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It was a pleasure to host our Indian Diaspora gathering at our San Francisco office, bringing together over 80 founders and operators for an inspiring evening. The event provided a wonderful opportunity to discuss cross-border collaboration in AI. Thank you to everyone who joined us in fostering these valuable conversations and connections. Your contributions are vital to strengthening our community and advancing innovation. #IndoUSDiaspora Anand Daniel Prayank Swaroop Dinesh K. Rishi Dogra Anagh Prasad Ishtaarth Dalmia

Girish Redekar, Co-Founder and CEO of Sprinto, spoke to Neelu Tripathy at the #AccelCybersecuritySummit about the importance of establishing a common control framework before implementing compliance automation. Prayank Swaroop Rishi Dogra Pooja P. Chitranjan Jain Tanay Jagani Akshat Kumar Jain Sandesh Mysore Anand Vandana Verma Ankita Gupta Vatsal Srivastava Chitritha Masurekar Vikrant Mehra

Sandesh Mysore Anand, Co-founder and CEO of Seezo.io, and one of the organizers of the #AccelCybersecuritySummit, spoke to Neelu Tripathy about GenAI's impact on threat modeling and its broader applications for security teams. With GenAI, Seezo is able to extract context from unstructured data through prompt engineering and fine-tuning to automate large parts of threat modeling, he said. Prayank Swaroop Rishi Dogra Pooja P. Chitranjan Jain Tanay Jagani Akshat Kumar Jain Vandana Verma Ankita Gupta Vatsal Srivastava Chitritha Masurekar Vikrant Mehra breakpoint-security-podcast

Nikhil Prabhakar, Head of Security at Dezerv, discussed strategies for managing sensitive data and standardizing the use of security products and tools, with Neelu Tripathy at the #AccelCybersecuritySummit. Prayank Swaroop Rishi Dogra Pooja P. Chitranjan Jain Tanay Jagani Akshat Kumar Jain Sandesh Mysore Anand Ankita Gupta Vandana Verma Vatsal Srivastava Chitritha Masurekar Vikrant Mehra breakpoint-security-podcast

Bala Venkatramani, Co-Founder & CEO of Securden, Inc spoke to Neelu Tripathy at the #AccelCybersecuritySummit, about privilege management and when organizations should consider going passwordless. "Privilege management starts with robust identity management and progresses to just-in-time access, just enough access, and continuous monitoring," he says. Prayank Swaroop Rishi Dogra Pooja P. Chitranjan Jain Tanay Jagani Akshat Kumar Jain Sandesh Mysore Anand Vandana Verma Ankita Gupta Vatsal Srivastava Chitritha Masurekar Vikrant Mehra breakpoint-security-podcast

Indian cybersecurity startups are poised to create global impact, and continue their growth momentum amid a sharp rise in spending for cybersecurity globally, said Prayank Swaroop, Partner at Accel, in his keynote address at the inaugural Accel Cybersecurity Summit yesterday. Highlights from this session: ✅ Multiple reports attest to the spike in global spending for cybersecurity, with IDC projecting spends upwards of USD 36 billion in Asia Pacific alone. ✅ AI will play an increasingly pivotal role in cyber defence. It is reshaping the industry by enhancing key areas such as early vulnerability detection, automated threat modeling, and real-time threat detection. ✅ Indian cybersecurity startups received USD 157 million in funding in the past two years. Read more in this story by the Press Trust of India (PTI) : https://lnkd.in/gNQbYv-e

Divakar Prayaga, Startup Mentor at T-Hub and nasscom's DeepTech Club, and former CISO at CoinDCX, spoke to Neelu Tripathy about the importance of automating threat intelligence, at the sidelines of the #AccelCybersecuritySummit. "Given the sophistication and complexity of attacks, without automation, it's always like finding a needle in a haystack," he said. Prayank Swaroop Rishi Dogra Pooja P. Chitranjan Jain Tanay Jagani Akshat Kumar Jain Sandesh Mysore Anand Vandana Verma Ankita Gupta Vatsal Srivastava Chitritha Masurekar Vikrant Mehra breakpoint-security-podcast

At the sidelines of the #AccelCybersecuritySummit, Ross Haleliuk, Head of Product at LimaCharlie and founder of Venture in Security, emphasized that the right company to build is one with strong market signals. Neelu Tripathy breakpoint-security-podcast Prayank Swaroop Rishi Dogra Chitranjan Jain Tanay Jagani Akshat Kumar Jain Ankita Gupta Vandana Verma Vatsal Srivastava Pooja P. Vikrant Mehra Chitritha Masurekar

AI is changing everything but the real value lies in achieving better, not just faster outcomes, says Cisco Security’s Raj Chopra in his keynote address at the #AccelCybersecuritySummit in Bengaluru. Prayank Swaroop Rishi Dogra Chitranjan Jain Tanay Jagani Akshat Kumar Jain Pooja P. Vandana Verma Sandesh Mysore Anand Ankita Gupta

Indian cybersecurity startups are poised for strong growth amid rising global spending on security, says Prayank Swaroop in his keynote address as he kicks off the #AccelCybersecuritySummit in Bengaluru. Rishi Dogra Vatsal Srivastava Pooja P. Chitranjan Jain Tanay Jagani Akshat Kumar Jain Sandesh Mysore Anand Vandana Verma Ankita Gupta Vikrant Mehra Chitritha Masurekar