Pravin has been in this industry for many years and has founded several successful security software companies.
He offers some insights on the future of cloud security, as well as current trends in compliance requirements.
I started solving real-world security problems soon after the.COM bust in 2000.
In those days, it was very easy to hack into any system.
In 2005, I founded RiskVision, which focuses on compliance and risk management.
It is still an active and privately held company.
I founded CipherCloud in 2010 because I realized that the use of cloud services was becoming very widespread.
CipherCloud provides an organization with full visibility, control and information protection for the use of these services.
Today, the definition and usage of the term CASB is rather broad.
CASBs consolidate multiple types of security policy enforcement.
Your solutions are app-specific, rather than generic, correct?
Some of our solutions are tool specific, while some are more generic.
Outside of the US, however, we are seeing that governments are generally getting stricter GDPR for example.
Many multinationals inside the US and Europe are looking to GDPR as the standard they need to maintain.
Also, many countries beyond Europe are looking at GDPR as a baseline standard they would like to enact.
What are the services/benefits that your platform provides?
Who is your specific target audience within that market?
They tend to have at least 1,000 users.
Paid services are not a significant component of our business (How many active customers do you have today?
They are typically large organizations.
Whom do you see as your main competitors?
How is your platform different?
We constantly see companies trying to solve one piece of the problem.
There are also many new CASB vendors popping up.
However, an software-specific offering like ours is unique.
How do you see cloud computing and cloud security evolving in the coming years?
When I started the company in 2010, there were many security companies getting large amounts of funding.
Until now, they mainly focused on discovering which cloud services were being used inside the organization.
What are your future plans for CipherCloud?
Where are they located?
We now have approximately 300 employees, many of whom are located at our San Francisco Bay area headquarters.
We also have subsidiaries in the UK, India, Australia, and Germany.
What do you see changing in the coming years?
Back in the early 2000s, it was difficult to launch a startup.
This makes it much more efficient and easier for entrepreneurs.
They can get to market very quickly after developing their initial idea.
While in the past, incremental innovation was good enough to get attention, today you must havebreakthroughinnovation.
One of the prominent hurdles faced by startups in the present era is the scarcity of top talent.
The limited availability of such talent intensifies the competition among startups striving to secure the best resources.
How many hours a day do you normally work?
As the CEO, I must do everything even the janitors job, so I work many hours.
I attempt to achieve some sense of balance, but I still average about 60 hours a week.
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