Cybersecurity
Machine identities: more important than all other identities if you are serious about security and privacy.
About This Talk
The journey of an entrepreneur is never a straight line. And if you are in cybersecurity, you should have your seatbelt on, your antennas tuned, and your brain in gear. That is exactly what serial entrepreneur
Jeff Hudson did when he started at Venafi 13 years ago. The journey went from startup to a profitable, multi hundreds of millions in revenue company. Join us for a lively and thought provoking conversation with Jeff on how he recognized a large potential opportunity and created an entirely new category of machine identity management of which they are the leaders today.
Speakers
Jeff Hudson
CEO
Venafi
Venafi
Jeff Hudson is a seasoned leader with over 25 years of leadership and management experience in information technology and security management. Jeff has spent a significant portion of his career developing and delivering leading-edge technology solutions for financial services and other Fortune-ranked organizations and government agencies. Prior to joining Venafi, he was the CEO of Vhayu Technologies Corp., CEO and cofounder of MS2, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at Informix Software, and CEO of Visioneer. Jeff speaks regularly to global audiences at technology and business conferences worldwide. He earned a bachelors degree in communications at the University of California, Davis.
Scott McGrew (Moderator)
Journalist
NBC Bay Area
NBC Bay Area
Scott McGrew has covered entrepreneurs and venture capital for NBC Bay Area for the past 25 years. He is also the host of the Sunday morning television program Press:Here and the weekly podcast Sand Hill Road. Scott was the first journalist to reveal the crimes behind the death of a South Bay Marine in Afghanistan and the only reporter in the world allowed to fly F-16 combat air patrol as part of Operation Enduring Freedom following 9/11. He's been an eyewitness to a firing squad and chased greased pigs at the Iowa State Fair. He is also a regular emcee and host for the Ernst and Young&'s Northern California Entrepreneur of the Year, the Global CleanTech Forum, United Way and the Boy Scouts. He also helps foster excellent business journalism as a judge at UCLA's Gerald Loeb awards.