CyberBytes: The Podcast

Today’s guest is Deepak Jeevankumar, Managing Director @ Dell Technologies Capital (DTC), the investment arm of Dell Technologies. Deepak has always had a love for startups and got into VC after his MBA, spending 7 years at General Catalyst before joining DTC where he has also just celebrated his 7th year anniversary focusing on Cyber and Infrastructure investments.Deepak is super knowledgeable and shares a ton of insight into the cyber VC ecosystem.In this episode, we cover:Who are DTC and why should founders fundraise with themPractical advice for founders looking to raise and common mistakes you can avoid“New Category Creation” and “existing category transformation”Success, failure and much moreDeepak's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepakjeevankumar/Dell Technologies Capital - https://www.linkedin.com/company/delltechcapital/Joseph's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cybercoops/Aspiron Search - https://aspironsearch.com/

Today’s guest is Toni de la Fuente, Co-Founder & CTO at Prowler, an open source cloud security tool. In this episode, Toni shares his journey into cybersecurity, the story and mission behind Prowler, and insight into the future of cloud security. Tune in to learn about:The problem Prowler solvesToni’s journey into cybersecurity, starting from reading Cuckoo’s EggThe story behind ProwlerThe surprises about running a startupToni’s favourite way to learn The future of cloud security                            If you would like to be our next guest or are looking to hire Technical or Go-To-Market Cybersecurity Talent please get in touch via info@aspironsearch.com Toni’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toniblyx/ Prowler: https://www.linkedin.com/company/prowlerpro/ Steffen’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steffenfoley/Aspiron Search: https://aspironsearch.com/

Today on CyberBytes: The Podcast, we welcome Jessica Cryzter, CRO of LimaCharlie!Oliver has had the pleasure of working with Jessica for a while, and today they dive into the story of her struggle to get a job out of college, her fall into photocopier sales and journey to leading the GTM efforts for one of the most disruptive security vendors on the market.Jessica is one of the few female sales leaders in the security eco-system. She talks about the constant need to prove herself and the underlying drive this gave to beat the odds!Jessica and Oliver  hope her story can inspire other woman to rise through the ranks of sales organisation!If you want to follow Jessica's own Cyber on the Edge podcast then check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/@CyberontheEdgeJessica’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcrytzer/LimaCharlie -https://limacharlie.io/Oliver’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliverlegg/Aspiron Search - https://aspironsearch.com/

Today’s guest is Almog Apirion, Co-Founder & CEO at Cyolo a solution that secures remote access to critical systems for both industrial and enterprise organizations. Almog is a recovering CISO having spent 20 years in the industry before deciding to start a startup with Co-Founders Dedi Yarkoni and Eran Shmuely.In this episode, we cover:How his experience in the field as a CISO helped found CyoloHow important listening to your customers is and validating the problemHuman Risk and multi-generational environments both IT and OTS4. Zero Trust, Remote Privileged Access Management (RPAM) and much more.Almog's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/almog-apirion-19884533/Cyolo - https://cyolo.io/Joe's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cybercoops/Aspiron Search - https://aspironsearch.com/

Today's guest is Erkang Zheng, CEO and Founder of Jupiter One. In this episode Erkang shares his experience as a tech founder, talks more about his time as the CISO of LifeOmic and gives valuable insights into the reality of life as a founder. If you would like to be our next guest or are looking to hire Technical or Go-To-Market Cybersecurity Talent please get in touch via info@aspironsearch.com Erkang's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/erkang/Jupiter One - https://www.jupiterone.com/Oliver's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliverlegg/Aspiron Search - https://aspironsearch.com/

Today’s guest is Arjun Bhatnagar, CEO at Cloaked, a people-first all-in-one privacy solution. In this episode, Arjun shares his journey to entrepreneurship, the story behind Cloaked to increase control in your life, insight into the VC space, and his learnings from previous startups. Tune in to learn about:The problem Cloaked solvesArjun’s journey from (cold) calling at the age of 10 to building 3 startupsBehind the scenes working for a VCHis learnings from a failed startup The story behind Cloaked - given people comfort and controlThe future of privacy                            If you would like to be our next guest or are looking to hire Technical or Go-To-Market Cybersecurity Talent please get in touch via info@aspironsearch.com

Today’s guest we have Benny Lakunishok, Co-Founder & CEO at Zero Networks, a fully automated platform for zero trust segmentation and remote access. Benny has been busy the last 5years working on Zero Networks. After 3years of building the product, he and the team felt it was time to go to market and last year did not disappoint with them completing their Series B $20m funding round and achieving 5x revenue growth.In this episode, we cover:The root causes of Cybersecurity attacksWhy attackers are still winning and how Zero Networks is stopping themThe harsh reality of founding a startup Practical advice for security practitionersBlueHound, Network Security, MicroSegmentation,  and much more

Today’s guest we have Jake Seid, Co-Founder & General Partner of Ballistic Ventures an early stage cybersecurity and security-related venture fund.This isn’t Jake’s first rodeo, having been Managing Director at Lightspeed and Founder and Managing Director at Stone Bridge Ventures. Ballistics debut fund was $300m and they recently celebrated their first exit with Talon Cybersecurity.In this episode, we cover:Jakes journey from Product to VC The Cybersecurity TAM and Ballistics investment thesis and why companies fundraise with them.What Jake looks for when making his investmentsThe difference with Cyber specific vs generalist fundsHis advice for early stage Cybersecurity founders looking to fundraise and scale and much more.#cyberbytes #cybervc #ballisticventures

On today’s episode of CyberBytes The Podcast I welcome the King of the Security Metaphor, Richard Bird!Richard talks about his tequila fuelled decision to move from construction project management into IT and the serendipitous events that led him to being the Chief Security Officer for API security vendor, Traceable.Richard and I also cover how the role of the CISO, the weight the role now holds on the individual in the job, and the impact that the CISO not being a true member of the C-suite has. This is not talked about enough despite high profile cases like Joe Sullivan and Uber, and I’m glad Richard does not shy away from his views on this.This is a meaty episode with great topics and Richard was a pleasure to record withYouTube & Spotify links in the comments.

Today’s guest is Ken Zalevsky, CEO at VigilantOps the pioneer of SBOMs and vulnerability management.In this episode we cover:Evolution of cybersecurity in the healthcare and medical device space over the last 2 decades.Real word attacks and breaches that changed from losing records to losing lives and birthed changes in regulations.Ken’s founding journey and the SBOMs & vulnerability management need.Ken’s vision to safeguard and contribute to the security of healthcare and other industries.💡Ken's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-zalevsky-187b3/💡 Vigilant Ops: https://www.vigilant-ops.com/ 💡 Tanya’s LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanyasethi1/ 💡 Aspiron Search: https://aspironsearch.com/