Steve Blank is an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University, where he co-created the "Hacking for Defense" curriculum for the Department of Defense. As a consultant to top defense and intelligence organizations, Steve brings cutting-edge strategies to the national security sector. Before entering academia, Steve built eight different startups. He helped launc ... Show More
Nov 19
How Harness runs 16 “startups within a startup” at scale | Jyoti Bansal (Co-founder and CEO)
Jyoti Bansal is the co-founder and CEO of Harness, the software delivery platform used by thousands of engineering teams, and previously founded AppDynamics, which he led from inception to a multibillion-dollar acquisition by Cisco. In this episode, Jyoti unpacks what it really t ... Show More
1h 5m
Oct 23
Go hard early: How lessons from Verkada shaped Serval's AI agents for IT teams | Jake Stauch (Founder and CEO)
Jake is the founder and CEO of Serval, an AI-driven IT automation and service management platform that just raised $47M in Series A funding this week. Before founding Serval, Jake spent over five years at Verkada, where he led multiple products from 0-1 and helped scale the compa ... Show More
1h 23m
Jul 2025
Machine-Scale Defense and the Future of Cybersecurity
Jeetu Patel, President and Chief Product Officer at Cisco, joins Ann on this week's episode of Afternoon Cyber Tea to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping the cybersecurity landscape. Jeetu shares insights on the urgent need for machine-scale defenses, the potential f ... Show More
29m 50s
Jul 2024
US space innovation, defense tech challenges, and more with True Anomaly’s Even Rogers | E1982
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1h 7m
Aug 2024
Securing SMBs Serving Defense Industrial Base and U.S. Critical Infrastructure
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40m 59s
Nov 2024
War Room Best Practices
In this episode of Threat Vector, David Moulton, Director of Thought Leadership at Unit 42, is joined by cybersecurity experts Kyle Wilhoit, Director of Threat Research, and Michal Goldstein, Director of Security Architecture and Research at Palo Alto Networks. Together, they exp ... Show More
35m 17s
Jul 2024
5 essential questions to craft a winning strategy | Roger Martin (author, advisor, speaker)
<p><strong>Roger Martin</strong> is one of the world’s leading experts on strategy and the author of <em>Playing to Win</em>, one of the most beloved books on strategy. He’s written extensively for the <em>Harvard Business Review</em>; consulted for dozens of Fortune 500 companie ... Show More
1h 22m
Nov 2023
Leading Edge Cyber Innovation with Nadav Zafrir
Nadav Zafrir, co-founder and Managing Partner of Team8 joins Ann on this week's episode of Afternoon Cyber Tea. Team8 is a pioneering venture group with profound expertise in creating and investing in companies specializing in enterprise technology, data, cybersecurity, and finte ... Show More
34m 58s
Oct 2024
Becoming more strategic, navigating difficult colleagues, harnessing founder mode, and more | Anneka Gupta (Chief Product Officer at Rubrik)
<p><strong>Anneka Gupta</strong> is the Chief Product Officer at Rubrik, a leading B2B cybersecurity company. She previously spent 11 years at LiveRamp, where she was the President and Head of Product and Platforms leading product development and go-to-market operations and strat ... Show More
1h 8m
Nov 2024
Cyber Espionage and Financial Crime: North Korea’s Double Threat
In this episode of Threat Vector, host David Moulton speaks with Assaf Dahan, Director of Threat Research at Palo Alto Networks’ Cortex team, about the rising cyber threat from North Korea. Dahan, a cybersecurity expert with over 18 years of experience, discusses the nation's str ... Show More
33m 28s