Shankar Somasundaram, Founder and CEO of Asimily |

Shankar Somasundaram founded Asimily in 2017 after years in senior roles at Symantec, where he developed a deep understanding of the growing security challenges posed by connected devices. At the time, most enterprise IoT environments were fragmented, poorly secured, and largely ignored by major cybersecurity vendors. Somasundaram recognized a dangerous gap in the market—one where attackers had far more agility than defenders.

Rather than start with an easier target, he chose one of the most complex and mission-critical environments: securing medical devices in hospitals, where the stakes were literally life or death. That focus forced Asimily to build a solution that was intelligent, non-disruptive, and deeply…