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and AppLovin is no different . In addition to a partnership with Google , Kung explains that working with smaller companies , such as Data Theorem and MAKINSIGHTS , has significant advantages .
“ I have liked working with the smaller , hungrier companies because they ' re willing to work with you ,” he muses . “ Especially in a SaaS world , you can ' t be on your own and just have your own developers build everything . As smart and as efficient as they are , we do need to partner with some vendors out there .”
“ With Data Theorem , I met with their CEO quarterly , when I was back at EastWest Bank ,” Kung says . “ At the time , we were building mobile apps to do business banking in China as well as the United States , so the security needed to be top-notch .”
When looking for a tool to protect from Magecart attacks , a discussion with Data Theorem ’ s CEO led to the development of a ‘ hack toolkit ’, which could detect a multitude of vulnerabilities with a push of a button . “ It ’ s been interesting to watch them grow their business from just scanning the mobiles to the web to then creating a piece for cloud security , and followed this up by creating a piece for API security ,” Kung says . “ These were all the things I was worried
56 January 2023