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eXecutive Security

Gene Faythreatx.com
Conversations with CISOs and other important thought leaders offering advice for those wanting to enter the field, grow in the field of cybersecurity.
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Why Moving Beyond Transactional Behavior Is Key to Cybersecurity Success With Robert Rodriguez of SINET

Robert D. Rodriguez is the Chairman & Founder of SINET and a Venture Partner at SineWave Ventures. Previously, Robert advised and coordinated the public - private sector outreach for The Department of Homeland Security and other institutions, and served 22 years as a Special Agent with the United States Secret Service. https://www.linkedin.com/in/rdrod/ https://www.security-innovation.org...

Jan 13, 202319 min

Amplifying Diverse Thought in Cybersecurity With Akira Brand

Akira Brand is an experienced developer who has worked in Developer Relations for the past several years, most recently with Bright Security. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akirabrand/ Artists Who Code: https://www.linkedin.com/company/artistswhocode/ Bright Security: https://brightsec.com

Dec 09, 202221 min

Tips and Techniques: Networking

In this Tips and Techniques episode, eXecutive Security podcast host Gene Fay shares his advice and best practices for networking. Learning how to make the best of networking events is a powerful life skill that plays a big role in career success. With in-person events making a strong comeback post-pandemic, those early and not-so-early in their careers will find Gene’s practical tips valuable.

Dec 01, 20224 min

Empowering Women in Cybersecurity With Zenobia Godschalk

Zenobia Godschalk has worked closely with many cybersecurity companies over the years as the founder of ZAG Communications, a PR and marketing firm serving technology companies, and is now SVP of Communications for Hedera. She also does a lot of philanthropic work in the technology space. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zenobiaaustingodschalk/ Dark Reading Article: https ://www.darkreading.com/remote-workforce/senior-level-women-leaders-cybersecurity-nonprofit Forte Group: https://forte-gr...

Nov 22, 202219 min

The Value of the Enlisted Mindset in Cybersecurity With Jennifer Reed of AWS

Jenn Reed has more than 25 years of product management and engineering experience in cloud networking infrastructure, security, governance, risk, and compliance across both the private and public sectors. She is currently Principal Partner SA, SPE at AWS and was formerly CISO at Aviatrix. Jenn served her country in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1995-2000 and again in 2003 during the Iraq war. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennsreed/...

Nov 13, 202222 min

Aligning Business and Security With Brian Castagna of Seven Bridges

Brian Castagna is the CISO at Seven Bridges, a leading biomedical data company. He is an experienced and skilled information security leader who has held security leadership positions at several organizations including Acquia and Oracle. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-castagna-1890544/

Oct 31, 202223 min

Traits Needed to Succeed in Cybersecurity With Ramachandra Hegde of Genpact

Ramachandra Hegde is a senior executive with over 24 years of experience, including 12 years in global CISO roles, including with a Fortune 300 manufacturing multinational and a global professional services firm. He is currently senior vice president and CISO at Genpact. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramkhegde/

Oct 14, 202214 min

Looking for Cybersecurity Employees in New Ways With Dan Schiappa of Arctic Wolf

Dan Schiappa, the chief product officer at Arctic Wolf, has been a technology leader for many years at organizations including Sophos, RSA Security, and Microsoft. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-schiappa-bbb1062/ University of Central Florida News: https://www.ucf.edu/news/cybersecurity-team-wins-4th-national-championship/ Arctic Wolf: https://arcticwolf.com/company/careers/

Sep 30, 202217 min

How to Jumpstart a Cybersecurity Career With CTO Richard Ford

Richard Ford is an experienced cybersecurity and technology leader. Currently the Chief Technology Officer at Praetorian, he has held leadership positions at many organizations, including Cyren, Forcepoint, and Raytheon. Richard also has a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Oxford. Personal LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-ford/ Praetorian LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/praetorian/ ISC2: https://www.isc2.org BSides: https://bsideslv.org...

Sep 16, 202228 min

The Importance of Mentoring With Ray Espinoza of Inspectiv

Ray has more than 15 years of experience in the information security space and is currently CISO at Inspectiv. He has held leadership positions at numerous organizations including, Cobalt.io, Amazon, Proofpoint, and Cisco. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ray-espinoza-b399821/ Black Girls in Cyber: https://www.blackgirlsincyber.com

Aug 26, 202220 min

The Importance of Storytelling in Cybersecurity with Maarten Van Horenbeeck

Maarten Van Horenbeeck, who is the chief information security officer at Zendesk, has more than 15 years of experience managing security organizations, which includes building the cybersecurity-threat intelligence team at Amazon, and working on the security teams at Google and Microsoft. He is also a former board member and Chairman of the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST). LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maartenv/ Chaos Computer Club: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chao...

Aug 22, 202230 min

Why a Commitment to Employee Growth Matters With Jim Routh

Jim Routh has a long history in technology and cybersecurity as a leader and management consultant. He was formerly a cybersecurity leader for many large companies including MassMutual, CVS Health, Aetna, and JP Morgan Chase. He is also the former Board Chair for the Health Information Sharing & Analysis Center (H-ISAC) where he served for five years and former Board member for the Financial Services Information Sharing & Analysis Center (FS-ISAC). Jim currently sits on several Boards an...

Aug 12, 202233 min

Lowering the Barrier to Entry in the Cybersecurity Field With Ron Gula of Gula Tech Adventures

Ron is President at Gula Tech Adventures, which focuses on cyber technology, cyber policy and recruiting more people to the cyber workforce. Since 2017, GTA has invested in dozens of cyber start-ups and funds and supported multiple cyber nonprofits and projects. From 2002 to 2016, Ron was the co-founder and CEO of Tenable Network Security. He helped grow the company to 20,000 customers, raise $300m in venture capital and grow revenues to $100m, setting up the company for an IPO in 2018. Prior to...

Aug 08, 202227 min

Balancing the Enforcer and Enabler Roles With Bill Brown of Abacus Insights

Bill Brown is an accomplished information technology and information security leader with experience leading M&A Security Due Diligence Response and Remediation, and leading global teams in start-up, mid-size, and Fortune 1000 companies. Currently he is CISO and CIO at Abacus Insights and an advisory board member to ThreatWarrior. He has also held security leadership positions in ClickSoftware, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Veracode, and Iron Mountain. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill...

Aug 01, 202217 min

Debunking the Misconceptions of Entering the Cybersecurity Industry With James Carder of iOffce + SpaceIQ

James Carder is an experienced Chief Security Officer, research and development leader, cyber security services expert, and go to market executive with over 26 years in both corporate security and consulting for public and private companies across various industries, the Fortune 500, and U.S. Government. Currently, he is the Chief Security Officer at iOffice + SpaceIQ. James also served in the Air Force. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carderj/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/carderjames ISSA...

Jul 25, 202232 min

Why Having the Mindset of an “Eternal Student” Is the Key to Success With Ian Amit of Rapid7

Ian Amit is an executive manager in the security and software industry with vast experience in multiple fields - from enterprise security, through retail, to end-user software, large back-end systems, corporate security policy, regulatory compliance, and strategy. He has spoken at various customer-focused seminars such as DEFCON, RSA, BlackHat, BSides, and many more. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamit/ DEFCON: https://defcon.org BSides: https://bsideslv.org...

Jul 18, 202229 min

Turning Information Security Into an Inclusive Community With Tanya Janca of She Hacks Purple

Tanya Janca, also known as SheHacksPurple, is the author of ‘Alice and Bob Learn Application Security’. She is also the founder of We Hack Purple, an online learning academy, community and weekly podcast that revolves around teaching everyone to create secure software. Tanya has been coding and working in IT for over twenty years, won numerous awards, and has been everywhere from startups to public service to tech. She values diversity, inclusion, and kindness. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com...

Jul 12, 202227 min

How Cybersecurity’s Origins Inform Its Future with Chris Wysopal of Veracode

Chris Wysopal is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Veracode, which pioneered the concept of using automated static binary analysis to discover vulnerabilities in software. In the 1990’s, Chris was one of the original vulnerability researchers at The L0pht, a hacker think tank, where he was one of the first to publicize the risks of insecure software. Chris started his career as software engineer that first built commercial software and then migrated to the specialty of testing software ...

Jun 29, 202234 min

In InfoSec Change is the Only Constant with Patricia Titus of Markel

Patti Titus is the Chief Privacy and Information Security Officer at Markel Corporation. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Black Kite and the Girl Scouts of the Commonwealth of Virginia. She was recognized as a 'Woman of Influence' by the Executive Women’s Forum in 2009 and the Silicon Valley Business Journal in 2013. Patti has held numerous leadership positions in the cybersecurity industry, including at Freddie Mac, Symantec, Unisys Corporation and the Transportation Security Admin...

May 18, 202233 min

Tom Quinn, T. Rowe Price

Special thanks to Tom Quinn for joining us in this episode: Tom Quinn on Linkedin MomentumCyber: https://momentumcyber.com/ Girl Security: https://www.girlsecurity.org/

Mar 15, 202221 min

Intro Trailer

Hello and welcome to the eXecutive Security podcast where we talk to CISOs and other leaders in cybersecurity about a career in this industry, specifically how to get into it, and how to advance. My name is Gene Fay and I'm the CEO of ThreatX an API security company and the host of the eXecutive Security podcast. I started this podcast because of my two passions, cybersecurity and helping people find jobs in cyber. Over the last 17 years, I've been blessed to meet so many amazing people within t...

Mar 02, 20222 min
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