CyberBytes: The Podcast

Today’s guest is David Van Allen, CEO @ Cofense an email security company.

David was appointed CEO at Cofense last year. Cofense has trained 35 million employees who report phishing attempts and find 1 damaging, malicious email per minute.

In this episode, David and I cover: 

• The problem Cofense solves
• Employees being the solution, not the problem
• Future looking for Cofense 
• How AI will impact the email security space
• David’s journey to CEO
• A story that was pivotal in David’s career

#Cyberbytes #Cofense #emailsecurity

David’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dvanallen/ 

Cofense: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cofense/ 

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

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It’s not too often that a Cybersecurity vendor comes along with a truly new offering. LimaCharlie is the first Cloud provider for Cybersecurity, and the first vendor I’ve ever seen raffle off a power tool set on the conference floor! 

CEO & Founder, Maxime Lamothe-Brassard joins me on CyberBytes: The Podcast RSA 2024 Edition and walks us through…

• His incredible early career with the Canadian equivalent to the NSA, building the early CrowdStrike product and Moonshot/Google X  
• The growing desire to start his own company that led to founding LimaCharlie 
• The challenge and education that comes with building a revolutionary product that goes against the norm 
• How the future of LimaCharlie will be a net benefit for the industry 

Having been involved in LimaCharlie’s growth so far we’re stoked to see what the future holds for Max and the team! 

Max: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximelb/ 

LimaCharlie: https://limacharlie.io/

Oliver: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliverlegg/ 

Aspiron: https://aspironsearch.com/ 

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Today’s guest is Christy Wyatt, President & CEO at Absolute Security.

Christy is a Silicon Valley Veteran and globally recognised technology leader. She has won multiple awards and sits as one of the top women entrepreneurs and CEOs in America and I was truly privileged to have time to sit down with her at RSA.

In this episode, we cover:

• Her inspiring career trajectory and learning curves
• Lessons learnt in her various leadership roles
• Fostering a great culture in her organisations
• The Cyber Resilience Risk Index 2024 and the key takeaways
• Absolute Security, Cyber Resilience, AI and much more

#cyberbytes #cyberresilience #absolutesecurity

Christy LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christywyatt/

Absolute Security: https://www.absolute.com/

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

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Today’s guest is Thomas Bain, CMO @ VulnCheck an Expliot Intelligence Company.

Tom was appointed CMO at VulnCheck last year. VulnCheck was recognised as a Top 10 Innovation Sandbox Finalist at RSA 24.

In this episode, Tom and I cover: 

• The problem VulnCheck solves
• How VulnCheck is differentiating from its competition and innovating in the VM space
• Insight into what being a Top 10 Sandbox Finalist involves
• Learnings from presenting at Innovation Sandbox
• What the future holds for VulnCheck
• Tips for future Sandbox Finalists

#cyberbytes #VulnCheck #VulnerabilityManagement

Tom’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasbain/ 

VulnCheck: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vulncheck/ 

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

Aspiron Search: https://aspironsearch.com/ 

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Today on CyberBytes: The Podcast RSA 2024 Edition, it’s a pleasure to welcome Wesley Hales, CEO & Co-founder of LeakSignal. 

Wesley and his team set out 2 years ago to solve the super hard problem of in-transit data classification. They recently raised their Seed round and Wesley talks about 

• The problem DSPM does not solve and how LeakSignal successfully tackle this 
• The challenge of turning a great idea into a commercially viable security company with true product market fit 
• The problems that the SVB collapse and investors shift to AI caused 
• How his ‘chipping away at a boulder whilst rolling it uphill’ approach will create a truly special business 

We love speaking to companies early on in their journey of building an innovative vendor in this space, and very much looking forward to seeing what Wesley and his team do over the coming years! 

Wesley: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesleyhales/ 

LeakSignal: https://www.leaksignal.com/ 

Oliver: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliverlegg/ 

Aspiron Search: https://aspironsearch.com/ 

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Today’s guest is Bradon Rogers, Chief Customer Officer @ Island a leading enterprise browser. 

Hot off the back of a $175m Series D raise resulting in a new $3b valuation, doubling the last valuation less than a year ago.

In this episode, we cover:

• Island, the core technology and the last mile
• Increasing security whilst maintaining productivity
• How you can avoid hacks using an enterprise browser
• Why remaining in stealth can give you a competitive advantage 
• Secure by design, User experience, Gen AI and much more

#cyberbytes #enterprisebrowser #island

Bradon LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradon/

Island: https://www.island.io/

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Today’s guest is Shan Kulkarni, Co-Founder & CEO @ Nullify an AI AppSec Security company.

Shan Founded Nullify 18 months ago with the goal of building AI Agents to augment security teams helping them get to AppSec maturity faster with less.

In this episode, Shan and I cover: 

• The story behind Nullify and the problem they solve
• His transition from leading security engineering teams to becoming CEO at Nullify
• What surprised Shan the most about being a CEO
• Future looking for Nullify
• How Nullify ensures the security and integrity of its AI Agents
• The role of AI within AppSec
• What Shan is hearing from his CISO conversations

#cyberbytes #Nullify #AI #AppSec

Shan’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shan-kulkarni-001153160/ 

Nullify: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nullifyai/ 

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

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Prior to meeting Jon Miller, CEO & Co-founder of Halcyon, for his CyberBytes: The Podcast episode, two prior Cylance folk told me he’d make an awesome episode but to expect the unexpected.  

Jon did not disappoint and brought Pete Morgan along for the ride. Pete is a highly respected hacker and Founder, making a fun conversation between the three of us. We spoke about…

• The early reverse engineering days that bought them and Ryan Smith together 
• Pete’s medical device project that began by calling numerous morgues and led to saving thousands of lives 
• The founding story behind Halcyon and progress protecting hospitals and other industries from ransomware 
• The idea of ‘hacker led growth’ and how Halcyon allows hospitals to recover from an attack in seconds not weeks 
• The future of protecting against ransomware 

#cyberbytes #halcyon #ransomware 

Jon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonmillerhalcyon/ 

Pete: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterjmorgan98/

Halcyon: https://www.halcyon.ai/

Oliver: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliverlegg/

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Today’s guest is Alex Cox, Director of Threat Intelligence (TIME) @ LastPass a leading password manager. 

Alex is a recognised security and cyber threat intelligence expert, spending over 20 years in various cybersecurity roles in the security product and financial services industries.

In this episode, we cover:

• The Transition from Military/Law Enforcement to the Private sector
• Staying up to date with the emerging threats and how threats have evolved particularly the use of AI
• The LastPass Cybersecurity SMB report and the key takeaways
• Hacks including the Elephant in the room
• Patching, Individual Passwords, Password Managers, social engineering and much more

#cyberbytes #passwordmanager #LastPass

Alex LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexjcox/

LastPass: https://www.lastpass.com/

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Today’s guest is Jordan Rackie, CEO @ Keyfactor an Identity-first security company.

Jordan joined Keyfactor around 5 years ago as a first-time CEO leading the business to surpass $100M ARR with a $1.3B valuation.

In this episode, Jordan and I cover:

• His transition from leading GTM teams to becoming CEO at Keyfactor
• The story behind Keyfactor and what makes them different
• What’s next for Kayfactor
• What surprised Jordan the most about being a CEO
• NIST approving algorithms
• Challenges businesses face when it comes to Post-Quantum Security
• Keyfactor’s contribution to PQS

#cyberbytes #Keyfactor #Identity #Postquantumsecurity

Jordan’s LinkedIn:  / jordanrackie  

Keyfactor: / wearekeyfactor  

Steffen’s LinkedIn:  / steffenfoley  

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