Christian Martorella

A community comprised of cybersecurity leaders and experts, with exposure to early-stage (Seed/ Series A) start-ups and innovation, access to private investment opportunities, leveraging domain expertise and connections to assess and contribute to the success of early stage cybersecurity ventures.

Ascensis provides strategic cybersecurity leadership to growing technology companies, from early-stage startups to established enterprises. Founded by a security leader with 25+ years of experience at Microsoft, Skype, Skyscanner, and Miro, we bring enterprise-grade security expertise scaled appropriately for your business growth stage. Our approach combines offensive security knowledge with defensive program building experience, allowing us to anticipate threats while designing practical, business-aligned security solutions. We specialize in Product Security, Cloud Security, AI Security Governance, and Security Program Development. Unlike typical security consultants, we deliver both strategic guidance and hands-on implementation expertise, helping technology companies build security practices that enable rather than hinder innovation and growth.

A community comprised of cybersecurity leaders and experts, with exposure to early-stage (Seed/ Series A) start-ups and innovation, access to private investment opportunities, leveraging domain expertise and connections to assess and contribute to the success of early stage cybersecurity ventures.

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Every company has a mission. Whats ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesnt diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting in differences. Because impact matters. Microsoft operates in 190 countries and is made up of approximately 228,000 passionate employees worldwide.