Wes was the sole founder in 1981 of Delphi Internet Services Corporation, "The Company That Popularized The Internet" according to Michael Woolf, and was the creator of the world’s first online encyclopedia. At the time it was sold to Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation in 1993, Delphi had been profitable for years and was among the four largest social networks, along with AOL, CompuServe and Prodigy. In 1986, while CEO of Delphi, Wes launched a spinoff, Global Villages, Inc. to serve magazine pub...
Feb 14, 2024•23 min•Ep. 64
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/secon-nj-2023-tickets-556584648667 Ken Fishkin leads a national law firm’s information security and data privacy programs, and mitigates their security and privacy risks to comply with client and regulatory requirements. He has more than 20 years of experience implementing and supporting secure, complex information technology infrastructures. Since 2020, he has been the President of the New Jersey Chapter of (ISC)2. He is also a member of the Executive and Threat Int...
May 15, 2023•10 min•Ep. 63
Patrick Hynds is CEO and Founder of DTS and Pulsar Security, Patrick is a recognized technology leader with expertise in Microsoft technologies, software development, network architecture, and enterprise security. Patrick has spent two decades as a Microsoft Regional Director, frequently speaking at technical events throughout the world, and is a graduate of West Point and a decorated Gulf War veteran. Duane Laflotte is Chief Technology Officer of Pulsar Security. He works to resolve complex tec...
Apr 24, 2023•28 min•Ep. 62
Kayne McGladrey, CISSP, is the field CISO for Hyperproof and a senior member of the IEEE. He has over two decades of experience in cybersecurity and has served as a CISO and advisory board member, and focuses on the policy, social, and economic effects of cybersecurity lapses to individuals, companies, and the nation. Hyperproof’s mission is to help organizations demonstrate their commitment to upholding laws, standards, and ethical conduct to their communities through compliance operations soft...
Apr 11, 2023•19 min•Ep. 61
Lassaad Fridhi has broad experience in cybersecurity, privacy, compliance, risk, and data protection, and is a speaker, motivator, and mentor. He is also VP & CISO at Frontline Education and is responsible for all security matters, including corporate and product security. Before joining Frontline Education in early 2020, and after several years of experience in the not-for-profit sector, he joined the private sector at C Space as the Chief Compliance and Information Security Officer and Dat...
Feb 15, 2023•12 min•Ep. 60
Bill Malik helps clients achieve an effective information security posture spanning endpoints, networks, servers, cloud, and the Internet of Things. During his four-decade IT career, Bill Malik has worked as an application programmer with the John Hancock Insurance company; an OS developer, tester, and planner with IBM; a research director and manager at Gartner for the Information Security Strategies service and the Application Integration and Middleware service, and served as CTO of Waveset, a...
Sep 05, 2022•19 min•Ep. 59
If you are attending Black Hat this year and would like to meet with David please contact Benjamin at Benjamin_Masso@trendmicro.com. If you are looking to securely accelerate your digital transformation but can’t make it out to Vegas this year tune into our Virtual Booth to chat with experts and download resources: https://resources.trendmicro.com/Blac... David Chow has extensive experience in the US federal government through his 20 years of Federal services. David Chow served as the Chief Info...
Jul 27, 2022•13 min•Ep. 58
Curtis Preston (AKA Mr. Backup) has specialized in designing data protection systems since 1993, and has designed such systems for some of the largest organizations in the world. His lively prose and wry, real-world approach has made him a popular author and speaker. He has written four O'Reilly books, the latest of which is Modern Data Protection, published in 2021. He is also the host of BackupCentral.com and its Restore it All podcast. He is now the Chief Technical Evangelist for Druva, the o...
Apr 28, 2022•18 min•Ep. 57
Paul Innella is TDI’s CEO and has nearly twenty-five years of corporate executive, cyber security, and computer science experience. He founded, financed, and built TDI into a world-class consulting firm offering cyber security services to hundreds of government agencies and commercial clients around the world. Mr. Innella grew TDI year after year to be a multimillion dollar, consistently-profitable company. He is also a recognized cyber security subject matter expert and corporate executive who ...
Mar 24, 2022•10 min•Ep. 56
What keeps executives, attendees, enthusiasts and cybersecurity experts at Black Hat 2021 up at night? Scott Schober is a #cybersecurity and wireless technology expert, author of Hacked Again and Cybersecurity is Everybody's Business, host of 2 Minute CyberSecurity Briefing video podcast and CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems who appears regularly on Bloomberg TV, Fox Business & Fox News, CGTN America, Canadian TV News, as well as CNN, CBS Morning Show, MSNBC, CNBC, The Blaze, WPIX as well...
Aug 31, 2021•6 min•Ep. 55
Roger A. Grimes is Data-Driven Defense Evangelist for KnowBe4. Roger is a 33-year computer security consultant, instructor, holder of dozens of computer certifications, and author of 12 books and over 1,100 magazine articles on computer security. He has spoken at many of the world’s biggest computer security conferences, been in Newsweek magazine, appeared on television, been interviewed for NPR’s All Things Considered, the Wall Street Journal, and been a guest on dozens of radio shows and podca...
Aug 17, 2021•23 min•Ep. 54
Evan Kirstel is a tech influencer that has a tremendous social media presence with over 500,000 social media followers. So what keeps him up at night? Evan is helping B2B tech brands achieve massive visibility and scale across the social media landscape in areas like mobile, blockchain, cloud, 5G, HealthTech, IoT, AI, Digital Health, crypto, AR, VR, Big Data, Analytics and CyberSecurity. Evan has well over 25+ years of enterprise sales, alliances & biz dev experience in the telecom and IT ar...
Jun 08, 2021•10 min•Ep. 53
Sean Higgins is CTO for the Herjavec Group and responsible for driving partnership through Managed Services onboarding experiences. Sean C. Higgins has worked in the Information Technology Field for over 30 years with a specific focus on Internet Security for the last 20 years. In the early days of Internet Security, Sean worked closely with Check Point Firewall-1 in bringing the technology to Canada and then assisting in the development and delivery of Check Point training courses throughout Ca...
May 31, 2021•11 min•Ep. 52
Kimberly has over 10 years of cybersecurity and Identity and Access Management (IAM) market knowledge and experience, gained across multiple authentication and cybersecurity firms. Now as the VP of Product at BIO-key International Kimberly is focused on driving growth and deployments of BIO-key’s IAM and identity-bound biometric solutions. Kimberly continues to be a thought leader and advocate for evolving the way organizations and people approach cybersecurity in our everyday lives. She is a tr...
May 24, 2021•15 min•Ep. 51
Erich Kron is Security Awareness Advocate at KnowBe4 and veteran information security professional with over 20 years’ experience in the medical, aerospace manufacturing and defense fields. Erich is the former security manager for the US Army's 2nd Regional Cyber Center-Western Hemisphere and holds CISSP, CISSP-ISSAP, MCITP and ITIL v3 certifications, among others. Erich has worked with information security professionals around the world to provide the tools, training and educational opportuniti...
May 17, 2021•11 min•Ep. 50
Evgeniy Kharam is the VP of Cybersecurity Solution Architecture at Herjavec Group. In his current role at Herjavec, Evgeniy designs optimum security solutions for large enterprise clients by taking into account both their current infrastructure and future needs. Evgeniy recently started the Security Architecture podcast to give back to communities and help companies improve cybersecurity architecture. Herjavec Group provides cybersecurity products and services to enterprise organizations. expert...
May 10, 2021•14 min•Ep. 49
Marc Raphael is an IT and Cybersecurity Architect, with a wealth of experience in multiple disciplines in the IT field ranging from software and hardware development to infrastructure and cybersecurity. He developed the cryptography algorithm called “Shared Intelligence” which is a potential quantum-safe cryptography. He has fulfilled deep technical roles as well as leadership positions. He has worked for Fortune 500 companies such as IBM and PwC. He’s currently the CEO of the NYC-based cybersec...
May 03, 2021•6 min•Ep. 48
Dana Mantilia is the founder of Identity Protection Planning. Dana Mantilia and her company help people protect themselves, their families and their businesses from identity thieves, scammers and cyber criminals. Dana shares educational content on her social media platforms that is easy to understand and a bit humorous. Scott Schober is a #cybersecurity and wireless technology expert, author of Hacked Again and Cybersecurity is Everybody's Business, host of 2 Minute CyberSecurity Briefing video...
Apr 27, 2021•3 min•Ep. 47
Mikko Hypponen is a well known security and privacy expert and the chief research officer at F-Secure Corporation. He has led his team through some of the largest computer virus outbreaks in history including the Sobig.F worm, the Sasser outbreak, and he has even participated in classified briefings on the Stuxnet worm. F-Secure is a global cyber security and privacy company with over 30 offices around the world and a presence in more than 100 countries, with Security Lab operations in Helsinki ...
Apr 21, 2021•6 min•Ep. 46
Al Monserrat’s is the Chairman of the Board for itopia. His career spans more than twenty-five years in large enterprises and entrepreneurial ventures within enterprise software, mobility, cloud, security, digital payments, and business strategy. Previously, he was President of Imaging Division at Nuance Communications, taking the Division through its acquisition by Kofax, Inc. Before Nuance, he was CEO of RES Software which he joined after a fifteen-year career at Citrix Systems. As part of the...
Apr 07, 2021•4 min•Ep. 45
Fabio Fischer is the CEO of Sikur and specializes in business structuring and international law with more than 22 years of executive leadership experience in the ITO/BPO market. At Sikur, he takes charge of company strategy, product management and go-to-market strategy. He is currently based in Sophia Antipolis, France. Scott Schober is a #cybersecurity and wireless technology expert, author of Hacked Again and Cybersecurity is Everybody's Business, host of 2 Minute CyberSecurity Briefing video...
Mar 30, 2021•5 min•Ep. 44
Perry Carpenter is the author of, "Transformational Security Awareness: What Neuroscientists, Storytellers, and Marketers Can Teach Us About Driving Secure Behaviors” Perry currently serves as Chief Evangelist and Strategy Officer for KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness and simulated phishing platform. Previously, he led security awareness, security culture management, and anti-phishing behavior management research at Gartner Research, in addition to covering areas of...
Mar 22, 2021•6 min•Ep. 43
Gil Hecht has been serving as CEO of Continuity Software since he founded the company in 2005. He is responsible for building Continuity’s leadership in the Cyber Resilience space and establishing the company’s vision. Before founding Continuity Software, Gil was the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Savantis Systems, a leading provider of database virtualization solutions. Gil began his career leading a research and development project at the Israel Defense Forces. Twitter: @ScottBVS Follow: https:/...
Mar 16, 2021•4 min•Ep. 42
Peggy Smedley is a Radio host, author, editorial director, and president of Specialty Publishing Media. She has 25 years of experience as a futurist and specialist in IoT, AI, construction, sustainability, infrastructure, and digital transformation. Peggy is an award-winning journalist including the 2019 ASCE Excellence in Journalism Award. Her motto “with great technology, comes great responsibility.” is clear in every one of her 700 episodes of the no. 1 digital IoT and digital transformation ...
Mar 09, 2021•5 min•Ep. 41
Mirko Ross is the CEO of ASVIN and is an internationally recognized activist, expert, speaker, publicist and researcher in the field of Cyber Security and the Internet of Things. At the age of 14, he began investigating vulnerabilities in IT systems. Instead of a career as a hacker, he decided to found during his studies his first company digital worx, focusing on Internet software development. Mirko has been member of the Expert Group on Internet Security of Things of the European Cyber Securit...
Mar 02, 2021•3 min•Ep. 40
Corey Munson has over 20 years of computer industry experience in sales and marketing. He is Vice President of Sales at PC Matic, developers of the only application with a real time whitelisting solution to prevent ransomware attacks. In his 15 years with PC Matic, Corey has helped lead the company's rapid growth in the consumer markets; introduction into the channel and continued B2B market expansion. Prior to joining PC Matic in 2005, Munson spent 8 years with Gateway Inc, including 4 years le...
Feb 23, 2021•3 min•Ep. 39
Gary Berman is the CEO of the Cyberman Security, LLC and the Creator of The Cyber Hero Adventures: Defenders of the Digital Universe comic platform. He often refers to himself as the "Forrest Gump" of cybersecurity, given that his 25-year career has been focused on thought leadership in marketing communications and segmentation - not infosec or cybersecurity for many of the world's leading consumer brands. Gary’s company was the target of serial insider attacks- he lost everything and had the p...
Feb 16, 2021•4 min•Ep. 38
Greg Edwards runs a successful company that provides ransomware protection by automatically detecting and stopping actively running ransomware attacks. He is the CEO at Cryptostopper and they are the world’s first digital security product to truly offer 100% ransomware protection. Greg is a cybersecurity expert who has in-depth knowledge about ransomware attacks. CryptoStopper's goal is to make cybersecurity straightforward and successful – which means faster time-to-detection and fewer false po...
Feb 08, 2021•4 min•Ep. 37
Omni Etyan brings over 15 years of deep technology background as a programmer, researcher, strategist and product leader. He is an avid technophile with a vast knowledge and expertise in cyber security technologies, solution and hacking and CTO of Odix, an Israeli-based, dynamic cybersecurity company with both a proven track record of enterprise-level success and innovative product development. Prior to joining Odix, Omri played major roles in various companies in the advertising, telecom and in...
Feb 01, 2021•3 min•Ep. 36
Tina Gravel is an award-winning executive with more than 27 years of experience in the IT outsourcing, cloud, data center, security and SaaS industries. She is currently SVP of Global Channels and Alliances with Appgate, the leader in security and analytics products and services for zero trust. A highly rated public speaker, her talks are often memorable and sparked with humor and personal stories. Tina has a knack for making topics that are highly technical easier for those not technically incl...
Jan 25, 2021•5 min•Ep. 35
