Mike is the CEO and founder of Evo Security, which is building an Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution specifically designed for Managed Service Providers (MSPs). He started the company back in 2018 after leaving behind a private equity fund focused on oil and gas. In the episode, we discuss his transition into cyber from the energy world and what makes Evo uniquely positioned to serve the needs of MSPs given the variety of IAM solutions available on the market today. Evo Security Websi...
Apr 09, 2024•38 min
Diana Kelley is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for ProtectAI. She also serves on the boards of Women in Cybersecurity, The Executive Women’s Forum, InfoSec World, CyberFuture Foundation, TechTarget Security Editorial, and DevNet AI/ML. Diana was Cybersecurity Field CTO for Microsoft, Global Executive Security Advisor at IBM Security, GM at Symantec, VP at Burton Group (now Gartner), a Manager at KPMG, CTO and co-founder of SecurityCurve, and Chief vCISO at SaltCybersecurity. In th...
Mar 26, 2024•41 min
Ben is a serial entrepreneur, and his latest company is right in the middle of an exciting battle between the progress of AI and the defense capabilities to ensure its unethical uses are limited. Ben is CEO and co-founder of RealityDefender, which provides deepfake detection capabilities to determine if visual and audio media is AI generated. This is incredibly relevant right now, as there are news headlines every week with exploits featuring deepfake content. Before RealityDefender, Ben founded...
Mar 12, 2024•28 min
Greg is CEO and co-founder of Ghost Security, which is an API and application security platform providing contextualized risk awareness of a company's cloud application profile. Ghost is Greg's third company. He previously founded JASK, a SOC automation tool, which he sold to Sumo Logic in 2019. Before JASK, he founded Anomali, which was an early threat intelligence platform. The company is still alive and strong today, and he still sits as an advisor. In the episode we discuss some of the key i...
Feb 27, 2024•52 min
Chris: Co-founder, CEO, and CTO of RADICL, which is building an AI SOC analyst Was co-founder of LogRhythm, which sold to Thoma Bravo in a rumored billion dollar deal Check out the episode for our discussion on building with friends and family, collecting enough data to develop an effective AI SOC analyst, and what it took for him to take the leap to start his first company.
Feb 13, 2024•46 min
Walter: Founder and CEO of StackAware, which started as a vulnerability management tool and is now an AI risk consulting company Creator of the popular security blog "Deploy Securely" that started his entrepreneurial journey Worked in the National Counterterrorism Center for two years Check out the episode for our discussion on his pivot away from the initial product to a services model, why that might change in the future, and the role of his security blog Deploy Securely in growing StackAware....
Jan 30, 2024•44 min
Rick is CEO of Tidal Cyber, which delivers threat-informed defense to enable security teams to protect against the threats most relevant for them. In the episode we discuss his journey from MITRE, the value of design partners, and how their teams thinks about classifying threats. This episode was recorded live at Blu Ventures' Cyber Venture Forum event in October. Thank you again to the Blu team! https://www.tidalcyber.com/...
Jan 16, 2024•35 min
Brian is CEO of Kion, which provides centralized cloud management including compliance, financials, and setup. In the episode we discuss Brian's transition from consulting and how the team thinks about security as just one portion of their solution. This episode was recorded live at Blu Ventures' Cyber Venture Forum event in October. Thank you again to the Blu team! https://kion.io/
Jan 09, 2024•28 min
Marcos is CFO of Huntress Labs, which provides managed EDR services for SMBs. In the episode we discuss Marcos's role as CFO and why Huntress decided to focus on SMBs. This episode was recorded live at Blu Ventures' Cyber Venture Forum event in October. Thank you again to the Blu team! https://www.huntress.com/
Jan 02, 2024•39 min
Mike is CEO of SecureG, which is building cryptography solutions for communications infrastructure. In the episode we discuss their work with root of trust solutions and how the company is evolving towards more unique technology in building a PKI trust infrastructure for wireless. This episode was recorded live at Blu Ventures' Cyber Venture Forum event in October. Thank you again to the Blu team! https://secureg.io/
Dec 26, 2023•35 min
Robert is CEO of Adlumin, which sells a suite of cybersecurity tools designed to be more accessible for SMBs. In the episode we discuss his story building Adlumin while he was getting his MBA and how he navigates channel partners. This episode was recorded live at Blu Ventures' Cyber Venture Forum event in October. Thank you again to the Blu team! https://adlumin.com/
Dec 19, 2023•23 min
Eitan : CEO and co-founder of Mobb, applying automatic code remediation fixes for vulnerabilities from static code scans Previously head of product for HCL AppScan (spun out of IBM) Worked at IBM for 12 years despite previously deciding to avoid working at a big company https://mobb.ai/
Dec 12, 2023•42 min
Henry : Partner at Dawn Capital, which recently raised the largest early stage tech fund in Europe at $700M Previously worked at the Ministry of Justice in the UK Started his career as a consultant with Farsight Consulting Check out the episode for our discussion on regional differences between European cybersecurity markets, expansion overseas, and more.
Nov 28, 2023•38 min
Mariana : Co-founder and CEO of Kikrr, providing on-demand opportunities for cybersecurity practitioners to try new products Previously founded a digital marketing agency Started her career working as a teacher Check out the episode for our discussion on transitioning to a cybersecurity founder from teaching, building a two-sided marketplace, and monetizing sales teams as opposed to cybersecurity practitioners. https://kikrr.io/...
Nov 14, 2023•36 min
Snehal : Co-founder and CEO of Horizon3, providing autonomous penetration testing capabilities Ex-CTO of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) Ex-CTO of Splunk Worked under CIO at GE Capital Worked under CTO at IBM Check out the episode for our conversation about veterans in cybersecurity, how Snehal applied lessons from JSOC to Horizon3, how Snehal thinks about being a late-career founder, and more! horizon3.ai...
Oct 31, 2023•55 min
Kunal : Founder and CEO of dope.security, building a secure web gateway solution that makes security practitioners say "that's dope" Previously worked in product management at Symantec and then Forcepoint Produces animated videos on Youtube which have gained over 60M views Check out the episode for our conversation on co-founder compatibility, secure web gateways vs. secure browsers, what it means to build a "dope" product, and more. https://dope.security/...
Oct 17, 2023•40 min
Andrew : CEO and founder of Greynoise, providing threat intelligence classifying standard internet noise Previously worked on the R&D team at the cyber intelligence company Endgame (later acquired by Elastic in 2019) Dropped out of high school and never finished or attended college Check out the episode for our conversation on the cybersecurity equivalent of waiting tables, the merits of a high school diploma, and the mechanisms behind the Greynoise threat intelligence model. https://www.gre...
Oct 03, 2023•53 min
Anthony : CEO and founder of VulnCheck, going beyond just vulnerabilities to share exploit intelligence Previously founded FlawCheck, one of the original container security companies, which he sold to Tenable Previously founded Appthority, an early mobile app security company, which was acquired by Symantec Check out the episode for our conversation on his lessons and themes after founding three companies and why he completely ignores the competitive landscape. https://vulncheck.com/...
Sep 19, 2023•49 min
AJ: Director of the Geopolitics, Technology, and Governance program at the Stanford Cyber policy center Previously Senior Director for Cybersecurity Policy at the White House from 2015 to 2017, covering two administrations Was an adviser for Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker on cybersecurity measures Senior staff on the Senate Intelligence Committee overseeing budget and operations for NSA Started his career as a National Security Analyst at the Center for American Progress in 2003 In the epi...
Sep 05, 2023•46 min
Brian: Principal at TLV Partners focusing on enterprise software and cybersecurity, joined when the fund first started in 2015 Previously worked at Square Peg Capital also in Israel Born in South Africa and worked in Australia for Grant Thornton before moving to Israel for Square Peg In this episode Brian and I discuss the Israeli cybersecurity startup ecosystem. Given the number of founders I interview from Israel, I thought it would be valuable for the audience and myself to dive deeper. We di...
Aug 22, 2023•34 min
Neatsun : CEO and founder of Ox Security, providing prioritization insights for software supply chain vulnerability management Previously VP at Checkpoint for a decade Founded Vanadium, an EDR company, which he ran for 8 years Check out the episode for our discussion on his lessons from Vanadium applied to Ox and how threat modeling applies to the software supply chain. Links: https://www.ox.security/ https://pbom.dev/...
Aug 09, 2023•38 min
This is a rerun of an episode recorded in July 2021. In the episode, Bruce and I discuss his views on AI and how it may fundamentally change the security landscape for attackers and defenders. He mentions the key steps we need to take as a society to best guide AI innovation. Two years later, it is interesting to reflect on how we have performed according to his guidelines.
Jul 25, 2023•36 min
Tom : CEO and Founder of NetRise, identifying vulnerabilities in firmware through building SBOMs Ex-VP at Blackberry after the Cylance acquisition Previously worked as a cyber analyst at the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve where he first learned about the gaps in IoT security solutions Check out the episode for our discussion on software vs. firmware SBOMs, whether tools are valuable if there are no clear remediation steps, and how IoT is addressed differently than other device types. https://www...
Jul 11, 2023•43 min
Jon : Founder and CEO of Salem Cyber, building a virtual SOC analyst Previously Principal at Booz Allen Hamilton Started his career at Verizon as a network and SIEM engineer Check out the episode for our discussion about the automation capabilities available to a moden SOC and what gaps are left after applying SOAR tools. https://www.salemcyber.com/...
Jun 27, 2023•47 min
Mike : CEO and co-founder at Dark Sky Technologies, building a suite of products to address open source insecurity Previously VP of Product at Arxan and Microsemi Previously Senior Director of Business Development at Cryptography Research Inc Previously VP of Marketing at Star Lab Combined two decades of experience in cybersecurity! Check out the episode for our discussion on gaining exposure across a variety of business units, supplementing software composition analysis (SCA) with additional co...
Jun 13, 2023•37 min
Gal : CTO and co-founder at Oligo, providing a runtime solution for software supply chain security Worked at Checkpoint for 7 years Started his security journey in the IDF Met his co-founders as a child, and they conspired to start a company together for decades before launching Oligo! Check out the episode for our discussion of his hack of instagram, how Oligo gets creative with reaching inundated CISOs, and how AI has changed the software supply chain landscape. https://www.oligo.security/...
May 30, 2023•40 min
Maxime : CEO and founder at LimaCharlie, middleware for cybersecurity application integration for incident response Previously worked for Google, Crowdstrike, and Canada's department of defense Check out the episode for our discussion on the challenges of building your own security workflows, automation adoption journeys, and how the larger cybersecurity automation world is evolving. https://limacharlie.io/...
May 16, 2023•37 min
Ganesh : CEO and founder at Anzenna, providing contextual learning opportunities to improve employees' cybersecurity training Previously founded Avid Secure, one of the original CSPM companies, which he sold to Sophos in 2019 Joined Sophos as a VP of engineering and worked there for the last three years prior to launching Anzenna Check out the episode for our discussion on the sale of Avid Secure at the very beginning of the CSPM boom, what contextual learning entails in the workforce developmen...
May 02, 2023•31 min
Aakash: CTO and co-founder at Oak9, helping organizations build secure architecture models using security as code blueprints Previously a security architect for major healthcare and health insurance companies such as Blue Cross Blue Shield Feature speaker at RSA 2023 talking about the security as code construct Check out the episode for our conversation about the importance of security architecture as opposed to just security configurations and the value stemming from secure cloud infrastructure...
Apr 18, 2023•39 min
Tito: CEO and Founder of HiddenLayer, securing organizations building or using machine learning models Previously VP of Engineering at Qualys Previously Senior Director of Data Science at Agari Previously Director of Threat Research at Cylance when they were hit by a model inference attack back in 2019 Fun fact: The HiddenLayer co-founders have worked together for the last five years! Check out the episode for our conversation about real-world attacks against machine learning models, the current...
Apr 04, 2023•34 min
