Frankly Speaking - Cybersecurity maturity: 3 types of companies and what this means for the industry

Hope everyone had a great RSA week. At least for myself, I spent a good amount of time this week recovering, but I learned a lot. It’s always good to meet up with old friends and meet some new ones. Anyway, this week we have a special treat! Ross Haleliuk offered to write a guest post about various types of cybersecurity companies. He also has his own Substack called Venture in Security which has a ton of great content, so I encourage you to check it out! For anyone interested in understanding the state of cyber defense, it is hard not to notice that the industry is not on the same page when it comes to cyber maturity. Some organizations are talking about advanced persistent threats (APTs), building custom security tools and tailored coverage in-house, while others are outright denying that security is something they need to worry about. After observing the trends in the security space, I realized that there are three distinct cohorts of organizations, with few to no overlaps between t

Hope everyone had a great RSA week. At least for myself, I spent a good amount of time this week recovering, but I learned a lot. It’s always good to meet up with old friends and meet some new ones. Anyway, this week we have a special treat! Ross Haleliuk offered to write a guest post about various types of cybersecurity companies. He also has his own Substack called Venture in Security which has a ton of great content, so I encourage you to check it out! For anyone interested in understanding the state of cyber defense, it is hard not to notice that the industry is not on the same page when i