The Adversarial Podcast Pilot – Cybersecurity Investments, Secure Configurations vs. Code, and Risk Management

Episode notes

Join former CISOs-turned-founders Jerry Perullo, Mario Duarte, and Sounil Yu as they reflect on the state of cybersecurity investments in 2024, debate the importance of configuration vs. code security, and discuss the importance of governance in risk management.

Stories:

• ‘There’s A Lot Of Noise’ — VCs Trying To Find Clarity In Cluttered Cyber AI Landscape: https://news.crunchbase.com/cybersecurity/venture-funding-ai-wiz-ma-rsa/
• Wiz raises $1B at a $12B valuation to expand its cloud security platform through acquisitions: https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/07/wiz-raises-1b-at-12b-valuation-expanding-through-acquisitions/
• CyberArk Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Machine Identity Management Leader Venafi from Thoma Bravo: https://www.cyberark.com/press/cyberark-signs-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-machine-identity-management-leader-venafi-from-thoma-bravo/
• A review of zero-day in-the-wild exploits in 2023: https://blog.google/technology/safety-security/a-review-of-zero-day-in-the-wild-exploits-in-2023/

Hosts:

Jerry Perullo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perullo/

Mario Duarte: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mario-duarte-7855237/

Sounil Yu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sounil/