CyberBytes: The Podcast

This week’s guest is Lior Yaari, CEO & Co-Founder at Grip Security. Hot of the back of a $41m Series B Funding round, I got to chance to sit down with Lior and talk all things Grip Security. Lior’s story starts like all Israeli founders, coming out of the military and after spending time in automotive security, working at YL Ventures as part of the investment team he then decided to found Grip with his 2 Co-Founders Alon Shenkler and Idan Fast, Another Forbes 30 Under 30, Lior has just moved to Boston to crack the US and if you are not aware of Grip you should check out this episodeWe Discuss:✔️ Lior’s journey from Venture Capital to Cybersecurity startup founder✔️ SaaS Security and the problem CISO’s are experiencing and how it’s evolved over the last 10years✔️ How Grip is solving the SaaS Security problem and what they are doing differently and their plans for the future as well as much more

This weeks guest is Giora Engel, CEO & Co-Founder at Neosec now part of Akamai. Giora is no stranger to Cybersecurity start-up, having had 2 successful exits, first with LightCyber which he founded with one of my previous guests Michael Mumcuoglu which sold to Palo Alto Networks and more recently, his API Security startup NeoSec which has now formed as API Security Akamai.We Discuss:✔️ API Security and the breadth of the problem with vulnerabilities only beingpart of it✔️ The launch of Akamai API Security and their native connector✔️ ShadowHunt, OWASP API Security Top 10, The future of API Security and more

Having met Bill Moore, CEO & Founder of OT Security firm, XONA Systems, at RSA earlier this year, it was a pleasure to host him on CyberBytes: The Podcast!Bill and his team are revolutionizing the way industrial sectors gain secure remote access to critical OT systems and have secured major wins across the OT sector in recent months.Tune in to learn about:✔️ How remote access in the OT world differs to IT✔️ Bill's journey of a technology sales pro to founder of security vendor✔️ The pitfalls technology founders hit when trying to break into the Federal space✔️ The evolution of his role as CEO of few person start-up, compared to a 30-person business

Today’s guest we have Wasim Khaled CEO and Co-Founder at Blackbird.ai. Wasim is on a mission with his AI-driven Risk & Narrative Intelligence Platform dedicated to leading the global fight against disinformation. The risk landscape has dramatically shifted for every industry. These risks are driven by a new breed of threat actors who exploit digital media to harm organizations, employees and executives. BlackBird's suite of solutions provides actionable risk intelligence for their customers and partners

Tanya sits down with Nathan Burke, CMO at Axonius and uncovers his journey from being the first US employee to building the fastest-growing security firm known for its out-of-the-box marketing strategies.Nathan has witnessed first-hand how marketing has shifted from being an afterthought to being a pivotal function by CEOs and founders.Tune in to listen to his impressive story and discover:✔️ How presenting and winning the RSA Innovation Sandbox led to a game changing Fortune 500 POC.✔️ How powerful marketing requires cutting through the noise and showcasing humans behind the hoodie.✔️ What it was like growing the team from ground zero: Hiring, Leadership Strategies, and transitioning with growth.✔️ What fellow marketers can do to fastrack their CMO path.

This week’s guest is Alon Jackson, CEO & Co-Founder at Astrix Security, after spending over a decade in the famous 8200 Unit, and leading R&D at Argus which was acquired for a rumored $500m he and his Co-Founder, Idan Gour, decided to found Astrix Security to manage and secure non-human identities.We Discuss:✔️ What exactly Astrix are doing so differently and how they are creating a new category✔️ Their recent $25m Series A raise and the talent Astrix needs, particularly GTM for breaking the US✔️ Consent Fatigue, RSA Sandbox, of course Gen AI, Alon’s move to the US and much much more

Brodie is joined by Tom Ricoy, CRO at Cigent where they disucss:✔️ His role as a CRO & the journey how he got there.✔️ How to successfully grow as an IC ✔️ What makes a successful Sales rep

Today’s guest we have Carlson Choi, CEO @ Cork a company built to create the first and only cyber risk monitoring and warranty product for the MSP community. Recently emerged out of stealth with a $6m seed funding and an intent to disrupt the existing Cyber insurance players by offering a different form of coverage that is easier to purchase through small business trusted MSP Partner. We Discuss:✔ The inspiration behind starting Cork and the problem they aim to solve✔ Creating a Cyber Protection Product specifically for the MSP space ✔ The reason for Increasing Cyber Premiums but with less coverage and the difference between Cyber warranties & Cyber Insurance ✔ Cork's warranty is backed by an inside-out approach to active risk monitoring, detection and remediation.

This week we sit down with Diana Massaro, CMO at Skyhigh Security. A fascinating story of becoming an industry-respected CMO and a leader that inspires and encourages others. Tune in to listen to some awesome insights!We Discuss:✔ Diana's Journey into Marketing✔ The difference between a VP of Marketing vs a CMO and what it takes to get there✔ Building Skyhigh and her due diligence process on potential employers✔ Building a Marketing function from scratch, including hiring and training✔ Balancing Life & Work and being seen as a great leader reinforcing a positive remote culture

Today’s guest we have Andrew Morris, CEO & Founder @Greynoise. Andrew’s passion for the industry explodes in this episode. A fascinating career journey to date having found himself exploiting computer systems from the age of 13 to running Greynoise a platform that analyzes Internet background noise, removes customers' pointless security alerts, finds compromised devices, and identifies emerging threats.We Discuss a ton:✔ Emerging Threats, The Mass Exploitation Report and celebrity Vulnerabilities including a 25yr old vulnerability X Server ✔ How Greynoise is saving its customers hundreds of thousands of $$$✔ His worst and best security advice, The Greynoise hiring process and much much more