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November 30, 2017

Meghna Chakrabarti
Asma Khalid

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Massachusetts is quickly becoming a major hub for cybersecurity firms.

A significant number of these firm have ties to Israel, in part due to Israel's focus on cybertechnology, the talent pool in Boston, and Massachusetts' location on the East Coast.

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Asma Khalid, head of WBUR's BostonomiX team. She tweets @asmamk.

This segment aired on November 30, 2017.

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