Cyber Inspiration

About Cyber Inspiration

Cyber Inspiration podcast explores the minds of CTOs and CEOs, at the time they started their cyber security companies. We find out what happened in their technical or personal lives that motivated them to start the company. Cyber Inspiration will also cover social, technological and business aspects. This show is affiliated with https://www.security-architecture.org/ podcast! Patreon page https://www.patreon.com/cyber_Inspiration_2022

Publisher

Evgeniy Kharam and Security Architecture

Category

business · society & culture · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Aug 2022

Latest episode

3 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 98 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   3 Nov 2026

   From IT Frustration to Aiden Technologies: Josh Aaron's Founder Journey

   What happens when a problem you've experienced firsthand becomes the inspiration for building a company? In this episode of the Cyber Inspiration Podcast, host Evgeniy Kharam welcomes Josh Aaron, CEO and Co-Founder of Aiden Technologies, to explore the personal experiences, business decisions, and entrepreneurial lessons behind building a cybersecurity company. Josh's motivation to make technology easier for people started long before Aiden Technologies. Growing up, he watched his father struggle to adapt as computers transformed the advertising industry. That experience helped shape his belief that technology should enable people, not hold them back. Years later, while working in IT leadership and private equity, Josh encountered the challenges of vulnerability management firsthand. Together with his co-founders, he saw an opportunity to approach endpoint management differently. But building Aiden wasn't about creating the biggest product or launching with every possible feature. The team started with working technology, early customers, and a focus on delivering measurable outcomes. Josh shares how Aiden Technologies got started, the importance of staying focused when resources are limited, how early customer successes helped validate their approach, and why founders need to listen to the people around them. In this episode, we explore: The personal experience that inspired Josh's approach to technology How a vulnerability management problem contributed to the creation of Aiden Technologies Starting a cybersecurity company with existing technology and early customers Why Aiden focused on results before building sophisticated reporting tools The importance of early customer validation and proving your product works Building a company around a differentiated approach How AI is changing expectations for endpoint management and remediation Leadership, company culture, work-life balance, and advice for entrepreneurs Whether you're building a cybersecurity startup, leading a growing business, or thinking about turning an industry problem into a company, Josh's journey offers practical lessons about staying focused, listening, and building technology that delivers real value. Tune in to the Cyber Inspiration Podcast with Evgeniy Kharam and Josh Aaron.

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   22 Sept 2026

   Building TGT Solutions: 30 Years of Technology, Cybersecurity, and Adaptation with Robert Maxwell

   Robert Maxwell, CEO of TGT Solutions Inc., joins Cyber Inspiration to share the story of building a technology company that has survived and evolved through 30 years of change. The story begins in 1996. At the time, Robert was working at National Trust and could see an acquisition approaching. Having experienced an acquisition before, he knew he didn't want to wait for someone else to determine his future. At the same time, he and his colleagues saw an opportunity. Software was proliferating, client-server computing was emerging, and ERP systems were gaining momentum. But there was still a major gap between buying technology and actually integrating it into an organization in a meaningful and profitable way. Robert persuaded two colleagues to get ahead of the curve and build something of their own. That became TGT Solutions. Over the next 30 years, the company evolved alongside technology. About nine years ago, a major client implementation presented another opportunity when a simple question came up: Who is going to secure this? That question helped lead TGT Solutions into cybersecurity. Robert shares why collaboration has remained central to the company's approach, how TGT evaluates potential team members based first on whether they genuinely care about the client's problem, and what has kept him motivated after three decades. The conversation also looks ahead at AI and vibe coding, including why Robert believes new tools can provide enormous value but don't eliminate the need to understand requirements, manage technology carefully, and test what you build. Finally, Robert reflects on what he would change if he could start again, including hiring more leaders earlier, paying closer attention to emerging technology trends, and considering greater industry specialization. It's a conversation about longevity, leadership, collaboration, and what it takes to keep evolving when the technology around you never stops changing. Learn more about TGT Solutions: www.tgtsolutions.com (www.tgtsolutions.com)

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   11 Aug 2026

   Building WMC Global: 20 Years of Pivots, Growth, and Fighting Fraud with Ian Matthews

   Host Evgeniy interviews Ian Matthews, Founder and President of WMC Global, about building a fraud-fighting company through two decades of pivots, growth, and lessons learned.

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Episode 18 - Jeremy Snyder - CEO at FireTail

Published 15 Nov 2022 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And you could look at them in their architectures to see where everything was moving to because they're very much ahead of the curve, right? And we started to see a shift a couple of years ago where, even in the cloud, they were changing the way that they were designing their applications. […]

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• Ian Matthews
• Graham Neray
• Kevin Spease
• John Spiegel
• Jaye Tillson

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