The Future of Security LeadershipJason Hicks, Global CISO at Kudelski Security, joins the podcast to talk about the future of security leadership. He covers the challenges of managing a security team, communication skills for technical leader

#133 Scott Edwards — Senior Director, Netskope Academy

Jun 11th, 2020 21m 12s

Training CybersecurityIn this podcast, Scott Edwards, Senior Director of the Netskope Academy, talks about cybersecurity training. He discusses how training has evolved and the value it brings to companies who invest in their employees. He tal

#132 Lamont Orange and George Gerchow

Jun 9th, 2020 20m 34s

Cloud is a Fresh StartLamont Orange, CISO of Netskope, returns to the podcast with friend and fellow CISO, George Gerchow of Sumo Logic. They discuss their approaches to crisis management during COVID and the message is clear: it’s people firs

#131 Mike Hamilton — Founder & CISO, CI Security

Jun 4th, 2020 18m 2s

Cyber CuriousMike Hamilton, Founder and CISO of CI Security joins the podcast to talk about his career in cybersecurity. He discusses the founding and purpose of PISCES and how they offer network monitoring at no cost to the public sector. He

#130 Thomas Stachura — CEO, Paranoid, Inc.

Jun 2nd, 2020 17m 39s

Radical TransparencyUncomfortable with the privacy implications while watching his children interact with a smart speaker, Thomas Stachura decided to find some middle ground. He invented a solution and his company Paranoid Inc. is bringing it

#129 Merritt Baer — Principal Security Architect, Amazon Web Services

May 28th, 2020 19m 13s

Cloud: Adopt and AdaptIn this episode, Merritt Baer, Principal Security Architect at Amazon Web Services, talks about all things cloud. She discusses her own path to security and the steps she is taking to encourage new voices and faces into t

#128 Jodi Daniels — Practical Data Privacy Advisor

May 26th, 2020 19m 43s

Practical PrivacyJodi Daniels, Practical Data Privacy Advisor, talks about the tools companies can use to keep their data and their employees safe during remote working, including multifactor authentication, strong passwords and virtual privat

#127 Olivia Rose — How to Get Your Start in Cyber

May 21st, 2020 15m 48s

“It is all about who you know in security, and it’s a very small industry … It’s really important to have a very good reputation and reach out and connect to people because that’s where the jobs are.“Olivia Rose, CISO at Large, rejoins the pod

#126 Cat Coode — Digital Dangers at Home

May 19th, 2020 15m 16s

“In the effort to connect, we are also exposing ourselves to risk”Cat Coode, Data Privacy Expert at Binary Tattoo joins the podcast for a second time. She talks about the digital dangers we face at home as we work remotely and try to stay conn

#125 Lamont Orange — CISO, Netskope

May 14th, 2020 19m 16s

Wide Angle PerspectiveIn this episode, Lamont Orange, CISO of Netskope, joins the podcast to talk about the evolution of the CISO role and skill set now that security has become a business issue. He explains, “It requires cross-functional exec

#124 Michael Manrod — CISO, Grand Canyon Education

May 12th, 2020 13m 53s

Give People with Potential a Shot“As leaders we need to ask ourselves, can we take a chance on somebody with potential and invest the effort and time to train them and help them get their start?”In this episode, Mike Manrod, CISO of Grand Can

#123 Johnny Ryan — Chief Policy and Industry Relations Officer, Brave Software

May 7th, 2020 36m 59s

Ad Tech RemorseIn this episode, Johnny Ryan, Chief Policy & Industry Relations Officer at Brave Software, joins the podcast to talk data privacy. He speaks about Brave’s mission and explains its micropayment and cryptocurrency model. He discus

#122 Helen Patton — An Agile Business Continuity Plan

May 6th, 2020 15m 46s

“I hope what will change after this is that we won’t try and preplan the disaster. What we will do is we will set the stage so that we can respond quickly and adaptively when something happens.”Ohio State University’s CISO, Helen Patton, retur

#121 Ty Sbano — Chief Security and Trust Officer, Sisense

May 4th, 2020 18m 16s

Have a Resilient Plan“I think it’s really critical to have the fortitude and the resiliency to make it through these things. It’s not that you pray you won’t have incidents, because you will, it’s that you plan for it.”Ty Sbano, Chief Securit

#120 Vince Crisler — Founder and CEO, Dark Cubed

Apr 28th, 2020 16m 16s

Focus on Your PeopleWhen our host, Ashwin Krishnan, came across a LinkedIn post supporting Zoom amidst their recent troubles, he immediately contacted the author Vince Crisler, Founder and CEO of Dark Cubed. Vince joins the podcast here to tal

#119 Deidre Diamond — Founder and CEO of CyberSN

Apr 23rd, 2020 15m 37s

Deidre Diamond is the founder and CEO of CyberSN, a cybersecurity recruitment specialist. In this edition of our podcast, Deidre talks about the current state of the cybersecurity job market. She shares her view that the initial hiring freeze

#118 Kristina Podnar — Marketing with Empathy

Apr 21st, 2020 12m 58s

In this FastCast episode, Digital Policy Expert Kristina Podnar talks about marketing during our new normal. She believes the smartest marketers have assessed and adjusted their messaging. Brands don’t need to be silent right now, but they do n

#117 Janice Le — Silicon Valley CMO / Startup Advisor

Apr 9th, 2020 18m 18s

Reaching a Distracted AudienceJanice Le, Silicon Valley CMO and Startup Advisor, joins the podcast to talk about how brands can reach a distracted market. She sees two approaches to marketing right now, one that highlights how your company can

#116 Gary Hayslip — CISO, Softbank

Apr 7th, 2020 11m 20s

Virtual SecurityGary Hayslip, CISO at Softbank Investment Advisors, joins the podcast to discuss how he and his team are navigating the challenges posed by a dispersed workforce from cloud adoption to virtual communication tools. As a CISO exp

#115 Kavya Pearlman — Founder & CEO, XR Safety Initiative

Apr 1st, 2020 18m 58s

Have our Privacy Gains Gone?Kayva Pearlman, XR Safety Initiative’s Founder and CEO, joins our host, Ashwin Krishnan, on this podcast to share her concern that we may be losing our hard-won data privacy protection. We are currently seeing priva

#114 Helen Patton — Adapting to an Evolving New Normal

Mar 26th, 2020 10m 36s

In the first of our new shorter podcasts focused on helping our community navigate our new normal, Helen Patton, CISO at Ohio State University discusses managing cybersecurity in higher education during an era of remote working and learning.0

#113 Brook Chelmo — Senior Product & Marketing Manager, SonicWall

Mar 25th, 2020 15m 55s

Unhooding the HackersIn this podcast, Brook Chelmo, Senior Product Marketing and Product Manager at SonicWall, shares insights from his conversations with a Russian ransomware cell. Retweeted by the hackers he referenced, Brook decided to enga

#112 Phil Dunkelberger — FIDO is the Future

Mar 25th, 2020 14m 12s

Phil Dunkelberger, CEO of Nok Nok Labs, joins Ashwin on our podcast for a second time. He discusses his work on authentication and the FIDO Alliance pointing out that passwords and usernames are ineffective as security tools. Increasing consume

#111 Jadee Hanson — CISO, Code42

Mar 25th, 2020 15m 34s

Don’t Pay up, Back upIn this podcast, Jadee Hanson, CISO at Code42, discusses the perils of breach fatigue and ransomware. She points out fatigue often means we give up, and that is not a lapse we can afford in the cybersecurity space. When as

#110 Giovanni Vigna — CISOs are like Goalkeepers

Mar 23rd, 2020 17m

Giovanni Vigna, CTO at Lastline, joins Ashwin on the podcast for a second time. He expands on his previous analogy of CISOs being like goalkeepers – never praised for goals saved, only criticized for goals scored – and jokes that now they need