Cyber Security Interviews

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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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Episodes

#007 – What I Am Learning So Far

This is going to be the second holiday break episode and the first of 2017. In this episode, I am taking a quick look back at the first five episodes with my guests to date: Chris Pogue David Cowen Lenny Zeltser Nicholas Percoco Morgan Wright Each of these cyber security professionals have had their own, unique journeys to get where they are. In each interview, I learned a lot about them as individuals, but also got their perspectives on a variety of topics that influence the industry as we...

Jan 02, 2017•7 min

#006 – 2016: A Look Back Through the Year

This is going to be one of two special holiday break episodes as we end out the year. We will be returning to our regular interviews with top security experts right after the start of the new year. In this episode, I reflect on 2016 and cyber security. It was an interesting year and information security took a spot light more than I could remember for years past (and probably more than I could have imagined a year ago). Even“hackers” even took runner up as Time’s 2016 Person of the Year ! I will...

Dec 26, 2016•8 min

#005 – Morgan Wright: The Rule of Threes

Morgan Wright is an internationally recognized expert on cybersecurity strategy, cyberterrorism, identity theft and privacy. His landmark testimony before Congress on Healthcare.gov changed how the government collected personally identifiable information. He has made hundreds of appearances on national news, radio, print and web, and has spoken to audiences around the world about cyber security. Previously Morgan was a Senior Advisor in the US State Department Antiterrorism Assistance Program an...

Dec 19, 2016•1 hr 16 min

#004 – Nicholas Percoco: Don’t Second Guess Yourself

Nicholas Percoco has more than 19 years of information security experience and is currently the Chief Information Security Officer at Uptake . Prior to Uptake, Nicholas was the Vice President of Global Services at Rapid7 . Nick has also been a Director at KPMG and the head of SpiderLabs at Trustwave where he led more than 2000 incident response and forensic investigations globally, ran thousands of ethical hacking & application security tests for clients, and conducted bleeding-edge security...

Dec 12, 2016•1 hr 26 min

#003 – Lenny Zeltser: You Can Never Know Everything

Lenny Zeltser is a seasoned business and tech leader with extensive information security expertise. As a product portfolio owner at a Fortune 500 company, he delivers the financial success and expansion of his orgnization's security services and SaaS products. He has also been a national lead of the security consulting practice at Savvis (acquired by CenturyLink), where he managed the US team of service professionals, aligning their expertise to the firm’s cloud solutions. Lenny helps shape glob...

Dec 05, 2016•1 hr 11 min

#002 – David Cowen: Standing On the Shoulders of Giants

David Cowen has more than sixteen years of experience in the areas of security integration, architecture, assessment, programming, forensic analysis and investigations. He started out as a penetration tester then moved to digital forensics. Currently, he is a partner at G-C Partners, LLC , a full service digital forensics investigation company, and has experience working in a variety of environments ranging from high security military installations to large/small private sector compani...

Nov 23, 2016•1 hr 18 min

#001 – Chris Pogue: Like a Chihuahua On a Pork Chop

Chris Pogue , Chief Information Security Officer at Nuix , has more than fifteen years’ experience and 2,000 breach investigations under his belt. Over his career, Chris has led multiple professional security services organizations and corporate security initiatives to investigate thousands of security breaches worldwide. His extensive experience is drawn from careers as a cyber crimes investigator, ethical hacker, military officer, and law enforcement and military instructor. In 2010, Chris was...

Nov 23, 2016•49 min

#000 – Douglas A. Brush: You’re Always a Student – You Never Stop Learning

Before we tackle the hearts and minds of some of the leaders and influencers in cyber security, I wanted to provide a little background about me and how I got started in cyber security. As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a hacker. In 1981, at an impressionable age five, I plopped down in front of a Texas Instruments TI99/4A computer . It had a whopping 3MHz CPU, 16K of RAM, and 16 colors. My parents got one for the home and I mostly used it to play video games. My favorite game...

Nov 22, 2016•11 min

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