Sign up for my newsletter to see more interviews with the biggest names in cybersecurity. This week I spoke to Ray Rothrock. Ray was a longtime investor at Venrock before he left in 2014 to become the CEO of RedSeal–one of the companies he had invested in. While at Venrock, Ray spent a lot of his time in security, investing in companies such as Check Point (now public and worth over $15B), Imperva (now public and worth over $2B) and Vontu (acquired by Symantec for $350M in 2007). In the interview below, Ray and I discuss cyber investing and why he decided to … Continue reading Legendary Cyber Investor and RedSeal CEO Ray Rothrock: Nick’s Newsletter No. 41

Sign up for my newsletter to see more interviews with the biggest names in cybersecurity. Hope you all had an awesome Thanksgiving! I’m really excited about this week’s interview. Check it out below. This week I spoke to Rohyt Belani, the Co-founder and CEO of PhishMe. Rohyt previously founded the security consultancy Intrepidus and was a managing director at Mandiant. He has also spoken at industry conferences such as Black Hat and RSA. Rohyt is clearly a security industry veteran and this interview has a lot of fascinating insights. Congratulations on the Malcovery acquisition. Can you talk a little bit about the … Continue reading PhishMe Founder & CEO Rohyt Belani: Nick’s Newsletter No. 40

Sign up for my newsletter to see more interviews with the biggest names in cybersecurity. This week I spoke to David Canellos, the former President and CEO of Perspecsys, the cloud access security broker which was acquired by Blue Coat in July. David is now a senior vice president in Blue Coat’s Advanced Technology Group. The views expressed in this article are David’s and not necessarily those of Blue Coat. Thanks for reading! It seems like there are CASBs sprouting up all over the place nowadays. What are the key differentiating features between providers? Is it possible to divide the CASB space … Continue reading Former Perspecsys CEO David Canellos: Nicks Newsletter No. 39

Sign up for my newsletter to see more interviews with the biggest names in cybersecurity. This week I spoke to the CISO of a Fortune 500 retailer. He asked that his name not be disclosed. See the interview below and thanks for reading! You’re the CISO of a Fortune 500 retailer, and you were the CISO of another large retailer when the Target breach occurred. A lot of people say that the Target breach turned security into a board level issue. Would you agree with this? Have you shifted your approach to security at all in the wake of the breach?  For … Continue reading Fortune 500 CISO: Nick’s Newsletter No. 38

Sign up for my newsletter to see interviews with the biggest names in cybersecurity. Thanks for reading! The News: Security acquisitions reach a fever pitch A review of some of the cybersecurity M&A in October. Pretty amazing. Blue Coat is buying cloud security startup Elastica for more than $300M After buying the CASB Perspecsys several months ago, Blue Coat continues to beef up their cloud security with the Elastica acquisition. We’re seeing a bunch of M&A activity in the CASB space. Most recently, Microsoft acquired Adallom for $300 million. Proofpoint Acquires Socialware Socialware plays in the emerging space of social media security and compliance. … Continue reading Nick’s Newsletter No. 37

Sign up for my newsletter to see more interviews with the biggest names in cybersecurity. This week I got some pretty exciting news. I received and accepted an offer to work at JMI Equity in Baltimore, starting in late February (I graduate in December). JMI is a growth equity shop that’s been around since 1992 and specializes in enterprise software. The analyst role is primarily a sourcing role and it looks like I’ll be able to work significantly with the security team. I wanted to say THANK YOU SO MUCH to all the people (and there were a lot of you) who … Continue reading Bob Klein, Machine Learning Expert at BluVector (Acuity Solutions): Nick’s Newsletter No. 35

Sign up for my newsletter to see more interviews with the biggest names in cybersecurity. This week I spoke to Bob Austin, the founder of KoreLogic, and Rob King, a senior researcher at KoreLogic. KoreLogic is a security consultancy that serves companies that range in size from small to Fortune 100. KoreLogic has also developed a whole host of security tools, some of which we discuss in this interview. Check it out below! Bob, you were in senior management of the software company CSSI, which was eventually sold and since then you’ve mostly worked in security consulting practices. Why’d you decide to … Continue reading Bob Austin and Rob King of KoreLogic: Nick’s Newsletter No. 34

Sign up for my newsletter to see more interviews with the biggest names in cybersecurity. This week I spoke to Andrei Homescu, the cofounder of Immunant Inc. Andrei recently completed his PhD from UC Irvine, where, among other things, he researched the use of software diversity to harden applications against a variety of attacks. It was fascinating for me to talk to someone who’s at the forefront of the research in the security space, but is also now applying that at his own company. Check out the awesome interview below! In your paper on thwarting side channel attacks, you mention that existing … Continue reading Immunant Founder And UC Irvine PhD Andrei Homescu: Nick’s Newsletter No. 33

Sign up for my newsletter to see more interviews with the biggest names in cybersecurity. This week I was lucky enough to talk to Zachary Hanif, the Director of Applied Science at Novetta, a company which provides advanced analytics for cybersecurity and other fields. Prior to Novetta, Zach worked at Endgame for over six years and he just recently announced that he will be advising startups as part of Eastern Foundry. A lot of Zach’s work has focused on machine learning and its applications to security. This is a longer interview but it’s packed with fascinating insight from a real expert in … Continue reading Novetta’s Director of Applied Data Science, Zachary Hanif: Nick’s Newsletter No. 32