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Secure Talk PodcastAn Identity Crisis: How AI Agents Are Redefining Enterprise Security | with Rishi BhargavaThe cybersecurity landscape just shifted permanently, and most organizations aren't ready. While CISOs struggle with alert fatigue from 40+ security tools, a new threat vector is emerging that makes traditional identity management obsolete: AI agents acting autonomously across enterprise systems.Join Secure Talk host Justin Beals for a critical conversation with Rishi Bhargava, the security architect who built Demisto into a $560M category-defining platform and now leads Descope in solving the next impossible challenge. This episode delivers actionable insights for everyone—from Fortune 500 CISOs managing complex threat landscapes to business leaders evaluating AI adoption risks.
2025-08-1241 min
Secure Ventures with Kyle McNultyDescope | Co-founder Rishi Bhargava on Cybersecurity GTMWith me in this episode is Rishi Bhargava, co-founder of Descope. Rishi has a standout background having founded Demisto in 2015 and then selling to Palo Alto Networks in 2019 for over $500 million dollars. Before Demisto, he was a VP at McAfee and Intel. Rishi is extremely knowledgable about go-to-market in the cyber domain, and we dove into his lessons learned over his career and how he has applied those to Descope for customer identity.Website
2025-07-1544 min
Channel Insider: Partner POVDescope Reinvents Customer Identity and Access Management with Secure Drag-and-Drop SolutionGuest Rishi Bhargava, Co-Founder of Descope, is joined by Katherine Walther, Vice President of Innovation at MSP and Descope channel partner Trace3, who details her company's experience partnering with Descope to meet emerging customer demands. Walther explained how the partnership kicked off with a huge success when Trace3 needed to find a vendor that could solve a very specific and urgent problem for a customer.Together, they discuss: ⏱ 1:02 Why traditional CIAM tools fall short in today’s AI-driven landscape ⏱ 2:53 How Descope’s visual “Flows” simplify user journeys while preventing security mistakes ⏱ 6:17 Trace3’s firsthan...
2025-06-3018 min
Expert Insights Podcast#49 - Unlocking The Future (Rishi Bhargava, Descope)Passwords are no longer enough to keep digital identities secure. In this episode, Expert Insights speaks with Rishi Bhargava, co-founder of Descope, about the shift towards passwordless authentication and how AI is transforming identity security. Bhargava breaks down the challenges of traditional authentication methods, explains the benefits of a passwordless approach, and explores how businesses can improve security while delivering a seamless user experience.Key takeaways:Passwords are a major security risk and a source of friction for users.Passwordless authentication enhances both security and user experience.AI is playing a growing role...
2025-03-1129 min
Inside the NetworkSlavik Markovich: Building Descope & Demisto—brewing coffee and connections in the US-Israel tech sceneIn this episode, we sit down with Slavik Markovich, CEO and co-founder of Descope, a low-code/no-code Customer Identity Access Management (CIAM) platform. A serial entrepreneur, Slavik has been at it for two decades and over this time built three companies.Before Descope, he was co-founder and CEO at Demisto, a leader in the SOAR industry that was acquired by Palo Alto Networks for $560 million. Before co-founding Demisto, Slavik was VP & CTO of database technologies at McAfee (Intel Security). He joined McAfee via the acquisition of Sentrigo, a database security startup, where he was...
2024-10-051h 01
NewscastBREAKING Newscast: Conservative Defects! (Again)Today we look at the shock defection of another MP from the Tories to Labour.Keir Starmer welcomed the MP for Dover and Deal Natalie Elphicke to his side of the house at Wednesday’s Prime Minister’s Questions. It’s the second defection from the Conservatives to Labour in the past fortnight after the MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich Dan Poulter also crossed the floor.Adam and Chris are reunited for an emergency episode to explain what’s happened and what this means for both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer.You can...
2024-05-0825 min
Partially Redacted: Data, AI, Security, and PrivacyAuthentication and Identity Management with Descope's Rishi BhargavaIn this episode Rishi Bhargava, Co-founder of Descope, joins the show to delve into the intricacies of authentication and identity management. Rishi, with his extensive experience in security, spanning from McAfee to Palo Alto Networks and co-founding Demisto and Descope, shares his insights on the evolution of the security landscape and the persistent challenges surrounding password-based security.
Rishi elaborates on the longevity of passwords, their inherent security weaknesses, and the efforts to bolster their security, often at the expense of user convenience.
The conversation shifts to emerging alternatives like passkeys, magic links, social logins, and...
2024-02-2149 min
Radical with Amol RajanDavid Cameron In, Suella Braverman OutThis morning on the Today programme the news of the sacking Suella Braverman broke and we heard the surprise announcement that former Prime Minister David Cameron would be the Foreign Secretary.In this emergency episode of The Today Podcast Amol and Nick discuss Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle.Former Education Secretary Baroness Nicky Morgan, former Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers MP and former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Heseltine are all on hand to give their take on where this leaves the Conservative Party.Episodes of The Today Podcast land every Thursday and watch out fo...
2023-11-1333 min
Business of CyberBoC #67: Rishi Bhargava Co-Founder of Descope | Establishing Trust with Customers | Building User Friendly Product Experiences | Managing the Pressure of Building a High-Profile StartupRishi Bhargava is the Co-Founder of Descope, an authentication & user management company launched early in 2023. Before founding Descope, Rishi worked with the same core team to build Demisto which was sold to Palo Alto Networks in 2019 for $560m.
2023-05-3143 min
Security UnfilteredWhy Passkeys Are The FutureSend us a textIn this episode I talk with Rishi Bhargava who is the Co-Founder of Descope, a company that is revolutionizing how authentication is done within applications. If you enjoy this episode please share it & review the podcast!We are now live on Youtube! If you want to watch the video of this interview then go to the links below!LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhargavarishi/Website: https://www.descope.com/Support the showFollow the Podcast on Social Media! Tesla Referral Code...
2023-05-1543 min
Three Buddy ProblemSerial entrepreneur Rishi Bhargava on building another cybersecurity companyEpisode sponsors:
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Rishi Bhargava and the team of entrepreneurs behind Demisto’s $560 million exit are back at it with a new startup building technology in the customer identity market. The new company, called Descope, raised an abnormally large $53 million seed-stage funding round with ambitious plans to take on rivals big and small in the customer identity and authentication space.
On this episode of the podcast, Bhargava joins Ryan to talk about the VC funding landscape, the confusing 'identity' category, the responsibilities of vendors in the identity ecosystem, th...
2023-04-1132 min
DealMakers: Entrepreneur | Startups | Venture CapitalRishi Bhargava On Selling His First Startup For $560 Million And Now Raising $53 Million To Make Login Likable On The InternetRishi Bhargava exited his first company for $560M. Then raised a seed round for his latest venture, which is more than 20x the average size for a brand-new startup. The startup, Demisto, has attracted funding from top-tier investors like Accel, ClearSky Security, Palo Alto Networks, and Greylock.
2023-03-2633 min
FunnelStoryFlashback - How Demisto turbo-charged sales engineering with data and automation?Alok Shukla, in a conversation with Rishi Bhargava and Amir Khayat , to define sales engineering and figure out the relevancy of sales engineering in a product-led world. After Demisto's success, Rishi Bhargava (LinkedIn, Twitter) is onto his new startup Descope, focused on making user authentication and authorization easy for every application. You can get early access to the product here and Join the community here Amir Khayat is CEO and Co-founder of Vorlon (in Stealth) and previously Senior Director of Sales Engineering at Palo Alto Networks and Demisto. Alok Shukla is CEO and Co-f...
2022-12-1337 min
HW News Business Tit-BitsBusiness Tit-Bits: The Challenges That Rishi Sunak FacesAs Rishi Sunak takes over the reins in Great Britain several issues have cropped up needing his decision as the country’s leader. In this episode of the Business Tit Bits, Our Business Editor Mr Akhilesh Bhargava shares his take on the matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2022-10-3112 min
Hacker Valley StudioEpisode 100 - A Very Special EpisodeIn this special 100th episode we dip into the Hacker Valley Studio vault to bring you never before heard content from some brilliant experts in their field. We will be releasing these episodes in their entirety on our Patreon page down below.
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2020-10-211h 04
Sources and SinksInbound Pipes, Warm Calls & Some Fun - Marketing Story of DemistoA conversation with Rishi Bhargava - Co-founder of Demisto and now VP of Strategy at Palo Alto Networks Rishi talks about his learnings on implementing Inbound and content marketing at Demisto in a highly successful manner. He talks about the mechanics of his strategy, his learnings, things he did right, things he avoided and finally things he will not do in next startup.Demisto was able to make a revenue of 1 Mn USD in first 6-8 months in its first year of existence, a 100 million pipe by the end of 2nd year and eventually getting s...
2020-09-0339 min