
Island (Browser Security) - Season 04/05 - Episode #42
08/18/22 • 34 min
Our guest for the show is Brian Kenyon, Brian serves as the Chief Strategy Officer at Island, a hot start-up that recently emerged from stealth to deliver the industry’s first Enterprise Browser.
Season 4 KickOff episode with Chase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWB05cb7XRQ
Demo:
https://www.island.io/contact-us
Whitepaper:
https://connect.island.io/hubfs/White%20Papers/whitepaper%20013122_c.pdf
About Island:
Island is the developer of the Enterprise Browser – the ideal enterprise workplace, where work flows freely while remaining fundamentally secure. With the core needs of the enterprise naturally embedded in the browser itself, Island gives organizations complete control, visibility and governance over the last mile, while delivering the same smooth Chromium-based browser experience users expect. Led by experienced leaders of the enterprise security and browser technology space and backed by leading venture funds – Insight Partners, Sequoia Capital, Cyberstarts and Stripes – Island is redefining the future of work for some of the largest, most respected enterprises in the world. Island is based in Dallas with research and development in Tel Aviv
About Brian:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianmkenyon
Brian comes from more than 20 years of experience driving product strategy, growth initiatives and go-to-market for organizations across all stages. Currently, Brian serves as the Chief Strategy Officer at Island, a hot start up that recently emerged from stealth to deliver the industry’s first Enterprise Browser. As a founding team member of Island, Brian was essential in driving in establishing Island’s product and go-to-market strategies, as well as part of the leadership team that secured over $100 million in financing from leading early-stage investors including Insight Partners, Sequoia Capital, Cyberstarts and Stripes. In addition to being a crucial member of Island’s early stage success, Brian also served as Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Blue Coat Systems (which was acquired by Symantec in 2016 where he held the same position), as well as chief architect at Foundstone, which McAfee acquired in 2004, where he played an integral role in designing and developing the company’s cutting-edge hardware and software solutions. Upon joining McAfee, he served in a variety of roles including Chief Technology Officer as well as Chief Technical Strategist. Throughout Brian’s career he has been responsible for the strategy engagements of these major company success stories and has the right experience to help entrepreneurs navigate the challenges, successes and roadblocks of early-stage growth.
Our guest for the show is Brian Kenyon, Brian serves as the Chief Strategy Officer at Island, a hot start-up that recently emerged from stealth to deliver the industry’s first Enterprise Browser.
Season 4 KickOff episode with Chase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWB05cb7XRQ
Demo:
https://www.island.io/contact-us
Whitepaper:
https://connect.island.io/hubfs/White%20Papers/whitepaper%20013122_c.pdf
About Island:
Island is the developer of the Enterprise Browser – the ideal enterprise workplace, where work flows freely while remaining fundamentally secure. With the core needs of the enterprise naturally embedded in the browser itself, Island gives organizations complete control, visibility and governance over the last mile, while delivering the same smooth Chromium-based browser experience users expect. Led by experienced leaders of the enterprise security and browser technology space and backed by leading venture funds – Insight Partners, Sequoia Capital, Cyberstarts and Stripes – Island is redefining the future of work for some of the largest, most respected enterprises in the world. Island is based in Dallas with research and development in Tel Aviv
About Brian:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianmkenyon
Brian comes from more than 20 years of experience driving product strategy, growth initiatives and go-to-market for organizations across all stages. Currently, Brian serves as the Chief Strategy Officer at Island, a hot start up that recently emerged from stealth to deliver the industry’s first Enterprise Browser. As a founding team member of Island, Brian was essential in driving in establishing Island’s product and go-to-market strategies, as well as part of the leadership team that secured over $100 million in financing from leading early-stage investors including Insight Partners, Sequoia Capital, Cyberstarts and Stripes. In addition to being a crucial member of Island’s early stage success, Brian also served as Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Blue Coat Systems (which was acquired by Symantec in 2016 where he held the same position), as well as chief architect at Foundstone, which McAfee acquired in 2004, where he played an integral role in designing and developing the company’s cutting-edge hardware and software solutions. Upon joining McAfee, he served in a variety of roles including Chief Technology Officer as well as Chief Technical Strategist. Throughout Brian’s career he has been responsible for the strategy engagements of these major company success stories and has the right experience to help entrepreneurs navigate the challenges, successes and roadblocks of early-stage growth.
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Skyhigh Security(Browser Security) - Season 04/04 - Episode #41
Our guest for the show is Zuly Gonzalez. Zuly is Director of Product Management at Skyhigh Security where she leads Remote Browser Isolation, Firewall-as-a-Service, and Digital Experience Monitoring as part of the Skyhigh Security Service Edge (SSE) platform.
Season 4 KickOff episode with Chase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWB05cb7XRQ
Demo:
https://www.skyhighsecurity.com/en-us/forms/demo-request-form.html
Whitepaper:
https://www.skyhighsecurity.com/en-us/cybersecurity-defined/what-is-browser-isolation.html
About Zuly:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zulygonzalez/
Zuly Gonzalez is Director of Product Management at Skyhigh Security where she leads Remote Browser Isolation, Firewall-as-a-Service, and Digital Experience Monitoring as part of the Skyhigh Security Service Edge (SSE) platform.
Prior to joining Skyhigh Security, Zuly was the CEO and Co-founder of Light Point Security (acquired by McAfee in March 2020), which pioneered the concept of remote browser isolation. Before founding Light Point Security, Zuly spent over a decade at the National Security Agency (NSA) in various technical and management roles where she focused on protecting national security interests. While at the NSA, Zuly briefed the Director of the NSA and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) on matters of national security.
Zuly holds a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez, and an MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Johns Hopkins University.
About Skyhigh Security:
Skyhigh Security protects organizations with cloud-native security solutions that are both data-aware and simple to use. Its market-leading Security Service Edge (SSE) Portfolio goes beyond data access and focuses on data use, allowing organizations to collaborate from any device and from anywhere without sacrificing security. For more information, visit www.skyhighsecurity.com.
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Menlo (Browser Security) - Season 04/06 - Episode #43
Our guest for the show is Nick Edwards, Nick is Vice President, Product Management for Menlo, prior to Menlo he was Nick was CEO of GradientOne.
Season 4 KickOff episode with Chase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWB05cb7XRQ
Demo:
https://www.menlosecurity.com/demo/
Whitepaper:
https://resources.menlosecurity.com/white-papers/parting-the-clouds-isolation-for-greater-security
About Nick
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-edwards-99387/
Prior to joining Menlo Security as Vice President, Product Management, Nick was CEO of GradientOne. He previously served as Vice President of Marketing and Products with Silver Tail Systems where he led all aspects of product management and marketing. Nick has also held a variety of management positions with Cisco Systems. During his time at Cisco, he built a team of 35 people managing security products with an annual run rate of $500 Million. Nick holds an MBA in Finance from Harvard Business School and a BS in Control Systems Engineering from the United States Naval Academy.
About Menlo Security:
Menlo distinguishes itself from competitors by challenging the traditional approach to protecting against web-based threats with its patented isolation technology, which ensures that customers can enforce the highest security irrespective of where their users are located or what device they are using to work with and access the Internet. Menlo’s unique architecture is inherently capable of meeting the dynamic elastic scale needed to support changing traffic patterns for its customers worldwide. This proven approach supports security first customers and isolates all users and traffic anywhere in the world.
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