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The Next Wave Podcast: Ryan Noon
ICYMI: Check out CEO Ryan Noon on the The Next Wave Podcast. His recent conversation with hosts Brad Kirby and Laura Roman, PhD, covered topics including the fallout from the recent Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, security implications tied to email’s use as the key to other business and personal accounts, and where the near future of email security needs to go in order to save the world’s email from hacks like SolarWinds, Hafnium, etc.
“Earn influence, don’t mandate it” — a conversation with Figma’s Devdatta Akhawe
Every now and then, a person comes along who is genuinely nice, excels in their field, and eagerly passes learnings on to the next generation of industry leaders. Figma’s Head of Security Devdatta Akhawe is that guy. Our CEO Ryan recently connected with Dev for a wide-ranging chat.
Announcing Our Series B
I’m happy to be the bearer of a very small piece of good news in the midst of what’s been a rough year for everyone. Today, we’re finally announcing our Series B led by legendary solo capitalist Elad Gil with participation from existing investor Andreessen Horowitz and a host of top-tier executives and security experts. Elad is a uniquely gifted thinker and investor who’s been involved with our company since near the beginning and it was a fairly obvious choice to work more closely with him as we grow. Our Series B adds an additional $40M of funding to our $22M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz in 2018.
Enterprise Security Weekly Podcast: Ryan Noon
Check out our CEO Ryan on the Enterprise Security Weekly Podcast. The live conversation with host Paul Asadoorian featured a demo of Material and covered topics including why email is both a vector and a treasure trove for hackers and why a perimeter-only approach to security actually creates more risk and vulnerability than it mitigates.
Security Voices Podcast: Ryan Noon and Abhishek Agrawal
Listen to our CEO Ryan and CTO Abhishek chat candidly with hosts Jack and Dave on the Security Voices podcast. Their conversation covered topics ranging from “how to not suck as a vendor” to defining “Really Scary Phishing™.” During the interview, Ryan and Abhishek laid out how 2020, a year of change for so much and so many, was a prime year for phishing—with the central vulnerability being: “distracted people reacting to well-timed messages.”
Risky Biz Podcast: Ryan Noon and Abhishek Agrawal
Listen to Ryan and Abhishek chat email security with host Patrick Gray on the Risky Business podcast. Their Inauguration Day conversation covered why Patrick thinks Material is an “interesting and different kind of product” and why SolarWinds is a mere preview of the world of pain hurtling our way—especially if we don’t begin to treat email inboxes as both targets and vectors. During the podcast, the trio also surfaced the reality that email is no longer just a simple correspondence tool. It’s a vast content repository (read: treasure trove) of every type of sensitive, illuminating, and mundane information under the sun.
Paul’s Security Weekly Podcast: Ryan Noon
Listen to our CEO Ryan on Paul’s Security Weekly Podcast. The live conversation covered topics including the winding digital security road to SolarWinds and why today’s enterprise needs to embrace email security built with the assumption that hackers will successfully infiltrate perimeters and plunder in a myriad of ways.
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ESG360 Video: Abhishek Agrawal
Listen and watch our CTO Abhishek chat email security with ESG senior analyst, Dave Gruber, for an ESG360 Video. Their conversation ranged from mapping the evolving email threat landscape facing enterprises and individuals, to shining light on the countless ways a hacker can inflict pain after successfully infiltrating an inbox, to exploring how Material takes a novel approach to delivering inside-out security through APIs.