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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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#067 – Fred Kneip: Compliance Doesn’t Equal Security Apr 22, 2019

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Fred Kneip is the CEO and Founder of CyberGRX. Since founding the company in 2015, Fred has led the creation of the world’s first global third-party cyber risk management (TPCRM) exchange. During his tenure at CyberGRX, Fred has been responsible for the overall direction of the company and as the company’s chief strategist, for securing global partnerships, leading investments and overseeing management and corporate execution.

Prior to CyberGRX, Fred led the Security and Compliance Departments at Bridgewater Associates, an investment management firm overseeing about $160 billion for 350 of the largest and most sophisticated global institutional clients. Fred holds a BSE in Civil Engineering from Princeton University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

In this episode we discuss the growing Denver cybersecurity scene, starting in compliance, managing supply chain and vendor risk, current and upcoming regulations, compliance versus security, benchmarking, and so much more.

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#066 – Alissa Torres: A Well Balanced Approach Apr 15, 2019

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Alissa Torres is a SANS analyst and Principal SANS instructor specializing in advanced digital forensics and incident response (DFIR). Alissa was recognized by SC Magazine as one of its "2016 Women to Watch." and a recipient of the Enfuse 2018 Difference Makers Award for her efforts in educational outreach.

She has more than 15 years of experience in computer and network security that spans government, academic, and corporate environments. Her current role as Founder and Senior Consultant at Sibertor Forensics, a security operations and incident response consulting company, provides daily challenges “in the trenches” and demands constant technical growth. Alissa is a frequent presenter at industry conferences (RSA, BSides, Shmoocon, Enfuse) and has taught hundreds of security professionals over the last 5 years in more than 12 countries. As the lead author of the SANS FOR526 Advanced Memory Forensics and Threat Detection course, she is passionate about memory management and forensic artifact hunting.

In this episode we discuss, being confused with Heather Mahalik, running a helpdesk, file system forensics, memory forensics, balancing blue teams and red teams, when to add threat hunting to your program, the value of certifications, balancing work and life, keeping skills current, and so much more.

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#065 – Lizzie Cookson: Attackers Adapt With Us Apr 08, 2019

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Lizzie Cookson is an Associate Director of Cyber Investigations at Kivu Consulting. She specializes in cyber extortion and threat intelligence with a focus on attacker negotiations, threat actor profiling, and data breach remediation. Lizzie’s case work has included network intrusions, e-commerce compromise, business email compromise, wire/tax fraud, employee misconduct, and over 150 cyber extortion investigations.

Lizzie has over six years’ experience in legal services, incident response, and digital forensics. Prior to joining Kivu, she worked in regulatory roles at law firms in Massachusetts and Washington, DC while earning her graduate degree in digital forensics.

In this episode we discuss getting started in information security, how attackers have changed, ransomware changes, Ransomware-as-a-Service, banking trojans, types of cyber criminals, getting started with ransomware response, and so much more.

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#064 – Georgia Weidman: Cyber Security Lion Repellent Apr 01, 2019

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Georgia Weidman is the founder and CTO of Shevirah and is a serial entrepreneur, penetration tester, security researcher, speaker, trainer, author, and angel investor. She holds a MS in computer science as well as holding CISSP, CEH, and OSCP certifications.

Her work in the field of smartphone exploitation has been featured internationally in print and on television including ABC World News Tonight, The New York Times, NBC Nightly News, and The Washington Post. She has presented or conducted training around the world including venues such as the NSA, West Point, and Black Hat. She was awarded a DARPA Cyber Fast Track grant for her work in mobile device security culminating in the release of the open source project, the Smartphone Pentest Framework (SPF). She is the author of Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking and the recipient of the 2015 Women’s Society of CyberJutsu Pentest Ninja award.

In this episode we discuss, her early red team days, where to get direction when starting in the industry, pen testing steps, founding a start-up, mobile device security, cybersecurity lion repellent, and so much more.

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#063 – Dean Sysman: You Are Swamped With Data Mar 25, 2019

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Dean Sysman, is the CEO and co-founder, Axonius. Dean is a world renowned expert in cybersecurity and has been honored with being in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Israel 2017 list. Before founding Axonius, Dean co-founded Cymmetria, A YC-backed cyber deception company with Fortune 500 customers. He has spoken at major conferences including Blackhat, Defcon, CCC and more. He is an alumnus of an elite unit in the Israeli Intelligence Corps, where he served for 5 years as a team leader and officer.

Dean is a graduate of the special "Etgar" program, where he earned his B.Sc in computer science at the age of 19. In 2005, Dean was part of the gold medal winning team in the international Robotic Olympics in South Korea. Dean enjoys playing poker and reading existential philosophy.

In this episode we discuss, his start in infosec in Israel, being a founder, measuring security effectiveness, cyber security fundamentals, hiring the right people, participating in the community, and so much more.

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#062 – Chad Loder: Just Because It’s Basic, Doesn’t Mean It’s Easy Dec 10, 2018

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Chad Loder is the CEO and co-founder of Habitu8, a Los Angeles-based cyber security startup that's transforming the security awareness industry away from its traditional "training-centric" approach to an approach that is based on measurable risk reduction through influencing and measuring key employee behaviors.

Prior to Habitu8, Chad was co-founder and VP of Engineering at Rapid7, which he helped bring to a $900M IPO in 2015. Chad has also worked as a public company CISO and a strategic advisor to several security startups.

In this episode we discuss his start with phreaking, starting Rapid7, the focus on the human element in infosec, mistakes users make, how to measure your programs success, how people learn security, being a founder, and so much more.

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#061 – Yonathan Klijnsma: If They Get Compromised, You Get Compromised Dec 03, 2018

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Yonathan Klijnsma is a threat researcher at RiskIQ, leading threat response and analysis efforts with the help of RiskIQ's expansive data set. Both his work and hobbies focus on threat intelligence in the form of profiling threat actors as well as analyzing and taking apart the means by which digital crime groups work.

Outside of work Yonathan likes taking things apart and figuring out how they work; be it physical devices or digital like malware or ransomware. He is a regular presenter at industry conferences such as DEF CON and is quoted in Wired, Fox News, C|NET, and Krebs on Security to name a few.

In this episode we discuss his start in information security, his current security research, Magecart, web application security, website asset management, supply chain security, and so much more.

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#060 – Mike Johnson: Let’s Do The Right Thing Sep 24, 2018

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Mike Johnson is the CISO of Lyft, where he is responsible for Security, Data Privacy, and a few other key areas he can't talk about. He's been in the security field long enough to be able to use "decades" as a measure. In his time he's seen things, heard things, and shared his opinion on a great many things.

Prior to becoming Lyft's first CISO, he was at Salesforce working in various information security roles.

In this episode we discuss being an organizations first CISO, building a world class detection and response team, securing a development team, building security culture, data privacy, cyber security as a team sport, looking for non traditional skills, and so much more.

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#059 – Jacob Williams: What Didn’t We Catch Sep 17, 2018

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Jacob Williams is the Founder and President of Rendition Infosec. Jake started his information security career doing classified work with the U.S. government and was awarded the National Security Agency (NSA) Exceptional Civilian Service Award, which is given to fewer than 20 people annually. He's been involved in high-profile public sector cases including the malware analysis for the 2015 cyber attack on the Ukraine power grid. He's also tackled a variety of cases in the private sector.

Jake is a certified SANS instructor and co-author of FOR526: Memory Forensics In-Depth and FOR578: Cyber Threat Intelligence teaches a variety of other classes for SANS (SEC503, SEC504, SEC660, SEC760, FOR508, FOR526, FOR578, FOR610).

Given his accomplishments, it should come as no surprise that Jake lives, sleeps, and breathes Infosec. He's a regular speaker at industry conferences including DC3, BSides (including BSides Las Vegas), DEFCON, Blackhat, Shmoocon, EnFuse, ISSA Summits, ISACA Summits, SANS Summits, and Distributech. He has also presented security topics to a number of Fortune 100 executives. Jake is also a two-time victor at the annual DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge.

In this episode we discuss his passion for cyber security, changes in the industry, threat hunting vs. incident response, development of soft skills, AI and machine learning, holding back vulnerability disclosure, and so much more.

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#058 – Josh Corman: The Absence of Good Sep 10, 2018

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Joshua Corman is a Founder of I am The Cavalry (dot org) and CSO for PTC. Josh previously served as Director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative for the Atlantic Council, CTO for Sonatype, Director of Security Intelligence for Akamai, and in senior research, analyst, & strategy roles. He co-founded RuggedSoftware and IamTheCavalry to encourage new security approaches in response to the world’s increasing dependence on digital infrastructure.

Josh's unique approach to security in the context of human factors, adversary motivations, and social impact, has helped position him as one of the most trusted names in security. He also serves as an adjunct faculty for Carnegie Mellon’s Heinz College and on the Congressional Task Force for Healthcare Industry Cybersecurity.

In this episode we discuss his start in information security, being a super hero, the start of I am The Cavalry, cyber security and public safety, government vs. hackers, IoT security, looking for non-traditional cyber skills, and so much more.

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