SC Awards

How does a cyberwar on the other side of the world impact operations for companies? Or does it? As part of the SC Awards Winners Circle video series, SC Media discussed the lessons learned and implications of the situation in Ukraine with three of the 2022 award recipients: Adam Meyers, SVP of intelligence for Company of the Year CrowdStrike; CEO and Co-Founder of Dragos and Executive of the Year Rob M. Lee; and Oliver Tavakoli, CTO of Best Threat Detection and Beat Threat Intelligence Technology Vectra AI.

The Pentagon does not lack for offices and programs that are designed to foster innovative technology and engage with cutting edge ideas, whether internally or in the private sector. And yet, the struggle to penetrate the Department of Defense with big ideas remains real.

Despite a tumultuous market, cybersecurity companies continue to draw millions in venture dollars. So how can startups and investors alike best leverage the relationship? As part of the SC Awards Winners Circle video series, SC Media dug into this dynamic with Dave DeWalt, founder and managing director of NightDragon, recipient of our Best Growth-Stage Investor Of The Year award; Ofer Schreiber, senior partner and head of the Israeli office at YL Ventures, recipient of Early-Stage Investor Of The Year award; and Monti Knode, director of customer success at Horizon3.ai, recipient of the Most Promising Early-Stage Startup award.

Healthcare and tech have made strides in patient care over the last two decades, shifting care from within the four walls of a hospital to remote-care settings. But many vendors, including some of the the most dominant players in the tech space, have a revolving door of healthcare leaders. Others hop in, then hop out again. SC Media examines what makes the union so difficult to get right.

The last year brought a transition from remote work by necessity, to hybrid work by choice for many companies. That meant evaluating security programs to better address a longterm shift in how employees access networks and data. As part of the SC Awards Winners Circle video series, SC Media spoke with Jason Lee, CISO of Zoom, recipient of the Pandemic Pivot award, and Carl Wright, Chief Commercial Officer of AttackIQ, recipient of the Best IT Security-Related Training Program award, to get their perspective on the road ahead.

Fortress is helping to arrange meetings between groups of smaller companies and vendors to show the broad appeal of making product changes.