Veering Off Topic With CloudLock CEO Gil Zimmermann

GZ: No, I’m probably more inclined to EDM.

X: Who’s your favorite EDM artist?

GZ: Deadmau5 is on the top of my list. But Skrillex is not bad. And there’s an Israeli crew that is pretty good, too, Infected Mushroom. They were recently out here and I missed [it].

X: Do you go to shows locally?

GZ: Yeah, but I can’t say they’re ones on the top of my list. I get dragged to a few here or there with my wife or friends. The shows we go to are more retro ’80s bands and ’90s, that kind of stuff. It’s more of a throwback to our youth; that’s the type of stuff we really enjoy. I might go to the Guns N’ Roses concert that’s coming up.

X: Any parting thoughts?

GZ: We’re proud members of the cybersecurity community here in Boston. I think that’s something that needs to be celebrated even more. I know there’s a bunch of us, but I think we need to be making even more of a stink in the global community. The level of intelligence and entrepreneurship here in our condensed area is unparalleled, even on the West Coast. I would take on West Coast cybersecurity any day of the week. The fact that we’re surrounded by academia and hyper-smart researchers is yet another layer of natural resources that we should be tapping into.

Author: Jeff Bauter Engel

Jeff, a former Xconomy editor, joined Xconomy from The Milwaukee Business Journal, where he covered manufacturing and technology and wrote about companies including Johnson Controls, Harley-Davidson and MillerCoors. He previously worked as the business and healthcare reporter for the Marshfield News-Herald in central Wisconsin. He graduated from Marquette University with a bachelor degree in journalism and Spanish. At Marquette he was an award-winning reporter and editor with The Marquette Tribune, the student newspaper. During college he also was a reporter intern for the Muskegon Chronicle and Grand Rapids Press in west Michigan.