About this episode

The episode features a discussion on building cybersecurity companies with insights from CEOs Chris Freedman and Ron Frechette.

In this episode of the Cyber Security America Podcast, host Joshua R Nicholson sits down with Chris Freedman, CEO of Ondefend, and Ron Frechette, CEO of CyberSurv, for a deep dive into cybersecurity entrepreneurship. Both guests share their journeys building companies in the cybersecurity space—from early startup challenges to scaling services, building strong company cultures, and navigating the rapidly evolving role of artificial intelligence in security. Chris discusses how Ondefend identified an opportunity on the preventative side of cybersecurity, focusing on red teaming, vulnerability discovery, and proactive security testing rather than crowded monitoring and incident response markets. Ron shares his path from executive search into cybersecurity during the early days of HIPAA compliance and how that experience eventually led him to focus on helping small and mid-sized businesses improve cyber hygiene and resilience. Together, they explore what it really takes to move a cybersecurity company from zero to one—and eventually from one to scale. In This Episode Why cybersecurity remains one of the largest and fastest-growing markets The realities of launching a bootstrapped…

People in this episode

Host: Joshua R Nicholson

Guests: Chris Freedman, Ron Frechette

Topics covered

• cybersecurity entrepreneurship
• startup challenges
• scaling services
• company culture
• artificial intelligence in security
• cyber hygiene
• leadership

Keywords

• cybersecurity
• startup
• scaling
• AI
• company culture
• cyber hygiene
• leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ondefend, CyberSurv, HIPAA

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