Anzenna: Ganesh Krishnan on Contextual Learning for Cyber Workforce Development
May 2, 2023
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Explore the evolution of cybersecurity practices with Ganesh Krishnan, CEO of Anzenna. Learn about the challenges in securing funding for cybersecurity startups and empowering employees with contextual cybersecurity training. Discover insights on integrating products within a cloud-first organization and customizing workflows for cyber workforce development.
Anzenna emphasizes contextual learning for cybersecurity workforce development.
Wiz offers comprehensive security solutions covering multiple areas in cybersecurity tools.
Deep dives
Ganesh's Entrepreneurial Journey and Avid Secure Sale
Ganesh Krishnan, CEO of Inzenna and former founder of Avid Secure, shared his accidental start in cybersecurity in the late 90s working with Intel Labs and later at Secureify and Yahoo. He transitioned into entrepreneurship by founding Avid Secure, a CSPM platform focused on cloud security, which was eventually sold to Sophos in 2019. Ganesh discussed the challenges of the cybersecurity space and the decision to start Inzenna, emphasizing contextual learning in workforce development.
Evolution of CSPM Landscape and Broadening Coverage
Over time, the CSPM landscape has expanded to cover larger surface areas in cybersecurity. Companies like Wiz have emerged, aiming to provide comprehensive security solutions that encompass workload, containers, and more, making cybersecurity tools more holistic. This broadening of coverage addresses the challenge of multiple security tools, offering a consolidated approach for CSOs and organizations.
And Zenna's Approach to Workforce Empowerment in Cybersecurity
And Zenna introduces a unique approach to cybersecurity training by focusing on delivering the right content with contextual relevance to the user's actions. This involves engaging employees within their workflow, providing concise and practical security guidance when they make security-related decisions. By incentivizing and involving employees directly in learning and addressing security tasks, And Zenna aims to enhance cybersecurity adoption and effectiveness within organizations.
CEO and founder at Anzenna, providing contextual learning opportunities to improve employees' cybersecurity training
Previously founded Avid Secure, one of the original CSPM companies, which he sold to Sophos in 2019
Joined Sophos as a VP of engineering and worked there for the last three years prior to launching Anzenna
Check out the episode for our discussion on the sale of Avid Secure at the very beginning of the CSPM boom, what contextual learning entails in the workforce development space, and how the Anzenna team is going about this challenge. https://www.anzenna.ai/
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