Brier & Thorn
Protecting the intellectual property of the U.S. and commerce from theft against more advanced and sophisticated cyber attacks.
- Stage $500K in TTM Revenue
- Industry IT Services
- Location Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Currency USD
- Founded May 2010
- Employees 2
- Website brierandthorn.com
Company Summary
Rogue nations are hacking into the computers of western countries at a prolific rate to steal IP, referred to as Advanced Persistent Threats (APT); a $382Bn problem as of 2011. We are a risk management consultancy that has reengineered currently broken security models to protect clients against APT attacks through consulting and our Intelligence as a Service (IaaS). Clients incl biotech, DoD, energy, critical infrastructure and financial.
Team
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Alissa Valentina KnightManaging Partner
-13+ years of experience in cyber warfare/information assurance
- Sold two previous security companies to public companies as serial entrepreneur
- Designed IDS framework for DISA Global Information Grid and Air Force Dist. Mission Operations Network
- Spoke at Blackhat Briefings and RSA
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Rachel PayneAdvisor
- Principal, Global Strategic Alliances at Google, Google.org founding team
- Early team member at Hotwire and Billpoint
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Brad BarkerAdvisor
- President at HALO Corporation
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Sherry RyanAdvisor
- CISO Blue Shield of CA
- Former CISO of Hewlett-Packard (HP)
- Former Director, Information Security for Safeway and Levi Strauss -
Dr. Hossein EslambolchiAdvisor
- Former CTO, CIO, and President of AT&T Global Network Services and AT&T Labs
- CEO, Chairman of 2020 Venture Partners
- Board Member of Clearwire
- Chief Technical Advisor at Rainstor and Allegis Capital
- Former Chairman at IEEE Globecom 2012
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Karen WorstellAdvisor
- Former Managing Principal, W Risk
- Former CISO of Russell Investments
- Former CISO of Microsoft
- Former CISO/VP AT&T Wireless
- Former CEO of Atomic Tangerine
- Former Program Manager, Boeing
Advisors
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General Counsel, P.C.LawyerUnconfirmedCEA LLPAccountantUnconfirmed
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