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Bessemer Venture Partner's Jason Chan returns to the show for a frank discussion on the state of cyber, including thoughts on Microsoft's prominent security failures, the meaning of layoffs hitting security teams, the excitement around AI, and the long road ahead. The former Netflix security chief also talks about merging of the IT and security functions and the importance of cybersecurity proving its value to the business.

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• Jason Chan, VP, Information Security, Netflix
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• Jason Chan - Bessemer Venture Partners — Jason Chan is an operating advisor at Bessemer where he brings over twenty years of experience in cybersecurity and is especially passionate about large-scale systems, cloud security, and improving security in modern software development practices. Most recently, Jason built and led the information security team at Netflix for over a decade. His team at Netflix was known for its contributions to the security community, including over 30 open-source security releases and dozens of conference presentations. He also previously led the security team at VMware and spent most of his earlier career in security consulting.