102 - Daniela Applegate of rThreat: Daydreams of Starting A Company Can Come True

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102 - Daniela Applegate of rThreat: Daydreams of Starting A Company Can Come True

The Founders Live Podcast

Nick Hughes is joined by Daniela Applegate, who is cofounder and VP of marketing at rThreat from Seattle, WA. rThreat is a cybersecurity breach and attack simulation platform that tests the effectiveness of your cyber defenses. They validate across the entire spectrum of cybersecurity, including an organization’s security staff, processes, and controls that are protecting critical assets. Doing so ensures that organizations are protected from known cyber threats and stay up to date on newly released zero-day threats. Nick and Daniela jump into a very intriguing conversation around the state of technology, data security and the future of cybersecurity around the world. They start by talking about rThreat's recent experience pitching and winning at Founders Live Seattle in late 2020, including tips and lessons from the virtual pitch experience. Then they dive deeper into the main challenges organizations currently experience with cyber security and how rThreat helps them continually test their strengths and weaknesses. This conversation is a wake up call to organizations of any size to understand the security of their operations need to be constant top of mind. This conversation is both inspiring and frightening, so we hope it helps you think more about the protection of your organization. https://rthreat.net/