Press and Appearances
Press
Guest podcasts, video, recognition and the RSAC Innovation Sandbox.
RSAC Innovation Sandbox 2019
Our CEO was supposed to give this pitch. His flight was cancelled. I gave it instead, and Axonius was named Most Innovative Startup at RSA Conference 2019. It is also the origin of the Toyota Camry argument that still runs through everything I say about this category.
Mar 5, 2019 · RSA Conference
Official RSAC library entry
Mar 5, 2019 · Dark Reading
Axonius’ Unsexy Tool Wins RSAC Innovation Sandbox
Mar 5, 2019 · Help Net Security
Axonius named most innovative startup at RSA Conference 2019
2025 · RSA Conference
Where Are They Now: Axonius
Guest podcasts
Sep 8, 2026 · Back on Track
Rethinking PLG and Brand Building in Cybersecurity
Jan 29, 2026 · The CyberVault
Why Cybersecurity Marketing Is Failing to Differentiate
Mar 5, 2025 · Resilient Cyber
Agentic AI and the Future of Cyber
With Lior Div, hosted by Chris Hughes.
Dec 18, 2025 · Marketing Mischief & Mayhem
Differentiation or Death: Cybersecurity Edition
With Russell Quinan, Chief Strategy Officer at TheorySF. Forty-nine minutes on why brand matters in security.
Jul 7, 2025 · Margins and Mandates
Trust, Teams and Tough Markets: How Nate Burke Builds a Marketing Engine
Jun 26, 2026 · Dane Frederiksen
Playing It Safe Isn’t Safe: Nate Burke on B2B Video
Fourteen minutes on why playing it safe is the most dangerous thing a brand can do.
May 11, 2022 · Breaking Through in Cybersecurity Marketing
Behind the Axonius, Simone Biles and Amy Bream Campaign
Episode 15. The campaign, told to the same audience that fills CyberMarketingCon.
May 17, 2023 · Marketing Today with Alan B. Hart
Building Authentic Connections with a Skeptical Audience
Episode 364. On rejecting FUD, and solving instead of selling.
Nov 24, 2021 · The Cyber Ranch Podcast
The CMO’s Perspective
With Julie O’Brien of AttackIQ, hosted by Allan Alford.
Apr 24, 2020 · Tech Trailblazers
Founders on Fire
Video
May 20, 2025 · Trident Talks
The AI Frontier
Sep 7, 2023 · The CMO Network
Distinctive Branding Strategies for Cybersecurity Marketing in a Crowded Space
On differentiation through strategic risk-taking. The book’s thesis, on video, three years early.
Oct 12, 2021 · Cybercrime Magazine
Axonius Cybersecurity Asset Management
Apr 28, 2020 · Enterprise Strategy Group
Marketing in Challenging Times
Aug 10, 2020 · Axonius
So, How’s Everybody Holding Up?
A six-episode web show I hosted through the first pandemic summer.
Recognition
Mar 4, 2019 · Cybersecurity Marketer of the Year
Nominee, Cybersecurity Marketer of the Year, Private Company
Feb 24, 2020 · Cybersecurity Marketer of the Year
Finalist, Breakout Company of the Year
Axonius, listed as Nathan Burke, CMO.
Quoted
Mar 17, 2026 · REQ, On the Radar
The CMO Who Gave Up Sales Pitches to Build Real Relationships
Independent profile.
Jun 22, 2021 · FedScoop
Cybersecurity asset management trends
Aug 6, 2025 · Business Wire
On Gartner recognition and agent washing
“Being recognized by Gartner validates our approach of building truly autonomous AI agents rather than following the agent washing trend we see across the industry.”
Oct 16, 2024 · PR Newswire
7AI Adds to Elite Leadership Team with Key Executive Hires
“I have been fortunate to have been part of companies driving tectonic shifts in cybersecurity.”