Yasir Khalid is the CEO and Founder of StrikeReady, an AI-driven cybersecurity firm that aims to revolutionize proactive and collaborative defense for organizations of all sizes. Before founding StrikeReady in 2019, Khalid led the Zero Day Detection initiative at FireEye, playing a key role in developing the company's second-generation threat detection products. With 15 years of experience in the cybersecurity industry and 17 patents to his name, Khalid's expertise is palpable. His latest innovation is CARA, an AI-powered Digital Assistant that drives StrikeReady's Autonomous Security Operations platform, the world's first of its kind."
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