Press Releases
Dec 11, 2018
Dr. Srinivas Mukkamala will Explain What to Expect in Cyber Security Next Year
SUNNYVALE , Calif. – Dec. 11, 2018 – RiskSense®, Inc., pioneering risk-based vulnerability prioritization and management, today announced that CEO, Srinivas Mukkamala, Ph.D. will present his predictions for the top cyber security trends of 2019 in a free webinar on Thursday.
WHO: Dr. Srinivas Mukkamala, co-founder and CEO of RiskSense, is a recognized expert on artificial intelligence (AI) and neural networks.
Dec 3, 2018
Skip Glass and Eric McAlpine Bring Deep Operations and Growth Management Expertise to Company
SUNNYVALE , Calif. – Dec. 3, 2018 – RiskSense®, Inc., pioneering risk-based vulnerability prioritization and management, today announced the addition of two high-profile growth builders to its Board of Directors. Skip Glass, Former Operating Partner at Foundation Capital and Eric McAlpine, Managing Partner of Momentum Cyber bring decades of operations, growth and software industry management expertise to the newly created board seats.
Nov 6, 2018
Seasoned Cloud Software Executive to Manage Global Engineering Teams
SUNNYVALE , Calif. – Nov. 6, 2018 – RiskSense®, Inc., pioneering risk-based vulnerability prioritization and management, today announced it has appointed Alok Damireddy as vice president of engineering. Alok, who will be based in RiskSense’s Silicon Valley office, is responsible for product development and managing the company’s global engineering teams in California, New Mexico, and India.
“Alok is a results-oriented executive with an extensive background in cloud-based software development and scaling engineering teams to meet complex product roadmaps and aggressive timelines,” said Srinivas Mukkamala,
Oct 17, 2018
Dr. Srinivas Mukkamala will Explain how AI can be Used to Correlate Operational Technology Vulnerabilities with Active Threats to Prioritize Remediation
SUNNYVALE , Calif. – Oct. 17, 2018 – RiskSense®, Inc., pioneering risk-based vulnerability prioritization and management, today announced that its CEO, Srinivas Mukkamala, Ph.D. will present a session on using an artificial intelligence-based approach for assessing cyber risk in industrial environments at the SecurityWeek 2018 ICS Cyber Security Conference USA in Atlanta,
Oct 15, 2018
AI-Assisted Pen Testing for Election Systems Aids Even the Most Resource Strapped Districts Find and Remediate Cyber Exposures
SUNNYVALE , Calif. – Oct. 15, 2018 – RiskSense®, Inc., pioneering risk-based vulnerability prioritization and management, today announced its AI-Assisted Pen Testing Service called Attack Surface Validation for Election Systems which provides complete visibility and prioritization of security vulnerabilities that enables any district to remediate problems before the midterms. Immediate findings are delivered through the RiskSense cloud-service and cover the assessment of a district’s entire voting ecosystem,
Oct 8, 2018
Jason Farmer will Explain How Organizations can Protect Against Global Pandemics like WannaCry Using Intelligence-Driven Risk Management
SUNNYVALE , Calif. – Oct. 9, 2018 – RiskSense®, Inc., pioneering risk-based vulnerability prioritization and management, today announced that Jason Farmer will present a session on the real-world application of risk analytics to predict threats and remediate security vulnerabilities before they are used in global cyber attacks at the 2018 Rhode Island Cybersecurity Summit.
WHO: Jason Farmer,
Oct 2, 2018
Mark Fidel will Explain Why Quantifying Cyber Risk in Business Terms is Essential for Influencing Management Decisions
SUNNYVALE , Calif. – Oct. 02, 2018 – RiskSense®, Inc., pioneering risk-based vulnerability prioritization and management, today announced that its co-founder Mark Fidel will present best practices for communicating cyber risk in terms Boards and C-Suites can understand and use for strategic planning and budgeting at the INTERFACE Denver 2018 conference
WHO: Mark Fidel is a cyber risk management expert and co-founder of RiskSense where he is responsible for corporate development.
Sep 26, 2018
Sean Dillon will Expand on his DEF CON Talk with Full Report on his Research into the Source of WannaCry and NotPetya Ransonware Pandemics
SUNNYVALE , Calif. – Sep. 26, 2018 – RiskSense®, Inc., pioneering risk-based vulnerability prioritization and management, today announced that senior security analyst and Windows kernel expert Sean Dillon will present a deep dive session on the high-profile NSA ETERNAL exploits at DerbyCon 8.0 in Louisville, Kentucky.
WHO: Sean Dillon (aka @zerosum0x0),
Sep 24, 2018
CEO Dr. Srinivas Mukkamala Interviewed for Annual Report that Provides Cyber Security Guidance to Enterprise and Government CISOs
SUNNYVALE , Calif. – September 24, 2018 – RiskSense®, Inc., the pioneer in risk-based vulnerability prioritization and management, today announced that it was named a 2019 Distinguished Vendor by TAG Cyber, a provider of advanced cyber security advisory and training services. A conversation with CEO Srinivas Mukkamala is also included in this year’s TAG Cyber Security Annual,
Sep 20, 2018
Cyber Risk Management Platform Named Best IoT Security Software
SUNNYVALE , Calif. – September 19 2018 – RiskSense®, Inc., the pioneer in risk-based vulnerability prioritization and management, today announced that it was named the Best IoT Security Software in the 2018 IoT Innovator Awards. Each year, IoT Innovator, a publication dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT) market, recognizes the best IoT businesses and products worldwide. RiskSense received Gold for the RiskSense platform’s ability to protect IoT and IIoT implementations at scale,
Sep 5, 2018
Dr. Srinivas Mukkamala Will Present a New Approach for Prioritizing Threat Remediation and Shrinking an Organization’s Attack Surface
SUNNYVALE , Calif. – Sep. 05, 2018 – RiskSense®, Inc., the pioneer in intelligent threat and vulnerability management, today announced that its CEO, Srinivas Mukkamala, Ph.D. will explain how organizations can harness vulnerability weaponization and exploitation data to predict attacks, prioritize threat remediation and reduce their attack surface in a free webinar on Tuesday,
Aug 7, 2018
Industry Luminary Dave DeWalt Joins as Strategic Advisor and UL Ventures as a Strategic Investor
SUNNYVALE , Calif. – August 7, 2018 – RiskSense®, Inc., the pioneer in intelligent threat and vulnerability prioritization, today announced it has closed a $12 million Series B round of financing co-led by Spring Mountain Capital and NightDragon Security, with participation from UL Ventures, Paladin Capital Group, Sun Mountain Capital, EPIC Ventures and Jump Capital. The funds will be used to accelerate growth through sales,
Aug 1, 2018
Sean Dillon to Present Years of Reverse Engineering Research that Sheds Light on WannaCry, NotPetya and Olympic Destroyer Pandemics, and the Massive MS17-010 Patch
SUNNYVALE , Calif. – August 1, 2018 – RiskSense®, Inc., the pioneer in intelligent threat and vulnerability management, today announced that senior security analyst and Windows kernel expert Sean Dillon will present a session on the notorious ETERNAL exploits at DEF CON 26 on August 12 in Las Vegas.
Jun 18, 2018
Dr. Srinivas Mukkamala Will Join a Panel of Experts at University of Idaho Summit to Explain New Approaches and Best Practices for Cyber Risk Management in the Energy Sector
SUNNYVALE , Calif. – June 18, 2018 – RiskSense®, Inc., the pioneer in intelligent threat and vulnerability management, today announced that its CEO, Srinivas Mukkamala, Ph.D. will discuss cyber risk challenges and present best practices in the energy sector as part of an expert panel for utility executives at the University of Idaho UEC Summit on Monday,
Jun 7, 2018
Dr. Srinivas Mukkamala will Explain Why IoT Ecosystems Require a Break from Conventional Control and Mitigation Techniques in Favor of a More Adaptive Approach
SUNNYVALE, Calif. and ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – June 7, 2018 – RiskSense®, Inc., the pioneer in intelligent threat and vulnerability management, today announced that CEO, Srinivas Mukkamala, Ph.D. will present a session called “Piecing Together IoT Risk from Flexible & Fractured Design Components” as part of the BrightTALK Summit on Securing the IoT on June 12,
May 16, 2018
RiskSense CEO Srinivas Mukkamala will Co-Host Live Webinar Today
SUNNYVALE, Calif. and ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – May 16, 2018 – RiskSense®, Inc., the pioneer in intelligent threat and vulnerability management, today announced it will present a webinar on securing election systems from cyber attacks.
WHO: Dr. Srinivas Mukkamala, co-founder and CEO of RiskSense, is a recognized expert on artificial intelligence (AI) and neural networks. He was part of a think tank that collaborated with the U.S.
Apr 30, 2018
Cyber Risk Management Innovator Selected from Thousands of Companies Worldwide for Coveted Annual Technology Award
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — April 30, 2018 — RiskSense®, Inc., the pioneer in intelligent threat and vulnerability management, today announced it was selected from among thousands of startups worldwide as a “2018 TiE50 Winner”. Each year, nominees are evaluated by a panel of experts that select 50 top technology startups based on the nominees’ intellectual property, business model and team.
Apr 25, 2018
Assessment Validates Platform as Most Advanced and Scalable for Continuously Correlating and Analyzing Evolving Threat and Vulnerability Data
SUNNYVALE , Calif. – April 25, 2018 – RiskSense®, Inc., the pioneer in intelligent threat and vulnerability management, today announced that Cybersecurity Insiders, a news and information source for nearly half a million information security professionals, has published a product review of the RiskSense Platform. The evaluation recognizes RiskSense for its intelligence-driven, real-time analytics that prioritize threats and vulnerabilities based on business criticality so organizations can proactively remediate the most serious risks.
Apr 23, 2018
Pioneer in Intelligent Threat and Vulnerability Management Technology Named Leader in Risk Management
SUNNYVALE , Calif. – April 23, 2018 – RiskSense®, Inc., the pioneer in intelligent threat and vulnerability management, today announced it was named the Leader for Risk Management in Cyber Defense Magazine’s 2018 InfoSec Awards. Winners were announced last week during the RSA Conference in San Francisco, highlighted in the annual print edition that was distributed at the conference,
Apr 11, 2018
Dr. Srinivas Mukkamala Will Join Expert Panel to Explain Data Science Techniques that Can Cut Through the “Noise” to Prioritize Threats that Matter Most
SUNNYVALE, Calif. and ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – April 11, 2018 – RiskSense®, Inc., the pioneer in intelligent threat and vulnerability management, today announced that its CEO Srinivas Mukkamala, Ph.D. will discuss the growing security alert overload problem and how advances in data science can ease the burden during a panel session at AGC’s 14th Annual West Coast Information Security &
Apr 9, 2018
Centralized Model Tracks Security Posture of More than 90 Separate Agencies, Boards and Commissions using Credit-like Risk Score
Sunnyvale, Calif. and Albuquerque, N.M, April 9, 2018 — RiskSense®, Inc., the pioneer in intelligent threat and vulnerability management, today announced the State of Arizona has deployed the RiskSense platform to protect its 133 agencies from cyber security threats. Using the RiskSense Safety Score, the State has implemented an innovative governance program to monitor and track each agencies’ security posture and risk exposure to prevent breaches.
Apr 3, 2018
Integration Enables Organizations to Automate Business Impact Assessment of Web Vulnerabilities, Prioritize Remediation and Shorten Exploit Window
SUNNYVALE , Calif. – April 3, 2018 – RiskSense®, Inc., the pioneer in Intelligent threat and vulnerability management, today announced it has partnered with WhiteHat Security to automate web application security risk assessment, scoring and management. The integration of the RiskSense platform and WhiteHat Sentinel Dynamic enables organizations to continuously identify vulnerabilities and correlate them with external threat data to assess their business criticality and prioritize remediation.
Mar 28, 2018
Security Researchers will Present Case Studies that Illustrate Security Gaps Associated with Using Traditional Vulnerability Assessment Techniques in ICS Environments
SUNNYVALE, Calif. and ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – March 28, 2018 – RiskSense®, Inc., the pioneer in intelligent threat and vulnerability management, today announced that two of its security researchers will present a session on ICS/SCADA security risk assessment challenges at the upcoming Industrial Control Systems Joint Working Group (ICSJWG) Spring Meeting in Albuquerque,
Mar 15, 2018
Executive Director of National Maritime Law Enforcement Academy will Discuss Leading Threats and Best Practices for Protecting Shipping, Cruise Lines and Harbors from Attacks
SUNNYVALE, Calif. and ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – March 15, 2018 – RiskSense®, Inc., the pioneer in intelligent threat and vulnerability management, today announced that it will co-present a live webinar on cyber risk management for the maritime industry with the Director of the National Maritime Law Enforcement Academy (NMLEA).
