CyberBytes: The Podcast

Today’s guest we have Ron Nissim, CEO & Co-Founder at Entitle.  

Ron was a great guest sharing the harsh realities of founding a Cybersecurity startup and the challenges that come with it.  

In this episode we discuss: 

• What it really takes to find an initial solution to a problem
• The challenges of Privileged Access Management, how it’s evolved and how Entitle is changing the game
• The importance of the early stage customers and how they have shaped Entitle and much more

Today’s guest we have Ben Kliger, CEO & Co-Founder of Zenity, the first security governance platform for low-code/no-code applications. Ben has over 17 years security industry experience and having just secured a $16.5m Series A round led by Intel Capital is on a mission to enable the low-code/no-code revolution by providing security governance that is simple, scalable, and seamless.

We Discuss:

• What is low-code /no-code and what Zenity are doing so differently in this space
• The Citizen Development motion and why we can’t ignore it
• How gen.ai is speeding up the pace and much more

This week’s guest we have Itzik Alvas, CEO & Co-Founder of Entro Security. After serving 5 years in the elite Cybersecurity unit of the IDF, Itzik moved into industry starting as a developer and quickly progressing through the ranks to CISO for a major healthcare organisation and later Head of Security and SRE and Microsoft. Itzik then decided to found Entro Security with Co-Founder Adam Cheriki.

In this episode we find out what Itzik and his team have been up to over the last 24months and how they are addressing the secrets management problem which has a TAM of over $16b+!!

Omri is the CRO & Co-founder of DoControl. An automated platform that provides data access monitoring, orchestration, and remediation across SaaS applications.

Omri was born into a family business and has had to wear multiple hats for a very long time. So, you could say he has start-up blood! Having founded a company prior and raised money, whilst also taking sales from $0 to a few million, the success he is having now at DoControl is awesome!

We also dig into:

✔️ What key things he utilized from his previous roles to where he is now.

✔️ What 3 things each Sales Rep should be focusing on

✔️ The strategy for DoControl and their success so far

Today’s guest is Brett Galloway, CEO at AttackIQ. Brett is an experienced entrepreneur and executive who has brought together technology, product, and business expertise to innovate and deliver a stream of successful product businesseses over his career. 

Currently the CEO at AttackIQ, an industry leading provider of breach and attack simulation products for security control validation. AttackIQ emulates adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures, aligned to the MITRE ATT&CK framework, and provides visibility into your security program performance with clear data-driven analysis and mitigation guidance.

This is an episode not to be missed!

Today's guest we welcome Swimlane's Co-founder and CSO, Cody Cornell to to CyberBytes: The Podcast!

In an episode you do not want to miss, Cody talks about his unexpected journey from security practitioner to helping lead a VC backed security vendor.

We cover:

✔️ The change in sales process in 2023 and new buying personas involved

✔️ The challenges he overcame to build new regions

✔️ How steep the learning curve is of a first time product company founder

✔️ Some golden advice for aspiring entrepreneurs

Today’s guest is Vivienne Hsu, Head of Marketing at Converge. In this episode, Vivienne shares her marketing journey, delves into the topic of diversity in Cyber Insurance, and provides insight into what sets Converge apart.

Tune in to learn about:

✔️ Vivienne’s remarkable marketing journey

✔️ The new marketing paradigm

✔️ Insights into what sets Converge apart

✔️ The Importance of Diversity in Cyber Insurance

With two IPOs & eight acquisitions, Brian has helped build some of the most successful security companies in the world. He has over 25 years in the security industry as a security company entrepreneur, board advisor, investor, and author. After getting his start with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and later Bell Labs, Brian began the process of building security startups and taking multiple companies through successful IPOs and acquisitions, including Riptech, ArcSight, Imperva, McAfee, Solera Networks, Cylance, JASK, Verodin, and Mandiant.

Today’s guest we have Amjed Aboukhadijeh, Head of Sales at Socket. This is a special show where Amjed shares his journey, tips and tricks, and mission with Socket.

Tune in to learn about:

✔️ Amjed’s journey from competitive runner to sales leader

✔️ Amjed’s tips for success in sales

✔️ What Socket is doing differently from its competitors

✔️ Challenges Socket has faced when scaling

Today’s guest we have Seth Spergel, Managing Partner and VP of Emerging Tech at Merlin Ventures. It’s no secret Merlin has invested in some of the most innovative Cybersecurity startups in Israel to date and is side by side with some of the bigger more established Cyber venture firms in the Israeli ecosystem. Seth shares his journey, the influence of his infamous partner Shay Michel and why you should be watching Merlin's journey.

We also dig into:

• Seth’s investment thesis and why he invested in some of his current portfolio companies
• Why Cybersecurity founders should fundraise with Merlin Ventures and their unique value add proposition
• The future for Merlin Ventures, in particular replicating their success in Israel in the US and much more.