Piyush Sharma, Co-Founder and CEO of Tuskira, is a seasoned cybersecurity leader with over 20 years of experience and a track record of two successful exits. He has held key roles at Symantec and Tenable, driving product and business innovation. As co-founder of Accurics, a pioneer in CNAPP, breach path prediction, and infrastructure-as-code security—later acquired by Tenable—he holds a dozen cybersecurity patents. With a Bachelor’s in Computer Science and an MBA, Piyush founded Tuskira with Om Moolchandani and Vipul Parmar to unify fragmented security tools, enabling organizations to proactively defend against evolving cyber threats with greater efficiency and precision.
Company: Tuskira
We are thrilled to have you join us today, welcome to ValiantCEO Magazine’s exclusive interview! Let’s start off with a little introduction. Tell our readers a bit about yourself and your company.
Piyush Sharma: Thank you! I appreciate the opportunity to share more about Tuskira. Our team has been deeply embedded in the cybersecurity industry for over a decade, with extensive experience in securing modern digital infrastructures. Tuskira was founded with a singular mission: to revolutionize how enterprises approach security operations by unifying fragmented security tools, optimizing security controls, and enabling real-time attack surface analysis. We are committed to helping organizations achieve cyber resiliency while maximizing the return on their existing security investments.
If you were in an elevator with Warren Buffett, how would you describe your company, your services or products? What makes your company different from others? What is your company’s biggest strength?
Piyush Sharma: I’d say, “Tuskira is transforming cybersecurity operations by cutting through complexity and enabling enterprises to maximize the return on their security investments. We help organizations consolidate redundant tools, optimize their existing security stack, and deliver measurable improvements in risk reduction—without requiring additional spend. We operate at the intersection of efficiency and security, ensuring companies can focus on their core business while reducing unnecessary costs. Our team, with over 15 years of experience working together, brings deep expertise in solving cybersecurity’s toughest challenges and executing at scale. Just as you advocate for long-term value and sound investments, we enable enterprises to derive sustainable security value without continuous and costly reinvestment.”
Quiet quitting, The Great Resignation, is an ongoing trend causing many businesses to struggle to keep talent engaged and motivated. Most are leaving because of their boss or their company culture. 82% of people feel unheard, undervalued, and misunderstood in the workplace. In your experience, what keeps employees happy? And how are you adapting to the current shift we see?
Piyush Sharma: At Tuskira, culture is everything. Our founding team previously built Accurics, a cloud security startup that pioneered security policy automation and was later acquired by Tenable. Several key leaders—including myself—came from Accurics, and 95% of our team has worked together for over a decade. We know that employee happiness stems from feeling valued, empowered, and connected to a shared mission. Our core values—trust, transparency, and hard work—are at the heart of everything we do.
To adapt to today’s shifting workplace expectations, we emphasize open communication, employee development, and a strong sense of ownership. We invest in our team’s growth and try to ensure every employee understands the impact of their contributions. When employees are engaged and supported, they stay motivated, and that directly translates into better outcomes for our customers.
Online business keeps on surging higher than ever, B2B, B2C, online shopping, virtual meetings, remote work, Zoom medical consultations, what are your expectations for the year to come and how are you capitalizing on the tidal wave?
Piyush Sharma: The future is hybrid. As businesses increasingly rely on digital interactions—whether for remote work, virtual collaboration, or cloud-based operations—security must evolve to keep pace. Security remains a high-trust industry, and organizations need solutions that not only enhance their digital defenses but also optimize security operations for efficiency and resilience. Tuskira is capitalizing on this shift by providing a security data fabric that unifies fragmented security tools, enabling organizations to gain real-time insights, automate security control assessments, and maximize their existing security investments. By helping businesses navigate the complexity of securing their expanding digital presence, Tuskira ensures they remain agile and resilient in an increasingly online-first world.
Business is all about overcoming obstacles and creating opportunities for growth. What do you see as THE real challenge right now?
Piyush Sharma: The real challenge today is ensuring that businesses derive tangible value from their security investments. Many organizations have amassed an overwhelming number of tools but still struggle to achieve meaningful security improvements. Tuskira helps organizations break through this inefficiency by providing a comprehensive security data fabric that unifies and optimizes their existing tools, ensuring they get maximum ROI without adding unnecessary complexity.
In your experience, what tends to be the most underestimated part of running a company? Can you share an example?
Piyush Sharma: Two things: strong business operations and company culture. Business operations are the backbone of any successful organization. Without efficient processes, even the best ideas struggle to gain traction. Secondly, culture is a critical driver of motivation and success. At Tuskira, we prioritize both—ensuring smooth operations and a people-first approach that fosters innovation and engagement.
On a lighter note, if you had the ability to pick any business superpower, what would it be and how would you put it into practice?
Piyush Sharma: It would be the ability to achieve instant market validation of products and services. Knowing exactly what the market needs in real-time would allow us to pivot faster, innovate more effectively, and avoid costly missteps.
What does “success” in 2024 mean to you? It could be on a personal or business level, please share your vision.
Piyush Sharma: Success in 2025 means scaling our go-to-market motion in a way that delivers exceptional customer outcomes. It’s about ensuring that every organization we work with experiences measurable security improvements through Tuskira’s solutions. Personally, success is also about building a company where people thrive and feel proud of the impact they are making in cybersecurity.
