Justin Somaini Email & Phone Number

Mill Valley, Ca, Us

YL Ventures funds and supports visionary cybersecurity entrepreneurs from seed to scale to help them evolve transformative ideas into market-leading companies. The firm accelerates company growth with tailored support through its powerful network of Chief Information Security Officers, global industry leaders, and a dedicated team of multidisciplinary experts. Based in Silicon Valley, New York and Tel Aviv, YL Ventures manages five funds with $800M in total AUM. The firm has a track record of seeding cybersecurity unicorns such as Axonius and Orca Security, and its portfolio companies have been successfully acquired by high-profile, global industry leaders including Palo Alto Networks, Microsoft, Okta and Proofpoint. In 2022, YL Ventures ranked 8th out of over 250 venture capital firms in PitchBook’s prestigious Global Manager Performance Score League Tables and was the only cybersecurity-focused VC to secure a top 10 spot on the list.

Mill Valley, Ca, Us

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Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Palo Alto, California, Us

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Redwood City, Ca, Us

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

• Created the first CISO role for the company and drove the new organization, charter and mission throughout• Performed a turnaround of Information Security within the company• Drove the first relationship between corporate business goals and security initiatives• Created the first strategy, vision, mission and 2 year plan for Information Security

San Jose, California, Us

• Performed a turnaround of Information Security within the company• Established the first external facing CISO role in the company with 50% of time spent performing customer relations, industry thought leadership or public relations• Implemented the first Information Security Enterprise Risk Management process and reporting in the company• Established strong relationships between Information Security and all facets of the business• Managed many external and internal critical incidents to resolution while maintaining brand integrity• Drove significant implementation of controls for both a significant threat environment as well as regulatory needs.• Established a strong strategy and implementation of security to defend against new advanced persistent threats.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Reston, Virginia (Va), Us

• Responsible for Corporate Information Security Risk Management• Responsible for all product Information Security• Responsible for Information Security. (strategy, policy, standards, incident response, assessments, etc)• Responsible for IT Audit

Westlake, Texas, Us

• Responsible for creating and managing an industry leading Information Security Operations organization responsible for all anti-virus, intrusion detection, vulnerability discovery, vulnerability resolution and incident response activities for the global data network.• Architect of Schwab’s global intrusion detection infrastructure.• Created and implemented the vulnerability identification and resolution process.• Created an infrastructure for incident response and investigations for all internal and external organizations. This organization is responsible for all electronic investigations pertaining to fraud, human resource and electronic intrusions.• Managed a team of over 15 people to staff the security organization.

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• Designated nationwide penetration assessment leader for methodologies, tools, and technical skills. • Managed budgets, staffing and client deliverables for many Fortune 500 clients. Developed tools, techniques and standards for the performance of penetration and audit tests. • Managed and coordinated teams of specialists on numerous attack and penetration tests, network security audits, diagnostic reviews and the development and implementation of security controls and applications. • Performed technical audits, penetration tests, SAS70 and diagnostic reviews. • Educated national team members on technical issues regarding audits, reviews and penetration assessments. • Presented numerous speeches to clients and industry organizations relating to security.

Bs, Management Information Systems

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