At five years old, I learned our apartment in Moscow had been bugged by the KGB. My family developed hand signals to move to the bathroom where we'd run the faucet as white noise to mask sensitive conversations. When my father was taken by agents for publishing information the Soviets didn't want shared, I understood something fundamental: security isn't abstract, it's personal. That childhood forged my approach to cybersecurity. For 15 years as Chief Security Officer at Silicon Valley Bank, I defended the bank of the innovation economy, protecting the firms that fund and build the future. Today, I bring that same vigilance to helping cybersecurity product companies win, and helping investors and boards navigate an increasingly hostile digital landscape.