Profile
Sounil Yu is the founder of Knostic, Inc. (founded in 2023) and holds the title of Chief Technology Officer.
He is currently working as a Venture Advisor at YL Ventures LLC since 2019, a Board Member at FAIR Institute since 2016, an Advisor at Team8 Labs Ltd.
since 2022, an Advisor at ForgePoint Capital Management LLC, an Advisor at Strategic Cyber Ventures LLC since 2020, an Advisor at Realciso, Inc. since 2020, the CISO at JupiterOne, Inc. since 2021, and an Advisor at Permiso Security, Inc. since 2020.
His former positions include being an Independent Director at SCVX Corp.
from 2019 to 2022, Chief Security Scientist at Bank of America Corp.
from 2012 to 2019, and Senior Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
from 1996 to 2012.
Mr. Yu completed his undergraduate degree at Duke University in 1993 and his graduate degree at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University in 2002.
Sounil Yu active positions
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JupiterOne, Inc.
JupiterOne, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services JupiterOne, Inc. is a cybersecurity company that specializes in cyber asset and attack surface management. The company is based in Morrisville, NC. The company's platform helps customers connect all assets, people, and risks to provide deep context and insight into their expanding technology footprint. With unified cyber insights and one centralized view across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, security teams can make better data-driven decisions with confidence and address critical business challenges such as cyber asset attack surface management, continuous compliance, cloud security posture management, and vulnerability prioritization. The company was founded in 2020 by David Fuller, Erkang Zheng. Erkang Zheng has been the CEO since 2020. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2021-03-31 |
YL Ventures LLC
YL Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance YL Ventures LLC (YL Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded by Yoav A.Leitersdorf,John G.Quigley in 2007.The firm is headquartered in Mill Valley,california. | Consultant / Advisor | 2019-10-31 |
Permiso Security, Inc.
Permiso Security, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Permiso Security, Inc. develops and operates a cloud-based security platform. Paul Nguyen and Jason Martin have been the CEOs since incorporation. The American company was founded by Jason Martin, Paul Nguyen, Stephen Demjanenko, and Phani Modali. | Consultant / Advisor | 2020-10-31 |
Realciso, Inc.
Realciso, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Realciso, Inc. is an American cybersecurity company that provides a SaaS platform to help organizations evaluate, identify, and remediate cybersecurity vulnerabilities. The private company is based in New York and was founded by Akash Desai, Nicholas Hnatiw, Matt Farry, and Brian Haugli. The company's platform is based on various cybersecurity frameworks and uses plain English questions to assess an organization's people, process, and technologies. Realciso then recommends products and services to improve an organization's cybersecurity posture and reduce risk. Matt Farry has been the CEO since incorporation. | Consultant / Advisor | 2020-10-31 |
Strategic Cyber Ventures LLC
Strategic Cyber Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Strategic Cyber Ventures LLC (Strategic Cyber Ventures) is venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Hank Thomas. The firm is headquartered in Washington, D.C. | Consultant / Advisor | 2020-05-31 |
ForgePoint Capital Management LLC
ForgePoint Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance ForgePoint Capital Management LLC (ForgePoint Capital Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Donald R. Dixon, William Lin and Juan Alberto Yépez. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California. | Consultant / Advisor | - |
FAIR Institute
FAIR Institute Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The FAIR Institute is a non-profit organization that focuses on advancing the discipline of measuring and monitoring information risk. The non-profit company is based in Spokane, WA and was founded by Raj Sharma. The company provides a resource library for active contributing and general members to learn about cyber risk quantification with FAIR. | Director/Board Member | 2016-02-29 |
Team8 Labs Ltd.
Team8 Labs Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Team8 Labs Ltd is an Independent Private Equity/Venture Capital firm founded by Liran Grinberg, Israel Grimberg, and Nadav Zafrir in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. | Consultant / Advisor | 2022-05-31 |
Former positions of Sounil Yu
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SCVX CORP. | Director/Board Member | 2022-07-30 |
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Training of Sounil Yu
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | Graduate Degree |
Duke University | Undergraduate Degree |
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Listed companies | 2 |
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MERRILL LYNCH PREFERRED CAPITAL TRUST I | Finance |
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON HOLDING CORPORATION | Commercial Services |
Private companies | 9 |
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SCVX Corp.
SCVX Corp. Financial ConglomeratesFinance SCVX Corp. operates as a blank check company. It was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was founded by Michael Lloyd Doniger on November 15, 2019 and is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Finance |
JupiterOne, Inc.
JupiterOne, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services JupiterOne, Inc. is a cybersecurity company that specializes in cyber asset and attack surface management. The company is based in Morrisville, NC. The company's platform helps customers connect all assets, people, and risks to provide deep context and insight into their expanding technology footprint. With unified cyber insights and one centralized view across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, security teams can make better data-driven decisions with confidence and address critical business challenges such as cyber asset attack surface management, continuous compliance, cloud security posture management, and vulnerability prioritization. The company was founded in 2020 by David Fuller, Erkang Zheng. Erkang Zheng has been the CEO since 2020. | Technology Services |
YL Ventures LLC
YL Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance YL Ventures LLC (YL Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded by Yoav A.Leitersdorf,John G.Quigley in 2007.The firm is headquartered in Mill Valley,california. | Finance |
Permiso Security, Inc.
Permiso Security, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Permiso Security, Inc. develops and operates a cloud-based security platform. Paul Nguyen and Jason Martin have been the CEOs since incorporation. The American company was founded by Jason Martin, Paul Nguyen, Stephen Demjanenko, and Phani Modali. | Technology Services |
Realciso, Inc.
Realciso, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Realciso, Inc. is an American cybersecurity company that provides a SaaS platform to help organizations evaluate, identify, and remediate cybersecurity vulnerabilities. The private company is based in New York and was founded by Akash Desai, Nicholas Hnatiw, Matt Farry, and Brian Haugli. The company's platform is based on various cybersecurity frameworks and uses plain English questions to assess an organization's people, process, and technologies. Realciso then recommends products and services to improve an organization's cybersecurity posture and reduce risk. Matt Farry has been the CEO since incorporation. | Technology Services |
Strategic Cyber Ventures LLC
Strategic Cyber Ventures LLC Investment ManagersFinance Strategic Cyber Ventures LLC (Strategic Cyber Ventures) is venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Hank Thomas. The firm is headquartered in Washington, D.C. | Finance |
ForgePoint Capital Management LLC
ForgePoint Capital Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance ForgePoint Capital Management LLC (ForgePoint Capital Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Donald R. Dixon, William Lin and Juan Alberto Yépez. The firm is headquartered in San Mateo, California. | Finance |
FAIR Institute
FAIR Institute Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The FAIR Institute is a non-profit organization that focuses on advancing the discipline of measuring and monitoring information risk. The non-profit company is based in Spokane, WA and was founded by Raj Sharma. The company provides a resource library for active contributing and general members to learn about cyber risk quantification with FAIR. | Commercial Services |
Team8 Labs Ltd.
Team8 Labs Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Team8 Labs Ltd is an Independent Private Equity/Venture Capital firm founded by Liran Grinberg, Israel Grimberg, and Nadav Zafrir in 2014. The firm is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. | Finance |
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