The loneliness of leading a cybersecurity startup
Linor spends her days working with cybersecurity founders at her Venture Capital firm. Gaining insight into their experiences over the course of building these relationships …
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CISOs in investment firms help fast-track cybersecurity startups
In this Help Net Security video, Frank Kim, CISO-in-Residence at YL Ventures, discusses the growing role of CISOs in investment firms and how their role as advisors helps …
How entrepreneurs can capitalize on the impending golden age of cybersecurity
As the markets continue to fluctuate, budget cuts and layoffs now extend across the tech industry, with cybersecurity no exception from tightening its belt and assessing its …
Frank Kim joins YL Ventures as CISO-in-Residence
YL Ventures has unveiled that Frank Kim has joined as its new full-time CISO (Chief Information Security Officer)-in-Residence. The SANS fellow, already a seasoned advisor and …
CISOs see little need for a point solution to cover ransomware risk
Nearly half of enterprises have fallen victim to a ransomware attack, of which nearly all have had little choice but to heed their attackers, according to the Q2 CISO Circuit …
The infosec investment landscape: Which tech gets the most bucks?
How many cybersecurity vendors are active at the moment? What are they offering? How is their business doing? These are just some of the questions that Richard Stiennon, Chief …
Photos: Cyber Week 2022
Cyber Week is a large annual international cybersecurity event, hosted each year at Tel Aviv University in Israel. Cyber Week 2022 is held jointly by the Blavatnik …
Recovery and resilience: CISO insights into the 2022 cybersecurity landscape
I recently had the opportunity to meet and speak with several luminaries of the global security ecosystem: Roger Hale – Chief Security Officer at Agora; Sounil Yu …
YL Ventures announces $400 million fund to boost Israeli cybersecurity innovation
YL Ventures announced the launch of its new $400M fund – YLV V, bringing its total capital under management to $800M. The significantly oversubscribed fund is the …
The Israeli cybersecurity funding landscape in the past year
In this video for Help Net Security, Yonit Wiseman, Associate at YL Ventures, talks about the Israeli cybersecurity funding landscape in the past year. The Israeli …
How to build a security tool that sells
In my experience as a CISO in the industry, as well as in my current position as CISO-in-Residence at YL Ventures, an early-stage, cybersecurity-focused venture capital firm, …
Andy Ellis joins Orca Security as advisory CISO
Orca Security announced that Andy Ellis, famed cybersecurity leader, has joined the company as an advisory CISO. Ellis will harness his broad security expertise from product …