# Brooke Motta

> Brooke Motta is the co-founder and CEO of San Francisco-based RAD Security, a cybersecurity company that grew from a 2021 conversation about Kubernetes into a runtime-focused platform for cloud and AI security. A longtime go-to-market executive at Rapid7, Bugcrowd, Wallarm, and Sonatype, she has raised $20 million across RAD Security's seed and Series A rounds, led the company through its rebrand from KSOC, and expanded its focus from cloud-native workloads to autonomous AI agents.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at RAD Security
- **Organizations:** RAD Security, KSOC, Sonatype, Wallarm, Bugcrowd, Rapid7, Girls on the Run International
- **Known for:** Co-founded RAD Security and led it from an initial Kubernetes focus into cloud and AI runtime security., Raised $6 million in seed funding in 2022 and $14 million in Series A funding in 2025., Led RAD Security through its 2024 rebrand from KSOC.

## Career timeline

- **2000-2002** — Worked in sales at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.
- **2004-2014** — Held sales leadership roles at Rapid7, ultimately serving as a senior sales director.
- **2014-2018** — Led global sales at Bugcrowd, overseeing sales, sales engineering, account management, channel, and business development.
- **2018-2020** — Served as Chief Revenue Officer at Wallarm.
- **2020-2021** — Served as Vice President of Sales at Sonatype.
- **2021** — Co-founded the Kubernetes security company KSOC with former customer Jimmy Mesta after a conversation during a hike in Flagstaff.
- **2022** — Announced a $6 million seed round led by .406 Ventures, with Vertex Ventures US and Gula Tech Adventures participating.
- **2024** — Renamed KSOC to RAD Security as the company expanded into behavioral cloud-native detection and response; RAD was a finalist at both RSAC Innovation Sandbox and Black Hat Startup Spotlight.
- **2025** — Raised a $14 million Series A led by Cheyenne Ventures, bringing disclosed funding to $20 million.
- **2025** — Named to the Cyber25 Women of Impact list and later listed as a finalist in the EWF Women of Influence private solutions provider category.
- **2026** — Extended RAD Security's runtime approach to autonomous AI agents through AgentKeeper and ClawKeeper-related products and was listed as a Black Hat USA Startup Spotlight judge.

## Achievements

- Co-founded RAD Security and led it from an initial Kubernetes focus into cloud and AI runtime security.
- Raised $6 million in seed funding in 2022 and $14 million in Series A funding in 2025.
- Led RAD Security through its 2024 rebrand from KSOC.
- RAD Security was selected as one of 10 RSAC Innovation Sandbox finalists in 2024.
- RAD Security was selected as one of four Black Hat USA Startup Spotlight finalists in 2024.
- Named a 2025 Cyber25 Women of Impact honoree.
- Listed as a 2025 EWF Women of Influence finalist in the private solutions provider category.
- Listed as a judge for the Black Hat USA Startup Spotlight competition in 2025 and 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Motta and co-founder Jimmy Mesta appeared on the Venture with Grace podcast to discuss securing OpenClaw agents and RAD Security's ClawKeeper work.
- **2026-03** — RAD Security introduced AgentKeeper, extending runtime monitoring and policy enforcement to AI-agent activity across developer workstations and enterprise environments.
- **2026-08** — Black Hat USA listed Motta as a judge for its 2026 Startup Spotlight competition.

## Links

- Website: https://radsecurity.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brookemotta
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/brookelynz1
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UiVrjZRNWA

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Last updated: 2026-08-18