Chris ‘Tito’ Sestito is Chairman of the Board, CEO & Co-Founder of HiddenLayer, a cybersecurity start-up dedicated to preventing adversarial machine learning attacks. He has over a decade of experience leading global threat research, intelligence, engineering, and data science teams, with a focus on security products at organizations such as Cylance, Qualys and Agari. Tito has delivered cybersecurity and data science training for Fortune 500 organizations and government agencies, led 3rd party product testing engagements including MITRE, managed research patents, and overseen acquisition transitions for both private equity and public purchases. Tito lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife Kristin, son Jon, and daughter Haley.
HiddenLayer, a Gartner recognized Cool Vendor for AI Security, is the leading provider of Security for AI. Its security platform helps enterprises safeguard the machine learning models behind their most important products. HiddenLayer is the only company to offer turnkey security for AI that does not add unnecessary complexity to models and does not require access to raw data and algorithms. Founded by a team with deep roots in security and ML, HiddenLayer aims to protect enterprise’s AI from inference, bypass, extraction attacks, and model theft. The company is backed by a group of strategic investors, including M12, Microsoft’s Venture Fund, Moore Strategic Ventures, Booz Allen Ventures, IBM Ventures, and Capital One Ventures.
