CyberBytes: The Podcast

Today’s guest on CyberBytes: The Podcast is Niv Goldenberg,  Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder of Linx Security.  Linx Security is a leading modern Identity Security solution who have just emerged from stealth with a nice $33m from leading investors, including Index and Cyberstarts. In this episode, we cover: How Niv went from a national waterpolo player for Israel to Cybersecurity startup fo...

It was a pleasure to welcome Roy Fridman, CEO of C2A Security, on to the 2024 BlackHat Edition of CyberBytes.  C2A Security are a Series-A product security company who specialize in DevSecOps that focuses on the needs of automotive companies to evaluate the risk.  During this episode Ben and Roy discussed:  His background in the Israeli air force which led to becoming an engineer for many years an...

It was great to welcome Nick Sorenson, CEO at Whisitic, to the BlackHat 2024 Edition of CyberBytes: The Podcast.  Whistic is a leading AI-first Third Party Risk Management vendor with an innovative approach to changing the ways that companies publish and evaluate security.  In the episode Steffen and Nick discussed:  Nick’s journey into the cybersecurity industry and landing his position as CEO at...

It was a pleasure to welcome Alan Snyder, CEO of NowSecure on to the BlackHat Edition of CyberBytes: The Podcast.  Alan has been at the helm of mobile application security vendor, NowSecure, for the past 7 years. We talk through his journey of other start-ups that led to NowSecure: How a full mobile app security suite fills the gap in a pure platform  How the age and generation of users is determi...

It was a pleasure to welcome Nadir Izrael Co-Founder and CTO of Armis, on to the 2024 BlackHat Edition of CyberBytes.  Armis are the leading intelligence company who protect organizations in all verticals specializing in Threat Intelligence, OT / ICS & IoT. During this episode Ben and Nadir discussed:  The announcement of the business achieving $200M in ARR. Recent acquisitions of both CTCI &a...

In today’s episode, we welcome Eyal Fisher, Co-Founder at Sweet Security. Eyal has an interesting backstory, spending over two decades in the Israel Defence Forces, and co-founding two companies in the cyber space, most recently Sweet Security.  Sweet’s Cloud Runtime Security Suite delivers first-to-market capabilities for defending cloud workloads, shifting cloud security right.  In this episode,...

Being recognized in a Forrester Wave is no easy feat, and only one vendor can be named the Leader.   Today’s guest on CyberBytes: The Podcast has taken DataDome from being a fairly unknown name, to the Leader in the Bot Management category. It was a pleasure to welcome Aurelie Guerrieri, their CMO, on to the show.   The risk of DDoS attacks that businesses face is HUGE. DataDome stopped 350 billio...

It was a pleasure to welcome Tony Aurigemma, CRO at Anomali, to the 2024 BlackHat Edition of CyberBytes.  Anomali is a leading Security Operations Platform powered by AI. Steffen Foley from Aspiron Search sat down with Tony and dug into:  Tony’s background in to security starting early 2000s and 11 years at IBM How accumulating different skills allowed him to be a successful sales leader The probl...

Today’s guest on CyberBytes: The Podcast is Ganesh Krishnan, CEO & Co-Founder of Anzenna.  People are one of the biggest security challenges organisations face, with a recent report claiming 74% of breaches are due to humans - Anzenna was founded to change that! In this episode, we cover: Why you must surround yourself with security visionaries Building security teams and Krishan’s startup bei...

It was a pleasure to welcome Chris Bisnett CTO & Co-Founder of Huntress, on to the 2024 BlackHat Edition of CyberBytes.  Huntress is a leading managed security platform who focus on protecting Endpoints, Identities and Employees with a focus on custom-built for SMB’s to constantly manage and develop their internal security.  During this episode Ben and Chris discussed:  A background in the Nav...

In today’s episode of CyberBytes: The Podcast BlackHat 2024 Edition we had the pleasure of welcoming Steve Garrison, SVP of Marketing at Stellar Cyber.  Stellar Cyber’s automation-powered Security Operations Platform simplifies cybersecurity, enabling lean security teams of all skill levels to effectively protect their environments. In this episode we discuss: Steve’s transition from physicist to...

Today’s guest on CyberBytes: The Podcast is Ben Harris, CEO & Founder of watchTowr!   watchTowr is an Attack Surface Management and Continuous Automated Red Teaming cybersecurity technology company. In this episode, we cover: watchTowr and the attack surface management and continuous automated red-teaming category. watchTowr Labs and the awesome security research they are producing,  Building...

The venture capital market is fiercely competitive, and there is a reason today’s guest has so many top security investments to his name! Oliver Legg welcomed Alberto Yepez, Co-founder & Managing Director of ForgePoint Capital, on to the BlackHat Edition of CyberBytes: The Podcast   Alberto’s impressive career started as an early employee at Apple, helping build the foundations of the company...

It was a pleasure to welcome Andy Lundsford CEO & Co-Founder of BreachRX, on to the 2024 BlackHat Edition of CyberBytes.  BreachRX are a seed stage vendor who have an Incident Response platform that offers end-to-end guidance throughout a Cyber incident to all internal teams.  During this episode Ben and Andy discussed:  His Data litigation and Cyber Law career in the 2000’s that led to him fo...

It was awesome to sit down with Jonathan DiVincenzo, CEO & Co-Founder of Impart Security, on the 2024 BlackHat Edition of CyberBytes. Impart Security is an API Security Platform founded by ex-Signal Sciences folks, Jonathan, Brian, and Marc.  Steffen Foley from Aspiron Search sat down with Jonathan and discussed:  Jonathan’s background including multiple successful exits What motivated him to...

Today's guest on CyberBytes: The Podcast is Jim Alkove the CEO & Co-Founder of Oleria.  Oleria provides adaptive and autonomous identity security solutions to protect and enable today’s dynamic enterprise. In this episode, we cover: Jim’s background and his experience transitioning from CISO to Cyber startup founder The inspiration for Oleria and the real identity problem What adversaries...

It was a pleasure to welcome Brooke Motta, CEO & Co-founder of RAD Security, on to the 2024 BlackHat Edition of CyberBytes.  RAD is the only security vendor to have been finalists of both the 2024 RSA Innovation Sandbox, and the BlackHat Startup Spotlight Competition, which is a huge kudos to the product and team.  Oliver Legg from Aspiron Search sat down with Brooke and dug into: Ho...

It was a pleasure to welcome Emanuel Salmona, CEO & Co-Founder of Nagomi Security, on the 2024 BlackHat Edition of CyberBytes. Nagomi came out of stealth in April this year with their A round led by TCV, CrowdStrike, and Okta. They have built a Proactive Defense Platform which helps organizations maximize the utilization of their existing security tools. Steffen Foley from Aspiron Search sat d...

It was a pleasure to welcome Benny Czarny, CEO & Founder of OPSWAT, on to the 2024 BlackHat Edition of CyberBytes.  OPSWAT are a leading Cyber Security vendor who were bootstrapped many years ago and focus on protecting critical infrastructure across all areas of Cyber.  During this episode Ben and Benny discussed:  The recent acquisition of InQuest which will help OPSWAT develo...

Kicking off CyberBytes: The Podcast BlackHat 2024 special edition with an absolute beast of a guest, Jay Leek, Managing Partner & Co-Founder at SYN Ventures. SYN Ventures is a venture capital firm primarily pursuing early-stage security sector opportunities run by security operators with decades of experience. In this episode, we cover: Jay’s fascinating career from security operator to early-...

Today's guest is Lior Frenkel, CEO and Founder of Waterfall Security. Lior discusses his founding ideas of Waterfall and how they have evolved into new sectors and the very exciting recent release of their new product HERA. Tune in to learn about; • How the business went from very traditional OT verticals to now working with Casinos and Data Centres • The recent release of Waterfall’s new product...

Today’s guest is Bob Bobel, Co-Founder & CEO @ Cayosoft, a leading solution for managing, monitoring and recovering Active Directory, Azure AD, and Office 365 platforms. Hot off the back of the Stampede festival in Canada, I got the chance to sit down with Bob and cover all things Cayosoft. In this episode, we cover: Cayosoft: Manage, Monitor and Recovery Recent developments and milestones Tre...

Today’s guest is Amy De Salvatore, Partner of Business Development & Platform at NightDragon.  Since we announced the strategic talent partnership for North America with NightDragon, it was about time I had Amy on the show and she did not disappoint! In this episode, Amy shares: Her career journey from business development and alliances to venture capital and how the dot com boom perked h...

Today’s guest is Kabir Mathur, Co-Founder & CEO of Leen, a Unified Data API for Cybersecurity.  We had an awesome chat about Leen’s modern security data fabric and why the security market needs a product like this. Tune in to learn about:  Kabir’s journey into cybersecurity Leen’s pivot from AI to Cyber The interconnectedness of security data The explosion of cybersecurity tools and...

Today’s guest is Shashwat Sehgal, Co-Founder & CEO @ P0 Security, the leading platform for universal cloud-access governance that secures access for all identities - human and non-human - without affecting developer workflows. After 10 years of attending RSA conference, Shashwat recently found himself on stage there as a finalist on stage at the RSA Innovation Sandbox.  In this episode, w...