Vercel’s CTO of Security, Talha Tariq, Chats With CRV’s James Green

Vercel’s CTO of Security, Talha Tariq, shares his take on the modern security stack, how the CISO role is evolving and the importance of founders meeting where the market is with CRV general partner James Green. CRV led Vercel's Series A, sits on the board and backed Vercel during its B, C, D and E rounds. Throughout the discussion, Talha talks about his experiences at Microsoft, HashiCorp and startups. They also touch upon his work in the infrastructure and open source realm, where he’s spending his time and how he vibe codes almost daily. Talha and James also tackle whether threat vectors are coming faster than the solutions, the threat vectors that keep him up at night and what’s under hyped versus over hyped in the AI era. During the chat they also cover whether BlackHat is still relevant, organizations Talha looks up to and the best way to evaluate security org headcount. Talha Tariq, CTO of Security, Vercel → https://www.vercel.com/ James Green, General Partner, CRV → https://crv.com/ More CRV Backed Company Interviews → • CRV Companies 0:00 - The Modern Security Stack, Microsoft, HashiCorp and Startups 5:49 - We are Customer Zero, Not the Department of No 9:25 - Vercel as a Buy or Build Shop 11:32 - Threat Vectors Coming Faster Than Solutions 14:25 - AI Overhyped Versus Underhyped 26:35 - Is Black Hat Still Relevant? 35:53 - Advice for Founders