In this discussion, we focus on vendor/tool challenges in infosec, from a security leader's perspective. To quote our guest, Ross, "running a security program is often confused with shopping". You can't buy an effective security program any more than you can buy respect, or a black belt in kung fu (there might be holes in these examples, but you hopefully get the point). In fact, buying too much can often create more problems than it solves, especially if you're struggling to fill your staffing needs.
In part 1 of this 2-part episode, we'll discuss:
- The current state of vendor offerings in cybersecurity
- The difficulties of measuring value and efficacy in a product
- How to avoid building a security program that centers around managing products
- Shelfware
- Minimizing product overhead
In the Leadership and Communications section for this week, A Chief Executive Officer's Guide to Cybersecurity, Zoom Settlement: An $85M Business Case for Security Investment, CISOs: Do you know what's in your company’s products?, and more!
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Paul, Michael, and Matt talk about categories in the startup industry. They differentiate the meaning of competition versus no competition and being stagnate in the startup world.
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Steven has over 20 years of management consulting and industry experience working with technology, security and business executives. At Bay Dynamics, Steven is responsible for driving strategy and ensuring clients are successful in achieving security and risk management goals.
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PowerPoint slides that will save you hours on your next deck, 5 of the biggest first-time founder struggles, Palo Alto acquires LightCyber, and when is less more?
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Frank Wang is a PhD student at MIT, focusing on building secure systems. He currently runs a summer program for early stage security companies called Cybersecurity Factory. Frank has interned at the security teams at Google and Facebook, as well as consulted for security companies like Qualys.
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Verizon closes in on Yahoo, 8 key ingredients to a profitable consulting business, building a repeatable sales process, and when should you fire yourself?
Full Show Notes: http://wiki.securityweekly.com/wiki/index.php/SSW_Episode28
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Mike Kail is the Co-Founder and CIO of Cybric. Prior to founding Cybric, Mike was Yahoo’s CIO and SVP of Infrastructure and VP of IT Operations at Netflix. He has more than 24 years of IT operations experience with a focus on highly-scalable architectures.
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Sophos acquires Invincea, the startup fundraising dictionary, five tough lessons every solopreneur needs to know, and how much is a Shark Tank appearance worth?
Full Show Notes: http://wiki.securityweekly.com/wiki/index.php/SSW_Episode27
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We welcome the CEO and CTO of Axio to the show, Scott Kannry and Jason Christopher, respectively. Axio aims to help organizations implement more comprehensive cyber risk management based on an approach that harmonizes cybersecurity technology/controls and cyber risk transfer.
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12 KPIs you need to know before pitching your startup, VC firms back a record number of cybersecurity startups in 2016, and why should entrepreneurs think like farmers?
Full Show Notes: http://wiki.securityweekly.com/wiki/index.php/SSW_Episode26
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William Lin is the Vice President of Trident Capital Cybersecurity. He has deployed more than $60 million across nearly a dozen cybersecurity companies to date. William also serves as a board observer for 4iQ, Bayshore Networks, and ID Experts.
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How to prevent startup burnout, five IoT cybersecurity predictions for 2017, three tips to help entrepreneurs make the right sacrifices, and what exactly is your income statement telling you?
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Archie Agarwal is the Founder, CEO, and Chief Technical Architect of ThreatModeler. He has leveraged his more than ten years of real-world experience in threat modeling and threat assessment to help numerous Fortune 1000 companies in setting up their threat modeling process. Archie has also created numerous threat models for web, mobile, cloud, IoT, SCADA, drone, aircraft, and various other systems and technologies for various companies.
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GFI acquires Kerio, why 2017 will be tough for seed startups, the MVP you’ve probably never heard of, why your product team is failing, and more in this week’s Startup News!
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Eddy Bobritsky is the Founder and CEO of Minerva Labs, an Israeli threat detection and defense company. Eddy also founded BOBSEC, and possesses 7 years of experience in different cyber units for the Israeli Defense Forces. Paul and Michael talk with Eddy about his startup journey and his “keep it simple” philosophy.
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Nine ways to distance your business from cyber attacks, lessons learned from Target, 11 free tools every first-time entrepreneur should use, and can your startup generate venture-scale returns?
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Ron Gula is a serial entrepreneur with quite a track record; he’s known for co-founding Tenable, founding Network Security Wizards, and serving as VP of Intrusion Detection Products for Enterasys Networks.
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Getting your metrics together, why founders fail to market their products, and does communication determine the success of your business?
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Bob Stratton is a serial Internet and cybersecurity entrepreneur. Prior to Mach37, Bob was Director of Government Research at Symantec Research Labs and founded many product and service companies in information security. Paul and Michael chat with Bob about his startup journey, companies, and more!
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DIY home security suites, a cybersecurity company’s biggest 2016 failure, and what should you expect as a tech startup in 2017?
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Justin has been consulting Fortune 1000 companies and entrepreneurs about branding, marketing, and more for over a decade.
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In this week's news, we talk about why many boom-time startups are fizzling out, the average age of startup founders, why Johnson & Johnson is getting into startups, and much more in this week's Startup News!
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Chad founded Secure Digital Solutions in 2005 with a vision to provide clients vendor-neutral information security services aligned with business goals and objectives. He has over 17 years of information security and regulatory compliance experience.
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In this week's news, we chat promising equity against issuing equity, why someone burned $10 million so you don't have to, and ask the age-old question: are you taking enough risks? Tune in to this week’s Startup News!
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