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Today’s AI-powered SOC companies are tomorrow’s security service providers
AI agents for SOC vs. AI-enabled MDRs: a deeper look
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Ross Haleliuk
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Today’s AI-powered SOC companies are tomorrow’s security service providers
AI agents for SOC vs. AI-enabled MDRs: a deeper look
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Ross Haleliuk
“Why now?”: a single question that decides what security startups succeed, and which fail
Taking a close look at “Why now?” - what it means, why it matters, the types of “Why now?” we see in security, and what founders need to know to succeed
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Ross Haleliuk

February 2025

How pentesting mirrors the evolution of quality assurance
And why software engineering can help us to mature the security industry
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Ross Haleliuk
Structuring founding teams to win in security: a data-driven look
A look into different types of founders and effective ways to structure founding teams in security
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Ross Haleliuk
Will the next wave of cybersecurity success stories originate in open source?
There have been great cybersecurity successes that originated in open source in the past such as Tenable (market cap of $5.2B) and Sourcefire (acquired…
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Kane Narraway
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January 2025

Angel investors are arguably the most critical part of the cybersecurity startup ecosystem
Discussing the critical role angels play in the cybersecurity ecosystem, their motivations, and impact
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Ross Haleliuk
Why we need a standardized cybersecurity classification system
How we can borrow a system that has worked incredibly well in healthcare and adopt it in cybersecurity and why that would make a difference
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Ross Haleliuk
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The only six cybersecurity markets large VC funds actually care about and why security startups don’t have a moat
Looking at six markets for large-scale companies in security
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Ross Haleliuk

December 2024

Let’s have an honest conversation about the state of cybersecurity
Several years ago, I discussed the importance of security engineering for the future of security operations. Then, Rami McCarthy in his contributed…
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Ross Haleliuk
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There are four ways to compete as a security platform
In this piece, I zoom in on security platforms and discuss four ways in which they can compete.
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Ross Haleliuk
Evolving the CISO role: servant leadership, dual career tracks, and permission to fail
Looking at three areas I believe are required for us to evolve the CISO role as we are going to the future: servant leadership, dual career tracks, and…
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Ross Haleliuk
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