Secure Ventures with Kyle McNulty

Rick is CEO of Tidal Cyber, which delivers threat-informed defense to enable security teams to protect against the threats most relevant for them. In the episode we discuss his journey from MITRE, the value of design partners, and how their teams thinks about classifying threats. This episode was recorded live at Blu Ventures' Cyber Venture Forum event in October. Thank you again to the Blu te...

Brian is CEO of Kion, which provides centralized cloud management including compliance, financials, and setup. In the episode we discuss Brian's transition from consulting and how the team thinks about security as just one portion of their solution. This episode was recorded live at Blu Ventures' Cyber Venture Forum event in October. Thank you again to the Blu team! https://kion.io/

Marcos is CFO of Huntress Labs, which provides managed EDR services for SMBs. In the episode we discuss Marcos's role as CFO and why Huntress decided to focus on SMBs. This episode was recorded live at Blu Ventures' Cyber Venture Forum event in October. Thank you again to the Blu team! https://www.huntress.com/

Mike is CEO of SecureG, which is building cryptography solutions for communications infrastructure. In the episode we discuss their work with root of trust solutions and how the company is evolving towards more unique technology in building a PKI trust infrastructure for wireless. This episode was recorded live at Blu Ventures' Cyber Venture Forum event in October. Thank you again to the Blu t...

Robert is CEO of Adlumin, which sells a suite of cybersecurity tools designed to be more accessible for SMBs. In the episode we discuss his story building Adlumin while he was getting his MBA and how he navigates channel partners. This episode was recorded live at Blu Ventures' Cyber Venture Forum event in October. Thank you again to the Blu team! https://adlumin.com/

Eitan : CEO and co-founder of Mobb, applying automatic code remediation fixes for vulnerabilities from static code scans Previously head of product for HCL AppScan (spun out of IBM) Worked at IBM for 12 years despite previously deciding to avoid working at a big company https://mobb.ai/

Henry : Partner at Dawn Capital, which recently raised the largest early stage tech fund in Europe at $700M Previously worked at the Ministry of Justice in the UK Started his career as a consultant with Farsight Consulting Check out the episode for our discussion on regional differences between European cybersecurity markets, expansion overseas, and more.

Mariana : Co-founder and CEO of Kikrr, providing on-demand opportunities for cybersecurity practitioners to try new products Previously founded a digital marketing agency Started her career working as a teacher Check out the episode for our discussion on transitioning to a cybersecurity founder from teaching, building a two-sided marketplace, and monetizing sales teams as opposed to cybersecurity...

Snehal : Co-founder and CEO of Horizon3, providing autonomous penetration testing capabilities Ex-CTO of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) Ex-CTO of Splunk Worked under CIO at GE Capital Worked under CTO at IBM Check out the episode for our conversation about veterans in cybersecurity, how Snehal applied lessons from JSOC to Horizon3, how Snehal thinks about being a late-career founder, and...

Kunal : Founder and CEO of dope.security, building a secure web gateway solution that makes security practitioners say "that's dope" Previously worked in product management at Symantec and then Forcepoint Produces animated videos on Youtube which have gained over 60M views Check out the episode for our conversation on co-founder compatibility, secure web gateways vs. secure browsers,...

Andrew : CEO and founder of Greynoise, providing threat intelligence classifying standard internet noise Previously worked on the R&D team at the cyber intelligence company Endgame (later acquired by Elastic in 2019) Dropped out of high school and never finished or attended college Check out the episode for our conversation on the cybersecurity equivalent of waiting tables, the merits of a hig...

Anthony : CEO and founder of VulnCheck, going beyond just vulnerabilities to share exploit intelligence Previously founded FlawCheck, one of the original container security companies, which he sold to Tenable Previously founded Appthority, an early mobile app security company, which was acquired by Symantec Check out the episode for our conversation on his lessons and themes after founding three c...

AJ: Director of the Geopolitics, Technology, and Governance program at the Stanford Cyber policy center Previously Senior Director for Cybersecurity Policy at the White House from 2015 to 2017, covering two administrations Was an adviser for Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker on cybersecurity measures Senior staff on the Senate Intelligence Committee overseeing budget and operations for NSA Star...

Brian: Principal at TLV Partners focusing on enterprise software and cybersecurity, joined when the fund first started in 2015 Previously worked at Square Peg Capital also in Israel Born in South Africa and worked in Australia for Grant Thornton before moving to Israel for Square Peg In this episode Brian and I discuss the Israeli cybersecurity startup ecosystem. Given the number of founders I int...

Neatsun : CEO and founder of Ox Security, providing prioritization insights for software supply chain vulnerability management Previously VP at Checkpoint for a decade Founded Vanadium, an EDR company, which he ran for 8 years Check out the episode for our discussion on his lessons from Vanadium applied to Ox and how threat modeling applies to the software supply chain. Links: https://www.ox.secur...

This is a rerun of an episode recorded in July 2021. In the episode, Bruce and I discuss his views on AI and how it may fundamentally change the security landscape for attackers and defenders. He mentions the key steps we need to take as a society to best guide AI innovation. Two years later, it is interesting to reflect on how we have performed according to his guidelines.

Tom : CEO and Founder of NetRise, identifying vulnerabilities in firmware through building SBOMs Ex-VP at Blackberry after the Cylance acquisition Previously worked as a cyber analyst at the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve where he first learned about the gaps in IoT security solutions Check out the episode for our discussion on software vs. firmware SBOMs, whether tools are valuable if there are n...

Jon : Founder and CEO of Salem Cyber, building a virtual SOC analyst Previously Principal at Booz Allen Hamilton Started his career at Verizon as a network and SIEM engineer Check out the episode for our discussion about the automation capabilities available to a moden SOC and what gaps are left after applying SOAR tools. https://www.salemcyber.com/

Mike : CEO and co-founder at Dark Sky Technologies, building a suite of products to address open source insecurity Previously VP of Product at Arxan and Microsemi Previously Senior Director of Business Development at Cryptography Research Inc Previously VP of Marketing at Star Lab Combined two decades of experience in cybersecurity! Check out the episode for our discussion on gaining exposure acro...

Gal : CTO and co-founder at Oligo, providing a runtime solution for software supply chain security Worked at Checkpoint for 7 years Started his security journey in the IDF Met his co-founders as a child, and they conspired to start a company together for decades before launching Oligo! Check out the episode for our discussion of his hack of instagram, how Oligo gets creative with reaching inundate...

Maxime : CEO and founder at LimaCharlie, middleware for cybersecurity application integration for incident response Previously worked for Google, Crowdstrike, and Canada's department of defense Check out the episode for our discussion on the challenges of building your own security workflows, automation adoption journeys, and how the larger cybersecurity automation world is evolving. https://l...

Ganesh : CEO and founder at Anzenna, providing contextual learning opportunities to improve employees' cybersecurity training Previously founded Avid Secure, one of the original CSPM companies, which he sold to Sophos in 2019 Joined Sophos as a VP of engineering and worked there for the last three years prior to launching Anzenna Check out the episode for our discussion on the sale of Avid Sec...

Aakash: CTO and co-founder at Oak9, helping organizations build secure architecture models using security as code blueprints Previously a security architect for major healthcare and health insurance companies such as Blue Cross Blue Shield Feature speaker at RSA 2023 talking about the security as code construct Check out the episode for our conversation about the importance of security architectur...

Tito: CEO and Founder of HiddenLayer, securing organizations building or using machine learning models Previously VP of Engineering at Qualys Previously Senior Director of Data Science at Agari Previously Director of Threat Research at Cylance when they were hit by a model inference attack back in 2019 Fun fact: The HiddenLayer co-founders have worked together for the last five years! Check out th...

Roy : CEO of C2A Security, providing a host of solutions to secure modern automobiles Previously VP of Foretellix, a leader in autonomous vehicle simulation testing Strongly believes increased security is a core requirement for autonomous vehicle adoption Check out the episode for our conversation about how cars can be exploited, what companies can do about it, and how charging stations and autono...