Inside the Network

Inside the Network is a cybersecurity founder interview series with a clear bias toward the hard middle of company-building. It is not just origin-story theater. The show asks how an idea became a product, how a product found a market, and how the company survived the long stretch between conviction and proof. Recent episodes move through Vanta’s early SOC 2 research, Netskope’s decision to build for a larger platform vision, Axonius’s second-time-founder discipline, and SentinelOne’s rise against entrenched competitors. The scale is often large. Proofpoint, Zscaler, Cloudflare, Netskope, and Vanta appear through stories of infrastructure, trust, AI, global networks, boards, and buyers. The tone stays measured, even when the material is dramatic. Failed startups, strained markets, capital pressure, founder-board relationships, and personal sacrifice are treated as normal parts of the terrain. That gives the show a useful steadiness. It does not turn every setback into inspiration, but it does look for the operating lesson inside it. Guests are usually given room to explain the messy version of events. A discussion may begin with biography, then narrow into product-market fit, sales timing, customer pull, M&A appetite, or the role of a founding team. The security context is specific without becoming inaccessible. SOC 2, Zero Trust, AI security, cloud security, identity, attackers, and consolidation appear as business forces as much as technical categories. The show is especially strong when it connects personal judgment to market timing. Jay Chaudhry’s risk tolerance, Michelle Zatlyn’s reflections on co-founder trust, and Sanjay Beri’s long-game platform thinking all fit that pattern. It is a polished room, but not a glossy one. The result is a show for listeners who care how cybersecurity companies are actually built, financed, led, and sometimes rebuilt after failure.