On Demand Now : The hard thing about zero trust

Data breaches continue to rise yearly; the US reported 1800 breaches in 2022. Many enterprises are turning to Zero Trust to combat these risks to protect their organization from the never-ending barrage of attacks, ransomware, phishing, or password theft. During this conversation, we will discuss why Zero Trust is important and what it will take for companies to make Zero Trust actionable.   Panelists: Nicole Perlroth is an award-winning cybersecurity journalist for the New York Times, where her work has been optioned for both film and television. She is a regular lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a graduate of Princeton University and Stanford University. Ted Schlein's legendary career in venture capital spanning 25 years at Kleiner Perkins and more than 30 years in cybersecurity make him uniquely qualified to lead the Ballistic team as a General Partner. His roles as operator, founder, investor and advisor have resulted in the creation of companies that have fundamentally shaped the cybersecurity landscape, while returning billions of dollars to shareholders. Ted provides counsel to the U.S. intelligence community, serves on the Board of Trustees at InQTel, and was recently named as a board member of the CISA Cybersecurity Advisory Committee. Tarun Thakur is CEO and co-founder of Veza, the authorization platform for identity-first security. Tarun and his co-founders founded Veza in 2020 to address one of the toughest issues in enterprise security today: who can take what action on what data. Veza has established a robust customer base consisting of Fortune 500 and global enterprises like Intuit, Blackstone, Wynn Resorts, ASAPP, Barracuda Networks, Choice Hotels, and many more. Veza has raised $110M+ in venture financing from leading firms such as Accel, Google Ventures, Norwest, and Ballistic Ventures.