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 AISec Platform unifies supply chain security, runtime defense, posture management, and automated red teaming to protect agentic, generative and predictive AI applications. The platform enables organizations across the private and public sectors to reduce risk, ensure compliance, and adopt AI with confidence.
Founded by a team of cybersecurity and machine learning veterans, HiddenLayer combines patented technology with industry-leading research to defend against prompt injection, adversarial manipulation, model theft, and supply chain compromise. The company is backed by strategic investors including M12 (Microsoft’s Venture Fund), Moore Strategic Ventures, Booz Allen Ventures, IBM Ventures, and Capital One Ventures.
