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 …
YL Ventures
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 …
The lifecycle of a eureka moment in cybersecurity
It takes more than a single eureka moment to attract investor backing, especially in a notoriously high-stakes and competitive industry like cybersecurity. While every …
What do CISOs want from cybersecurity vendors right now?
As COVID-19 spreads across the globe, what challenges are CISOs and other cybersecurity executives dealing with and what things they don’t want to be dealing with at the …
What are CISOs’ most pressing cybersecurity challenges?
CISOs are increasingly preoccupied with digital transformation, migration to cloud environments, and data governance, a recent YL Ventures survey has shown. The Israeli …
Security trends to follow at Black Hat USA 2019
Black Hat USA 2019 is just around the corner! Selecting which sessions to attend from among the conference’s jam-packed catalog of training sessions, panels and briefings can …