CyberBytes: The Podcast

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 Israel
• OT Cyber Risk #1 Vendor
• The challenges and benefits of a Seed stage vendor
• OT Problem today and how to make things better

If you would like to feature in the new OT CyberBytes series then please get in touch at [email protected]

Oleg’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 summer

In 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 #conductorone

Alex’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/

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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 issue

A sneak peak of what is happening with Forescout next

Insight 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 CEO
• The story behind Doppel
• Learnings as a first-time CEO
• Doppels partnership with DDC
• How AI is changing the threat landscape
• Specific Doppel use cases 

#Cyberbytes #Doppel

Kevin’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 - [email protected]

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Today’s guest is Amiram Shachar, Co-Founder & CEO @ Upwind a Cloud Security Platform focused on Runtime Security.

Before founding Upwind around 18 months ago, Amiram successfully built and sold Spot.io despite investor concern.

In this episode, Amiram and I cover: 

• Amiram’s background starting in the Israeli military 
• Learnings from the success of his first sale
• The problem Upwind is trying to solve 
• What is Runtime Security 
• The future for Upwind 
• Future trends in the CloudSec space

#Cyberbytes #Upwind #CloudSec

Amiram’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirams/ 

Upwind: https://www.linkedin.com/company/upwindsecurity/ 

Steffen’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steffenfoley/ 

Aspiron Search: https://aspironsearch.com/ 

Contact us here - [email protected]

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Today’s guest is Gal Ringel, Co-Founder & CEO @ Mine, a leading Data privacy and governance platform. 

Gal was just back from Consero conference when we recorded the show and didn’t hold back in this episode.

In this episode, we cover:

• How spending 4.5yrs as an investor gave him an advantage as a startup founder.
• The importance of your founding team
• How Mine saved over 500k users from data breaches
• GDPR and Regulations
• Mine, Consero, AI governance, Automation and much more

#cyberbytes #dataprivacy #mineOS

Gal’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/galringel/

Mine - https://MineOS.ai 

Joseph’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cybercoops/

Aspiron Search - https://aspironsearch.com/

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Today’s guest is Vivek Ramachandran, Founder @ SquareX a Browser Native Security Platform. 

Vivek has been in Cybersecurity for over 20 years with multiple successful exits before founding SquareX.

In this episode, Vivek and I cover: 

• The problem SquareX is solving 
• Vivek’s background and the story behind SquareX
• Topics security leaders are talking about
• How SquareX is innovating 
• Future trends in the Browser Security space
• Key learnings from Vivek’s previous exit 

#Cyberbytes #SquareX #Browsersecurity

Vivek’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivekramachandran/ 

SquareX: https://www.linkedin.com/company/getsquarex/ 

Steffen’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steffenfoley/ 

Aspiron Search: https://aspironsearch.com/ 

Contact us here - [email protected]

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Today’s guest is Jared Phipps, CRO @ Dazz a Security Remediation Company

Jared was recently appointed CRO after spending 6 years at SentinelOne leading Sales across The Americas.

In this episode, Jared and I cover: 

• Jared’s unconventional background from the US AirForce to sales leadership 
• The problem that Dazz is trying to solve 
• What the 12 months look like for Dazz
• Future trends for the security remediation space
• Jared’s approach to hiring great talent
• The best and worst advice Jared has received

#Cyberbytes #Dazz #Securityremediation

Jared’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phipps/ 

Dazz: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dazz-io/ 

Steffen’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steffenfoley/ 

Aspiron Search: https://aspironsearch.com/ 

Contact us here - [email protected]

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Any current or aspiring sales leader needs to check out today’s episode of CyberBytes: The Podcast RSA Edition. 

Brandon Conley, CRO of AppOmni, joined me at RSA to talk about his path from IT Recruiter to high performing Cybersecurity sales leader. His gives some solid advice that folk can take on board and execute to achieve some of the results he has. You’ll hear him talk about… 

• His 4 year journey from joining AppOmni early in ARR to closing numerous Fortune 10/100 customers, 3 of the Magnificent 7 and being 50% ahead of the closest competitor 
• How a switch to a ‘dynamic books’ account strategy 6 months ago has helped his sales force
• The important that patience plays in being a successful sales leader and founder 
• His take on how valuable exhibiting at RSA really is

Out of all of our RSA guests, Brandon gives the most actionable tips, so well worth a listen! 

Contact us here: [email protected] 

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Today’s guest is Tom McAndrew, CEO @ Coalfire the world’s largest firm dedicated to cybersecurity services.

Tom has been with Coalfire for 20+ years from startup to global company.

In this episode, Tom and I cover: 

• Tom’s background (24 years in the Navy)
• The story behind Coalfire and problems they solve
• Security challenges boards are facing
• What Coalfire is doing in AI
• What the future holds for Coalfire
• The advice Tom would give himself if he could rewind the clock

#Cyberbytes #Coalfire #AI

Tom’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-mcandrew-5a416b117/ 

Coalfire: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coalfire/ 

Steffen’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steffenfoley/ 

Aspiron Search: https://aspironsearch.com/ 

Contact us here - [email protected]

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