Chris Bates, CISSP

Cybersecurity Executive | Board Member | IT and Bussiness Transformation Executive | Global Team Leader | Governance and Business Operations Expert | Security Evangelist | Venture Capital Advisor

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 4 investments📅 4 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2024
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Advisor / Investor for an AI IDR company
Jan 2024
A network for entrepreneurs building in stealth. Submit your information here so investors can find you: harmonic.ai/get-discovered
Advisor / Investor
Jan 2024
DeepTempo is the AI built for threat detection. Powered by LogLM, a deep learning foundation model that learns how your systems routinely operate, it identifies malicious intent at the earliest stage and surfaces stealthy attacks that legacy tools miss. The result is stronger detection with less noise, effort, and cost.
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2024
Advisor / Investor for an AI IDR company
Jan 2024
A network for entrepreneurs building in stealth. Submit your information here so investors can find you: harmonic.ai/get-discovered
Advisor / Investor
Jan 2024
DeepTempo is the AI built for threat detection. Powered by LogLM, a deep learning foundation model that learns how your systems routinely operate, it identifies malicious intent at the earliest stage and surfaces stealthy attacks that legacy tools miss. The result is stronger detection with less noise, effort, and cost.
2022
Board Member
Oct 2022
Founded in 2000 and achieving operational capability in 2001, the Information Technology-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (IT-ISAC) is a non-profit, limited liability corporation formed by members within the Information Technology sector as a unique and specialized forum for managing risks and corporations​ IT infrastructure. Members participate in national and homeland security efforts to strengthen the IT infrastructure through cyber information sharing and analysis. As a result, members help their companies improve their incident response through trusted collaboration, analysis, coordination, and drive decision-making by policy makers on cybersecurity, incident response, and information sharing issues.
Advisor / Investor
Sep 2022
YL Ventures is a venture capital firm dedicated exclusively to cybersecurity. For nearly two decades, the firm has partnered with top Israeli founders from inception, helping build category-leading companies that define the market. With offices in Silicon Valley and Tel Aviv and $800M under management, YL Ventures provides access to an unrivaled network of CISOs and industry leaders, shaping the next generation of Israeli cybersecurity innovation. Repeatedly recognized by PitchBook and TIME magazine for both performance and influence, YL Ventures stands at the forefront of cybersecurity venture capital. Our portfolio includes: - Opti Security - Hush Security - MIND - Miggo Security - Minimus - MCPTotal - Valence Security - Grip Security - Cycode - Orca Security - Hunters - Ride Vision - Aim Security - Acquired by Cato Networks - Satori - Acquired by Commvault - Opus Security - Acquired by Orca Security - Vulcan Cyber - Acquired by Tenable - Eureka Security - Acquired by Tenable - Spera Security - Acquired by Okta - Enso Security - Acquired by Snyk - Medigate - Acquired by Claroty - Build Security - Acquired by Elastic - Axonius - Exited to late-stage investors - Twistlock - Acquired by Palo Alto Networks - Hexadite - Acquired by Microsoft - Upstream Commerce - Acquired by Walmart - FireLayers - Acquired by Proofpoint - BlazeMeter - Acquired by CA - Seculert - Acquired by Radware - Acceloweb - Acquired by Limelight Networks - ClickTale - Exited to Amadeus Capital
2014
Executive Engagement Lead / Incident Response Lead / vCISO
Sep 2014
Fidelis Security® is the industry innovator in proactive cyber defense, safeguarding modern IT for global enterprises with proactive XDR and CNAPP platforms. Fidelis Security consolidates IT security operations to shrink attack surfaces, automate threat detection, and accelerate analysis, forensics, and response so that organizations remain resilient through cyber-attacks and emerge stronger and more secure. Fidelis Security is trusted by top commercial, enterprise, and government agencies worldwide. For more information, please visit: www.fidelissecurity.com
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