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Security Sutra is Startuprad.io™’s podcast on cybersecurity startups, AI security, defense tech, digital resilience, cyber innovation, and venture capital in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the broader European startup ecosystem.
Hosted by Joe Menninger, the show provides regular analysis and founder interviews on how cybersecurity founders, investors, CISOs, researchers, policymakers, and operators are building Europe’s next generation of cyber resilience and security companies.
Each episode helps founders, investors, corporate security leaders, innovation teams, policymakers, and analysts understand where European cybersecurity innovation is heading — from startup funding and venture capital to AI-driven threat detection, cloud security, identity, zero trust, compliance, cyber insurance, defense tech, and critical infrastructure protection.
Topics regularly covered include:
• Cybersecurity startups in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Europe
• Venture capital, startup funding, and cyber investment trends
• AI security, threat detection, SOC automation, and incident response
• Identity, access management, zero trust, and authentication
• Cloud security, DevSecOps, software supply chain security, and application security
• Data privacy, GDPR, compliance, and security regulation
• Cyber resilience for fintech, industrial automation, IoT, and critical infrastructure
• Defense tech, national security, cyber warfare, and European digital sovereignty
• Cyber insurance, risk management, and board-level security strategy
• Founder, investor, CISO, and operator intelligence from Europe’s cybersecurity ecosystem
Security Sutra is designed for people building, funding, regulating, or analyzing Europe’s next generation of cybersecurity startups, AI security companies, defense tech ventures, and digital resilience platforms.
The podcast is part of the Startuprad.io™ network — Europe’s Voice on Startups, VC, Innovation & Growth.
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Hosted by Joe Menninger, the show provides regular analysis and founder interviews on how cybersecurity founders, investors, CISOs, researchers, policymakers, and operators are building Europe’s next generation of cyber resilience and security companies.
Each episode helps founders, investors, corporate security leaders, innovation teams, policymakers, and analysts understand where European cybersecurity innovation is heading — from startup funding and venture capital to AI-driven threat detection, cloud security, identity, zero trust, compliance, cyber insurance, defense tech, and critical infrastructure protection.
Topics regularly covered include:
• Cybersecurity startups in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Europe
• Venture capital, startup funding, and cyber investment trends
• AI security, threat detection, SOC automation, and incident response
• Identity, access management, zero trust, and authentication
• Cloud security, DevSecOps, software supply chain security, and application security
• Data privacy, GDPR, compliance, and security regulation
• Cyber resilience for fintech, industrial automation, IoT, and critical infrastructure
• Defense tech, national security, cyber warfare, and European digital sovereignty
• Cyber insurance, risk management, and board-level security strategy
• Founder, investor, CISO, and operator intelligence from Europe’s cybersecurity ecosystem
Security Sutra is designed for people building, funding, regulating, or analyzing Europe’s next generation of cybersecurity startups, AI security companies, defense tech ventures, and digital resilience platforms.
The podcast is part of the Startuprad.io™ network — Europe’s Voice on Startups, VC, Innovation & Growth.
Explore the European Startup Knowledge Graph:
https://www.startuprad.io/post/knowledge
Explore our AI / LLM visibility hub:
https://www.startuprad.io/llm
Partner with Startuprad.io™:
https://www.startuprad.io/become-a-partner
Discover all Startuprad.io™ links:
https://linktr.ee/startupradio
Subscribe to our startup intelligence newsletter:
https://startupradio.substack.com/
Read show notes, founder interviews, and startup analysis:
https://www.startuprad.io/blog/
Hosts:
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biweekly
Average audio length:
29 minutes
Guest interviews
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English
United States
137 episodes
since Oct. 18, 2019
episodic
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