Cybersecurity Builders

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with  Marina Segal , CEO & Co-Founder of  Tamnoon , a cutting-edge cloud security platform that has successfully raised over $5 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Early Exper...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with  Paul Valente , CEO & Co-Founder of  Viso Trust , a third-party risk management platform that's raised $17 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Evolution of Security:...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with  Tiffany Ricks , CEO & Founder of  HacWare , a security awareness platform that's raised $2.6 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Transition to Product:  Tiffany tran...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with  Jason Martin , Co-Counder and Co-CEO of  Permiso Security , a cloud identity detection response platform that's raised $10 Million in funding, about the importance of knowing exactly who (or what) is trying to breach your security barrier, and building the right kind of response in real-time. With instant identity-to-event attribut...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with  Mollie Breen , CEO and Co-Founder of  Perygee , an IoT/OT security platform that's raised $6.4 Million in funding, about why so many security teams often find themselves making critical decisions about their IoT and OT device security using imperfect information, and the vulnerabilities that can ultimately cause for companies. With...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with  Scott McCrady , CEO of  SolCyber , a modern MSSP that's raised $20 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Scott’s background as a security engineer and what led him to found SolCyber as a solution to what he saw as existing shortcomings Why comprehensive monthly security packages are so appealing for many mid-sized security-consciou...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with  David Brumley , CEO of  Mayhem , an automated security testing platform that’s raised over $38 Million in funding, about how a hacker mindset in defensive security can turn the tables on aggressors, and give your cyberdefense the edge in the endless technology arms race. By deploying automated systems to construct a comprehensive map o...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with  Justin Beals , CEO and Co-founder of  Strike Graph , about why security certification in a digital economy plagued with breaches can be the difference between success and failure for businesses seeking all-important funding. With Strike Graph, Justin and his team have developed an automated platform to monitor, map and manage their cli...

In today’s episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with  John Milburn , CEO of  Clear Skye , about his decades of experience in the enterprise software space, and why he found himself drawn back to security solutions with Clear Skye. Having identified shortcomings in the traditional approach to cybersecurity, focusing almost exclusively on the technology instead of the people and processes invol...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with  Stijn Vande Casteele , founder of  Sweepatic , an external attack surface management company that’s raised $4.4 million in funding, about why an effective cybersecurity strategy depends on getting the right information to the people who need to make decisions, and how Sweepatic makes that happen in real time. Market leaders in threat d...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with  Peter Prizio Jr , CEO of  SnapAttack , a threat management platform that's raised $8 Million in funding. SnapAttack is the Enterprise-Grade & MSSP Platform that helps security leaders answer their most pressing question: “Are we protected?” By rolling intel, adversary emulation, detection engineering, threat hunting, and purple...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with  Philippe Humeau , CEO of  CrowdSec , a cyber security startup building a neighborhood watch for the internet era, leveraging collaboration and mutual benefit to optimize protection against contemporary online threats. By identifying aggressive IP addresses and bad actors in real time, and sharing that information with users, the bulk o...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with  Stephen de Vries , CEO and Co-Founder of  IriusRisk , a threat modeling platform that's raised nearly $40 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Stephen’s career as a programmer in the Y2K era and transitioning to application software security testing  Being an early entrant to the cybersecurity space, and how the industry has chang...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with  Michael Assraf , CEO & Co-Founder of  Vicarius , a vulnerability remediation platform that has raised $29 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Hands-On Leadership : Despi...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with  Ryan Lasmaili , CEO of  Vaultree , an encryption as a service platform that’s raised over $16 Million in funding, about why we need a new solution focused on working with encrypted data to plug some serious leaks in our security system, Vaultree has spent more than 8 years developing an entirely unique software solution, allowing peopl...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with  Spencer Thompson , CEO & Co-Founder of  Prelude Security , a continuous security testing platform that's raised over $30 Million in funding Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Emergence...

In today’s episode, we speak with  Danny Lopez , CEO and founder of  Glasswall  — a Content Disarm and Reconstruction (CDR) platform that’s raised more than $60 million in funding.  Topics discussed: Danny’s journey — from diplomat to CEO of Glasswall.  What Glasswall does and the problem they solve for customers.  The State of CDR today, how the category has evolved over the past couple of years,...

Anagram is pioneering a new approach to security awareness that treats employees as assets rather than liabilities. With $10 million in funding, the company is reimagining how organizations address their most significant security vulnerability: human error. In this episode of Category Visionaries, we spoke with  Harley Sugarman , Founder and CEO of  Anagram , about his journey from venture capital...

In this episode of The Marketing Front Lines, we speak with  Lisa O'Reilly , Vice President of Marketing at  iVerify . iVerify is pioneering mobile endpoint detection security, providing advanced protection against real threats that face all mobile devices, including both iOS and Android. As the first full-time marketing hire at the company, Lisa has built a marketing program from the ground u...

Welcome to another episode of Behind the Category, where we explore the stories of founders who have successfully created and dominated new market categories. In today's episode, we're joined by Guy Tytunovich, CEO and Co-Founder of CHEQ, a go-to-market security platform that has raised an impressive $183 million in funding. From Military Intelligence to Tech Entrepreneurship : Guy shares...

Silent Push  is revolutionizing threat intelligence by tracking threat actors' infrastructure setup before attacks occur. After selling his first cybersecurity company to FireEye and serving as VP of Products there,  Ken Bagnall  launched Silent Push to address fundamental gaps in how organizations detect and prevent cyber threats. The company has achieved remarkable traction, securing 50% of...

Coalition  has revolutionized the cyber insurance industry by creating an entirely new category called "active insurance." From its founding in 2017, Coalition has grown to become North America's largest cyber insurance provider, surpassing incumbents who had been in the market for over 20 years. In this episode of Category Visionaries,  Joshua Motta  shares how Coalition transformed...

Welcome to another episode of Unicorn Builders. In today's episode, we're speaking with  Oren Kaniel , CEO & Co-Founder of  AppsFlyer , a mobile attribution and marketing analytics platform that has raised over $300 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Inception of AppsFlyer : Oren shared how his first experience with an iPhone in 2011 led him...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with  Bill Moore , CEO & Founder of  XONA , an OT user access platform that has raised over $30 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: The Origin of XONA:  Bill shared that XONA...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with  Russell Spitler , CEO & Co-Founder of  Nudge Security , a SaaS security platform that's raised $17 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: The Growing SaaS Management Ch...