“A life of meaning is to have an impact and help others. At the end of the day, we’re not going to take it with us. No one has ambitions to die rich. What is the legacy that you’re going to leave behind?”
Dug Song is the cofounder and CEO of Duo Security, the leading provider of unified access security and multifactor authentication delivered through the cloud. Duo protects more than 12,000 customers globally, including Dresser-Rand, Etsy, Facebook, K-Swiss, Random House, Yelp, Zillow, Paramount Pictures, and more. Founded in Michigan, Duo has offices in Ann Arbor and Detroit, as well as growing hubs in Austin, Texas; San Mateo, California; and London. Prior to launching Duo, Dug spent seven years as founding chief security architect at Arbor Networks, protecting 80 percent of the world’s internet service providers and helping to grow the company to $120 million+ annual revenue before its acquisition by Danaher. Dug also built the first commercial network anomaly detection system, acquired by Check Point Software Technologies. Dug’s contributions to the security community include popular projects on open source security, distributed file systems, and operating systems, as well as co-founding the USENIX Workshop on Offensive Technologies.
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