Asvin Provides Cybersecurity for the Internet of Things
Executive Summary
We interview Mirko, CEO of Asvin a cybersecurity startup from Stuttgart, Germany. During the interview, we touch on data leaks in Star Wars, vulnerabilities in IoT, vulnerabilities in supply chains, and even in space (think cube satellites). Asvin provides many tools to uncover and fix these vulnerabilities. Mirko is also a cybersecurity podcaster at Hackwerk, which you can also hear on our internet radio station www.startup.radio.
Starwars fans may remember that death star was destroyed due to a data leak.
Mirko Ross, Founder and CEO ASVIN, Podcaster Hackwerk
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Botnet operators can take over millions of devices by simply scanning the internet and following up with a brute force attack.
Mirko Ross, Founder and CEO ASVIN, Podcaster Hackwerk
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The Video Interview is set to go live on Thursday, July 28th, 2022, at 15:00 CET (9 am ET)
Everybody who is buying on Instagram [or any social media site] followers: You are feeding the botnet industry. You are feeding the cybercriminal organizations. This is one of their income streams.
Mirko Ross, Founder and CEO ASVIN, Podcaster Hackwerk
The Audio Interview
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The Founder
Today we have fellow podcaster, cybersecurity entrepreneur, and EU cybersecurity specialist Mirko Ross (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mirko-ross/) as a guest. He is part of the team behind the cybersecurity podcast Hackwerk — Hosted by Tyler Cohen Wood, and Mirko Ross (also available on our internet radio station www.startup.radio). Of course, he is also an entrepreneur, CEO, and Founder of ASVIN (https://asvin.io/). He is also working or has worked for several EU bodies, including being a Member of the IoT Security Expert Group at the EU Agency for Cybersecurity.
The Startup
ASVIN (https://asvin.io/) is a Stuttgart, Germany-based cybersecurity startup. They are in partnership with the DXC, Allianz für Cybersicherheit (Alliance for Cybersecurity), Startup Autobahn Plug & Play, and more. ASVIN has a strong team of c-level executives, of which Mirko is the most visible, but also Raphael Yahalom (Affiliated Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology) is quite famous. Learn more about the team here https://asvin.io/company/our-experts-for-cyber-security/
The company already won many awards. Just to mention a few:
- German Startup Cup Cybersecurity #1 in 2020
- Winner it-sa Award for best cybersecurity startup
- Cybersecurity excellence award winner 2022
Venture Capital Funding
Asvin raised 2 m € of venture capital as seed funding in the Spring of 2022. They are open to talking to investors for the next funding rounds.
Asvin Is Hiring
You can learn more about the open positions here:
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Further Readings / Additional Resources
- Hackwerk (@Hackwerk_io) / Twitter
- Hackwerk — Hosted by Tyler Cohen Wood, Mirko Ross
- www.startup.radio
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/asvin-gmbh/
- https://asvin.io/
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The Interviewer
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