EP74 Who Will Solve Cloud Security: A View from Google Investment Side

Guest:  James Luo,   Partner @ CapitalG Topics: You've looked at hundreds of security startups at the growth stage - what is getting funded? What is not getting funded? What is the difference? What's your view on the current market environment for security companies? Is security "recession-proof", whatever that means? How do you think about what problems are worth solving with a new venture vs existing vendors (and/or CSPs) expanding to cover the new area? Why do many cloud security vendors get funded and get high valuations while there is a wide perception that CSP (like us at Google) are doing security really well? How do we solve the challenge that many organizations are barely moving off “antivirus and firewalls” security of the 1990s? What is your best advice to cloud security startups trying to get wider adoption? Resources: “Demystifying ‘shared Fate’ - A New Approach To Understand Cybersecurity” CapitalG blog