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Recently Ronan got to chat with Kunal Anand the CISO/ CTO at Imperva, a leading provider of data and application security solutions with Database Security, Web Application Firewall, DDoS Protection, Bot Protection. Kunal talks about his background, innovation, short term disruption, AI, empathy, transhumanism and more. More about Kunal Anand: Kunal Anand is the is the CISO/ CTO at Imperva and also the co-founder and CTO of Prevoty, a next-generation web application security platform. Prior to that, he was the Director of Technology at the BBC Worldwide, overseeing engineering and operations across the company's global Digital Entertainment and Gaming initiatives. Kunal also has several years of experience leading security, data and engineering at Gravity, MySpace and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His work has been featured in Wired Magazine and Fast Company. He continues to develop the patented security technologies that power Prevoty's core products.
Learn more about Jeffrey Pfeffer and where you can buy or listen to his books: JeffreyPfeffer.com Ep 22 – Dafina Toncheva, General Partner, USVP SHOW NOTES: Dafina Toncheva, General Partner at USVP, discusses how she's strategically used the Rules of Power concepts to manage her career. From a small town in Bulgaria to now being a major figure in Silicon Valley, she has succeeded in an industry that has not traditionally welcomed women. Join us and learn how the principles of power apply to women and men, and how to use those principles of power to navigate an extraordinarily successful career for yourself. You'll learn from Dafina: Where she's from, how she got to the U.S., and her career trajectory What political forces led her to desire to look for opportunities abroad How she ultimately ended up at Harvard and the only way she knew to get there Her path between college and her current career The lens she used to decide to join USVP in 2012 The use of power in her career to make the most impact The importance of aligning your success goals with the company's goals How she navigated in a less-than-welcoming business environment How she has stood up for herself and put the Rules of Power into action The importance of developing constructive professional relationships with board members A surprising take on what is as important as the investments that are made How managing the narrative of the firm is incredibly important GUEST BIO: Dafina Toncheva (dafina@usvp.com), a general partner at USVP, invests in emerging technologies in the enterprise space with focus on Enterprise SaaS applications and security. She has led investments in and joined the boards of Luma Health, Arkose Labs, Raken, Percepto, Carrot Fertility, Nfinite, Sepio Systems, Trust Lab and Surgical Safety Technologies. Dafina served on the board of Prevoty, a leader in application security, who was acquired by Imperva where USVP was the lead investor and largest shareholder. Prior to joining USVP, Dafina was a principal investor with Tugboat Ventures. Before that, she spent two years at Venrock helping to expand the firm's investments in SaaS, virtualization, security, infrastructure and enterprise applications. Dafina led the first institutional investment round in Cloudflare (NYSE: NET). Her other investments included Aria Systems, Kenna Security (acquired by Cisco) and Matrixx Software. Before becoming an investor, Dafina held positions in development and product management at Microsoft focusing on authentication systems, digital signatures and business workflow. She has co-authored several key patents. Dafina holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BS in Computer Science, magna cum laude, with special focus on cryptography, efficient algorithms and database systems from Harvard University. Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dafinat/ Produced by The MunnAvenuePress.com
Episode #4 of "Can I get that software in blue?", a podcast by and for people engaged in technology sales. If you are in the technology presales, solution architecture, sales, support or professional services career paths then this show is for you! Your hosts Steve Mayzak and Chad Tindel are joined by Kunal Anand, founder of Prevoty and now CTO at Imperva. In addition to being a programming whiz and computer security guru he's also a stone-cold expert on blockchain and crypto currencies having been deep in that world since the early days. We breakdown the latest Coinbase S1 to talk about their business model, how much money they're making, how cryptocurrencies work and the differences between Bitcoin and Ethereum, and where he thinks crypto will go in the future. We also cover a range of topics with Kunal like how he thinks about the Solution Architect role as a founder and CTO and how SA comp could be better. Contact us on Twitter or LinkedIn to suggest companies or tech news articles worthy of the podcast! Our website: https://softwareinblue.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/softwareinblue LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/softwareinblue Make sure to subscribe or follow us to get notified about our upcoming episodes: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8qfPUKO_rPmtvuB4nV87rg Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/can-i-get-that-software-in-blue/id1561899125 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25r9ckggqIv6rGU8ca0WP2 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/can-i-get-that-software-in-blue Coinbase S1: https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0001679788/699359de-d974-4ad9-b7f6-5031f2f432d3.pdf Takeaways from Coinbase S1: https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/25/five-takeaways-from-coinbases-s-1/ Mark Cuban says ETH will dwarf BTC: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/05/mark-cuban-ways-ethereum-dwarfs-bitcoin.html Michael Saylor interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr_3F-zNM8g Out of the Ether: https://www.amazon.com/Out-Ether-Amazing-Ethereum-Destroyed/dp/1119602939 NY Power Plant coin mining: https://www.syracuse.com/news/2021/05/as-bitcoin-mining-hooks-into-upstate-ny-power-plants-some-wonder-if-its-just-more-hot-air.html Bitcoin uses more energy than all FAAMG companies combined: https://www.theecoexperts.co.uk/blog/bitcoin-uses-more-energy-than-amazon New ETH will be environmentally friendly: https://www.tomsguide.com/news/ethereum-crypto-will-soon-be-9995-more-environmentally-friendly-heres-how Coinbase runs on AWS: https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/coinbase/
Imperva acquires app security firm Prevoty in $140 million deal, Allstate accelerates expansion into Identity Protection with acquisition of InfoArmor, Sonatype receives $80 million investment from TPG, Very Good Security makes data unhackable with $8.5 million from Andreessen, Lacework raises $24 million for AI-based cloud security platform, Synapsefi raises over $17 million in Series A funding, and more! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/BSWEpisode98
Imperva acquires app security firm Prevoty in $140 million deal, Allstate accelerates expansion into Identity Protection with acquisition of InfoArmor, Sonatype receives $80 million investment from TPG, Very Good Security makes data unhackable with $8.5 million from Andreessen, Lacework raises $24 million for AI-based cloud security platform, Synapsefi raises over $17 million in Series A funding, and more! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/BSWEpisode98
This week, we share a Pre-Recorded interview with Gabriel Gumbs, VP of Product Strategy at STEALTHbits! We talk about moving from detection to prevention, and protecting your data! In Tracking Security Innovation, Imperva acquires app security firm Prevoty, Allstate accelerates expansion into Identity Protection, 100+ startups globally accepted into StackPaths Propel startup program, Kaseya acquires RapidFire Tools, Very Good security makes data unhackable with Andreessen, and some excellent funding rounds from various companies! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/BSWEpisode98 Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes! Visit https://www.activecountermeasures/bsw to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter!! →Visit our website: https://www.securityweekly.com →Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly →Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly
This week, we share a Pre-Recorded interview with Gabriel Gumbs, VP of Product Strategy at STEALTHbits! We talk about moving from detection to prevention, and protecting your data! In Tracking Security Innovation, Imperva acquires app security firm Prevoty, Allstate accelerates expansion into Identity Protection, 100+ startups globally accepted into StackPaths Propel startup program, Kaseya acquires RapidFire Tools, Very Good Security makes data unhackable with Andreessen, and some excellent funding rounds from various companies! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/BSWEpisode98 Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes! Visit https://www.activecountermeasures/bsw to sign up for a demo or buy our AI Hunter!! →Visit our website: https://www.securityweekly.com →Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly →Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly
ITSPmagazine’s John Dasher chats with Kunal Anand from Prevoty during RSA Conference 2018 in San Francisco to discuss what RASP (Runtime Application Self Protection) is and how a RASP solution can help organizations secure their applications and prioritize the processing of their vulnerability by simply attaching an agent to their app. For more updates from RSA Conference 2018, visit https://www.itspmagazine.com/itsp-chronicles/rsa-conference-2018-recap
Driving cultural change, the ‘Seed Stage’ is now the ‘Seed Gradient’, Prevoty raised $13M Series B, Okta reports earnings, Riskonnect acquired Aruvio, and more! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SSWEpisode65 Visit http://securityweekly.com/category/ssw for all the latest episodes!
Driving cultural change, the ‘Seed Stage’ is now the ‘Seed Gradient’, Prevoty raised $13M Series B, Okta reports earnings, Riskonnect acquired Aruvio, and more! →Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SSWEpisode65 →Visit our website: https://www.securityweekly.com →Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/securityweekly →Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/secweekly
Todd O'Boyle of StrongArm joins us for an interview! In our article discussion, we discuss behaviors that can drive cultural change, the power of office back-channeling, and the five traits of successful teams at Google! In the news, we have updates from InterVision, Prevoty, Okta, and Riskonnect, and more on this episode of Startup Security Weekly Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SSWEpisode65 Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/ssw for all the latest episodes!
Todd O'Boyle of StrongArm joins us for an interview! In our article discussion, we discuss behaviors that can drive cultural change, the power of office back-channeling, and the five traits of successful teams at Google! In the news, we have updates from InterVision, Prevoty, Okta, Riskonnect, and more on this episode of Startup Security Weekly! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/SSWEpisode65 Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/ssw for all the latest episodes!
In this episode Simon has a wide-ranging chat with Kunal Anand, CTO & Co-Founder of Prevoty, about building their product on AWS, the challenges of scale and the future of software architectures. This Startup Spotlight is brought to you by Intel and AWS www.prevoty.com