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Global Maritime Information Coalition formed in response to SHIPPINGInsight 20/20 Call for Collaboration Amongst Stakeholders

SHIPPINGInsight

In response to last week’s repeated calls for industry collaboration at SHIPPINGInsight Fleet Optimization and Innovation Conference and Exhibition , its Chief Evolution Officer, Carleen Lyden Walker, announced the formation of the Global Maritime Information Coalition (GMIC) designed to address the lack of unified messaging to the public about the maritime industry. “The recent crew change crisis has illuminated the maritime’s low awareness in the public’s consciousness”, stated Walker. “Despite the importance of the maritime industry to global society, seafarers were not deemed ‘essential workers’ alongside firemen, policemen, medical personnel, and other worthy groups. Much of this is due to the lack of understanding how dependent the world’s community is on shipping, providing it with food, energy, medical supplies and more.” “Since its inception, the maritime industry has been in the forefront of globalization as the literal ‘engine of global trade’, carrying more than 90% of the world’s goods and energy” stated Walker. “Because of its siloed roots, however, this essential service remains nearly invisible to the public. The Global Maritime Information Coalition intends to be a global resource to benefit the industry and communicate its value proposition to the public.” While this lack of awareness has been identified for decades, there has been little achieved to overcome it. “Individual groups have attempted to reach the public, but there has been no global, unified organization chartered to create awareness of the maritime sector and deliver key messages to the public about its role and importance” observed Walker. “Leveraging today’s communication tools along with a unification of the global maritime community, the Global Maritime Information Coalition will enable our industry to increase our visibility, communicate our value proposition, improve the public’s perception of our activities, and deliver targeted messages to global society.” The objective of the GMIC is to develop a unified platform for the global maritime community to raise the awareness of the global maritime industry and its value amongst the public, improve society’s image of the sector, provide unified messaging about the industry, be a resource for governments to learn about the industry, act as a portal for groups to communicate with the maritime industry, inform students and the public about career opportunities available in the industry. The next steps in the formation of the Coalition is to recruit global, national and regional industry organizations, government agencies, corporations and NGOs to join the GMIC and establish a work program for the organization. It is anticipated there will be four major areas of engagement: value proposition of the industry, its commitment to decreasing maritime’s environmental impact, industry’s technological advances, and maritime as a career opportunity. For more information, contact Carleen Lyden Walker, c.walker@shippinginsight.com . Originally established in 2012, SHIPPINGInsight has grown steadily each year. Focusing on fleet optimization and innovation, the event provides a forum for fleet managers and solution providers to exchange ideas and discuss challenges in facing the transformation of the industry. More than 300 delegates from 19 countries attended the 2019 event, including 76 shipping company executives. With the virtual platform, this year’s event will reach globally. For more information, please visit www.shippinginsight.com . Contact Details Carleen Lyden Walker +1 203-260-0480 c.walker@shippinginsight.com

October 19, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time

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CMMC Center of Excellence Announces Memorandum of Understanding with Parava Security Solutions LTD

Interoperability Clearinghouse

The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Center of Excellence ( CMMC COE ), hosted by the Information Technology Acquisition Advisory Council (IT-AAC), a public-private partnership serving the public and private sectors for more than 15 years, is proud to announce a Memorandum of Understanding with Parava Security Solutions Ltd in the UK, and the establishment of the CMMC COE EU. This unique partnership will extend efforts to advance the goals and objectives for improving the cyber and supply chain security and resilience of the US Department of Defense (DoD) global Defense Industrial Base (DIB) network of contractors, suppliers, and vendors. The executed MOU establishes a cooperative agreement between Parava Security Solutions Ltd. and CMMC COE to partner in the furthering of their respective and complementary missions and objectives regarding the adoption, use, and expansion of CMMC based cybersecurity practices for the DIB contractor community and the information and communications technology community creating a broader CMMC ecosystem to improve security and resilience. Specific actions will include: The co-development of CMMC advisory services, cyber training and education programs to accelerate CMMC certification, increase cyber adoption and improve cyber protection & resilience. Co-sponsor symposiums, training programs and podcasts leveraging their combined cyber and IT expertise. Host regular working groups, with other partners, to enable collaboration and communications. Source qualified CMMC/ cyber professionals to serve as cyber advocates. Establish an independent Industry Cyber Security Advisory Council with peer organizations to advise and educate leaders across government and industry on the continued evolution and effectiveness of CMMC. The CMMC-COE ( www.cmmc-coe.org ) and the CMMC COE EU ( https://cmmc-eu.com/ ) will focus on bringing together the many disparate cyber and national security communities of interest to reduce complexity, improve awareness, and accelerate industry effort to become more cyber resilient against the growing threats from nation states and criminal enterprises. The CMMC-COE partner network will share a wide range of capabilities from member organizations, including; cyber standards frameworks, education, solution architectures, cyber mentoring, workforce, and other elements needed to scale to the demands of the entire DIB market place in the US and abroad (approximately 400,000 contractors). The CMMC-COE is establishing both a Market Place and Knowledge Clearinghouse that includes resources supporting the overall effort, including white papers; tutorials; recorded webcasts; presentations; and more.. to help reduce the cost and burden on small/medium size contractors already struggling from the impact of COVID. “This is a momentous occasion for us” , said Mr. John Weiler, Chairman of the Board at CMMC Center of Excellence , “Our European center will further help advance the goals and objectives for improving the supply chain security and resilience of the US Department of Defense (DoD) beyond North America”. For more information on the CMMC COE, please visit Americas: http://cmmc-coe.org email info@CMMC-COE.org or call +1-703-863-3766 Europe: https://cmmc-eu.com/ email andy@cmmc-eu.com or call +44 (0) 7734 113952 For more information on Parava Security Solutions, Ltd., please visit https://www.parava.org/ About Us ---------- CMMC-COE.ORG is a unique non-profit public-private partnership, with a vision to accelerate Cybersecurity Maturity Model (CMM) adoption, and reduce time & cost for security compliance for our partners by leveraging commercial best practices, CMMC standards, and innovative solutions for a measurable success. Our mission, focused on DOD mission objectives, cost containment and expeditious CMMC compliance, is to help the DIB improve cyber posture and resilience, and simplify its acquisition. The CMMC-COE is hosted by the Information Technology Acquisition Advisory Council (IT-AAC), a public/private partnership (P3) chartered in 2007 as an honest broker to reach outside the confines of the Federal IT advisories that lack dynamic reach into the Global IT Market, and dedicated to the adoption of commercial IT management standards of practice and innovations emanating from the Global IT market. Team IT-AAC has already demonstrated the value of its decade long investment, and provides a unique value to agencies seeking to achieve accelerate the transformation of legacy processes and systems. Our Just-in-Time SMEs apply an innovative suite of Technology Business Management and Agile Acquisition Processes needed to assure the business value of commercial IT. The Interoperability Clearinghouse (ICH), is the managing partner that make up the 24 NGO/SDO organizations that make up the IT-AAC. ICH provides the contract vehicles, clearances, and critical resources proven to guide sustainable, measurable and repeatable processes needed to drive better investment decisions as the speed of mission need, while aligning existing processes, methods and workforce with IT reform mandates contained in Clinger Cohen Act, FITARA, IT MGT Act, EO13838. Parava is a cyber security advisory firm, with experience in providing strategic, tactical, and operational cyber security, risk oversight, and assurance services to Government agencies and private companies in Europe. For more information on Parava Security Solutions, Ltd., please visit https://www.parava.org/ For more information on the CMMC COE EU, please visit https://cmmc-eu.com/ Contact Details Bob Dix +1 703-975-6633 bob.dix@it-aac.org Company Website https://cmmc-coe.org

October 19, 2020 06:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time

RTCORE Announces Executive Appointment

RTCore Inc

October 16, 2020, RTCORE Inc. (OTC Markets: “PPPS”), a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”) is pleased to announce that John Kelly has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, reporting directly to Phil Walton, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to his appointment, John served as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer for Pentagon Federal Credit Union, the nation’s 2nd largest Federal Credit Union. A frequent guest speaker at national conferences on banking, payments and the evolution of technology in financial services, John also contributes articles to several industry publications. “John is an accomplished senior executive with more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, having built a track record of transformational growth in consumer banking products, operations and customer experiences,” said Phil Walton, Chairman and CEO, RTCore Inc. “Grounded by a passion for setting strategy and building businesses, John in an entrepreneurial leader recognized for vision and energized by innovation and the opportunity to deliver game-changing results.” Effective immediately, Kelly will assume responsibility for the Company’s daily operations, including oversight of all subsidiary companies, corporate marketing and professional services, ensuring operational excellence across the company. “I am excited to join RTCORE at such a pivotal point in its trajectory,” said Kelly. “From our first discussions, it became apparent to me the company’s technology is transformational, the team is filled with exceptional talent, and there is a real opportunity to empower clients to drive meaningful change in how they scale their businesses in real time.” About RTCORE Inc. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, RTCORE Inc. is an industry leader in the design, development and commercial deployment of Cloud-native, real time transaction processing software for the global financial services industry. Safe Harbor Statement -This press release may contain forward-looking information that involve a number of risks and uncertainties made pursuant to Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including all statements that are not statements of historical fact regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of the company, its directors or its officers with respect to, among other things, the company’s business plans and the company's growth strategy and operating strategy. Words such as “strategy,” “expects,” “continues,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “would,” “will,” “estimates,” “intends,” “projects,” “goals,” “targets” and other words of similar meaning are intended to identify forward-looking statements but are not the exclusive means of identifying these statements. Investors are cautioned that any forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the company's ability to control, and that actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of numerous and varied factors. RTCORE, Inc. does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements except as required by applicable law. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the company or any person acting on behalf of the company are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements referenced above. Contact: RTCORE Inc. +1 (704) 965-4087 contact@realtimecore.com Contact Details Phil Walton +1 704-965-4087 philwalton@realtimecore.com Company Website https://www.realtimecore.com

October 16, 2020 09:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Matic Raises $24M in Series B Funding Round

Matic Insurance

Matic , a leading digital insurance agency, announced today the close of a $24 million funding round led by IA Capital. The new funding will support the growth of Matic’s partnerships and integrations with insurance carriers and distribution partners across emerging channels and verticals. Matic’s proprietary technology reduces the time it takes to compare and purchase policies from an average of two to three days to less than 10 minutes, expediting loan closings and helping mortgage customers save money. In addition to fueling their recent expansion into auto and life insurance, the new funding will support partnerships outside of the mortgage industry. Matic was recently awarded a contract with a top five global financial institution to deploy their insurance solutions across origination, servicing, and banking client channels. “With our B round secured, we will be able to further support customer and partnership demand across new channels,” said Matic CEO Ben Madick. “I am excited to have our new investors on board and for our existing investors to continue to support our mission of simplifying insurance. I am thrilled to have Andrew Lerner join our board of directors, bringing 25 years of financial services and insurance industry experience to our team of over 150.” “Matic has been synonymous with expertise in insurtech since their inception a few years ago,” said Andrew Lerner, Managing Partner, IA Capital. “We chose to partner with Matic because of their unrivaled proprietary technology, differentiated distribution, and the customer-focused vision and values carried forth by their team. We look forward to seeing Matic’s growth continue as they expand their product offerings, partnerships, and internal talent.” Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Matic’s customer-centric model continued to grow and navigate the changing home buying and refinancing landscape, seeing a 40% increase in customers leveraging the platform in Q2 compared to Q1. Throughout this time they maintained their industry-leading NPS of 88 and continued to save customers over 30% per year. In addition to IA Capital, participating investors include Cultivation Capital, Clocktower Technology Ventures, MTech Capital, The K Fund, Protection America, Nationwide Ventures, Anthemis Group, ManchesterStory, Franklin Madison, and Fenway Summer. About Matic Since 2014, Matic has changed the landscape of the insurtech industry by integrating home insurance within the homeownership experience. Today, Matic’s digital insurance marketplace has over 30 A-rated home and auto carriers, as well as distribution partners in industries ranging from mortgage origination and servicing to banking, real estate, and personal finance. With a single-minded focus on advocating for policyholders, Matic has created an effortless and transparent comparison shopping process, saving customers days of work and over 30% in premiums each year. For more information, visit matic.com . About IA Capital Group IA Capital is the longest-tenured independent venture capital firm focusing on insurtech. Based in New York City, IA Capital has a two-decade track record of successfully partnering with innovative early and growth stage companies in insurance and—more broadly—financial services. IA is currently investing in its sixth, seventh, and eighth venture capital funds and manages strategic venture capital programs for 15 insurers. Learn more at iacapgroup.com . Contact Details Sarah Berg +1 614-927-1086 press@matic.com Company Website https://matic.com/

October 15, 2020 12:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time

RTCORE Enters 2 Strategic Letters of Intent for Acquisitions.

RTCore Inc

October 15, 2020, RTCORE Inc. (OTC Markets: “PPPS”), a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”) entered into Non-binding Letters of Intent to acquire 100% of the equity of Conquest Group Inc., a South Carolina corporation (“ Conquest Insurance ”), and 100% Membership Interest in Spanish Moss Premium Finance LLC., a South Carolina limited liability company (“ Spanish Moss ”). Both acquisitions are expected to close on or before November 30th, 2020 with Definitive Agreements subject to RTCORE, Conquest Insurance and Spanish Moss obtaining necessary corporate approvals. Through these anticipated acquisitions, RTCORE intends to demonstrate the operational and financial benefits of deploying its real time, cloud-native core processing software to Conquest Insurance and Spanish Moss clients, while expecting to increase the combined business value to all its stakeholders. About RTCORE Inc. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, RTCORE Inc. is an industry leader in the design, development and commercial deployment of Cloud-native, real time transaction processing software for the global financial services industry. About Conquest Group Inc. Conquest Group Inc. is a South Carolina Insurance Brokerage Firm with offices located throughout the Lowcountry of South Carolina. Since 2007, Conquest advises its personal and business clients on the evaluation and purchase of the most appropriate policies to fulfill their Property & Casualty coverage needs. About Spanish Moss Premium Finance LLC Spanish Moss is a Premium Lending firm based in Hilton Head, South Carolina, providing insured parties with financing options to cover the cost of their insurance premiums. Safe Harbor Statement - This press release may contain forward-looking information that involve a number of risks and uncertainties made pursuant to Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including all statements that are not statements of historical fact regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of the company, its directors or its officers with respect to, among other things, the company’s business plans and the company's growth strategy and operating strategy. Words such as “strategy,” “expects,” “continues,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “would,” “will,” “estimates,” “intends,” “projects,” “goals,” “targets” and other words of similar meaning are intended to identify forward-looking statements but are not the exclusive means of identifying these statements. Investors are cautioned that any forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the company's ability to control, and that actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of numerous and varied factors. RTCORE Inc. does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements except as required by applicable law. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the company or any person acting on behalf of the company are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements referenced above. Contact: RTCORE Inc. +1 (704) 965-4087 contact@realtimecore.com Contact Details Phil Walton +1 704-965-4087 philwalton@realtimecore.com Company Website https://www.realtimecore.com

October 15, 2020 12:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time

Room57 Chose Comodo’s Platform for the Extensive Range of Features Offered in One Package

Comodo

Contact Details Carolyn Muzyka +1 973-859-4000 carolyn.muzyka@comodo.com Company Website http://www.comodo.com

October 14, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time

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Suzy Survey Says: Consumers Are Getting Spooky This Halloween By Celebrating at Home and on Virtual Zoom Parties

Suzy

Suz y , a leading real-time consumer insights platform, announced today 82% of Americans surveyed plan to celebrate Halloween at home this year due to the pandemic and 45% of respondents are considering Zoom Halloween parties, according to its latest report. “The State of the Consumer: Halloween in a Haunted Year,” based on responses from 1,000 U.S. consumers, found that watching Halloween-themed movies (43%) is considered more important this year than dressing up in costumes (38%). The report also revealed 80% of consumers plan to purchase the same amount of Halloween candy this year, if not more, although half (50%) will be surprised to get trick-or-treaters. This finding is further supported by candy industry sales, which are up 13% this Halloween season, over the last four weeks, compared to this time last year. In addition, Suzy’s report found 74% of young parents feel Halloween is more important this year than ever. The top three Halloween activities people plan to do in 2020 are: Decorate their house/yard (63%) Watch a Halloween-themed movie (62%) Make Halloween-themed foods or drinks (58%) “Given that this year has significantly changed how we socially gather to celebrate events, consumers are now set on making this Halloween the best they can, to create a sense of normalcy for their children,” said Suzy President Avi Savar. “These are valuable insights about how the world around us is changing in the wake of the pandemic, and how Americans are creatively adapting to the ‘new normal.’” A complete State of the Consumer: Halloween in a Haunted Year report is available here . Suzy Says… Does your media outlet have a burning question it would like Suzy to field? Please let us know by contacting Suzy Senior Marketing Manager Abel Flint at abel.flint@suzy.com. About The State of the Consumer: Halloween in a Haunted Year: The study was conducted on September 8, 2020, with a sample size of 1,000 Americans (inclusive of 500 parents). The sample is directionally representative of U.S. consumers and censusweighted across age, gender, ethnicity, and region. About Suzy Founded in 2017, Suzy is an enterprise software platform that puts the voice of the consumer at your fingertips. Whether you’re a novice or an expert researcher, Suzy delivers advanced tools combined with the highest-quality audience to deliver insights in minutes. Many of the biggest brands in the world use Suzy to deliver breakthrough products and experiences backed by datadriven decisions. To date, Suzy has raised over $35MM in venture capital funding from investors that include Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, Foundry Group, Tribeca Venture Partners, Triangle Peak Partners, and Kevin Durant’s 35 Ventures. Learn more at www.suz y .com . Contact Details Noe Sacoco +1 408-340-8130 suzy@trustrelations.agency Company Website http://suzy.com/

October 13, 2020 10:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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Naveg Technologies Partners with Comodo to Bring Cybersecurity Solutions to South African Marketplace

Comodo

Naveg Technologies, a cybersecurity consulting firm that helps businesses reduce risk, ensure compliance and secure sensitive data and systems across all platforms has chosen partnership with Comodo, the world’s leader of next-generation cybersecurity. “We help businesses move forward by aligning IT and cybersecurity goals to business goals and delivering state-of-the-art solutions,” said Vitalis Nkwenti, Risk & Cyber Security Partner at Naveg Technologies. He continued, “As cybersecurity consulting experts, we need to have full confidence that the solutions we offer our customers will protect their critical and sensitive data. Our partnership with Comodo allows us to give our clients across a broad spectrum of industries the most advanced and comprehensive solutions at an affordable cost. Plus, the Comodo team provides top-notch customer service and excellent responsiveness.” Naveg Technologies chose Comodo’s Dragon platform with Advanced Endpoint Protection (AEP), a complete cloud-native framework that delivers a zero-trust architecture to protect and defend endpoints. Its patent-pending auto containment technology has active breach protection that neutralizes ransomware, malware and cyber-attacks. The auto containment runs any unknown executable in a kernel API virtualized mode, thereby offering attack surface reduction (ASR) which neutralizes ransomware attacks. The Dragon platform also utilizes a Default Deny security posture with Default Allow usability to provide a most comprehensive protection against zero-day threats, while having no impact on end-user experience or workflows. Comodo’s Valkyrie analyzes and gives a trusted verdict for every file – no other company will analyze and give trusted verdict for all files on a network. Comodo’s platform shares intelligence and is therefore more secure than disparate products that claim best of breed but don’t share information. Comodo has architected its cybersecurity product to maximize intelligent sharing between every component of the platform, therefore providing superior security. Alan Knepfer, President and Chief Revenue Office at Comodo said, “Faster access to insights are vital for organizations that need to make decisions quickly to protect sensitive data. Comodo’s intelligence gives 100% trust on all files in a network at lightning speed, with 92% of files processed within 45 seconds and the remaining with malware analysts within four hours. Our competitors cannot match the speeds in which we provide verdicts, they leave a window of time when data is exposed to cybercrime attacks.” About Naveg Technologies Naveg was established in 2013 to provide information technology/security solutions and advisory services to businesses. We are a management & technology intensive corporation geared to deliver state-of-the-art solutions and advise in areas of integrated business solutions, IT Governance, Risk Management, Compliance, Cyber Security and IT Assurance. We also provide accredited certification courses and training to our clients. We have team of dedicated, passionate consultants and developers that are certified in their various fields of expertise. The common vision we share is empowering your business and help it reach its full potential via the use of information and communication technologies. For more information visit www.naveg.co.za About Comodo Comodo is the world’s leader of next-generation open source cybersecurity, with the industry’s most disruptive innovations. We help customers stop breaches with groundbreaking auto containment technology that neutralizes ransomware, malware and cyber-attacks. Our complete cloud-native framework delivers a zero-trust architecture with active breach protection for the most comprehensive defense against zero-day threats. Comodo’s cybersecurity products maximize intelligent sharing between every component of the platform, therefore providing superior security. We are the only company that analyzes and gives a trusted verdict for 100% of files on a network. Comodo leverages innovation to celebrate and support the cybersecurity community by offering the very first open source endpoint detection and response (EDR). We believe that an open source model using community-powered collaboration will ensure that every organization has access to the industry’s most sophisticated EDR. Headquartered in Clifton NJ, Comodo’s global development team and threat intelligence laboratories deliver innovative, category leading, security solutions for thousands of companies’ endpoints, network boundaries, and internal networks. For more information visit https://www.comodo.com/ Contact Details Carolyn Muzyka +1 973-859-4000 carolyn.muzyka@comodo.com Company Website http://www.comodo.com

October 13, 2020 10:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Orion Energy Systems Unveils New Video Tour of its LED Lighting Production Facility in Wisconsin

Orion Energy Systems

Contact Details William Jones or David Collins +1 212-924-9800 oesx@catalyst-ir.com Company Website https://www.orionlighting.com/

October 08, 2020 07:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time

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