S12 E20: Ofir Stein, Apono

About this episode

Ofir Stein shares the creation story of Apono, a platform focused on just-in-time access management.

Ofir Stein is based in Tel Aviv, Israel, born and raised in Jerusalem. He spent many years in the Israeli air force, in infrastructure and security, before he moved to Tel Aviv. He's a tech guy through and through, bragging about his raspberry pi setup at home, which adjust the AC settings based on the temp outside. Outside of tech, he is married with a daughter and a dog. He's connected and close to his family, which he notes is how he refreshes and reloads as a founder, alongside playing tennis from time to time. Ofir and his cofounder started interviewing CISO's and security professionals on how they feel about access management. The found out that this was the first line of attack for bad actors, but from a business standpoint, access management is a slow to value feature. They decided to build a platform that was based on just in time access, over the slow to value setup plaguing the industry. This is the creation story of Apono. Our Sponsors: * Check out Cash App and use my code CASHAPP10 for a great deal: https://click.cash.app/ui6m/mt82fpxl #CashAppPod. Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid…

People in this episode

Host: Noah Labhart

Guest: Ofir Stein

Topics covered

• access management
• startup story
• cybersecurity
• founder experience
• technology innovation

Keywords

• Apono
• access management
• cybersecurity
• founder
• interview
• technology

Sponsors

Cash App

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Apono, Sutton Bank, Block, Inc.

Places: Tel Aviv, Jerusalem

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