The Security Podcast of Silicon Valley

YSecurity

A shame-free space to engage in open and honest discussions about what‘s going on in security. Interviews of about 45 minutes in length explore the dilemmas and opportunities faced by real entrepreneurs, operators, engineers, and leaders.https://www.ysecurity.io

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The Security Podcast of Silicon Valley

Episodes (100)

Sep 22nd 104. Why a16z’s CISO doesn’t trust the approve button (with Yash Kosaraju)
Sep 8th 103. Your zero trust is running on a sticker (with Roei Ganzarski)
Aug 25th 102. CISO does not spell CEO (with Chris Kirschke)

The Security Podcast of Silicon Valley

Sep 22, 2026
38 minutes
52 MB

Yashvier Kosaraju, who goes by Yash, is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of a16z, 4 months into the job when this was recorded, which by his own measure feels like about a year. The job covers the firm’s corporate environment, its cloud controls and its pitch decks, and the part that makes him useful to this audience is that a16z sits close enough to its portfolio companies that founders bring him their security problems directly. So host Jon McLachlan starts there. When does a startup make its first security hire, and when does that be...

The Security Podcast of Silicon Valley

104. Why a16z’s CISO doesn’t trust the approve button (with Yash Kosaraju)

YSecurity

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