From presidential inspiration to cybersecurity policy pioneer. [Policy]

riskacademy — Sun, 08 Nov 2020 19:43:20 +0000

Richard Clarke: From presidential inspiration to cybersecurity policy pioneer. [Policy]

CEO and consultant Richard Clarke took his inspiration from President John F Kennedy and turned it into the first cybersecurity position in federal government. Determined to help change the mindset of war, Richard went to work for the Department of Defense at the Pentagon following college during the Vietnam War. From Assistant Secretary of the State Department, he moved to the White House to work for President George W. Bush’s administration where he kept an eye on Al-Qaeda and was tasked to take on cybersecurity. Lacking any books or courses to give him a basic understanding of cybersecurity, Richard made it his mission to raise the level of cybersecurity knowledge. Currently as Chairman and CEO at Good Harbor Security Risk Management, Richard advises CISOs. We thank Richard for sharing his story with us.

This Goldman Sachs-backed cybersecurity startup helps businesses predict threats with intel inputs

riskacademy — Mon, 25 May 2020 01:35:46 +0000

Kumar Ritesh is a cybersecurity veteran. In his former role, he headed the cyber intelligence practice at Britain’s ‘secret intelligence service’ MI6. “My life has been a bit of an adventure. I worked in state intelligence for almost eight years,” he tells YourStory.

In 2016, after his injunction got over, Ritesh joined global analytics company Antuit.ai, and went on to set up its cyber analytics division – Cyfirma – in 2017.

Cut to October 2019, Cyfirma was backed by investment banking and financial services giant Goldman Sachs, and later, demerged from Antuit to become an independent entity. “It was always a part of the agreement that once we grew, we would become a separate company,” Ritesh reveals.

The startup is headquartered in Singapore and Tokyo, with an office in Bengaluru, where most of its product engineering happens.

Even though cybersecurity and threat analytics are gaining importance globally, the focus largely lies on risk management than on risk prevention. That is the mindset Cyfirma wants to change with DeCYFIR, its threat discovery and cyber intelligence platform.

Kumar Ritesh, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Cyfirma

With threat visibility and…

Chairman and CEO – РИСК-АКАДЕМИЯ – АНО ДПО ИСАР

From presidential inspiration to cybersecurity policy pioneer. [Policy]

This Goldman Sachs-backed cybersecurity startup helps businesses predict threats with intel inputs