Champions of Security

In Episode 16 of Champions of Security, Jacob Garrison interviews Michael Tayo (U.S. Bank) & Parveen Singh. Michael is an Assistant Vice President and Principal Information Security Engineer at U.S. Bank where he is responsible for providing visionary guidance for the enhancement of cloud and application security product offerings. With over 10 years of experience as an Information Security Pr...

In Episode 15, Jacob Garrison interviews Amanda Alvarez (Trace3) & Brook Schoenfield (Resilient Software Security & True Positives). Amanda Alvarez is a DevSecOps Architect consultant at Trace3 with a passion for helping people learn more about software security. She is a highly-motivated practitioner who enjoys creating developer-oriented solutions with an emphasis on increasing effe...

In Episode 14 of Champions of Security, Jacob Garrison interviews Jeevan Singh (Director of Product Security at Twilio) and Abdul Wahab. Jeevan enjoys building security culture within organizations and educating staff on security best practices. Jeevan is responsible for a wide variety of tasks including architecting security programs, driving security strategy and mentoring and growing security e...

In Episode 13 of Champions of Security, Jacob Garrison interviews Jeremiah Salamon and Tony Quadros. Jeremiah Salamon is the Information Security Director at one of the nation’s premier law firms. He has over a decade of experience in Security Operations, Security Architecture and Engineering, and Governance, Risk & Compliance working in small businesses and large enterprise environments with...

In Episode 12 of Champions of Security, Jacob Garrison interviews Sean Wright, Principal Application Security Engineer at Featurespace. Sean Wright is a veteran application security engineer with software development roots. Within security, he has a particular interest in TLS encryption and supply chain attacks. He believes security teams must be business enablers with a focus on efficiency. Sean...

In Episode 11 of Champions of Security, Jacob Garrison interviews Shanief Webb, Manager of Detection & Response at Okta. Shanief is well-versed in the disciplines of computer science, cybersecurity, and digital forensics. He has over 8 years of diverse cybersecurity experience working for the FBI, Google, Cox Communications, IBM, Slack, Dropbox, and now Okta. Shanief and Jacob talk about: ↳ Th...

In Episode 10 of Champions of Security, Jacob Garrison hosts a live Q&A with Chris Romeo, CEO and Co-founder of Kerr Ventures, and Dustin Lehr, Head of Platform Security at Fivetran. Dustin and Chris have each built thriving security champions programs - and today they’re helping the audience overcome objections. They talk about: ↳  The necessary characteristics of a security champions pr...

In Episode 9 of Champions of Security, Jacob Garrison interviews Walter Haydock, Founder & CEO of StackAware, a cybersecurity risk management and communication platform. Walter is also the author of the blog  Deploying Securely . Previously, he was a Director of Product Management at Privacera - a data governance startup backed by Accel and Insight Partners - as well as PTC - where he hel...

In Episode 8 of Champions of Security, Jacob Garrison interviews Micah Jackson, Sr. Red Team Engineer at VF Corporation. Micah Jackson is a Senior Red Team Engineer who was an application security lead when we filmed this episode. He’s a hacker who enjoys breaking things and building them back stronger. As a security enthusiast, he enjoys diving into every facet of security, from firewalls to malw...

In Episode 7 of Champions of Security, Jacob Garrison interviews Tom Kanan, Sr. Strategic Account Executive at Cobalt. Tom is a nine-year veteran of business-to-business security sales. He’s an active member of OWASP and the Cloud Security Alliance who believes in deeply understanding his customer’s business needs. Tom uses a customer-centric sales process that prioritizes quality over quality. To...

In Episode 6 of Champions of Security, Jacob Garrison interviews Rajendra Umadas, Head of InfoSec at ActBlue. Raj leads the security team over at Actblue. Over the years, he has been lucky to work with some great people and in some truly interesting organizations. From his time pentesting and focusing on embedded systems security at The Intrepidus Group, to being a security engineer securing syste...

In Episode 5 of Champions of Security, Jacob Garrison interviews Soufiane Alami, Cyber Security Specialist at Ford Motor Company. Soufiane Alami is an application security engineer at Ford Motors with a passion for cybersecurity. With his expertise in offensive security, he has been able to identify vulnerabilities and protect critical systems and data from cyber-attacks. In addition to his work a...

In Episode 2 of Champions of Security, Jacob Garrison interviews Vimalathithan Rajasekaran, Security Architect at PROS. Vimal began his career as a software developer before moving into application security. He led development efforts at Visa, Safeway, and United Airlines. He’s currently working as a security architect at PROS where he helps build security into the software development culture. Vi...

In Episode 3 of Champions of Security, Jacob Garrison interviews David Ethington, Information Security Architect at Paramount. David has more than 20 years of experience as an IT Security Manager, intelligence officer, cybersecurity team leader, and senior security consultant, and IT Security Manager. David served in the United States Army, specializing in intelligence operations and cybersecurity...

In Episode 4 of Champions of Security, Jacob Garrison interviews Justus Post, Principal Cybersecurity Architect at Bose. Justus is a seasoned security professional who brings his Secure by Design philosophy everywhere he goes. If you’ve ever wondered how to build an effective relationship between security and development, or if you’re looking into transformation projects to level up your security...

In Episode 1 of Champions of Security, Jacob Garrison interviews Andrés Mayhew, Sr. Manager SRE at Apixio. Andrés brings over 25 years of experience with large scale Internet operations. He has worked in the trenches of Netscape, Napster, VeriSign, Rivian, and nearly a dozen start-ups. The teams he’s led have enabled developers to own their applications end-to-end through the entire software lifec...