Tech Edge hosted a fireside chat on April 30 at Sysdig headquarters in San Francisco with Karen Walker, Chief Financial Officer. The in-person interview was joined by Editor-in-Chief John Jannarone and they discussed the market trends driving increased investment in cybersecurity and why it’s at the forefront of boardroom discussions, the key financial and strategic moves differentiating Sysdig from other players in the industry, among other topics.

Watch the interview below:

About Karen Walker

Karen Walker assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer of Sysdig in 2021 to steer growth and financial strategy. With over 20 years of expertise spanning corporate finance, accounting, compliance, and investor relations, Karen’s leadership extends from pre-IPO to public companies. Her executive roles at PagerDuty, Uber Technologies, Pandora Media, CBS Interactive, and Virgin America underscore her proficiency. Karen excels at scaling finance teams in high-growth and global settings, notably at Uber Technologies.

She spearheaded early IPO readiness for Uber and Virgin America while also driving M&A activities, including Pandora Media’s sale to Sirius XM. Karen’s strategic acumen includes building and leading investor relations at PagerDuty.

About Sysdig

In the cloud, every second counts. Attacks unfold in minutes and security teams must protect the business without slowing it down. Sysdig, named Customers’ Choice in Gartner “Voice of the Customer” report for Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPPs), stops cloud attacks in seconds and instantly detects changes in risk with real-time insights and open source Falco. Sysdig Sage, the industry’s first AI cloud security analyst, uplevels human response and enables security, developers, and DevOps to work together, faster. By correlating signals across cloud workloads, identities, and services, Sysdig uncovers hidden attack paths and prioritizes real risk. From prevention to defense, Sysdig helps enterprises focus on what matters: innovation. Sysdig. Secure Every Second.

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