Return on Security
@ReturnOnSec
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Save hours of market research with a weekly review of cybersecurity funding and industry news in 5 minutes, with blog posts too. Written by @mikepsecuritee
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Joined March 2023
📊 Just published my deep dive into the 2024 cybersecurity market The numbers are wild: - 892 deals - $60B total value - 96% growth in AI security funding - 91% of M&A value in just 10 deals - Plus tons more A lot changed this year, and not in the ways most people think.
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Me monitoring my $1000 angel investment the moment the wire clears (please make money this time 🥹)
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Want to explore #influencer marketing, but not sure where to start? You're in luck! MG partner @mschafer will join #cyber influencers @mikepsecuritee and @mattjay on a panel with @coderedcomms next Thursday to discuss trends and where to begin. Tune in! https://t.co/QWVmiWw6Yh
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I accidentally discovered this when my security engineering team had to straddle multiple business units. The result? We became the first team to reduce spending while increasing capabilities and coverage.
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I wrote this piece last year and am still hard pressed to disagree with any of these observations https://t.co/Y6WailzoEb
returnonsecurity.com
Uncover 25 hard-hitting lessons from a 17-year cybersecurity career that can reshape your approach to the industry and career.
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Unquestionably, the most thorough review of the RSA Innovation Sandbox finalists - covering funding, categories, countries, and more. Amazing analysis by @mikepsecuritee & @ramimacisabird 👏 Read more👇
RSA Innovation Sandbox 2025 news 🌟 A prerequisite for the 10 finalists: A $5m uncapped SAFE הגיוני שנפתח התאבון אחרי שמתוך כל הפיינליסטים, גויסו מעל $16bn, ו 75 נרכשו (recap below 👇) תוהה מה ההשלכות העתידיות של המהלך.. האם פורטפוליו קונפליקט יהיה שיקול? האם סטארטאפים ימנעו?🤷♂️
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It’s the time of year again for the world-famous InfoSec Black Friday GitHub repo from @securitymeta_! This has been a huge hit for over 6 years, and it has just about everything a cybersecurity person would want. (Plus something from me as well 😎) https://t.co/rochIGRaQs
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All the deals for InfoSec related software/tools this Black Friday - 0x90n/InfoSec-Black-Friday
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no one will remember: - how busy you were - how big your salary was - how many hours you worked they will remember: - how many security questionnaires you sent - how many SOC 2 reports you looked at - how many pen tests you skimmed
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Very cool and thoughtful package from @beehiiv and handwritten note from @denk_tweets after hitting 10K subscribers for @ReturnOnSec! The card even has a QR code on the back that links to my the sign up page!
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💰 Security, Funded issue #156 from @ReturnOnSec is out, together with @material_sec ! Highlights include: - 5 companies raised $290.6M - 5 companies had an M&A event - 100% of funding went to product companies - @CyberArk, @Fortinet, @qualys, and @rapid7 earnings reports
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💰 Security, Funded issue #155 from @ReturnOnSec is out, together with @ThreatLocker This week's data highlights include: - 10 companies raised $166.1M across 8 unique product categories - 4 companies were acquired or had a merger event - 90% of funding went to product-based
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I am looking forward to kicking off Black Hat tomorrow with @mikepsecuritee (Return on Security), @rosshaleliuk (Venture in Security), and @KaitiDelaney (1011 Ventures) at the Innovators and Investors Summit * Is the AI hype real? * Is the cyber market overfunded or
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With great [AI] power comes great responsibility. I'm thrilled to introduce the Shared Responsibility Model for AI Security—a framework designed to divide security responsibilities between AI service providers and businesses based on common deployment models. This post covers:
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If your IT team dresses like this, you do not need to worry about the CrowdStrike outage
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@ReturnOnSec @outpost24 Know your attack surface and effortlessly identify domains belonging to your organization. See how AI Domain Discovery from @Outpost24 is improving the speed and accuracy of domain ownership and classification on @ReturnOnSec. #EASM #AI #attacksurface
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outpost24.com
Intelligence-led cyber risk management. Identify security gaps across your entire attack surface & prioritize vulnerabilities that matter the most.
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💰 Security, Funded issue #154 from @ReturnOnSec is out, together with @outpost24! This week's data highlights include: - 14 companies raised $507.0M across 12 unique product categories - 2 companies were acquired or had a merger event - 100% of funding went to product-based
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