CyberBytes: The Podcast
Welcome to CyberBytes: The Podcast powered by Aspiron Search a niche-focused Cybersecurity Search firm. In these shows, the team at Aspiron interviews a variety of Cybersecurity Thought Leaders on their career journeys to date, exploring the problem they are solving, uncovering their secrets to success and the challenges that come with it. You will hear the highs and lows of life as a Cybersecurity professional as the guests are encouraged to share their real-life experiences. As part of our Non-Profit FirstStep Initiative, we also talk to guests from every walk of the industry, understand how they got into the sector...
The Insider Risk Problem - Marshall Heilman, DTEX Systems
Today's guest is Marshall Heilman, CEO at DTEX Systems - a insider risk management company that provides AI/ML-based solutions to prevent insider threats and data loss,
Marshall has had a fascinating career to date, having joined the US Marine Corp straight out of high school to rising through the ranks from consultant to CTO at Mandiant, and now sitting as the CEO at DTEX Systems
In this episode, we cover:
Why Marshall stayed at Mandiant for 17yrs
The real insider risk problem and case studies
Getting buy-in for y...
CyberBytes OT Edition: Innovating from IoT - Shankar Somasundaram, Asimily
Today's guest is Shankar Somasundaram, CEO & Founder at Asimily. In today's episode we discuss the founding ideas of Asimily, how Shankar led an IoT business for a tier 1 vendor & how the business is developing every single day to become a leader in the IoT / OT Space. Tune in to learn about; • Shankar’s background in running the IoT business at Symantec which led to founding Asimily • The COVID affect for an IoT Medical company • How the business is now opening up new target verticals • How Asimily is controlling risk remediation and providing secure solution in this space If you would like...
Formula 3 Driver to Co-Founding BforeAI - Luigi Lenguito, BforeAI
Today’s guest is Luigi Lenguito, Co-Founder & CEO of BforeAI, a Predictive Threat Intelligence and Digital Risk Protection Services Company.
In this episode, Steffen and Luigi discuss:
Luigi’s journey from Formula 3 driver to co-founding BforeAI
Commonalities between sports and business
Advice for folks starting in entry-level roles
The story behind BforeAI
Learnings from Luigi’s fundraising journey
What is Predictive Security? And what is Gartner saying?
Distributed working not remote working
Why Luigi believes distributed working is important
Luigi’s L...
Threat Exposure Management - Ben Seri, Zafran Security
Today’s guest is Ben Seri, Co-Founder & CTO @ Zafran Security the world’s first risk and mitigation platform which in the last 6 months has raised a whopping $70m in funding from investors including Sequoia and Cyberstarts. In this episode, we cover: • Ben’s past, including finding Security Vulnerabilities like BlueBorne whilst at Armis • The Founding Story of Zafran Security and Their Differentiation • Attack vectors, the threat landscape and Ben’s fascinating perspective on AI • The fundraising process and the future of Zafran #cyberbytes #threatexposure #zafransecurity Ben’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-seri/ Zafran Security - https://www.zafran.io/ Jos...
BlackHat 2024: Winning the RSA Sandbox: 1 Year On - Chris Sestito, HiddenLayer
24 incredible leaders from across the cybersecurity ecosystem joined us for our BlackHat 2024 Edition of CyberBytes: The Podcast, and we wrap this year's series up with a bang. Chris Sestito, CEO and Co-founder of AI security vendor, HiddenLayer, joined Oliver Legg for a re-run following our episode at last year's BlackHat. Why? Because HiddenLayer have gone from strength to strength Winning the 2023 RSA Sandbox, a major Microsoft announcement and being named the ML Security Leader by CB Insights have all aided with CISO’s permission to buy and helped land major enterprise wins this past year. Tito and Olly discussed: • Life...
BlackHat 2024: Engineers Don’t Have Time To Care About Security - Shahar Man, Backslash
In today’s episode, we welcome Shahar Man, Co-Founder & CEO at Backslash. Before co-founding Backslash, Shahar spent 13 years at SAP & 5 years at Aqua Security in Product Development.
Backslash is helping AppSec teams gain visibility into critical risks in their apps based on reachability and exploitability.
In this episode, Steffen and Shahar discuss:
Shahar’s journey from an early engineering leader at Aqua to co-founding Backslash
Falling in love with solving the problem
How & why Backslash’s approach is unique in the market
Backslash’s vision and how it has evo...
BlackHat 2024: The Rise of Women in Venture - Suman Natarajan, B Capital
In today’s episode of CyberBytes: BlackHat 2024 Edition we welcome Suman Natarajan, Senior Principal Growth Investor at B Capital.
B Capital is a venture capital firm that backs global entrepreneurs in the field of information technology.
Suman has been in venture investing for just under 8 years, but began her career on the operational side, transitioning into cybersecurity and venture at Intel Capital.
In this episode we discuss:
Her journey into venture investing and cybersecurity
The role of mentorship in early-stage careers
The rise of women in venture and c...
BlackHat 2024: 30 Year Problem in the Making - Dov Yoran, Command Zero
In today’s episode, we welcome Dov Yoran, CEO & Co-Founder at Command Zero on the 2024 BlackHat Edition of CyberBytes.
Command Zero recently came out of stealth mode after 2 years with a Seed raise led by a16z to solve the ‘Last Mile’ of Security Operations.
Steffen Foley from Aspiron Search sat down with Dov and dug into:
Dov’s background and building a start-up with his brothers
The problem Command Zero solves - a better quality of life for SOC folks
Command Zero’s initial vision and how it’s evolved
...BlackHat 2024: Modernise Your Identity Security - Niv Goldenberg, Linx Security
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 founder
Niv’s 20 year friendship with Israel and the inspiration for Linx Security.
The challenges with Identity Security and Linx’s unique approach
Creating great experiences, AI and m...
BlackHat 2024: Managing Risk to Become Hyper Growth - Roy Fridman, C2A Security
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 and now leading C2A as a selected CEO of the business.
Current plans on imminent funding that will begin the business’ journey to be...
BlackHat 2024: Feeling the Pain to Solving the Problem - Nick Sorenson, Whistic
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 Whistic.
Whistic’s unique differentiator and how it allows them to drive innovation within the sector.
What is Third Party Risk Management
The biggest challeng...
BlackHat 2024: Strengthening Mobile App Security in a Changing Landscape - Alan Snyder, NowSecure
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 determining the risk of mobile apps
How the recent CrowdStrike outage has helped elevate customer awareness of their security beyond just des...
BlackHat 2024: $200M ARR & Beyond! - Nadir Izrael, Armis
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 & Silk security to bolster the portfolio
Why having a proactive stance is important in Cyber Security.
How Armis is leveraging AI and the development this will have in t...
BlackHat 2024: From Defence to Innovation - Eyal Fisher, Sweet Security
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, Steffen and Eyal discuss:
Eyal’s journey from Israel Defence Forces to co-founding Sweet Security.
Sweet Security’s vision and how that has evolved over time
The biggest challenges Sweet Security have faced <...
BlackHat 2024: How DataDome Stopped 350 Billion Cyber Fraud Attacks - Aurelie Guerreri, DataDome
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 billion attempts last year and are seeing these attacks become significantly more sophisticated and cheaper to execute. In this episode we cover:
<...BlackHat 2024: The Future of Modern SOC - Tony Aurigemma, Anomali
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 problem Anomali solves and what makes them unique
How they were 947x faster on queries for a Financial Services client
Anoma...
BlackHat 2024: The Real Insider Risk - Ganesh Krishnan, Anzenna
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 being acquired by Sophos
68% of your security risk is insider risk
Advice for founders, bad employees, AI and much more!
#cyberbytesBH #insiderrisk #anzenna
BlackHat 2024: How The Shopify Idea Transformed Huntress - Chris Bisnett, Huntress
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 Navy, leading an Engineering team to finally cracking the Cybersecurity space with Huntress and becoming a co-founder.
A brand new SIEM product that has helped develop their current product stack
...BlackHat 2024: Don’t Click It, Pitch It - Steve Garrison, SVP of Marketing
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 Senior VP of Marketing
How Stellar Cyber's unique approach drives customer success
Why there is no real AI in the market today
The value of a strong, adaptable marketing team that ch...
BlackHat 2024: An APT Group in an EASM Solution - Ben Harris, watchTowr
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 a business without a co-founder
Industry trends, APT Groups, patching vulns, AI, watchTowr expansion and much more
#cyberbytesBH #redteaming #watchTowr
Ben’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/benj...
BlackHat 2024: Building Greatness in Security - Alberto Yepez, ForgePoint Capital
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 we all know today. He has been involved in many of the most exciting security vendors, and driven ForgePoint to take a unique approach to investing.
One key to their success has bee...
BlackHat 2024: The Long Tail Consequences of Cyber Security Law - Andy Lunsford, BreachRX
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 founding BreachRX due to the long tail consequences of incidents.
The strict AI laws in America that will make the need for Incident Response even stronger…
How b...
BlackHat 2024: Solving API Security - Jonathan DiVincenzo, Impart Security
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 co-found Impart Security
The initial vision for Impart and how it evolved
Some of the biggest challenges they faced in the early days and how they overcame them
Wh...
BlackHat 2024: Identity Security - The New Cybersecurity Battlefront - Jim Alkove, Oleria
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 are doing, and some of the recent data breaches
Identity tools and why the legacy tools are not working
Change, TrustFusion, AI, the future and much more!<...
BlackHat 2024: The Retro Polar Bear of Runtime Security - Brooke Motta, RAD Security
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:
How a 3-hour hike in Arizona led to joining forces with Co-founder, Jimmy Mester, to found K8 security vendor, KSOCThe retro rebrand to RAD Security with the sunglasses wearing polar be...BlackHat 2024: 80% of Security Breaches Could Have Been Prevented – Emanuel Salmona, Nagomi Security
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 down with Emanuel and dug into:
BlackHat 2024: Protecting Critical Infrastructure with Benny Czarny from OPSWAT
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 develop their robust Threat Intelligence solution and allow further growth in the DoD Space.Benny’s background in Engineering and all that time knowing he wanted to be a founder in Cyber Security and being able...BlackHat 2024: Finding the Medium with Jay Leek from SYN Ventures
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-stage Cyber VCThe real challenges for a CISOStarting SYN Ventures, the largest dedicated security seed fund and what differentiates SYNJay’s investment thesis and meeting 550 security companies a yearAdvice to founders and the future of Cyber VC and SYN...
CyberBytes OT Edition: How OT Security is Evolving with Lior Frenkel
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 HERA
• The challenges that OT is giving us including an real life insight into the Colonial Pipeline Attack
• OT Problem today and how to mak...
Manage, Monitor and Recovery with Bob Bobel
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 RecoveryRecent developments and milestonesTrends and innovation shaping the marketThe future for Cayosoft#cyberbytes #adsecurity #cayosoft
Bob’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertbobel/
Cayosoft - https://www.cayosoft.com
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Navigating NightDragon and Market Waves with Amy De Salvatore
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 her interest in techMore on NightDragon, their investment strategy, and the NightScale platform and its core pillars.Market conditions, M&A, consolidation and platformisationThe future of NightDragon and ensuring we “secur...Making Hard Pivots and Building the Modern Security Data Fabric with Kabir Mathur
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 cybersecurityLeen’s pivot from AI to CyberThe interconnectedness of security dataThe explosion of cybersecurity tools and what this meansLeen’s security data fabric#Cyberbytes #Leen
Kabir’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathurkabir/
Leen: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lee...
Cloud-Access Governance with Shashwat Sehgal
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, we cover:
The inspiration for P0 SecurityWhy legacy systems were not set up for the cloud and governing access to the cloudCutting through the noise within the identity space How we can better educate the industryISPM, Cons...CyberBytes OT Edition: Reducing Cyber Risk with Oleg Vusiker
Today's guest is Oleg Vuskiker Co Founder & CTO at Salvador Technologies. In today's episode we discuss the friendship between Oleg and Alex (CEO) who are first time founders, their OT Cyber Recovery solution and where they want the business in a few years time.
Tune in to learn about;
Oleg and Alex First time founders from school living in Southern IsraelOT Cyber Risk #1 VendorThe challenges and benefits of a Seed stage vendorOT Problem today and how to make things betterIf you would like to feature in the new OT CyberBytes s...
Why Legacy IGA Isn’t Working with Alex Bovee
Today’s guest is Alex Bovee, Co-Founder & CEO @ ConductorOne, a leading identity security platform for the modern workforce.
Alex and I found time before he slipped off to travel around Europe with his daughter this summer
In this episode, we cover:
ConductorOne and the market opportunity ConductorOne features, just in time privilege management and their differentiators The Identity market, its evolution and the future.The augural identity report and some of the key takeaways Practical advice for founders (which hit home).#cyberbytes #identitysecurity #conductorone
Alex’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin...
CyberBytes: OT Edition: Protecting Critical Infrastructure with Barry Mainz
Today’s guest is Barry Mainz, CEO at Forescout. In this episode, Barry discusses his journey from being an individual seller and a customer of Forescout to now being CEO and leading the 1000+ head company.
Tune in to learn about:
Forescout’s continuing development of the OT product since the acquisition of SecurityMatters.
The new Cyber war against online criminals & state nations and what WE as people need to do to address the issue
A sneak peak of what is happening with Forescout next
Insight into OT Security and Foresc...
The Importance of Listening to the Customer with Kevin Tian
Today’s guest is Kevin Tian, Co-Founder & CEO of Doppel, a Digital Risk Protection company.
We had an amazing chat about how AI is changing the threat landscape and how Doppel fights cybercrime.
Key Takeaways:
#Cyberbytes #Doppel
Kevin’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ktian00/
Doppel...
CyberBytes: RSA 2024 Edition: Upwind with Amiram Shachar
Today’s guest is Amiram Shachar, Co-Founder & CEO @ Upwind a Cloud Security Platform focused on Runtime Security.
Before founding Upwind around 18 months ago, Amiram successfully built and sold Spot.io despite investor concern.
In this episode, Amiram and I cover:
#Cyberbytes #Upwind #CloudSec
Amiram’...
Data Privacy and Governance with Gal Ringel
Today’s guest is Gal Ringel, Co-Founder & CEO @ Mine, a leading Data privacy and governance platform.
Gal was just back from Consero conference when we recorded the show and didn’t hold back in this episode.
In this episode, we cover:
How spending 4.5yrs as an investor gave him an advantage as a startup founder.The importance of your founding teamHow Mine saved over 500k users from data breachesGDPR and RegulationsMine, Consero, AI governance, Automation and much more#cyberbytes #dataprivacy #mineOS
Gal’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/galring...
CyberBytes: RSA 2024 Edition: SquareX with Vivek Ramachandran
Today’s guest is Vivek Ramachandran, Founder @ SquareX a Browser Native Security Platform.
Vivek has been in Cybersecurity for over 20 years with multiple successful exits before founding SquareX.
In this episode, Vivek and I cover:
#Cyberbytes #SquareX #Browsersecurity
Vivek’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivekr...
