Shiv Tayal

Hawcx is the passwordless authentication company redefining digital identity security. Hawcx combines the familiarity of password-based logins with the security of zero-trust passkey-based authentication to protect the digital identity of every internet user, regardless of location or background, with a passkey-based solution that never stores personal credentials.

Achieve AI security and safety with a platform that detects threats, removes vulnerabilities, and monitors performance for continuous insights.

Underutilization of security tools, lack of cross-platform intelligence, and challenges in realizing ROI from security investments are the top concerns facing security leaders today. Discern Security’s AI-powered Security Controls and Posture Assessment and Optimization platform helps CISOs and security leaders by: - Maximizing the efficacy of security investments: Fine-tuning security controls and policies to ensure optimal performance and protection. - Delivering cross-platform intelligence: By creating a cybermesh, Discern offers insights into overall security health, coverage gaps, configuration weaknesses, and user and device risks across multiple platforms. - Tailored dashboards and recommendations: Generate custom dashboards with actionable insights and strategic recommendations to improve security posture and resilience. - Comprehensive asset management: Identify, score, and remediate user and device risks throughout the organization, supported by no-code workflows that streamline asset management. - Building value narratives: Help security leaders demonstrate the value theyve added to the organization by delivering measurable security improvements, backed by key metrics and alignment with frameworks like MITRE. Discern Security automates the assessment and optimization of security controls for leading tools such as Microsoft, Google, Okta, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, and SailPoint. Our platform evaluates these tools against specific risks, including functional and organizational risks, ensuring that each tool operates in alignment with the unique security challenges faced by our customers.

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TrueFoundry provides an enterprise-grade AI Gateway that encompasses an LLM Gateway, MCP Gateway, and Agent Gateway, enabling enterprises to securely connect, observe, and govern access to models, tools, guardrails, and agents from a single control plane. Beyond the gateway layer, TrueFoundry enables organizations to deploy and train custom LLMs on GPUs, host MCP servers, and run custom agents—all through a Kubernetes-native interface. It supports on-premise and VPC installations for both AI Gateway and deployment environments. TrueFoundry ensures enterprise-grade compliance with SOC 2, HIPAA, and ITAR standards. With built-in autoscaling, caching, and resource optimization, TrueFoundry empowers organizations to build, deploy, and govern AI systems securely, efficiently, and on a future-safe stack. Leading Fortune 1000 companies like Resmed, Siemens Healthineers, Automation Anywhere, Zscaler, Nvidia and others trust TrueFoundry to accelerate innovation and deliver AI at scale. To learn more about TrueFoundry, visit truefoundry.com.

Hawcx is the passwordless authentication company redefining digital identity security. Hawcx combines the familiarity of password-based logins with the security of zero-trust passkey-based authentication to protect the digital identity of every internet user, regardless of location or background, with a passkey-based solution that never stores personal credentials.

Achieve AI security and safety with a platform that detects threats, removes vulnerabilities, and monitors performance for continuous insights.

Underutilization of security tools, lack of cross-platform intelligence, and challenges in realizing ROI from security investments are the top concerns facing security leaders today. Discern Security’s AI-powered Security Controls and Posture Assessment and Optimization platform helps CISOs and security leaders by: - Maximizing the efficacy of security investments: Fine-tuning security controls and policies to ensure optimal performance and protection. - Delivering cross-platform intelligence: By creating a cybermesh, Discern offers insights into overall security health, coverage gaps, configuration weaknesses, and user and device risks across multiple platforms. - Tailored dashboards and recommendations: Generate custom dashboards with actionable insights and strategic recommendations to improve security posture and resilience. - Comprehensive asset management: Identify, score, and remediate user and device risks throughout the organization, supported by no-code workflows that streamline asset management. - Building value narratives: Help security leaders demonstrate the value theyve added to the organization by delivering measurable security improvements, backed by key metrics and alignment with frameworks like MITRE. Discern Security automates the assessment and optimization of security controls for leading tools such as Microsoft, Google, Okta, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, and SailPoint. Our platform evaluates these tools against specific risks, including functional and organizational risks, ensuring that each tool operates in alignment with the unique security challenges faced by our customers.

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