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Cyber Security Interviews

There is “no one way” to start and stay in the field of cyber security. Whether you are involved from the military, law enforcement, consulting, or IT services, it doesn’t matter. I have had countless discussions for years with other professionals online, at conferences, or over drinks, which have changed the way I think about cyber security. That is where this podcast comes in. What if I can capture those moments and frank discussions? I want to share the stories from other cyber security leaders and influencers so everyone can learn from their respective journeys and challenges. Why did they take the path they did? Who were their mentors? How did they tackle some of their biggest career challenges? By hearing how the industry leaders and influencers got to where they are and how they overcame some of the problems they faced, I hope to shed light on the path for other professionals. I will discover what motivates them, explore their journey in cyber security, and discuss where they think the industry is going.

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#077 – Frank Downs: Know When To Leave Dec 10, 2019

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Frank Downs is the director of cybersecurity practices at ISACA. Frank, a 14-year cybersecurity specialist, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Maryland, after which he promptly joined the US Department of Defense as a subject matter expert, working with computer networks on a daily basis. Realizing that English and cybersecurity were two very different concepts, he proceeded to obtain a master’s degree in cybersecurity from UMBC, after a pit stop at Johns Hopkins to obtain a master’s degree in Government.

Eventually, Frank decided to ease the learning process for individuals transitioning from non-technical backgrounds into cybersecurity by becoming a full-time Intelligence and Operations Consultant for multiple federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies.

In this episode, we discuss starting in another industry before the DoD, packet capture analysis, doing the work no one else wants to do, knowing when to move into new roles, non-traditional backgrounds, training and certifications, COBIT, and so much more.

#076 – Lesley Carhart: You’ve Got to Play the Game Sep 30, 2019

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Lesley Carhart is a Principal Threat Analyst at the Threat Operations Center at Dragos. She is recognized as a subject matter expert in cybersecurity, incident response, and digital forensics, regularly speaking at conferences and universities. She has spent the last 11 years of her 20+ year IT career specializing in information security, with a heavy focus on response to nation-state adversary attacks. Prior to Dragos, she was the incident response team lead at Motorola Solutions, performing digital forensics and incident handling services for both enterprise and public safety customers.

In 2017, Lesley was named a “Top Woman in Cybersecurity” by Cyberscoop news and received the Guidance Enfuse conference “Women in Technology” award. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Network Technologies from DePaul University, A.A.S. in Avionics Systems and Electronics Systems, GIAC GCIH, GREM, GCFA, and GCFE certifications, and currently serves as a Cyber Systems NCO in the US Air Force Reserves.

In her free time, Lesley co-organizes resume and interview clinics at several cybersecurity conferences, blogs, and tweets prolifically about infosec, and is a youth martial arts instructor.

In this episode, we discuss her early mentors, mentoring, writing resumes, starting as a coder, organizational missions, ICS security, electronic voting, submitting CFPs, and so much more.

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#075 – Brian Martin (Jericho): The Hacker Mindset Sep 23, 2019

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Brian Martin (a.k.a. Jericho) has been poking about the hacker and security scene for over 22 years, building valuable skills such as skepticism and anger management. As a hacker-turned-security whore, Jericho has a great perspective to offer an unsolicited opinion on just about any security topic. A long-time advocate of advancing the field, sometimes by any means necessary, he thinks the idea of ‘forward-thinking’ is quaint; we’re supposed to be thinking that way all the time.

No degree, no certifications, just the willingness to say things many in this dismal industry are thinking, but unwilling to say themselves. He remains a champion of security industry integrity and small misunderstood creatures.

In this episode, we discuss starting as a phreak and phone systems, BBS hacking forums, sharing knowledge, calling people out, cybersecurity skill shortages, understanding the adversaries mindset, PCI compliance, and so much more.

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#074 – Bill Conner: You Cannot Have Privacy Without Security Sep 16, 2019

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Bill Conner is the President and CEO of SonicWall. Bill has lead key divisions of AT&T, took Nortel into the $9 billion acquisition of Bay Networks, worked to secure digital identities with Entrust, and brought secure communications and privacy from the consumer to the enterprise through mobile and cloud with Silent Circle.

Bill also created and hosted “Hacked” for SiriusXM’s business radio. He has been recognized with several awards including Marketing Computers “Marketer of the Year,” Tech Titans “Corporate CEO of the Year,” Federal Computer’s “Top 100 Award,” and the “National Youth Science Camp Alumnus of the Year.”

In this episode, we discuss starting in encryption, security for the SMB market, advanced malware, threat intel, cloud security, breaking SSL in the enterprise, network basics for IoT, governments backdooring encryption, and so much more.

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#073 – Bernard Harguindeguy: Identity Is The Keystone Aug 19, 2019

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Bernard Harguindeguy is the Chief Technology Officer & General Manager Intelligence from Ping Identity. Bernard joined Ping in June 2018 through the acquisition of Elastic Beam, where he was the CEO and founder. His work at Elastic Beam revolutionized the use of AI to protect API infrastructures from cyber attacks and deliver deep insight into API access and usage.

Bernard earned an MS in Engineering Management from Stanford University and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of California Irvine where he was inducted into the Engineering Hall of Fame.

In this episode, we discuss starting in email security, identity as the perimeter, API security, selling to the C suite, how AI will help security, IoT security, and so much more.

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#072 – Vinny Sakore: This Was Crime Jul 08, 2019

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Vinny Sakore joined the NetDiligence team in 2017 as their Chief Technology Officer. Prior to joining NetDiligence Vinny served as Verizon’s HIPAA Security Officer. His previous experience includes stints as Chief Technology Officer for two healthcare technology companies.

Vinny is a featured speaker nationally and internationally on the topics of Cyber Risk, Mobile Technology, and Information Security. He is a regular presenter at organizations and events such as the NetDiligence Cyber Risk forums, Information Security Forum (ISF), International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), Healthcare Information Management Systems and Society (HIMSS), and the Risk Information Management Society (RIMS). Vinny has been quoted in numerous publications, including CSO Online, Wall Street Journal, and Information Security Magazine.

He serves on a number of not-for-profit boards and also teaches cybersecurity courses at Messiah College.

In this episode, we discuss the difference between privacy and security, talking to the board about cybersecurity, preparing for the cyber tsunami, government regulation, threat intel, aggregating insurance data, and so much more.

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#071 – Renaud Deraison: Complexity Breeds Insecurity May 27, 2019

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Renaud Deraison is known in the global security community as the father of the Nessus vulnerability scanner. His original creation, Nessus, celebrated its 15th anniversary in 2013 and is considered the de facto standard for vulnerability scanning worldwide.

Renaud co-founded Tenable Network Security in 2002. As Chief Technology Officer, he drives product strategy and development. Before Tenable, Renaud was the primary author of the Nessus vulnerability scanner – releasing the first version of Nessus when he was 17.

Renaud continues to contribute to the global security community; he is the author of three patents related to network scanning and security and has published his work in books and magazines.

In this episode, we discuss building the first version of Nessus when he was a teenager, getting the basics right, challenges with the cloud, IoT and embedded devices security, responsible vulnerability disclosure, and so much more.

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#070 – Lorrie Cranor: Help Open The Doors May 20, 2019

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Lorrie Faith Cranor, IEEE Fellow, is the Director and Bosch Distinguished Professor in Security and Privacy Technologies of CyLab and the FORE Systems Professor of Computer Science and of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. She also directs the CyLab Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory (CUPS) and co-directs the MSIT-Privacy Engineering masters program. In 2016 she served as Chief Technologist at the US Federal Trade Commission, working in the office of Chairwoman Ramirez. She is also a co-founder of Wombat Security Technologies, Inc, a security awareness training company.

She has authored over 150 research papers on online privacy, usable security, and other topics. She has played a key role in building the usable privacy and security research community, having co-edited the seminal book Security and Usability and founded the Symposium On Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS).

In this episode, we discuss the difference between privacy and security, lawmakers and technologists working together, founding Wombat security, the famous “password dress,” what makes a good password policy, IoT nutrition labels, and so much more.

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#069 – Ben Johnson: Break Down The Problems May 06, 2019

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Ben Johnson is CTO and co-founder of Obsidian Security. Prior to founding Obsidian, he co-founded Carbon Black and most recently served as the company’s Chief Security Strategist. As the company’s original CTO, he led efforts to create the powerful capabilities that helped define the next-generation endpoint security space. Prior to Carbon Black, Ben was an NSA computer scientist and later worked as a cyber engineer in an advanced intrusion operations division for the intelligence community.

Ben is active in the cybersecurity community, where he is a technical advisor to the US FISA Court and sits on boards of multiple security startups. Johnson earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Chicago and a master’s degree in computer science from Johns Hopkins University.

In this episode we discuss starting with the NSA, starting Carbon Black, focusing on the endpoint, identity security, government compliance, why everyone is in sales, picking your founder team, and so much more.

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#068 – Deborah Blyth: Security Is Everybody’s Job Apr 29, 2019

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Deborah Blyth is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) State of Colorado, Governor’s Office of Information Technology. In August 2014, Deborah Blyth became the state’s new CISO, bringing a diverse 25-year technology background including 14 years of information security experience. As the CISO, she serves as the point of contact for all information security initiatives in Colorado, informing the Secretary of Technology & Chief Information Officer and executive agency leadership on security risks and impacts of policy and management decisions on IT-related initiatives.

Before joining the state of Colorado, Deborah led the Information Technology Security and Compliance programs at TeleTech and Travelport. Deborah is a Colorado native and graduated Summa cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree from Regis University.

In this episode, we discuss her start in IT and her passion for technology, changes from the board and C-suite, the CDOT attack, the importance of having an IR plan in place, leveraging change management for security, managing priorities, cloud security, and so much more.

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