Business of Cyber
By Business of Cyber
Business of CyberFeb 01, 2022
BoC #82: CEO of Suridata, Lee Kappon
Lee Kappon is the CEO of Suridata, a SaaS Security Posture Management company.
BoC #81: Sam Curry, CISO of Zscaler | Innovation & Incentives in Cybersecurity | Cyber Spending Trends
Sam Curry is the CISO at Zscaler
BoC #80: The Role of the CISO | SEC Disclosure Rules | AI Risk | with Ed Amoroso, CEO of TAG Cyber
Ed Amoroso is the CEO of TAG Infosphere. Previously, Ed served as the CSO at AT&T.
(3:22) - Innovation & Ed’s time at Bell Labs
(6:50) - AI in Large Enterprise
(8:53) - Managing AI Risk in Large Enterprise
(16:36) - the CISO Role & SEC Regulations
(23:58) - Future of Cybersecurity & Government Involvement
(32:00) - Rapid Fire & Wrap Up
BoC #79: Operating a Stealth Stage Startup | CEO of Seal Security | Itamar Sher
Itamar Sher is the CEO at Seal Security, an early stage startup focusing on open source vulnerability & patch management.
BoC #78: Yotam Segev | CEO & Co-Founder of Cyera
Yotam Segev is the CEO & Co-Founder at Cyera, a data security company based in Tel Aviv.
BoC #77: Uri May, CEO & Co-Founder of Hunters | Disrupting SIEM
BoC #76: CEO & Co-Founder of Oort | Matt Caufield | Acquired by Cisco in July 2023
Matt Caufield is the CEO & Co-Founder of Oort, a software company focused on identity threat detection & response. They were acquired by Cisco in July of 2023.
Our conversation took place a few days after the acquisition announcement.
BoC #75: Building Attivo Networks & Selling to SentinelOne w/ Tushar Kothari
Tushar Kothari was the CEO and Founder at Attivo Networks an identity threat detection & response company. SentinelOne purchased Attivo for $615m in March 2022.
BoC #74: Executive Search in Cybersecurity | Building Exec Teams | CISO Search | Kyle McIntyre
Kyle McIntyre is the Owner of McIntyre Associates, an executive search firm specializing in cybersecurity. Kyle has helped build leadership teams at Crowdstrike, Arbor Networks, Netskope, and Cisco.
BoC #73: Market Discovery Pre Series A | GTM Scaling Post Series A | ConductorOne CEO, Alex Bovee
Alex Bovee is the CEO and Co-Founder of ConductorOne. Prior to starting ConductorOne, Alex was a product leader at Okta.
To support the show, be sure to check out today's sponsor: Hunters
BoC #72: Liat Hayun | CEO & Founder of Eureka Security | Running a Seed Stage DSPM Company
Liat Hayun is the CEO & Co-Founder of Eureka Security. Eureka is based in Tel Aviv and raised $8m seed round from YL Ventures in 2022.
BoC #71: Chief Product Officer at Arctic Wolf | Simplifying Large Enterprise Security Operations | Leadership & Team Building
Dan Schiappa is the Chief Product Officer at Arctic Wolf, one of the leading MDR providers in the industry.
BoC #70: Leading Trust & Security at Atlassian | AI in Security | The Future of Infosec with Adrian Ludwig
Adrian Ludwig was the CISO & Chief Trust Officer of Atlassian until June of 2023. Before Joining Atlassian, Adrian led security for Android.
To support the show, be sure to check out today's sponsor: Hunters
BoC #69: Lessons Learned From Co-Founding & 14 Years as the CEO of Tenable | Running a Profitable Software Business | Investing in Cybersecurity | Ron Gula
Ron Gula is the President at Gula Tech Adventures which focuses on investing in cyber technology, supporting cyber policy and recruiting more people to the cyber workforce. Before starting GTA, Ron was the CEO & Co-Founder at Tenable.
To support the show, be sure to check out today's sponsor: Hunters
BoC #68: David McCaw, RVP Prisma Cloud @ Palo Alto Networks | Building & Maintaining Trust Based Customer Relationships | The State of the Cybersecurity Sales Ecosystem
David McCaw is the RVP of Prisma Cloud, Americas at Palo Alto Networks, overseeing their most strategic cloud relationships. Before joining Palo Alto, David was the Co-Founder and VP of Sales at Dasera.
BoC #67: Rishi Bhargava Co-Founder of Descope | Establishing Trust with Customers | Building User Friendly Product Experiences | Managing the Pressure of Building a High-Profile Startup
Rishi Bhargava is the Co-Founder of Descope, an authentication & user management company launched early in 2023. Before founding Descope, Rishi worked with the same core team to build Demisto which was sold to Palo Alto Networks in 2019 for $560m.
BoC #66: Building Teams with Strong Chemistry | Being Raised to be an Entrepreneur | Dov Yoran, CEO at Command Zero
Dov Yoran is the Founder & CEO at Command Zero a stealth stage security startup. Before founding Command Zero, Dov started ThreatGrid which sold to Cisco in 2014
BoC #65: Early Stage Investing | Michael Cortez at YL Ventures
Michael Cortez is a Partner at YL Ventures. YL manages over $800m and focuses exclusively on cybersecurity investments. YL's invested in leading cyber companies like Orca, Hunters, Grip, Valence, Axonius, and Twistlock.
BoC #64: Becoming a CISO by 35 | Michael Meis
Michael Meis is the Associate CISO at the University of Kansas Health System.
BoC #63: Sid Trivedi | Foundation Capital | Investing at the Earliest Stage
Sid Trivedi is a Partner at Foundation Capital. Sid leads the firm’s focus on cybersecurity and has participated in investments in Permiso, CloudKnox, & Attivo Networks.
BoC #62: Shifting to a 2023 Mindset | Doubling-Down on Customer Success | SaaS Security with Aner Gelman, CEO at Atmosec
Aner Gelman is the CEO & Co-Founder at Atmosec a SaaS security company based in Tel Aviv
BoC #61: CTO & CPO at Sophos, Joe Levy - Innovation, Product Management, and Leadership
Joe Levy is the Chief Technology & Product Officer at Sophos.
BoC #60: Building the First Sales Playbook, Raising Funding, and Building DoControl with the CEO & Co-Founder, Adam Gavish
Adam Gavish is the CEO & Founder at DoControl, a SaaS security platform based in NYC. Before founding DoControl, Adam was a Product Manager at Google Cloud Security.
BoC #59: Dimitri Sirota - CEO & Co-Founder of BigID
Dimitri Sirota is the CEO and Co-Founder at BigID.
BoC #58: Shira Shamban CEO of Solvo; Evaluating Talent; Selecting the Right Co-Founder, and a Founder's Framework for Decision Making
Shira Shamban is the CEO and Co-Founder at Solvo.
BoC #57: Dan Benjamin - CEO at Dig Security; Building a World Class Product; Distributing Responsibility to Employees; Standing Out Amongst Competition
Dan Benjamin is the CEO at Dig Security, a Cloud Data Security platform. Before starting Dig, Dan led product strategy for cloud security at Microsoft Azure.
BoC #56: Stuart McClure - Founding & Selling Cylance; Operating as the CEO of Qwiet.ai; AI in Cybersecurity
Stuart McClure is the CEO at ShiftLeft, a code-security platform that helps develops build & deliver secure code. Before joining ShiftLeft, Stuart founded Cylance which sold to Blackberry for $1.4b.
BoC #55: Lior Yaari - CEO of Grip Security - Lessons Learned from Building a Leading SaaS Security Startup
Lior Yaari is the CEO and Co-Founder at Grip Security, a Tel-Aviv based SaaS security company. Before founding Grip, Lior was the CTO at YL Ventures, one of the leading cyber focused investment firms.
BoC #54: Jack Naglieri - CEO at Panther
Jack Naglieri is the CEO at Panther, a modernized, Cloud SIEM platform
BoC #53: Jake Storm - Deal Partner at Felicis
Jake Storm is a Deal Partner at Felicis. Before Felicis, Jake was an investor at IVP.
BoC #52: Marty Roesch, CEO at Netography; Scaling Sourcefire to a $2.7b Exit; Building a Company in 2023 vs. the early 2000s; Leadership Lessons Along the Way
Marty Roesch is the CEO at Netography. Before Netography, he founded Sourcefire which sold to Cisco for $2.7b in 2013.
BoC #51: Pramod Gosavi - Investor at 11.2 Capital - 2022 vs. 2023 Investing Landscape
Pramod Gosavi is an investor at 11.2 Capital. Prior to 11.2 Capital, Pramod was the Director of Strategy and Corporate Ventures at VMware.
BoC #50: Specializing in Cybersecurity Investments at SYN Ventures with Chris Behrens
Chris Behrens is a Principal at SYN Ventures.
BoC #49: Running Product & Integrating 9 Acquisitions at Fireeye, Building Product Organizations, and Co-Founding Permiso with Jason Martin
Jason Martin is the Co-Founder / Co-CEO at Permiso. Before that, he was the EVP of Product at Fireeye.
BoC #48: Managing Human Risk with Lance Spitzner
Lance Spitzner is the Director of Security Awareness at the SANS Institute.
BoC #47: Michael Collins, CISO at Judo Bank
Michael Collins is the CISO at Judo Bank, one of the leading fintech's in Australia.
BoC #46: Observations & Learning from Building the One of the Most Popular Open Source Cloud Security Projects & Founding Truffle Security w/ Dylan Ayrey
Dylan Ayrey is the Co-Founder and CEO at Truffle Security.
BoC #45: Bob Ackerman - Founder & Managing Director at AllegisCyber Capital
Bob Ackerman is the Founder & Managing Director at AllegisCyber Capital, one of the leading cyber investment firms.
BoC #44: Lessons Learned as a First Time Founder; The Importance of Defining Your ICP & Perfecting Your Messaging, Not Just Building a Good Product w/ Harshil Parikh, CEO at Tromzo
Harshil Parikh is the CEO & Co-Founder at Tromzo.
BoC #43: Lessons Learned from Verodin, Jask, Cylance, Solera, and ArcSight; Enterprise IOT Security; Executive Alignment with Brian Contos, CSO at Phosphorous
Brian Contos is the CSO at Phosphorous. Before joining Phosphorus, he held CSO, Advisor, & leadership roles at companies like ArcSight, Cylance, Jask, and Verodin, to name a few.
BoC #42: Incorporating Feedback in Early Product Development; First Principles Thinking; Maintaining Employee Buy In w/ a Remote First Company; Building Tines with Co-Founder Thomas Kinsella
Thomas Kinsella - COO & Founder of Tines. Prior to that, Thomas was the Sr. Director of Security Operations at DocuSign.
BoC #41: Data Analytics in Cybersecurity
Sara Anstey runs the data analytics practice at Novacoast. In our interview, we explore using data to have more effective conversations with business leaders.
BoC #40: Building Resourcely with CEO & Co-Founder, Travis McPeak
Travis McPeak is the CEO at Resourcely, a stealth stage startup that provides secure guard rails in the SDLC process.
BoC #39: WiCys Executive Director, Lynn Dohm
Lynn Dohm is the Executive Director at WiCys, a global community of cyber professionals with the mission of recruiting, retaining and advancing women in cybersecurity.
BoC #38: Investing & advising security start-ups; Security as a cost-center with Frank Kim
Frank Kim is a Fellow & Instructor at the SANS Institue, invests in & advises in several security startups, is a Venture Advisor at YL Ventures, and has held a variety of security leadership roles throughout his career.
BoC #37: Recruiting and Filling the CISO Role w/ Karl Sharman
Karl Sharman is the Head of Cybersecurity Services & Solutions recruiting at Stott & May. Karl and I discuss:
- Why do reporting lines matter less than authority & access for a CISO
- How Karl prepares and educates a company that’s looking for a new CISO
- Assessing the capabilities of a prospective CISO
- Setting up a new CISO for success
BoC #36: An Interview with Ian Yip - CEO of Avertro, the cyber why company
Ian Yip is the CEO at Avertro. An Australian startup helping organizations to understand and communicate about the 'business of cyber.'
Ian and I dig into:
- Why he started Avertro
- The problem they solve
- What he experienced that led to him forming the business
- The challenges of founding a start-up during COVID
- How he's experienced being the CEO of a growing business
BoC #35: CEO of Zero Networks - Benny Lakunishok
Benny Lakunishok is the CEO of Zero Networks, based in Israel. He's been a part of 3 startups acquired by Microsoft and recently started Zero Networks.
BoC #34: Founding Doppler, a Secrets Management Platform, backed by Sequoia & Google Ventures, with CEO Brian Vallelunga
Brian Vallelunga is the CEO & Founder at Doppler, a universal secrets management platform. Brian and I discuss:
1. Founding 7 companies starting in high school
2. Product/market requirements when getting an idea off the ground
3. The Chipotle sales strategy
4. Going through YC and raising money from Sequoia & GV
5. Doppler & where they're going
BoC #33: CISO of Crossbeam and Author of Start Up Secure - Chris Castaldo
Chris Castaldo is the Chief Information Security Officer at Crossbeam, the world's first and most powerful partner ecosystem platform. Chris is also the author of the best selling book Start-Up Secure: Baking Cybersecurity into your Company from Founding to Exit and is a visiting fellow at the National Security Institute at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School.
Year 1 proceeds from Chris's book are being donated to a phenomenal cause, Home For Our Troops.
ou can find the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Start-Up-Secure-Cybersecurity-Company-Founding/dp/1119700736