifiable founding team. The business description, “American cybersecurity company co-founded by Kevin Mitnick and Alex Kasper,” supplies the context for that relationship, with a recorded starting year of 2002. The founding association shown here is with Alex Kasper. A single association in this library should not be read as a complete list of everyone who helped establish the business.
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Research context: Technology and software
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Questions for researching Defensive Thinking Inc
- Does the company describe a specific product, a service engagement, or a platform connecting other parties?
- Which current product pages or dated announcements explain how the offering has changed since founding?
- Are the founder biography and company history consistent about the original business and later changes?
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Research trail
- Wikidata public record Q138390480: company description, country, founding year where present, and founder associations.
- Defensive Thinking Inc website as listed in the public record
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Following up with the business
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