#420 Ransomware, Cyber Insurance, & Cybersecurity Strategy Today with Dale Gonzalez, CPO at Axio
Today we’re talking to Dale Gonzalez, the Chief Product Officer at Axio. And we discuss how ransomware completely disrupted the cyber insurance industry. How Axio allows you to assign solid dollar amounts to cyber risk at your organization, and why having empathy on your career journey will help you get back up after failures.
All of this, right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!
To learn more about Axio, check them out at https://axio.com
In case you missed it: check out the other episodes we've released with executives from Axio:
- Interview with David White, Axio's Founder and President
- Interview with Rich Caralli, Cybersecurity Advisor at Axio

About Dale Gonzalez:
The short version:
Technology enthusiast, evangelist and serial entrepreneur. Excited by the creative process, building products, building teams and building companies. I am happy with the success I've achieved so far but eager to do more.
The long version - ask me over beers.
Specialties: Product design and development, needs analysis and requirements, team construction and process design
About Axio:
Axio is the leader in SaaS-based cyber management software, which empowers security leaders to build and optimize security programs and quantify risk in financial terms. Axio360 is the only cyber risk management platform to align security leaders, business leaders, and Boards of Directors around a single source of truth about their most critical corporate risks. Since 2013, Axio has been a trusted partner to many of the world’s leading critical infrastructure, energy, manufacturing, and financial services companies, helping drive better visibility and decision-making about cybersecurity priorities and investments.