Six years later, Hering is the chief executive of a mobile security company called Lookout.

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Mobile security, like Hering, was once focused mostly on research and histrionics.

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Hering and his cofounders, Kevin Mahaffey and James Burgess, saw the potential in mobile protection long before Google entered the smartphone market.

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The shoe fit then, and Hering thinks it fits another foot now.

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Step into a mall in Brazil to buy clothes and chances are high that nearly every shirt being sold at Hering is Made in Brazil.

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Hering is an affordable, stylish, middle class brand well position throughout big and mid sized cities at a time when incomes in Brazil are on the rise.

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Hering hints that his startup could become the security layer for the long-discussed Internet of Things, a world where everything from your thermostat to your car is networked.

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