The SaaSTrana Show

Overview: In this episode of the SaaSTrana podcast, Goutham Sukumar (CEO - Kernel Labs) talks to Venky about the best practices for building secure SaaS products from scratch.   He also shares reasons why B2B businesses are at threat due to the upcoming AI and LLM technologies and suggests steps organizations can take to protect themselves. Key highlights:   00:00 - About Goutham Sukumar 04:16 - P...

Overview: In this SaaSTrana podcast, Srikanth Rajagopalan (CEO - Perfios Account Aggregation Services (P) Ltd) talks to Venky about the importance of data security for B2B (SaaS) companies and the implications imposed by the Digital Data Protection Act 2023 in case of a data breach. Furthermore, Rajagopalan explains how focusing on data security can benefit organizations in the long run by giving...

In this SaaSTrana podcast, Edgar Pimenta (Group CISO @ YNV Group) talks to Venky about the security incident management and data protection/privacy management best practices in highly regulated organizations such as telcos and financial.    He also shares the steps on how orgnizations can prepare themselves in case of an incident breach and ways to recover from it quickly.    Here are some key hig...

Overview:   In this SaaSTrana podcast, Mona Salvi (Senior Director - Product Security, HubSpot) talks to Venky about building a unified org structure and North Star metrics to drive security-related initiatives in a cohesive working environment.   She also shares how to manage three pillars - platform security + trust & safety + payments fraud together under a single leadership umbrella.   Her...

Overview: In this podcast, Girish Redekar (CEO and Co-Founder, Sprinto), shares with Venky the most effective ways to implement the ISO 27001 framework for organizations to attain comprehensive security, rather than solely obtaining a certification. He also discusses similarities & differences between SOC2 and ISO 27001, and suggests that organizations can streamline their security program to...

In this episode, Marcelino Moreno (CPO, Stream) shares with Venkatesh (Venky) Sundar how product managers can contribute to an organization's growth by baking in security into the product roadmap. He also shares how a product manager can influence engineering teams to prioritize vulnerability patching along with building features to ensure that the customers use a secure product. Key highlight...

Overview: In this podcast, Sanjay (Executive Director, MSCI) talks to Venky about secure coding best practices & methods to handle customer-sensitive data. He also shares why securing software isn't an accident and requires cautious efforts at an organizational level to make it possible. Key highlights from the discussion: 00:00 About Sanjay's experience & projects (Microsoft, Core...

In this podcast, Val Novikov (Co-Founder & CTO, FISPAN) talks to Venky about the API security challenges while integrating with proprietary Banking applications and ERP systems. He also discusses why Fintech SaaS start-ups require a deep investment of time, resources, and money in cyber Security right from day zero of the product development. Here are some of the key highlights from the discus...

In this podcast, Scott Tomilson (Sr. Director, Ping Identity) talks with Venky about best practices for implementing Single Sign-On (SSO) in SaaS apps. He also discusses how applications are at risk due to humans, devices, and apps. And having behavioral-based anomaly scoring and security is the need of the hour. Key highlights from the discussion : 00:00 Introduction to Scott and Ping Identity 04...

Overview:  In this podcast, we have Sunil Agrawal (CISO, Glean), who has 22+ years of cybersecurity experience and 35+ patents in his name. He has worked in organizations like Adobe, Netflix, Motorola, Qualcomm, etc., and has seen the evolution of cybersecurity attacks and changes in hacker behavior over the years.    He shares his experience of a sub-domain takeover and how it led...

Overview In this podcast, Kashi (Co-founder & CTO, Fitbots OKRs) discusses with Venky how AI-based SaaS organizations can secure their APIs with the help of dynamic endpoints. He even shares about his life as a CTO, where he spends a short time on security but still maintains the highest security standards with the help of a Daily Security Gym! With 15+ years of corporate experience, he has fo...

🎙️ In this podcast, Alok Mishra (Co-Founder & CTO, Good Meetings) discusses with Venky how he looks at security as a vital part of building any SaaS business. He shares his unplanned appointment with a Ransomware attacker and how it led him to build best practices to deal with Application Security problems. He even talks about some common security demands from customers and how fulfilling the...

Overview:   In this session, Raghu (Co-Founder, Sprinto) discusses with Venky how SaaS Startups have to upgrade their security standards significantly to become SOC 2 compliant and the major pitfalls they should avoid. He differentiates between SOC 1, SOC 2, & SOC 3 compliance in super-easy terms and highlights some overlapping parameters between security standards like ISO 27001, PCI DSS...

Overview: In this session, Puneet Miglani (Founder - Candor Technology) discusses with Venky how app development companies are emphasizing security in their AMC contracts. He shares that security is a moving goalpost and a must-have for their customers. Having a security partner helps them provide better services and boost their revenue streams. He even shares the factors one must consider when ch...

In this session, John Goecke (CEO) discusses with Venky how everything changed for StratusVue after a ransomware attack in 2018. He shares how the construction industry is a soft target as there is no regulatory oversight, unlike in banking and healthcare, and security is always an afterthought for business owners.    Along with all this, he explains complex terms like zero-day, zero-tru...

Overview: In this session, Sangmesh Hiremath (Founder Marmin. AI) talks to Venky about how cybersecurity is a crucial driver for their business to expand and grow in Saudi Arabia, the Middle East, and the European markets. He also shares in detail about how meeting cybersecurity compliance enables them to stay on top of customer needs and serve them in the long run. Key highlights from the discuss...

This podcast is hosted by Venkatesh Sundar, founder at Indusface, with our guest Kashish Jajodia CTO at Draup. In this session, Kashish talks to Venky about how he looks at vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, and application security. What drives Draup to look at application security? Is it for building trust with their customers or compliance needs?