The lazy days of summer simply don't apply in cybersecurity: we're so proud of the continued hustle and achievements across the Forgepoint Family! This month, Forescout completed its merger with Cysiv and Bishop Fox raised its $75M Series B while SolCyber celebrated its first "stealthiversary". Heading to Black Hat? Meet key companies from our portfolio and come to our Cyber Trailblazers party at the Foundation Room. Contact Tanya as we'd love to see you there!

Financings and M&A.

Forescout Technologies, the global leader in automated cybersecurity, completed its merger with Cysiv, innovator of a cloud-native, next-gen SOC-as-a-Service and SIEM platform. View the announcement, our Executive Spotlight on Cysiv CEO Partha Panda and Andrew McClure's blog. 

Bishop Fox, the leading authority in offensive security, raised $75M in Series B funding led by Carrick Capital. View the announcement, coverage in WSJ, Venture Beat and SecurityWeek and read Will Lin's blog. 

Forgepoint Field Guide.

In this edition, Carolyn Crandall, CMO & Chief Security Advocate of Attivo Networks (acq. by SentinelOne) shares insights on how to create and own a new category. Read More >

Team Updates.

Meet Casilda, MIT Sloan MBA candidate who loves a good challenge. She's completing our Summer Associate Program, designed to provide holistic exposure and hands on skills development in cybersecurity VC. Read More >

Advisory Council.

Please join us in welcoming another industry leader to our 75+ member Advisory Council: 

Mark Greisiger, President, NetDiligence®, which he has led since its inception in 2001. He has been responsible for the creation of cyber assessment and crisis risk response solutions utilized by 200+ cyber risk insurance companies globally to support their objectives. A pioneer of cyber insurance at CIGNA, Mark helped launch one the nations' first cyber insurance products in the mid-1990's.  

Let's also congratulate 

• Shaun Khalfan, SVP & CISO, Discover Financial Services, Tim McKnight, EVP & CSO, SAP and Dr. Yonesy Núñez, CISO, Jack Henry on being named to CISOs Connect™ Top 100 CISOs List of preeminent security leaders across N. America
• James Shira, Global CIO & CTO of PwC on joining the WSJ CIO Network, an invite-only community of technical leaders from the world's most influential companies 

Latest Headlines.

Silicon Valley Business Journal recognized Will Lin as a 40 Under 40 Honoree. The award "honors the rising entrepreneurs, creators, and executives who have shaped the Bay Area and are paving the way for what comes next."

Channel Pro Network shared perspective from Alberto Yépez in How to Evaluate Security Vendors Like a Venture Capital Firm. Read More >

CIO Dive referenced Forgepoint's 2022 CISO Security Priorities Model in CISO Priorities for the Second Half of 2022. Read More >

Information Security Media Group quoted Alberto Yépez in Early-Stage Startups Pump Brakes on Growth as Downturn Looms. Read More >

Expert Insights completed an in-depth interview with Alberto Yépez on How Cybersecurity Startups Can Ensure Success. Read More >

Forbes quoted Andrew McClure in What Every CEO Needs to Know about the Shanghai Data Breach. Read More >

SC Magazine quoted Will Lin in Majority of Small Businesses Say They Are at a Greater Risk of Attack than Enterprises. Read More >

SDX Central quoted AlbertoYépez in Forgepoint Founder on What it Takes to be a Cyber Investor. Read More >

Security Weekly interviewed Alberto Yépez in VC Perspective: Embracing Uncertainty and Staying the Course. Watch Now >

Portfolio Company Updates.

SolCyber celebrated its first "stealthiversary"! Incubated at Forgepoint, SolCyber brings a modern approach to securing the midmarket. Check out the SolCyber blog by CEO Scott McCrady, the Forgepoint blog by Leo Casusol, and Don Dixon's take. 

Anitian expands leadership team with appointment of CMO Maria Crawford and CRO Tom Pak to fuel next stages of growth. Learn More >

Anitian was featured in New AWS Marketplace Vendor Insights. Read More >

Bishop Fox launched an eBook focused on gaining the most ROI from application pen testing. Learn More >

Constella helped KrebsonSecurity successfully uncover the admin behind proxy service Microleaves' controversial distribution practices. Read More >

CyberCube's latest research focuses on implications of the Ukraine-Russia cyber war fall-out and ransomware trends. Read More >

CyberCube supports new Insurance Institute of London book on cyber insurance. Learn More > 

Ermetic achieves AWS Security Competency Status. Learn More >

Ermetic was spotlighted on the CRN 2022 Emerging Vendors List. Read More >

Huntress acquired Curricula: an engaging, story-based security awareness training platform that empowers employees to be their own line of defense against hackers. Read More >

Interos CEO Jennifer Bisceglie was featured in Deloitte and Female Quotient's Top 25 Women in Cyber. Read More >

NowSecure was selected by Google for independent security reviews of Android Apps. Read More >

Remediant President Raj Dodhiawala appeared on VentureBeat to describe common pitfalls companies face when attempting to manage their lateral movement risk. Read More >

Remediant CEO Tim Keeler shares why Session Recording in Privileged Access Management is dead, and why Intelligent Session Capture (ISC) is the pathway forward. Read More >

SolCyber made it into the CRN 2022 Emerging Vendors List for security. Learn More >  

SPHERE CEO Rita Gurevich was featured in the Wall Street Journal in a piece on safe password practices. Learn More >  

Look out Vegas, here we come:

Heading to Black Hat USA 8/6-11? Meet the #ForgepointFamily at an array of events, booths, talks, dinners, and parties! Request an invite to our Cyber Trailblazers Social Club party using the code FORGEPOINT.

8/11-14 Bishop Fox will host an inaugural livestream event from DEF CON 30. Learn More >

8/12 Ermetic's security researcher Noam Dahan to present "Flying Under Cloud Cover: Built-In Blind Spots in Cloud Security" at DEF CON 30. Learn More >

8/18 1Kosmos is hosting a webinar on how to protect your SSO from vendor and contractor compromise. Register Here >

8/22-24 1Kosmos, Ermetic, Remediant, SolCyber, Sphere and Strata will be at the Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit. Follow Forgepoint on LinkedIn for updates!

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