CISO insiders

Today I had a talk with Philip Burnett, the CISO at High wire Networks. Philip has more than 15 years cyber security field. In today's call we've discussed some of the daily challenges CISOs are faced with and we touched a bit about his own journey. Key takeaway – get the formal education. Don’t get complacent. Keep up with technology.

Today I had a talk with Anand Singh, the CISO and SVP of Alkami Technology. Anand has more than 10 years of experience in cyberspace, working in the banking industry. Anand comes from an R&D background and is able to combine cyberspace as well as the development world. In today's call we've discussed some of the daily challenges CISOs are faced with and we touched a bit about his own journey.

In today’s episode, I had a great conversation with Bill Lawrence. We started off talking about his time flying F-14 Tomcat airplanes and slowly transitioned into the cyber world and his currently position as the CISO of Securitygate.io, a SaaS solution provider in the GRC space. In this episode, Bill provides some history about himself and his relatively unique journey and shares some of his...

In this episode, I've interviewed Mr. Hung Lee, CISO at Kasasa Hung Lee walks us through his career path and shares some insights about what it is he's looking for in vendors, his successes, failures, and more. Join us to learn more.

In this episode of our vCISO series, I met with Scott Smith, a veteran CISO who turned vCISO/interim CISO in order to discuss the role of the vCISO in smaller organizations vs his previous roles as a full-time CISO. Scott is an avid proponent of listen first, talk later. He is a no-bs type of professional and wants to get the job done rather than be engulfed in politics of various organizations. J...

In this episode of our vCISO series, I met with Jeramia Cohen, a veteran CISO who turned vCISO in order to discuss the role of the vCISO in smaller organizations vs his previous roles as a full-time CISO. We've tackled some key questions such as: 1. What’s your biggest challenge when starting to work with a new vendor? 2. What would you say is the biggest difference between your role and that of a...

In today’s episode, I had a great conversation with Mark Houpt. We spoke about everything from aviation, photography, hiking in Montana and a bit about cybersecurity and the journey of a CISO. Mark is a veteran in the cyberspace and I was able to walk away with a few insights.

In this episode of our vCISO series I met with Alex Sharpe, a veteran CISO who turned vCISO in order to discuss the role of the vCISO in smaller organizations vs his previous roles as a full time CISO. We've tackled some key questions such as: 1. What organizations need when they decide to hire a vCISO? 2. How is the vCISO role different than that of a CISO? 3. The importance of having a strong re...

Today I had a talk with Ilan Dar, the CISO and VP of Engineering at Autofi. Ilan has more than 20 years exprience in engineering and in product security & product management. In today's call we've discussed some of the daily challenges CISOs are faced with and we touched a bit about his own journey. Key take away - failure is a great feedback mechanism.

Jared is a CISO turned CEO. While working as the CISO at Airmap Jared has come across a market need and he decided to embrace that and create a solution to solve the pain point around SDLC training. In his past, he worked at the MITRE Corporation, where he led efforts to ensure the security of communications technologies for multiple U.S. Air Force programs. Join us to learn more about h...

Morey Haber- a Veteran in IT Industry with more than 25 years in the industry. Morey is the current CTO & CISO (!!) of Beyond Trust. To fill in the blanks in the little free time he has, Morey has authored three books: Privileged Attack Vectors, Asset Attack Vectors, and Identity Attack Vectors. Join us to learn more about Morey and his greatest passions. Trekkies are welcome.

Marc Ashworth- Marc is the current Senior VP and CISO of First Bank, a family-owned bank. In our discussion, we touched on the important things in Marc’s life and professional career. We’ve spoken about recent challenges the industry is dealing with, tried to answer the question of what makes a CISO successful, and more. Join us to learn more about Marc and his path to success.

Cesar Quebral, a veteran professional in the Fintech industry, Cesar had spent his last 20+ years in the US in various IT roles, holding various leadership positions. He is currently the CISO of Genesis Capital – number 1 leading loan provider’s for the nation's top professional developers of residential, multifamily, and mixed-use of real estate. And also a subsidiary of Goldm...

Our guest today is Jason Loomis. Jason is the CISO at MindBody, a technology platform leader for the wellness industry. In today’s episode, Jason shared the career path that took him through various IT positions and straight into the cyber realm. In our talk, he was grateful for some great mentors he’s had, told me what he likes about vendors and what makes drives him away from vendors. Being the...

Eric Adams has grown and cultivated complex environments in the Federal space for a great portion of his career. He is one of the top architects when it comes to cloud based FedRAMP environments, PKI, ISO 27001 and CSA compliance. Jason had led the Fortify initiative within HP since its acquisition by HP. Throughout his career he has been very technical and knowledgeable, and this helped him landi...

Wes Spencer is a nationally recognized technology in Cybersecurity expert. His passion is in creating funny videos that help conveying important messages to users in the cybersecurity space. A full-time CISO in the recent past who’s transitioned into the vendor’s seat, Wes is able to provide some unique perspective about cybersecurity challenges, relationship management with vendor (given he’s als...

Ryan Miller is the CISO at Mission Research. A US Army veteran turned IT, turned cyber security practitioner, Ryan shares his story from how he met his wife and her ignoring him at first, to how he eventually became a CISO with strong opinions about the industry. What works, what doesn’t, what he thinks about certifications and about egos in the industry. Ryan has also a warm place in his heart fo...

Noah Beddome is the CISO at Opendoor. A real estate solution that is geared toward transitioning the property purchasing overall experience. Noah is a marine corp veteran. After his service, he rapidly turned into the pen-testing space and gained his first experience in the infosec world through the eyes of a pentest and later as a consultant before moving into management roles who eventually led...

In this episode I've interviewed Mr. Kfir Tzukrel, CISO at Direct Finance based out of Israel. Kfir walks us through his career path and shares some insights about what it is he's looking in vendors, his successes, failures and more. Join us to learn more. CISO@directfinance

In this episode, I had the opportunity to tap into the bustling brain of Matthew Rosenquist, the CISO at Eclipz.io. Matthew has a very busy and productive (!) schedule. He is always on the go, talking, lecturing, recording, working with his peers in the industry and so much more. Join us to learn more about his journey and discover what makes him tick.

Liran Shienbox is a Director of Cyber Security, CISO from Playtika that offers social gaming online applications and other fun games. Aside from his 16 years of IT profession, he is also a traveler that collects different malt on a specific state, country, or continents that he enjoyed most.  Liran also shared his motivational story and inspiration on how he gets his position a...

In this 3rd episode of our vCISO series we talked with Eric Etherington, a veteran CISO who turned vCISO about 6 months ago, to discuss the role of the vCISO in smaller organizations vs his previous roles as a full time CISO. We've tackled some key questions such as: 1. What organizations need when they decide to hire a vCISO? 2. How is the vCISO role different than that of a CISO? 3. The importan...

Today I spoke to Moni Givol, the CISO of IronSource, an ad-tech giant. Moni has an interesting perspective as he started off as a consultant, moved to the corporate world, back to the vendor side and then back to serving as a CISO. Join us to learn more about Moni and what makes him tick #CISOLife

In this episode, we spoke with Ty Sbano, the CISO of Sisense a data analytics leader. Ty has started off as a white hacker, moved to consultancy roles and then management roles until landing in the CISO seat of Sisense after the latter acquired the company he was working with. Join us to learn more about Ty Sbano and his insights.

In this CISO Insiders vCISO mini-series episode, we talked with Greg Johnson. A veteran CISO who turned vCISO about 2 years ago. We discussed the role of the vCISO in smaller organizations vs his previous roles as a full-time CISO. We've tackled some key questions such as: 1. What organizations need when they decide to hire a vCISO? 2. How is the vCISO role different than that of a CISO? 3. The im...