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📣 On behalf of the Forgepoint Capital team, huge congratulations to Brooke M., Jimmy Mesta 🤙 and the RAD Security team on their Series A! 🥳 ✨ With the rapid acceleration of #AI adoption comes an explosion of new opportunities as well as security risks. RAD is leading the way with real-time, behavior-driven defense for cloud and AI systems, helping enterprises stay ahead of modern threats. We are proud to support RAD as they scale their impact across industries—here's to all that's ahead! ☁️🛡️ 🚀 👉 Learn more about RAD Security's breakthroughs in security for AI and LLMs, advanced cloud detection and response, and increased operational efficiency for security teams, dramatically reducing mean time to resolution (MTTR): https://lnkd.in/dcnn6PzA 🐻❄️ Also check out their new brand and website! Link in comments below. #cybersecurity #cloudsec #aisecurity #forgepointfamily

How do we ensure AI learns the right lessons? Find out where AI without careful design can pick up the wrong lessons, lead to silent failures, unpredictable behaviors, gaming its success metrics, and more in this week's Margin of Safety blog #5 from Jimmy Park and Kathryn Shih.

Way to go Huntress! #SIEM in full effect 🎯🎉 https://lnkd.in/g7Qmk7dG

This week, we're pleased to highlight new Advisory Council Member Justin Foster, CTO of Forescout Technologies Inc. and former CTO and Co-Founder of Cysiv (acq. Forescout). Justin leads global Research and Development at Forescout and has over 25 years of experience in information security, encompassing server and cloud security, network security, security analytics, and encryption. Previously, he was the CTO and Co-founder of Cysiv, a SOC as a Service provider, and prior to that he held senior engineering, product management, and go-to-market roles at Trend Micro. Justin held the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification for 15 years and has an Advanced Executive Certificate in General Management from Queen’s University. Justin: thank you for joining us. We appreciate your entrepreneurial zeal and dedication, technical and product leadership, and all you do to advise, inform, and inspire others! #forgepointfamily #advisorycouncil

Bravo, let’s go Surefire Cyber Inc. 🔥🛡️💫!! #incidentresponse #forgepointfamily

Congrats to Mario Vuksan and the ReversingLabs team on their announcement of their integration with Glasswall, a leader in #ZeroTrust file protection. This collab enhances risk mitigation by leveraging RL's 40 billion known goodware and #malware samples alongside Glasswall's advanced #CDR. https://lnkd.in/gaVTYGEz #forgepointfamily

🚀 Stay Ahead in Cybersecurity, AI, and Infrastructure Software Talent and Funding 🤝 The right hires can make or break a startup, just as capital is a critical resource to scaling and building world-class teams. Forgepoint Capital’s Head of Talent Karl Sharman’s weekly #SecMoves newsletter delivers exclusive insights on the latest talent shifts, funding rounds, acquisitions, and new roles across the industry. 👉 Subscribe now to stay informed and get ahead in the talent game! On LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/gru5fd6B #Hiring #Cybersecurity #AI #Recruiting

How do you plan to tell if your #agenticsystem is on the rails (or, more critically, off them)? And what should you know to ensure that your observability work translates to more than just logging costs? Explore the key challenges and learn how enterprises can plan to avoid observability nightmares in the fourth Margin of Safety blog by Kathryn Shih and Jimmy Park.

This week we’re thrilled to highlight new Advisory Council member but seasoned identity expert and cyber veteran Paul Lanzi, Founder and Principal Consultant at IDenovate, former Founder and COO of Remediant (acq. by Netwrix). Paul's career spans IT leadership roles in the biopharma (Genentech, Roche, Gilead Sciences) and telecom (SBC, now AT&T) industries with an emphasis on identity and identity security. At IDenovate, Paul assists Fortune 100 companies retooling their identity teams and solution stacks. Paul holds a BS in Computer Science from UC Davis and volunteers his time with the IETF (Identity-related standards), Scouting America (District Commissioner for SF) and the Cybersecurity Non-Profit (Board Advisor). Thank you, Paul for your leadership and support-- and for all you to advance modern identity for organizations everywhere. #forgepointfamily #advisorycouncil

📣 Announcing the latest edition of Forgepoint Forward! 💡What's ahead in Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) explores ASPM market dynamics and what makes an effective and attractive ASPM solution, featuring the latest market research along with insights from CEOs, CISOs, and founders.     🔒 ASPM is a market with serious potential, with Gartner predicting that ASPM adoption will become mainstream in the next few years. However, vendors face their fair share of obstacles including muted VC funding, increased competition, and the challenge of creating developer-friendly solutions.  🔎 Take a look at the market map below for a sneak peek of our analysis and some of the key players in ASPM ⬇ Read our blog post for an overview of the main findings and to access the full report. Link in the comments! Special thanks to Edward Amoroso, Andres Andreu, CISSP-ISSAP, QTE, Pieter Danhieux, Jerry Kowalski, Elizabeth Lawler, Alan Snyder, Mario Vuksan for contributing your insights and expertise. Preisha Agarwal | Reynaldo Kirton, CFA | Michael Cortez | Shane Shook Conor Higgins | Tanya Loh #ASPM #innovation #vc