Fall Cybersecurity Bootcamp for Founders & Investors

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4 Weeks

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Cohort-based Course

Expand your cybersecurity knowledge through a program that has successfully taught over 160+ leading cybersecurity investors and leaders!

Past Clients & Cohort Participants

McKinsey & Company
Microsoft
Palo Alto Networks
Datadog
Morgan Stanley

Course overview

Become A Well Rounded Cybersecurity Expert & Investor

How This Bootcamp Helps - It delves deep into frameworks for simplifying the complex world of cybersecurity.


1) In-depth cybersecurity Insights: Gain a comprehensive understanding of the cybersecurity landscape through detailed case studies from Palo Alto Networks, Datadog, and Crowdstrike.


2) Simplification of complex terminologies: You receive a simplified package of key cybersecurity terminologies and a summary that makes sense of 4000 companies.


3) Centralized resource: You get a centralized package of all the important cybersecurity categories and market industries.


4) Product differentiation: You get product and feature comparison of cybersecurity companies that helps distinguish between


5) Becoming a well-rounded technologist: This program will allow you analyze cybersecurity technologies to become better at your jobs and make better investment decisions.


This bootcamp is meticulously designed for investors and operators eager to dissect cybersecurity technologies.



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Who Is This BootCamp For?

01

Public & Private Investors -

Across retail investors, VCs & Funds who want an easy framework to grasp the complex cybersecurity landscape.

02

Cybersecurity professionals -

Individuals who want to broaden and get a better understanding of newer categories of cybersecurity.

03

Product Managers

For PM's building products in specific categories of cybersecurity and want to expand their cybersecurity knowledge base

04

Founders -

Those brainstorming new categories of cybersecurity who want to understand deep industry problems within specific markets.

Outcomes from this bootcamp

Expand your technical and industry knowledge of cybersecurity technologies!


  • Analyze all the financial and technical lingo in an earnings call like a professional.

Become better at understanding the different markets and categories of cybersecurity!

  • You’ll become better at comparing and dissecting the differences in public cybersecurity companies.


  • Understand what differentiates Crowdstrike vs. SentinelOne or Palo Alto Networks vs. Fortinet.


  • Be able to speak articulately on key software metrics to drive strategic decision

Establish your own framework for understanding the cybersecurity industry, its technologies, and terminologies!

  • Become better at understanding the complex cybersecurity industry and its core technologies.


  • In-depth understanding of endpoint, network, cloud, AI, data and identity security.



  • Be able to identify and distinguish the key differences amongst the technologies.


Networking opportunities with other top-level operators and investors access

  • Network with other software investors and operators who are passionate about learning the same topic within your domain of interest.


  • Join our long-term Slack community with other operators and investors from venture capital firms, and large tech companies


This course includes

22 interactive live sessions

Lifetime access to course materials

5 in-depth lessons

Direct access to instructor

Projects to apply learnings

Guided feedback & reflection

Private community of peers

Course certificate upon completion

Maven Satisfaction Guarantee

This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.

Course syllabus

Week 1

Oct 8—Oct 13

    Oct

    8

    Introduction, Welcome Session & Networking

    Tue 10/84:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

    Oct

    10

    CORE: Cloud & Application Security Industry

    Thu 10/104:00 PM—6:00 PM (UTC)

    Oct

    11

    Demo/Guest Speaker with Cloud & AppSec Security Leaders (Wiz)

    Fri 10/113:00 PM—4:00 PM (UTC)
    Optional

    Oct

    11

    Demo/Speaker on Cloud & AppSec: Guest Session with Snyk CPO, Manoj Nair

    Fri 10/114:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)

    Oct

    12

    CORE: Intro To Security Operation Centers (SOC), SIEM, & Endpoint Security

    Sat 10/123:30 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

Week 2

Oct 14—Oct 20

    Oct

    14

    SOC: Demo With Cribl & Discussion with Ex Gartner Leader

    Mon 10/144:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)

    Oct

    15

    CORE: Cont'd On SOC & Intro To Cybersecurity Services, MSSP, & Partners

    Tue 10/154:00 PM—6:00 PM (UTC)

    Oct

    16

    Demo/Speaker: State of the SOC & SIEMs w/ Google's CISO Leader

    Wed 10/164:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

    Oct

    17

    CORE: Data Security, AI Security, Email & Niche Cyber Solutions

    Thu 10/174:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)

    Oct

    18

    CORE: Network Security, Firewalls, SASE & Zero-Trust

    Fri 10/184:00 PM—6:00 PM (UTC)

    Oct

    19

    CORE: Identity Access Management (IAM) & Governance Security

    Sat 10/194:00 PM—6:30 PM (UTC)

Week 3

Oct 21—Oct 27

    Oct

    21

    CISO Q&A Session (4x CISO of Fortune 500 Companies)

    Mon 10/214:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)

    Oct

    21

    Security Architecture: How CISOs Buy Security Tools vs. Platforms (ft Evgeniy)

    Mon 10/215:00 PM—6:00 PM (UTC)

    Oct

    22

    Identity Secuity, ITDR & NHI Security Session

    Tue 10/222:00 PM—3:00 PM (UTC)

    Oct

    22

    CISO Session w/ Albert Evans

    Tue 10/223:00 PM—4:00 PM (UTC)

    Oct

    23

    SentinelOne Product Demo (CNAPP + EDR Module)

    Wed 10/233:00 PM—4:00 PM (UTC)

    Oct

    23

    Analyzing Best of Breed vs. Cyber Platform Solutions

    Wed 10/234:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)

    Oct

    24

    CISO Leadership Q&A Session w/ Heather Hinton

    Thu 10/244:30 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

    Oct

    24

    CISO Q&A W/ Coleen Coolidge

    Thu 10/245:30 PM—6:15 PM (UTC)

    Oct

    25

    CISO Q&A Session w/ Alfonso Yi

    Fri 10/253:00 PM—4:00 PM (UTC)

    Oct

    25

    CISO Leadership Q&A Session with Jason Clark

    Fri 10/254:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)

Week 4

Oct 28—Oct 29

    Oct

    28

    Final Wrap-up session

    Mon 10/284:00 PM—5:45 PM (UTC)

Post-course

    Introductions & Welcome Session

    1 item

    Cloud & Application Security

    0 items

    The Modern SOC, SIEMs & Automation Platforms

    0 items

    Endpoint Security (EDR, XDR)

    0 items

    Identity Access Management (IAM) & Governance Security

    1 item

    Network Security, Firewalls, SASE & Zero-Trust

    1 item

    Cybersecurity Services, MSSP, MDR & Channel Partners

    0 items

    Best of Breed Solutions: Email, DSPM & AI Security

    0 items

    Platform Consolidation vs. Best of Breed Security

    1 item

Bonus

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Meet your instructor

Francis Odum

Francis Odum

Cybersecurity Researcher, Writer & Analyst

Francis is a renowned cybersecurity researcher, independent analyst and thought leader who advises some of the world's largest venture capital firms and security leaders.


Francis from transitioned from conducting cyber research at a venture capital in San Francisco to becoming an independent cybersecurity researcher with an audience of over 60,000 followers.


His work is read by 500,000 security professionals and his research has generated over a million impressions globally. He advises venture capitalists, buyside and late- stage private's investors.


Once every few months, he compiles his research from speaking to CISOs, security leaders and operators into a bootcamp.

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EXTENDED - Course Schedule

6-7 hours per week

  • October 2024

    Session Syllabus

    • Frameworks for the Cybersecurity Industry
    • Cloud security overview
    • Endpoint security overview
    • Identity security overview
    • Network security overview
    • Key Companies: Crowdstrike, Palo Alto Networks.



  • Monday, Weds & Fridays

    • Ample Q&A sessions
    • Every session is recorded
    • Live replays available immediately after a class.
  • Weekly Projects

    2 hours per week

    Schedule items can also be used to convey commitments outside of specific time slots (like weekly projects or daily office hours).

  • Special Guest Speaker Sessions

    • Engage with Software-focused buy-side guest speakers (VCs, PEs and Hedge funds)
    • Opportunity to ask questions from a leading CISO executive.
    • Technical cybersecurity expert calls and interviews during bootcamp


  • Exclusive Deep Dives & Reports

    Resources

    • Exclusive deep dives and reports on the cybersecurity industry
    • Exclusive reports on cloud, endpoint, Identity, and network security.
  • Community Access

    Ongoing special events & resources

    • Opportunity to join our community of SaaS Investors, Venture capitalists and operators
    • Network with fellow-minded individuals within the industry.
    • Access to our quarterly events with experts within the security and software investing ecosystem


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