546 Cyber Security for the Department of Defense w/ David Brumley (ForAllSecure)

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">David Brumley is the founder and CEO of ForAllSecure, a startup spun out of Carnegie Mellon University, that has raised over $36 million.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The company provides cutting edge cybersecurity solutions to Fortune 500 companies and government agencies, including the Department of Defense.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Straight out of college, David Brumley worked in IT at Stanford University fixing and securing issues with the university’s open network. His challenges motivated him to pursue towards a decade-long research quest to solve the problem of real-time, automated testing and security compliance.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This research led to the founding of ForAllSecure and their first product “MAYHEM”, which scans software for bugs, generates exploits, and fixes vulnerabilities.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, Aaron and David talk about selling security to the Department of Defense, how he raised millions of dollars from Tier 1 VCs, and how his startup is the culmination of more than a decade of academic research.</span></p> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><strong><em>David Brumley’s Challenge:</em></strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Look at what you’re good at and pay it forward. </span></p> <p> </p> <h1><span style="font-weight: 400;">Connect with David Brumley</span></h1> <p><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-brumley-5aa57298/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Linkedin</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/thedavidbrumley"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Twitter</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://forallsecure.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Website</span></a></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you liked this interview, check out the episode</span> <a href= "https://www.goingdeepwithaaron.com/podcast/eric-jorgenson"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Naval Ravikant’s Wisdom w/ Eric Jorgenso