Cybersecurity
Power Fingerprinting
Software that spots hackers by the tiny changes they trigger in energy use
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Innovators: Jeffrey Reed and Carlos Aguayo Gonzalez
Ages: 57 and 37
Titles: President and chief technology officer of PFP Cybersecurity, a 12-employee startup they helped co-found in Vienna, Va.
Form and function: PFP’s tiny sensors can identify attempts to hack a company’s electronic systems based on minute changes in energy use patterns, in some cases before the malicious code becomes active.