Q&A: Tanium CEO on why the 'evil' side of Silicon Valley and why they aren't a cybersecurity firm anymore

At the company's first user conference, we caught up with Orion Hindawi, co-founder and CEO of Tanium, the cybersecurity powerhouse that counts Hindawi talks about 'Internet of Things' threats, that crippled the Internet last week, the company's IPO plans, and why he doesn't equate Tanium with "cybersecurity."

You wrote recently that you don't think of Tanium as a cybersecurity company anymore. Can you elaborate on what that means?

There are two things: I don't think you can do good cybersecurity…