CyberBytes: The Podcast

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 #cybervc #SYNventures Jay’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayleek/SYN Website - https://www.synventures.com/Joseph’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cybercoops/Aspiron Search - https://aspironsearch.com/Sign up for our Newsletter: https://cyberbytes-thenewsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe

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 make things betterIf you would like to feature in the new OT CyberBytes series then please get in touch at info@aspironsearch.comLior’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lior-frenkel-91534/Waterfall’s LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/waterfall-security-solutions-ltd/posts/?feedView=allBen’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-gascoigne-aa973317b/Aspiron Search LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/aspiron-search/

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.comJoseph’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cybercoops/Aspiron Search - https://aspironsearch.com/Sign up for our Newsletter: https://cyberbytes-thenewsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe

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 “secure our world for tomorrow”The best advice anyone ever gave her#cyberbytes #securetech #nightdragonAmy’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-de-salvatore-995607/NightDragon - https://www.nightdragon.com/Joseph’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cybercoops/Aspiron Search - https://aspironsearch.com/Sign up for our Newsletter: https://cyberbytes-thenewsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe

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 #LeenKabir’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathurkabir/ Leen: https://www.linkedin.com/company/leen-inc/ Steffen’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steffenfoley/ Aspiron Search: https://aspironsearch.com/ Contact us here - info@aspironsearch.comSign up for our Newsletter: https://cyberbytes-thenewsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe

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, Consolidation and the future for the identity space #cyberbytes #cloudaccess #P0securityShashwat LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shashwatsehgal/P0 Security - https://p0.dev/Joseph’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cybercoops/Aspiron Search - https://aspironsearch.com/Sign up for our Newsletter: https://cyberbytes-thenewsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe

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 series then please get in touch at info@aspironsearch.comOleg’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oleg-vusiker-1b520633/Salvador Technologies LInkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/salvadortech/Ben’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-gascoigne-aa973317b/Aspiron Search LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/aspiron-search/

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 summerIn 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 #conductoroneAlex’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexbovee/ConductorOne - https://www.conductorone.com/ ConductorOne Identity Security Report - https://www.conductorone.com/resources/2024-identity-security/Joseph’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cybercoops/Aspiron Search - https://aspironsearch.com/Sign up for our Newsletter: https://cyberbytes-thenewsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe

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 issueA sneak peak of what is happening with Forescout nextInsight into OT Security and Forescout are staying ahead of the curve. Barry’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barry-mainz-795b9511/Forescout LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/forescout-technologies/Ben’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-gascoigne-aa973317b/Aspiron Search LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aspiron-search/posts/?feedView=all

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: Kevin shares his journey from Software Engineer to CEOThe story behind DoppelLearnings as a first-time CEODoppels partnership with DDCHow AI is changing the threat landscapeSpecific Doppel use cases #Cyberbytes #DoppelKevin’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ktian00/ Doppel: https://www.linkedin.com/company/doppelhq/ Steffen’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steffenfoley/ Aspiron Search: https://aspironsearch.com/ Contact us here - info@aspironsearch.comSign up for our Newsletter: https://cyberbytes-thenewsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe