While the Bay Area was thrashed with more atmospheric rivers, ChatGPT continued to make the headlines (see Forgepoint TIPS, our new LinkedIn newsletter!) -- as did so many of our portfolio companies but in different ways. Meanwhile, we proudly welcomed three incredible leaders to our now 88-member strong Advisory Council, Don journeyed to DC, and Shane shared his story. If Emerson was right in that "Our life is March weather, savage and serene in one hour," what will April's RSA bring in a whole week? Read on! Thanks and we hope to see you there.

Coming out to RSAC this year? We interrupt our usual newsletter with this special announcement: meet not 1, not 2 but 15 members the Forgepoint Family! Learn More >

Team Updates.

VCs in DC: Don Dixon and the NVCA National Security Working Group met with policymakers, agency officials, and other VCs in DC for discussions focused on the intersection of national security and technology. Photo credit: NVCA.

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Meet Shane Shook, Venture Partner, who brings over three decades of extensive experience consulting on incident response and cybercrime investigations to inform his work with cybersecurity innovators and organizations across industries. Read More >

Advisory Council.

Please join us in welcoming these recognized leaders to the Forgepoint Advisory Council: 

Marene Allison, Board Member, Advisor, and Former Global CISO, Johnson & Johnson. A cybersecurity expert and board member with 40+ years of experience protecting systems, data, and infrastructure for Fortune 100 companies, Marene also served as CSO for MedCo and held senior security leadership roles at Avaya and The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. She also worked as an FBI Special Agent, served in the U.S. Army, and graduated from West Point in the first class to include women.

Vishal Amin, GM, Security Solutions, Microsoft Federal. Vishal is a Presidential Scholar and GM of Microsoft’s Federal Defense Security, Compliance, and Identity business. A leader and technical specialist in cybersecurity, his career spans the DoD and civilian sector. He served as an F-18 aviator in and within the Joint Special Operations community supporting National Security missions globally. He now serves on industry advisory councils and philanthropic boards, and does what he can to drive diversity and empower those who selflessly serve their communities and our nation.

Eddie Borrero, VP and CISO, Blue Shield of California; Former VP and CISO, Robert Half. Eddie is a transformative global business leader and champion of diversity, equity and inclusion who has over 25 years of experience managing technology, security, privacy, and risk teams in a variety of industries giving him a unique perspective as a business executive and in partnering with Corporate Boards of Directors. Eddie is a Navy veteran who has broad experience working at a global level with startups as well as Fortune 500 companies.

Latest Headlines.

How shift left security and DevSecOps can protect the software supply chain (VentureBeat) Read More >

Silicon Valley Bank’s demise disrupts the disruptors in tech (AP News) Read More >

Feds Will Make SVB Depositors Whole, Avoiding Payroll Crisis (BankInfo Security/ISMG) Read More >

Who’s Who Of Venture Capital Firms In Cybersecurity (Cybercrime Magazine) Read More >

Frontline Issues.

Introducing Forgepoint TIPS (Threat Intelligence Portfolio Spotlight): our new LinkedIn newsletter where we examine the latest cyber trends and events with actionable insights for industry decision-makers. Subscribe here > TIPS #1: Is ChatGPT a Productivity Booster or Data Security Risk? Gain insight on the risks of ChatGPT in the workplace and how to protect your data, featuring Cyberhaven. Read More >

The news has buzzing about the latest material hack to the software supply chain: the recent breach of VoIP provider 3CX. Initial coverage below; stay tuned for the next TIPS. 

• ReversingLabs: Unpacking the Bombshell 3CX Supply Chain Hack Read More >
• Huntress: Contextualizing Events & Enabling Defense: What 3CX Means Read More >

Our friends at Piper Sandler (formerly DBO Partners) released their inaugural CISO Survey, designed to capture actionable insights on cybersecurity concerns, capability needs, consolidation trends, and spending priorities for decisionmakers and dealmakers. We would appreciate it if you could take a brief moment to complete the survey. Thank you very much.  

Portfolio Company Updates.

Congratulations to seven of our portfolio companies for making Forbes' America's Best Startup Employers list!  

• CyberCube – Pascal Millaire
• Noname Security – Oz Golan 
• Lumu Technologies – Ricardo Villadiego
• Rafay – Haseeb Budhani
• Ermetic – Shai Morag
• 1Kosmos – Hemen Vimadalal
• Uptycs – Ganesh Pai 

1Kosmos announced the integration of BlockID with ForgeRock Access Manager. Learn More >

BishopFox received seven awards around innovation and leadership in Q1 2023. Read More >

Cyberhaven announced the release of Cyberhaven for AI. Learn More >

Ermetic launched its Above the Cloud Channel Partner Program. Read More >

Huntress released The State of Cybersecurity for Mid-Sized Businesses in 2023. Learn More >

Interos launched an enhanced Cyber Risk Factor for i-Score. Learn More >

LoginRadius CTO Deepak Gupta wrote about best practices for login security. Read More >

Lumu wrote about strategies manufacturers are taking to secure their network. Learn More >

Noname Security expanded its API Security Platform to help organizations increase cyber resilience. Learn More >

NowSecure released an infographic on how to improve high-tech app security and reduce the risk of data breaches. View Here >

Rafay was named a Leader and Outperformer in GigaOm’s 2023 Radar Report for Managed Kubernetes. Learn More >

SolCyber CEO Scott McCrady spoke with Gen. (Ret) Keith Alexander, former Director of the NSA, and Hacker Valley about cybersecurity for SMBs. Watch Here >

Surefire Cyber appointed Jenna Zucali as Chief People Officer. Read More >

Uptycs was recognized as a Representative Vendor in the 2023 Gartner Market Guide for Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms. Read More >

Whistic announced a collaboration with Google Cloud to enable proactive vendor security. Read More >

4/11 Huntress is hosting a new episode of Tradecraft Tuesday: What's Keeping Us up at Night. Register Here >

4/12 NowSecure is leading a Hack to the Future session for the Stranger Vulns Rewind event. Register Now >

4/20 Noname Security is hosting API Discovery - You Cannot Secure What You Cannot See. Register Here >

4/26 Bishop Fox livestream: The Art & Science of Cyber Leadership at RSA. Register Here >

4/26 SPHERE is sponsoring and co-hosting Women in Cybersecurity at RSA. Register Now >

4/27 1Kosmos SVP of Product Management Javed Shah and VP of Product Marketing Robert MacDonald are hosting Four Stages to Building a Passwordless Enterprise. Register Now >

5/4 SolCyber will be attending the Dallas Cybersecurity Conference. Use promo code SolCyberVIP to attend for free. Register Here >

5/31-6/2 Surefire Cyber is sponsoring and will be speaking at NetDiligence in Philadelphia. Registration opens April 18.. Register Here >

ON DEMAND AppMap CEO Elizabeth Lawler and Head of Growth Pete Cheslock discussed improving the developer experience for Techstrong TV. Watch Now >

ON DEMAND Cyberhaven CSO Chris Hodson spoke with VillageMD CISO Dan Walsh for AI & Enterprise Risk Management. Watch Here >

ON DEMAND Ermetic Senior Cloud Security Architect Lior Zatlavi hosted Understanding Attack Tactics to Better Secure Your AWS Environment. Watch Now >

Portfolio Company Jobs.

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