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S11 Bonus: The Forgotten Password Paradox: Why Service Accounts, NTLM Flaws, and Over-Privileged AI Agents Are the Real Ground Zero for Nation-State Breaches with Tim Eades, Co-Founder & CEO of Anetac
Jun 19, 2025 · Season 11 · 18 min
Solving the issue of identity vulnerability
Tim Eades grew up poor, but forced himself into college. He is a 4 time CEO, an investor, and on the boards of several different companies - but more interestingly, he is an old punk. He saw the Sex Pistols live back in the day, which he mentioned had great sound quality. He's been married for 25 years, and is on the board of a charity that his wife runs. That charity delivery 20,000 birthday cakes to underprivileged children a year.
Being a multi-time CEO, Tim has some experience around starting companies. He interviewed many cybersecurity leaders, asking about identity and why vulnerabilities around it was still a problem. During a Liverpool game, he downloaded a powerpoint template and put together a pitch to build a company and solve this problem.
This is the creation story of Anetac.
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