Nithin Thomas - investing in threats that don’t exist yet

Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. Today, we are joined by Nithin Thomas. He founded SQR Systems in 2010 with a platform to secure communication backbone that enables secure and compliant communications on apps and IoT sensors. He has established multiple R&D and commercial programmes and partnerships with the Ministry of Defence (UK), the US Department of Defense we well as intelligence and government agencies within the Five Eyes Community. Key Minutes 3:10 - Education 4:45 - Hearing cybersecurity for the first time 7:59 - The evolving of his company 10:08 - Standing out in a product heavy market 11:26 - Solving CISO’s pain 14:51 - Future risks 18:24 - Investing in a threat that doesn’t exist 21:49 - AI and Machine Learning in cybersecurity 22:54 - IoT and security 28:33 - Growing a start-up during the recession 31:48 - Learning to grow a business 35:30 - Keep learning You can find Nithin at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nithinthomas/ Website: https://www.SQRSystems.com Follow us:
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