Business of Cyber

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Conversations about the non-technical aspects of the cybersecurity industry. We cover all things entrepreneurship, company-building, investing, & security leadership.

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BoC #59: Dimitri Sirota - CEO & Co-Founder of BigID 06.03.2023 57:49

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 01.03.2023 47:43

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 17.02.2023 48:36

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 15.02.2023 57:26

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 03.02.2023 39:44

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 01.02.2023 57:21

Jack Naglieri is the CEO at Panther , a modernized, Cloud SIEM platform

BoC #53: Jake Storm - Deal Partner at Felicis 20.01.2023 43:39

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 18.01.2023 47:01

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 06.01.2023 32:06

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 04.01.2023 31:46

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 16.12.2022 38:46

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 14.12.2022 30:24

Lance Spitzner is the Director of Security Awareness at the SANS Institute . 

BoC #47: Michael Collins, CISO at Judo Bank 30.11.2022 30:13

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 02.11.2022 27:03

Dylan Ayrey is the Co-Founder and CEO at Truffle Security . 

BoC #45: Bob Ackerman - Founder & Managing Director at AllegisCyber Capital 19.10.2022 51:47

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 29.09.2022 28:00

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 13.09.2022 31:25

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 01.09.2022 38:16

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 10.08.2022 26:12

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 12.07.2022 25:22

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 23.06.2022 24:15

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 07.06.2022 22:11

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 04.04.2022 31:10

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 23.03.2022 26:16

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 01.02.2022 22:13

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.