Former Google Cloud CISO Phil Venables Joins Ballistic Ventures

Venables has served as CISO and security executive across several large organizations, including Google Cloud, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank.

Phil Venables, former CISO of Google Cloud, has joined cybersecurity-focused venture capital firm Ballistic Ventures as a Venture Partner.

Venables has served as CISO and security executive across several large organizations, including Google Cloud, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank.

Venables helped found the Center for Internet Security (CIS) and served on its board from 2014 until 2020, and he currently serves on multiple boards and committees, including for MITRE’s Science and Technology Advisory Committee, HackerOne, Interos, Veza, and he is Strategic Security Advisor at Google Cloud. He has also co-chaired the board of Sheltered Harbor, which protects the financial system if a catastrophic event such as a cyberattack causes critical systems to fail.

“After being a CISO for 30 years across some of the world’s largest organizations, I’m excited ...