Secure Ventures with Kyle McNulty

Secure Ventures with Kyle McNulty

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Secure Ventures with Kyle McNulty episodes

  • Troy Hunt

    Troy:

    • Creator of Have I Been Pwned?
    • Creator of the Troy Hunt blog
    • Host and producer of the Troy Hunt Weekly Updates podcast
    • Pluralsight course author
    • Microsoft Regional Director and MVP
    • Never finished a college degree
      • 56 min
    • SafeBase: Al Yang

      Al:

      • Three-time startup builder including Picmonic (Acquired), Medumo (Acquired), and now Safebase.
      • Two-time Y Combinator graduate and Harvard Business School alumni
      • Past VC at Comcast Ventures and Investment Banking at Mooreland Partners
      • Poker enthusiast


        • SafeBase:

        "The Interactive Security Portal" - SafeBase is a security resume for your organization to share key cybersecurity certifications and capabilities with customers in a streamlined fashion.

        58 min
      • KAPALYA: Sudesh Kumar

        Sudesh:

        • Serial entrepreneur having developed start-ups across several technical industries
        • 30+ years in networking and cybersecurity
        • At one point considered professional basketball (listen to the episode for more)

          • KAPALYA:

          KAPALYA empowers businesses and their employees to securely store sensitive files at-rest and in-transit across multiple platforms through a user-friendly desktop and mobile application.

          • Recently received a $250,000 grant from the NSF for anti-ransomware capabilities
          • Launching a crowdfunding campaign in the coming months (stay tuned by following Secure Ventures on Twitter and LinkedIn!)


            • Links:

            https://www.kapalya.com/

            https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kapalya-awarded-competitive-grant-national-124400465.html

            45 min
          • Validize: Achiad Alter

            Achiad:

            • Bootstrapped Validize from idea to revenue, and he still has yet to take outside investment
            • Incredibly involved in the Israeli cybersecurity ecosystem including being a Cyber Security Advisor for Start-up Nation Central, a board member for the Israel Export Institute, and the head of business development for the Ariel Cyber Innovation Center
            • Originally studied Economics!


              • Validize: 

              • Validize connects global cybersecurity solution purchasers with the innovative products in the Israeli market. The platform’s technology enables Validize's partners to quickly add pre-screened Israeli cybersecurity solutions to their portfolio, receive prioritized channel pricing, and immediately open new opportunities. 


                • https://www.validize.io/

                50 min
              • CYE: Reuven Aronashvili

                Reuven:

                • Previously head of Israel's cybersecurity red team
                • Got a blank check offer for his first job in the private sector (listen to the episode for the story)
                • Was mistaken for a janitor on his first day of college
                • Has grown Cyesec 100% YOY and is targeting 250% this year in part due to a $120MM funding round earlier this year

                  • CYE:

                  CYE brings a fact-based approach to organizational cyber defense, managing real business risks and optimizing the cybersecurity investment. CYE serves as a trusted advisor to medium-sized and Fortune 500 companies in multiple industries around the world.

                  https://cyesec.com/index.html

                  47 min
                • Bruce Schneier

                  Bruce: 

                  • Creator and content producer for popular security blog Schneier on Security (see first link below)
                  • Renowned author with over a dozen books
                  • Lecturer at Harvard
                  • Has a wikipedia page (I'm not quite there yet...)

                    • His site: https://www.schneier.com/

                    His paper on AI+Hacking: https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/coming-ai-hackers
                    His Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Schneier

                    36 min
                  • rThreat: Hugo Sanchez

                    Hugo:

                    • Started his career in pharmacology and now has over a decade of sales experience across several disparate industries
                    • Born in Mexico, he spent the majority of his sales career focused on Latin American expansion
                    • Similar to Alex/Archis who discussed Polyverse at a Johnny Rockets, Hugo and his co-founder Jesus first discussed rThreat at another classic chain, The Cheesecake Factory.


                      • rThreat:

                      • Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) tool focused on understanding security posture
                      • Incredibly strong team of advisors well-known in the space
                        • 47 min
                      • Polyverse: Alex Gounares and Archis Gore

                        Alex:

                        • 17 year tenure at Microsoft including Bill Gates' Technology Advisor
                        • Has started 5 companies
                        • Angel investor
                        • Board member on several companies
                        • CEO at Polyverse

                          • Archis:

                          • Previously a software developer at both Microsoft and Amazon
                          • Won a computing competition in India
                          • Board member at the Center on Contemporary Art
                          • CTO at Polyverse

                            • Polyverse:

                            • Provide continuous protection to Linux systems from memory-based attacks through operating system controls.
                              • 46 min
                            • TidalScale: Ike Nassi

                              Ike:

                              • Almost 50 years of experience in tech
                              • Tenures at Apple, MIT, SAP, Cisco and more
                              • 20 patents
                              • Way more knowledgeable than me about computing (and most things...)


                                • TidalScale:

                                • Rethinking the problem of big data computing by scaling up rather than out through a powerful supercomputer
                                  • 1 hr
                                • Virta Labs: Michael Holt

                                  Michael is the CEO of Virta Labs, a healthcare security company building a platform for medical device management. He also founded his own consultancy to help start-ups acquire funding through traditional and non-dilutive mechanisms like government grants. He’s especially well-versed in the financial and legal aspects of startups which are tricky for so many founders.

                                  49 min

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