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In the latest edition of #ForgepointTIPS, Forgepoint Capital Venture Partner Dr. Shane Shook digs into the concepts of vertical and horizontal security and how they relate to the finance business unit:     🚨Company-wide horizontal security measures are essential, but so are the vertical needs of specific business units. Too often, there’s a disconnect between Security and departments like Finance.   💲 This leads to gaps in security posture, higher incident risks, and broader impacts from fraud, embezzlement, and theft.     🔒 Shift left to synchronize finance and security and implement coordinated horizontal and vertical measures.     Read on to learn more. Thanks to Shane and VERITUITY CEO Ben Turner for their insights and to 1Kosmos, SPHERE, and Verituity for helping finance teams protect business-critical treasury and cash management systems and processes.       #shiftleftforfinance #forgepointfamily #TIPS

The responsibilities of boards of directors regarding #cybersecurity are changing significantly, as is the #cybersec industry itself. McKinsey & Company’s Sean Brown speaks with Vinnie Liu, the co-founder and CEO of Bishop Fox, and McKinsey cyber-resilience experts Justin Greis and Daniel Wallance about how boards of directors should approach oversight of cybersecurity. Listen to the "Inside the Strategy Room" conversation here: https://lnkd.in/g7WADg-U #forgepointfamily

Dive into the latest episode of SolCyber 's “Tales from the SOC”, where Paul Ducklin and David Emerson, CTO at SolCyber, challenge the status quo of #cybersecurity practices. Discover: ✅ Why "shiny new tools" might leave you vulnerable ✅ The power of practical, non-academic security approaches ✅ How to build a true cybersecurity culture Tune in to learn how SolCyber is revolutionizing the approach to digital defense, making it more accessible and effective for businesses of all sizes: https://lnkd.in/echt5SGd #forgepointfamily

Gain invaluable insights on the critical role of Active Directory (AD) groups in identity hygiene and access management in SPHERE's recent Smells Like Identity Hygiene episode with Fredy Alejandro Martinez-Pardo, Field CISO at SPHERE. https://hubs.li/Q02HNDnx0 #forgepointfamily

#BlackHat2024 is in the books! Our team had a blast meeting with the founders, cybersecurity leaders, investors, advisors, and supporters of the Forgepoint community. Thank you to all who joined our capstone events with Vision and Voice, Foundation Capital, IQT (In-Q-Tel), and SVB, and congratulations to our companies on another great show! Meanwhile, Kathryn Shih interviewed Bishop Fox's Rob Ragan about pen testing LLMs and AI applications, Alberto Yépez shared thoughts on SaaS and AI sprawl for Nasdaq, Shane Shook penned a TIPS blog on the concept of secure in operation and Tanya Loh recapped highlights from Huntress's Summer Summit in NYC. Kudos on all the awards, breakthroughs, insights and continued impact! Read on for more of the latest news including recent achievements across the #forgepointfamily of companies: https://lnkd.in/gNRYVPU9

#ICYMI Brooke M. of RAD Security sat down with Oliver Legg of Aspiron Search during #BlackHat2024. Listen to the full #CyberBytes episode below.

Oliver Legg of Aspiron Search welcomed Alberto Yépez, Co-founder & Managing Director of Forgepoint Capital, to the #BlackHat2024 Edition of #CyberBytes : The Podcast! "Alberto’s impressive career started as an early employee at Apple, helping build the foundations of the company we all know today. He has been involved in many of the most exciting security vendors, and driven Forgepoint to take a unique approach to investing. One key to their success has been a truly global reach and push away from just Silicon Valley. An example being finding the founders of ReversingLabs Labs in Croatia and helping them become a leading supply chain security company. 🔵 The meaning of bringing Context & Contacts to early-stage companies 🔵 The creation of a defined talent function and bringing on Karl Sharman in-house and the impact it's had on ForgePoint’s investments 🔵 The unique approach Forgepoint takes with their own staff and deep exposure employees get very early on " Watch the entire podcast here: https://lnkd.in/g9mCKuuH

Since last spring we have released 18 cybersecurity-related TIPS (Threat Intelligence Portfolio Spotlights), referencing a range of trending topics and impactful solutions to challenges. Thanks to Dr. Shane Shook and our #forgepointfamily portfolio companies for providing these resourceful tips, browse through them on our website: https://lnkd.in/g_ijb2w4 #TIPS #cybersecurity