Phil Venables

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Security/risk executive (ex-CISO, partner at Ballistic Ventures); cyber risk, resilience, AI risk

Native Security Secures Cloud with Unified Policy Controls
SocialMar 17, 2026

Native Security Secures Cloud with Unified Policy Controls

Announcing the Series A of Native Security (https://t.co/w7e6BeMXxj) which we (Ballistic Ventures) led. The latest greatest thing to happen to cloud security. Set policy intent and have it translated to native controls in all the major clouds. Exactly what I wanted...

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Finance's Quirks: Gold, Coffee, and Glinting Aluminum
SocialMar 14, 2026

Finance's Quirks: Gold, Coffee, and Glinting Aluminum

Three of my favorite stories (so far) from the highly educational and entertaining Lloyd Blankfein book. 1. Fischer Black’s (as in the Black-Scholes model) observation on gold trading that why not just leave it in the ground and trade on it...

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Bring Your Own Agents—The New Unsettling Tech Mantra
SocialMar 11, 2026

Bring Your Own Agents—The New Unsettling Tech Mantra

The most interesting (and scariest?) phrase I’ve heard so far this year……. “Bring your own agents”

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AI Accelerates Vulnerability Fixes, Sparking Dual Optimism
SocialMar 4, 2026

AI Accelerates Vulnerability Fixes, Sparking Dual Optimism

Being at UnpromptedAI conference in SF this week seeing extent of using AI for vulnerability discovery and for accelerating fixes has me want to make a slight correction to this post: 1. I am short term *very* pessimistic 2. I am *even...

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Joining Code Armor Board to Accelerate Cybersecurity Innovation
SocialMar 3, 2026

Joining Code Armor Board to Accelerate Cybersecurity Innovation

Very pleased to be joining the Board at @code_armor . I’ve worked with them for a long time. What they have built and are building is a vital part of the need for speed in any modern cybersecurity program. https://t.co/v8SGWVKobB

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Re‑tool for Speed, Stay Optimistic Amid Wild Change
SocialFeb 21, 2026

Re‑tool for Speed, Stay Optimistic Amid Wild Change

Things Are Getting Wild: Re-Tool Everything for Speed In the end, despite the short term pessimism, I remain wildly optimistic for the future. https://www.philvenables.com/post/things-are-getting-wild-re-tool-everything-for-speed

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Speed Is Defender’s Ultimate Weapon Against AI Threats
SocialFeb 21, 2026

Speed Is Defender’s Ultimate Weapon Against AI Threats

Things Are Getting Wild: Re-Tool Everything for Speed The compounding set of changes we are experiencing in cybersecurity is deeply concerning. But this is a transition point. We should be short term pessimistic about the risks we face. At the same...

By Phil Venables