Dan DeCloss (PlexTrac) // Making the world a safer place with Cybersecurity innovations

In today’s episode, I talk with Dan DeCloss. He is the Founder and CEO of PlexTrac - PlexTrac is a revolutionary, yet simple, Cybersecurity platform that centralizes all security assessments, penetration test reports, bug bounty submissions, audit findings and vulnerabilities into a single location. He is going to share with us how he got started in cybersecurity, and his journey as the founder of PlexTrac. He’s going to tell us what Purple Teaming is and what his advice is for founders going after their dream.Here’s a closer look at the episode:Dan’s dream of entrepreneurshipNaval Postgraduate SchoolDepartment of Defense cybersecurityHow report automating sparked the idea for PlexTracThe Red Team vs. the Blue Team in cybersecurityThe importance of validationDeciding to commit full-timeWhy timing was rightUnanticipated challenges as PlexTrac has grownThe COVID impact and lessons learnedHow things changed after fundraisingThe relationship with Insight PartnersImportance of leadership developmentWhat’s coming up for PlexTracDan’s advice for other foundersResources:Website: https://plextrac.com/ Dan’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ddecloss/ Dan’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/wh33lhouse PlexTrac Twitter: https://twitter.com/PlexTracPlexTrac LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/plextrac/ PlexTrac Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/plextrac