CyberBytes: The Podcast

CyberBytes: The Podcast powered by Aspiron Search are excited to release the very first episode of our RSA 2024 Edition! 

David Primor founded Cynomi in 2020 with the goal of helping SME businesses improve their security risk. Their virtual CISO platform has grown tremendously to over 130 customers, and David talks me through some of the unique things Cynomi has done to achieve this. 

In this episode, you’ll hear David talk me through: 

• His background at CERN before taking over R&D for the IDF and then being part of the founding team for the Israel National Cyber Directorate
• How Cynomi differs from most Israeli security vendors with most of their R&D team based in the UK
• Why they chose to focus on the SMB market over Enterprise 
• How their drive for a 50/50 female leadership team has given them a competitive edge 
• The advice David gives to folk starting out in their Cybersecurity career  
• The lesson that writing and selling a children's book taught him about building a successful GTM org

#cyberbytes #cynomi #vCISO 

David: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-primor-b2165582/ 

Cynomi: https://cynomi.com/ 

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

Aspiron Search: https://aspironsearch.com/

Contact us here: [email protected] 

Today’s guest is Danny Brickman, Co-Founder & CEO @ Oasis Security, a leading platform for non-human identity management. 

Just out of stealth with a whopping $40m in total funding and a big vision, Danny shares all about Oasis and NHIs.

In this episode, we cover:

• Identity security and how it has evolved
• The wild-west of Non-human identities, 
• The main attack vector for NHI 
• AI, Data, Access, and much more

#cyberbytes #nonhumanidentities #oasissecurity

Danny’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/danny-brickman/

Oasis Security - https://www.oasis.security/

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

Aspiron Search - https://aspironsearch.com/

Today’s guest is Bernard Brantley CISO at Corelight, a Network Detection and Response company. In this episode, Bernard shares his journey into cybersecurity, offers tips for folks looking to break into cybersecurity, and insight into emerging security trends and threats.

Tune in to learn about:

• Bernard’s journey into cybersecurity, starting from selling sneakers at Footlocker
• What surprised him about being a CISO
• Insight into the transition to CISO
• Emerging security trends and threats
• Challenges and opportunities in the cybersecurity landscape

If you would like to be our next guest or are looking to hire Technical or Go-To-Market Cybersecurity Talent please get in touch via [email protected]

Bernard’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernard-brantley/ 

Corelight: https://www.linkedin.com/company/corelight/ 

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

Today’s guest is Aviv Mussinger Co-Founder & CEO @ Kodem Security, a leading context-based application security platform. 

From playing the guitar on stage with Green Day to founding Kodem Security, Mussi reveals all about his journey to date and everything Kodem.

In this episode, we cover:

• His experience at NSO Group
• The vision and mission for Kodem Security 
• What Kodem is doing so differently 
• SBOM’s, Presidential Executive Order, vulnerabilities and much more.

#cyberbytes #appsec #kodemsecurity

Aviv’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mussi/

Kodem - https://www.kodemsecurity.com/

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

Aspiron Search - https://aspironsearch.com/

Today’s guest is Deepak Jeevankumar, Managing Director @ Dell Technologies Capital (DTC), the investment arm of Dell Technologies. 

Deepak has always had a love for startups and got into VC after his MBA, spending 7 years at General Catalyst before joining DTC where he has also just celebrated his 7th year anniversary focusing on Cyber and Infrastructure investments.

Deepak is super knowledgeable and shares a ton of insight into the cyber VC ecosystem.

In this episode, we cover:

• Who are DTC and why should founders fundraise with them
• Practical advice for founders looking to raise and common mistakes you can avoid
• “New Category Creation” and “existing category transformation”
• Success, failure and much more

Deepak's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepakjeevankumar/

Dell Technologies Capital - https://www.linkedin.com/company/delltechcapital/

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

Aspiron Search - https://aspironsearch.com/

Today’s guest is Toni de la Fuente, Co-Founder & CTO at Prowler, an open source cloud security tool. In this episode, Toni shares his journey into cybersecurity, the story and mission behind Prowler, and insight into the future of cloud security.

Tune in to learn about:

• The problem Prowler solves
• Toni’s journey into cybersecurity, starting from reading Cuckoo’s Egg
• The story behind Prowler
• The surprises about running a startup
• Toni’s favourite way to learn 
• The future of cloud security

If you would like to be our next guest or are looking to hire Technical or Go-To-Market Cybersecurity Talent please get in touch via [email protected]

Toni’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toniblyx/ 

Prowler: https://www.linkedin.com/company/prowlerpro/ 

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

Aspiron Search: https://aspironsearch.com/

Today on CyberBytes: The Podcast, we welcome Jessica Cryzter, CRO of LimaCharlie!

Oliver has had the pleasure of working with Jessica for a while, and today they dive into the story of her struggle to get a job out of college, her fall into photocopier sales and journey to leading the GTM efforts for one of the most disruptive security vendors on the market.

Jessica is one of the few female sales leaders in the security eco-system. She talks about the constant need to prove herself and the underlying drive this gave to beat the odds!

Jessica and Oliver  hope her story can inspire other woman to rise through the ranks of sales organisation!

If you want to follow Jessica's own Cyber on the Edge podcast then check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/@CyberontheEdge

Jessica’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcrytzer/

LimaCharlie -https://limacharlie.io/

Oliver’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliverlegg/

Aspiron Search - https://aspironsearch.com/

Today’s guest is Almog Apirion, Co-Founder & CEO at Cyolo a solution that secures remote access to critical systems for both industrial and enterprise organizations. 

Almog is a recovering CISO having spent 20 years in the industry before deciding to start a startup with Co-Founders Dedi Yarkoni and Eran Shmuely.

In this episode, we cover:

• How his experience in the field as a CISO helped found Cyolo
• How important listening to your customers is and validating the problem
• Human Risk and multi-generational environments both IT and OT
• S4. Zero Trust, Remote Privileged Access Management (RPAM) and much more.

Almog's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/almog-apirion-19884533/

Cyolo - https://cyolo.io/

Joe's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cybercoops/

Aspiron Search - https://aspironsearch.com/

Today's guest is Erkang Zheng, CEO and Founder of Jupiter One. In this episode Erkang shares his experience as a tech founder, talks more about his time as the CISO of LifeOmic and gives valuable insights into the reality of life as a founder.

If you would like to be our next guest or are looking to hire Technical or Go-To-Market Cybersecurity Talent please get in touch via [email protected]

Erkang's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/erkang/

Jupiter One - https://www.jupiterone.com/

Oliver's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliverlegg/

Aspiron Search - https://aspironsearch.com/

Today’s guest is Arjun Bhatnagar, CEO at Cloaked, a people-first all-in-one privacy solution. In this episode, Arjun shares his journey to entrepreneurship, the story behind Cloaked to increase control in your life, insight into the VC space, and his learnings from previous startups. 

Tune in to learn about:

• The problem Cloaked solves
• Arjun’s journey from (cold) calling at the age of 10 to building 3 startups
• Behind the scenes working for a VC
• His learnings from a failed startup 
• The story behind Cloaked - given people comfort and control
• The future of privacy

If you would like to be our next guest or are looking to hire Technical or Go-To-Market Cybersecurity Talent please get in touch via [email protected]