CyberBytes: The Podcast

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 Never forgetting your roots and still being on the front line at conferences and discussing with customers and addressing Huntress product issues The Shopify idea that helps them weigh up the demand from end users on constant developments of product stacks on what the focus is next. Chris’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-bisnett/ Huntress - https://www.huntress.com/ Ben’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-gascoigne-aa973317b/ Aspiron Search - https://aspironsearch.com/ Sign up for our Newsletter: https://cyberbytes-thenewsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe

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 challenges each other The unsettling reality of mobile phone privacy and security Future vision and innovations at Stellar Cyber Make sure to like and subscribe if you enjoyed this episode and stay up-to-date on the latest BlackHat 2024 Editions of CyberBytes: The Podcast!  Steve’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-garrison/ Stellar Cyber - https://stellarcyber.ai/ Steffen’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/steffenfoley/ Aspiron Search - https://aspironsearch.com/ Sign up for our Newsletter: https://cyberbytes-thenewsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe

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/benjamin-harris-sg/ watchTowr Website - https://watchtowr.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

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 been a truly global reach and push away from just Silicon Valley. An example being finding the founders of Reversing Labs in Croatia and helping them become a leading supply chain security company.  The meaning and impact of bringing Context & Contacts to early stage companies  The creation of a defined talent function and the impact it has had on ForgePoint’s investments  The unique approach ForgePoint take with their own staff and deep exposure employees get very early on  We did not have time to discuss the huge effort Alberto and his team put into diversity, both with their own staff and the companies they invest in. I hear many good things on this point from key figures across the industry, and it is refreshing to see a VC making it a priority.  Thank you for coming on the show, Alberto! Alberto’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/albertoyepez/ Oliver’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliverlegg/ Aspiron Search - https://aspironsearch.com/ Sign up for our Newsletter: https://cyberbytes-thenewsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe

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 being a Seed stage vendor has product development benefits versus the ‘bigger’ players. 250+ global laws that CEO’s, CISO’s and Security teams must adhere to.  Andy’s LinkedIn -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/andersonlunsford/ BreachRX - https://www.breachrx.com/ Ben’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-gascoigne-aa973317b/ Aspiron Search - https://aspironsearch.com/ Sign up for our Newsletter: https://cyberbytes-thenewsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe

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 Why their product is built on WebAssembly The story of landing their first customer Exciting new innovations to the Impart platform  Jonathan’s LinkedIn -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-divincenzo/  Impart Security  - https://www.impart.security/  Steffen’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/steffenfoley/  Aspiron Search - https://aspironsearch.com/ Sign up for our Newsletter: https://cyberbytes-thenewsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe

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! #cyberbytesBH #identitysecurity #Oleria Jim’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jalkove/ Oleria Website - https://www.oleria.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 

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 bear as its mascot to better suit the evolving Runtime Security vendor Brooke’s impressive sales career with Rapid7 and Bugcrowd prior to RAD The challenges that female founders face when raising and scaling companies, and Brooke’s positive outlook on how this can shift With Brooke & Jimmy at the helm, and impressive investors including Andrew Peterson, Alberto Yepez & Ron Gula, we have no doubt that RAD Security will achieve huge things. Brooke’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brookemotta/RAD Security - https://www.linkedin.com/company/radsecurity/Olly’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliverlegg/Aspiron Search - https://aspironsearch.com/Sign up for our Newsletter: https://cyberbytes-thenewsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe

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: Emanuel’s background including living in 6 countries and speaking 6 languagesHow they secured their first 10 paying customers without a websiteWhat makes Nagomi’s platform unique  Some of the biggest challenges they faced in the early days and how they overcame themKey business objectives after coming out of stealth The transition from founder led sales to GTM led salesBest of Breed vs Best of SuiteEmanuel’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/emanuelsalmona/ Nagomi Security -  https://nagomi.security/ Steffen’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/steffenfoley/Aspiron Search - https://aspironsearch.com/Sign up for our Newsletter: https://cyberbytes-thenewsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe

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 to create a Cyber Security language.His ‘lightbulb’ moment which led to bootstrapping OPSWATPreparing OPSWAT for IPO, explaining the business is profitable and business is coming to them actively.Benny’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bennyczarny/OPSWAT - https://www.opswat.com/Ben’s LinkedIn -https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-gascoigne-aa973317b/Aspiron Search - https://aspironsearch.com/Sign up for our Newsletter: https://cyberbytes-thenewsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribe