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Justin Berman

Justin Berman

Security & platform-engineering leader — CISO, VP of Platform Engineering

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Oakland, California
Joined July 2025
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Summary

Bridges platform engineering and security — Justin combines a software-engineering background with senior security leadership to treat security as an engineering problem. Across roles at Flatiron, Zenefits, Dropbox and Thirty Madison he’s emphasized solving security issues via code, automation, and platform-level controls so teams can move quickly and safely. platformengineeringpod+2
Experienced CISO & product-security leader at scale — He led content-safety and anti-abuse engineering at Dropbox, scaled security and privacy programs at Zenefits and Flatiron Health, and has run security plus infrastructure/platform teams in healthcare (Thirty Madison), demonstrating experience operating security in high-risk, high-scale consumer and regulated environments. techcrunch+2
Active advisor and early-stage investor in security startups — Justin serves on advisory boards (e.g., Feroot, Glilot, Team8) and participates in angel syndicates (SVCI), advising founders on product and GTM while investing in early-stage cyber companies. feroot+2

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Security and Scalability with Justin Berman from Thirty Madison (podcast / interview)

October 1, 2024

A long-form interview where Justin discusses integrating security into platform engineering, his career path from app-security engineering to CISO roles, and operational lessons for building secure, scalable platforms.

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Better know a CSO: Dropbox head of security Justin Berman (TechCrunch interview)

February 1, 2020

Profile/interview covering Justin's role at Dropbox, approaches to vulnerability disclosure, and security leadership perspectives.

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CSO Spotlight: Justin Berman, Zenefits

July 1, 2018

Interview/profile focusing on Justin's approach to building security programs, hiring, and measuring security effectiveness while at Zenefits.

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DYDennis Yilmazsaid
JBJustin Berman
is one of the sharpest investors they've worked with in cybersecurity.

Nov 24, 2025