Frank Kim

Co-Founder

San Francisco, California, United States18 yrs 3 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Founder of innovative cybersecurity curricula.
Advisor to emerging cybersecurity companies.
Transformational leader in information security.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity Executive with a strong focus on leadership and strategic growth.

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Skills

Core Skills

CybersecurityCloud SecurityInformation Security

Other Skills

Cybersecurity LeadershipSimulation DesignProduct DevelopmentRevenue GenerationInformation Risk ManagementVenture CapitalStrategic Security ConsultingBoard of DirectorsBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyStart-up VenturesStrategy

About

Information security executive, advisor, and investor focused on strategic leadership, organizational transformation, and enabling business growth. Helps shape and develop the next generation of security leaders as an author, public speaker, and educator and serves as an advisor to emerging security companies. For more, visit frankkim.net

Experience

Prowler

Investor

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos

The open source cloud security platform.

Miggo security

Investor

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

Application Detection and Response (ADR) platform.

Aim security

Investor

Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 · 1 yr

Acquired by Cato Networks. Enterprise-grade GenAI security.

Strategic Security ConsultingCybersecurity

Minimus

Investor

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

Secure, minimal container images.

Spera security

Investor

Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 · 1 yr

Acquired by Okta. Taking control of identity and access sprawl with the first Identity Security Posture Management platform.

Yl ventures

2 roles

CISO-in-Residence

Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 · 2 yrs

Venture Advisor

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

YL Ventures funds and supports visionary cybersecurity entrepreneurs from seed to scale to help them evolve transformative ideas into market-leading companies.

Venture CapitalCybersecurity

Grip security

Investor

Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 3 mos

See and secure every SaaS application.

Revelstoke security

Advisor

Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 · 1 yr

Acquired by Arctic Wolf. Radically simple SOAR.

Valence security

Investor

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

Collaboratively remediate SaaS security risks.

Arnica

Investor

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

Pipelineless application security.

Sans institute

Fellow

Jan 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 3 mos

Founder of the cloud security and CISO cybersecurity leadership curricula. Creator of the Cyber42 security leadership simulation game. Helping shape and develop the next generation of security leaders.

Cloud SecurityCybersecurity LeadershipCybersecurity

Wallarm

Advisor

Jan 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 3 mos

API and Agentic AI security.

Accurics

Advisor

Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr

Acquired by Tenable. Enabling self-healing cloud native infrastructure.

Deepfactor

Investor

Jan 2019 – Jan 2024 · 5 yrs

Acquired by Cisco. Continuous observability for security and compliance.

Thinksec

Founder and CISO

Jan 2017 – Present · 9 yrs 3 mos

Strategic security consulting and CISO advisory firm helping executives and leaders create business driven security programs.

Verodin

Advisor

Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 · 2 yrs

Acquired by FireEye. Measure, manage, and improve cybersecurity effectiveness.

Layered insight

Advisor

Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 · 1 yr

Acquired by Qualys. Provides visibility and control of containerized applications to unify DevOps and SecOps.

Sans institute

2 roles

Curriculum Director

Jan 2015 – Present · 11 yrs 3 mos

Drive product and revenue for the cloud security and CISO cybersecurity leadership curricula.

Product DevelopmentRevenue GenerationCybersecurityCloud Security

Chief Information Security & Risk Officer (CISO)

Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 · 2 yrs

Transformed the information risk program for the world's most trusted source of computer security training and certification.

Information Risk ManagementInformation Security

Kaiser permanente

Executive Director, Cybersecurity

Jan 2008 – Jan 2015 · 7 yrs

Built innovative security program to meet the unique needs of the nation's largest not-for-profit health plan and integrated health care provider with annual revenue of $60 billion, 10 million members, and 175,000 employees.