Chief Trust Officer Autodesk and recent CISO of Nutanix Sebastian Goodwin discusses advising startup, Concentric AI, in the new data security posture management (DSPM) space, and the importance of locating your data as a prerequisite for security. Sebastian and Paul discuss the recent maturity of natural language processing (NLP), and how ChatGPT and large language models (LLMs) are impacting the startup world. Also discussed are key questions, like how to wade through the AI hype and setting expectations in this new generation of AI.

Sebastian discusses what it’s like on the Night Dragon Startup Advisory Board, advising startups during ideation and early stage, including tales of brainstorming key product categories over coffee years before anyone heard of them. Paul and Sebastian discuss his work with StrikeReady and the AI virtual assistant space, as well as several other automation startups.

Sebastian discusses the future of automation and highlights a couple more startups, like Reach Security, which automates and enables optimal configuration and usage of cybersecurity products. Sebastian also discusses Hadrian which auto-maps attack surfaces and automates finding exploits and vulnerabilities.

Sebastian explains the benefits of a non-traditional career path and spanning fields, and Paul and Sebastian discuss the downsides of hyperspecialization.

Sebastian Goodwin can be found on LinkedIn.com/in/sebgood

Concentric AI can be found at Concentric.ai, on LinkedIn.com/company/concentricinc, or Twitter @IncConcentric.

Hadrian Security is at Hadrian.io on Twitter @hadriansecurity or LinkedIn.com/company/hadriansecurity.

Reach Security is at Reach.security on Twitter @ReachSecurity or LinkedIn.com/company/reach-security.

Find StrikeReady.com on Twitter @strike_ready or LinkedIn.com/company/strikeready.

NightDragon is at NightDragon.com, on Twitter @nightdragon or

LinkedIn.com/company/nightdragon-security.

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