CyberBytes: The Podcast

Omri is the CRO & Co-founder of DoControl. An automated platform that provides data access monitoring, orchestration, and remediation across SaaS applications.Omri was born into a family business and has had to wear multiple hats for a very long time. So, you could say he has start-up blood! Having founded a company prior and raised money, whilst also taking sales from $0 to a few million, the success he is having now at DoControl is awesome!We also dig into:✔️ What key things he utilized from his previous roles to where he is now.✔️ What 3 things each Sales Rep should be focusing on✔️ The strategy for DoControl and their success so far

Today’s guest is Brett Galloway, CEO at AttackIQ. Brett is an experienced entrepreneur and executive who has brought together technology, product, and business expertise to innovate and deliver a stream of successful product businesseses over his career. Currently the CEO at AttackIQ, an industry leading provider of breach and attack simulation products for security control validation. AttackIQ emulates adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures, aligned to the MITRE ATT&CK framework, and provides visibility into your security program performance with clear data-driven analysis and mitigation guidance.This is an episode not to be missed!

Today's guest we welcome Swimlane's Co-founder and CSO, Cody Cornell to to CyberBytes: The Podcast!In an episode you do not want to miss, Cody talks about his unexpected journey from security practitioner to helping lead a VC backed security vendor.We cover:✔️ The change in sales process in 2023 and new buying personas involved✔️ The challenges he overcame to build new regions✔️ How steep the learning curve is of a first time product company founder✔️ Some golden advice for aspiring entrepreneurs

Today’s guest is Vivienne Hsu, Head of Marketing at Converge. In this episode, Vivienne shares her marketing journey, delves into the topic of diversity in Cyber Insurance, and provides insight into what sets Converge apart.Tune in to learn about:✔️ Vivienne’s remarkable marketing journey✔️ The new marketing paradigm✔️ Insights into what sets Converge apart✔️ The Importance of Diversity in Cyber Insurance

With two IPOs & eight acquisitions, Brian has helped build some of the most successful security companies in the world. He has over 25 years in the security industry as a security company entrepreneur, board advisor, investor, and author. After getting his start with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and later Bell Labs, Brian began the process of building security startups and taking multiple companies through successful IPOs and acquisitions, including Riptech, ArcSight, Imperva, McAfee, Solera Networks, Cylance, JASK, Verodin, and Mandiant.

Today’s guest we have Amjed Aboukhadijeh, Head of Sales at Socket. This is a special show where Amjed shares his journey, tips and tricks, and mission with Socket.Tune in to learn about:✔️ Amjed’s journey from competitive runner to sales leader✔️ Amjed’s tips for success in sales✔️ What Socket is doing differently from its competitors✔️ Challenges Socket has faced when scaling

Today’s guest we have Seth Spergel, Managing Partner and VP of Emerging Tech at Merlin Ventures. It’s no secret Merlin has invested in some of the most innovative Cybersecurity startups in Israel to date and is side by side with some of the bigger more established Cyber venture firms in the Israeli ecosystem. Seth shares his journey, the influence of his infamous partner Shay Michel and why you should be watching Merlin's journey.We also dig into:Seth’s investment thesis and why he invested in some of his current portfolio companiesWhy Cybersecurity founders should fundraise with Merlin Ventures and their unique value add propositionThe future for Merlin Ventures, in particular replicating their success in Israel in the US and much more.

Today’s guest we have Gorka Sadowski, Chief Strategy Officer at Exabeam and Founder of the XDR Alliance. This is a special show where Gorka shares his journey and mission with the XDR Alliance.The XDR Alliance is a partnership of best-in-class security and information technology providers organized to help security teams easily design and implement effective threat detection, investigation, and response (TDIR) capabilities using Open XDR. The mission of the alliance is to work in collaboration to make an open approach to XDR a reality for SecOps teams and help them effectively protect their organizations from adversarial behavior.

Today’s guest we Tom Kemp who is a Silicon Valley–based author, entrepreneur, investor, and policy advisor. Tom was the founder and CEO of Centrify, a leading cybersecurity cloud provider that amassed over two thousand enterprise customers, including over 60 percent of the Fortune 50 and over $100m Annual Revenue by the time he exited.In this episode we discuss:✔️ What it takes to build a $100m ARR business and the importance of great people✔️ What looks for when he is angel investing and some of his current portfolio✔️ His policy advisory involvement and the recent California Delete act ✔️ Tom’s new book Containing Big Tech and much more

This week’s guest is Chris Doman, Co-Founder & CTO at Cado Security. Chris was highly recommended to have on the pod having had a colourful start as a Teenage Hacker. He’s now on his second Cybersecurity startup having previously had a successful exit with Threatcrowd which was acquired by Alienvault and now most recently has founded Cado with Co-Founder James Campbell which was the First Cloud Forensics and Incident Response PlatformWe Discuss:✔️His early days as a teenage hacker, Cado Security and how they are helping enterprises post breach and what they are doing differently✔️How things have evolved over the last 3.5years and their unique culture✔️Their Root Cause Engineering Approach, Cloud Forensics and Incident Response and much more