Founder and CEO @ Cylake

Sunnyvale, CA
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AI has made targeted attacks cheaper to build and easier to scale. Defenders need to move faster, and they need the complete picture to do it. Today, that picture is scattered across security products that were never built to work together. Our investors are backing Cylake’s answer: rebuild the architecture from the metal up. @nirzuk founded Palo Alto Networks. Wilson Xu helped build it and led its engineering team. Udi Shamir co-founded SentinelOne. Now they’re building one platform with one data lake, where security and AI run on infrastructure you control. @angusloten covers the surge in early-stage cyber funding, including Cylake’s recent raise, in @WSJ. Read the story: wsj.com/pro/cybersecurity/fl…
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Data sovereignty comes down to one thing: control. Where is your data? Who has access to it? And how much control do you have over what happens to it? Cylake’s @MarkatPANW and @renebonvanie break down why these questions matter now more than ever. Dig into the new meaning of data sovereignty: substack.com/@cylake/note/p-…
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We’re building Cylake with the people who will use it. In Episode 5 of Inside Cybersecurity, Nick Campagna and @renebonvanie go inside Cylake’s Design Partner program and what we’re learning about AI, legacy security stacks, sovereignty, hardware, and more. 🎧 Watch: cylake.substack.com/p/inside…
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You cannot build complete visibility from 30 tools. What you get instead is 30 puddles of data and 30 bills. We are building Cylake around a different premise: one system, one ingestion pipeline, working across complete data on infrastructure the customer controls. @renebonvanie spoke with @ISMG_News about why that architecture led us all the way down to the hardware, and why it matters for organizations that cannot send their most sensitive security data somewhere else. Read the full story: inforisktoday.com/cylake-get…
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“It should be your data. In the cloud, it’s not.” - @NirZuk, Cylake Founder & CEO Data ownership is one of a company’s most valuable assets. If working with your own data requires permission and a massive bill, how much of it do you really own? Listen to the full conversation on our latest episode of Inside Cybersecurity: cylake.substack.com/p/who-re…
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Sophisticated cyberattacks are becoming cheaper to launch and easier to scale. Organizations need security operations that can respond at machine speed. Hear Cylake CMO @renebonvanie and Cylake Board Member @MarkatPANW discuss this shift in the latest episode of Inside Cybersecurity: substack.com/@cylake/note/p-…
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Your cybersecurity data should be your data. But who actually controls it? Cylake founder and CEO @nirzuk sits down with @JoelFishbeinJr, Senior Managing Director at Guggenheim Securities, to discuss cloud economics, fragmented security data, AI, and why data sovereignty is becoming an architectural requirement. 🎧 Inside Cybersecurity Episode 4: cylake.substack.com/p/who-re…
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AI can only defend what it can see. Before asking what AI can do for your organization’s cybersecurity, you need to ask: Can our architecture support AI? If your security data is scattered across multiple ingestion pipelines and disconnected "data puddles," AI only sees pieces of the picture. A single ingestion pipeline and a unified data lake give AI the complete visibility it needs to operate effectively. More in our latest article: cylake.substack.com/p/ai-is-…
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Cybersecurity has become a board-level issue. Former Palo Alto Networks CEO @MarkatPANW joins @renebonvanie to discuss AI, resilience, digital sovereignty, and why cybersecurity has become a strategic business issue. 🎧 Episode 3 of Inside Cybersecurity: open.substack.com/pub/cylake…
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Every week brings another AI analyst, AI SOC, AI agent, or AI assistant. But AI can only work with what it can see. If cybersecurity systems are built on fragmented data and incomplete visibility, AI will inherit those same limitations. Read more in our latest Substack: cylake.substack.com/p/ai-is-…
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Are cybersecurity vendors building products around security outcomes, or around cloud pricing models? In the inaugural episode of Inside Cybersecurity with Cylake, CEO @nirzuk explains to @renebonvanie why cloud economics have a greater influence on cybersecurity architecture than many organizations realize. Hear more from Nir and René: cylake.substack.com/p/why-we…
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Cybersecurity wasn't built for the AI era. The industry is racing to deploy AI agents, copilots, and automation. But AI can only work with the data it can see. In Episode 2 of Inside Cybersecurity, @nirzuk and @renebonvanie discuss why AI is exposing long-standing assumptions about cybersecurity architecture, the economics behind AI-powered detection, and why visibility, context, and data remain the foundation of effective security. 🎧 Episode 2 is live now: open.substack.com/pub/cylake…
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How do you protect what you can't fully see? Cybersecurity teams are operating across fragmented datasets, disconnected systems, and incomplete context. In the first episode of Inside Cybersecurity with Cylake, CEO @nirzuk explains why he believes this architectural problem is limiting security outcomes and why the industry needs a new approach. Listen to the conversation with Nir and @renebonvanie: cylake.substack.com/p/why-we…
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How do you find threats when every security tool only sees part of the picture? Every tool has a piece of the puzzle, but none can see the whole thing. Cylake is bringing security data together in a unified security data platform because better visibility leads to better decisions. See why cybersecurity needs a different architecture: cylake.com
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What comes after building one of the most influential cybersecurity companies in the world? @NirZuk joined @CybersecuritySF to discuss the evolution of cybersecurity, lessons learned over two decades in the industry, and the challenges that will shape its next chapter. piped.video/watch?v=T2juICG_…
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If you’re looking for a role where every day feels the same, Cylake isn’t for you. We’re in our early days, and things move quickly. People take ownership over what they build and care deeply about getting it right. For some people, that’s exciting. For others, it’s exhausting. If the first reaction sounds more like you, you’ll probably fit in here. Check out our open roles: cylake.com/careers
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Every company begins as an idea. What makes someone actually join? We asked Ryan Salsamendi when Cylake went from an interesting concept to "I'm in." The answer was the people behind it and the opportunity to challenge conventional thinking in cybersecurity. Hear why Ryan decided this was something worth building.
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Many organizations can’t move security operations to the cloud. Highly regulated environments require a different cybersecurity architecture. Cylake CEO @nirzuk breaks down the thinking behind what we’re building in his interview with @pulse2news: pulse2.com/cylake-profile-ni…
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piped.video/watch?v=o-msCOMM… I had a great conversation with @nirzuk in the first episode of Inside Cybersecurity with @CylakeAI. The cybersecurity industry has spent years adding more tools and more layers, but the bigger issue may be the architecture underneath them all.
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For a long time, “data” in cybersecurity meant logs and events. As that definition expanded, most systems continued to operate on a limited view of data. Cybersecurity is now a data problem. Read my thoughts here: open.substack.com/pub/cylake…
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