Ep. 207: Dave DeWalt on Cyber Warfare, Attacks on US Election, and AI

Dave DeWalt is Founder, CEO, and Managing Director of NightDragon, an investment and advisory firm focused on growth and late-stage cybersecurity, safety, security, and privacy companies. Before NightDragon, Dave helped create more than $20 billion in shareholder value during his 15-plus years as President and CEO of Documentum, McAfee, and FireEye. That includes driving the most successful cybersecurity IPO ever in 2013 and leading the largest all-cash deal in technology history in 2010. Dave has also served on the US National Security Telecommunications Advisory Council for the past four US administrations to advise on national security related to telecommunications systems. This podcast covers: 

• Working with the National Security Council and Homeland Security 
• Recent history of cyber attacks on the US  
• Cognitive warfare and disinformation 
• How nations need to come together on cyber defence 
• Social media addiction, and Big Tech 
• How well-protected companies get attacked. 
• Space, drones, robotics, and electronic warfare 
• Impact of generative AI and quantum on threats 
• How 2016 US election suffered bot attacks 
• Narrative intelligence and attacks on 2024 US elections 
• Cyber innovations in Russia-Ukraine war  
• How to build strong companies 
• Books mentioned: This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends (Perlroth), Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen) 

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