Cyber Security Interviews

This is the 5th part of the podcast's return after a brief hiatus.  Daniel Ayala continues his interview of me. In this fifth part, we will discuss the start-up resources we provided in our Hang Out A Shingle presentation, what I am doing with Accel Consulting, selling to CISOs, tips to avoid when presenting cyber services, the selling to CISOs Master Class we are developing, and so much more...

This is the 4th part of the podcast's return after a brief hiatus.  Daniel Ayala continues his interview of me. In this fourth part, we will discuss my first forensic litigation case, the importance of data governance, the myth of cyber, why I am tired of cybersecurity conferences, and so much more!

This is the 3rd part of the podcast's return after a brief hiatus.  Daniel Ayala continues his interview of me. In this third part, we will discuss what I am doing as a Special Master and Court Appointed Neutral, the reasons I think there will be a continued convergence of legal, cybersecurity, and data privacy, why I decided to start another consulting firm, data valuation, and so much more!

This is the 2nd part of the return of the podcast after a brief hiatus. Daniel Ayala continues his interview of me . In this second part, we will discuss how I got started in the industry, defining moments of my career, my first computer, early entrepreneurship, characteristics I look for in professionals, the toxic cybersecurity gatekeeping, and so much more!

After a hiatus, the Cyber Security Interviews podcast is back! A lot has happened in my life over the past 18 months. I have endured death, despair, divorce, and car theft, to name a few traumatic events that made me take a break from several endeavors. However, it has allowed me to reprioritize many things to understand where I am now and where I want to go. This is the first of several episodes...

Leeann Nicolo is the Incident Response lead at The Coalition and specializes in digital forensics and cyber investigations. She has conducted investigations into ransomware, phishing, hacking, data breaches, trade secret theft, and employee malfeasance. Leeann has investigated thousands of digital devices and has extensive subject matter expertise in Windows enterprise forensics, mobile device for...

Shannon Brazil is a Senior Cyber Security Specialist working within a CIRT of a Canadian Fortune 500. She has been in IT for over 12 years, with the last three years in Cybercrime investigations with law enforcement and recently moving into the private sector to focus on Digital Forensic analysis and investigations and Incident Response. As a hobby, Shannon dives into OSINT CTFs, helps promote you...

Cimone Wright-Hamor works at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) as a cybersecurity researcher while pursuing a Ph. D. in Computer Engineering at Iowa State University. She has spent the last decade of her life interning at a variety of organizations. She has had ten internships at more than six different organizations, including public and private industries ranging from Fortune 500 comp...

Jenna Waters is a Cybersecurity Consultant at True Digital Security where she specializes in information security program development, industry compliance assessments, threat intelligence, and cloud security controls. She is an experienced professional who consults with companies across multiple industries in achieving security-related best practices and/or regulatory compliance objectives related...

Nato Riley is an Integrations Engineer at Blumira and the Co-founder of Cloud Underground . Nato provides infrastructure, code, and security across all his efforts and is focused on helping Blumira build the most effective and efficient SIEM on the market for small to mid-sized businesses. He is the host of the “Nato as Code” and the " Cloud Underground " productions on YouTube, the creator and ma...

Sara Avery is a Regional Sales Manager at Zscaler . She has held various positions over the past 20 years in the Information Technology field and discovered her passion for information security 15 years ago. Her career has largely been spent in sales and account management with a laser focus on my customer's success. Sara's tenured experience in cybersecurity has given her a strong understanding o...

Jennifer Brown is an award-winning entrepreneur, speaker , diversity and inclusion consultant, and author. As the successful founder, president, and CEO of Jennifer Brown Consulting , headquartered in New York City, Jennifer is responsible for designing workplace strategies that have been implemented by some of the biggest companies and nonprofits in the world. She has harnessed more than 14 years...

Alyssa Miller leads the security strategy for S&P Global Ratings as Business Information Security Officer (BISO), connecting corporate security objectives to business initiatives. She blends a unique mix of technical expertise and executive presence to bridge the gap that can often form between security practitioners and business leaders. Her goal is to change how we look at the security of ou...

Chloé Messdaghi is the Chief Strategist at Point3 Security . In addition to her passion for keeping people safe and empowered both on and offline, she is also interested in increasing the numbers of marginalized genders in information security. She is the Co-Founder of Women of Security (WoSEC) and Hacking is NOT a Crime and the Founder of WeAreHackerz (WomenHackerz) . Chloé is a keynote speaker a...

Julian Waits is the general manager of cybersecurity at Devo Technology . He has over 30 years of experience in senior leadership roles at technology companies, specializing in security, risk, and threat detection. He serves on several industry boards, including the International Consortium of Minority Cybersecurity Professionals (ICMCP) and National Cybersecurity STEM Education (NICE) , promoting...

This is the last episode in the five-part series on mental health, self-care, and neurodiversity. This will not be the last time I speak about these issues on the podcast. I encourage everyone to take these issues seriously and help remove stigmas and champion differences in the way our brains work. Cybersecurity professionals spend most of their day focused on the health and wellbeing of the envi...

Danny Akacki is just a storyteller perpetually looking for a stage. He loves nothing more than attending conferences, giving talks, writing blogs, and finding new ways to reach as many people as he can to educate about cybersecurity. For him, there is no greater satisfaction than community building. Danny has been fortunate enough to spend his career in Defense, learning from some of the best in t...

Ryan K. Louie , MD, Ph. D. is a board-certified psychiatrist focusing on the mental health impact of cybersecurity, and the psychiatry of entrepreneurship. Ryan received his MD and Ph. D. degrees from the Stanford University School of Medicine and completed residency training in psychiatry at the University of Hawaii Department of Psychiatry. Ryan completed an internship with the Office of Interna...

Amanda Berlin is the Lead Incident Detection Engineer for Blumira and the CEO and owner of the nonprofit corporation Mental Health Hackers . She is the author of a Blue Team best practices book called " Defensive Security Handbook: Best Practices for Securing Infrastructure ” with Lee Brotherston through O'Reilly Media. She is a co-host on the Brakeing Down Security podcast and writes for several...

Bill Hudenko , Ph. D. has significant experience in the fields of both mental health and technology. Dr. Hudenko is a licensed psychologist, a researcher, and a professor who holds a joint appointment as a faculty member at Dartmouth's Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine .  His research focuses on the use of technology to improve mental hea...

Daniel Wood is the Associate Vice President of Consulting at Bishop Fox , where he leads all service lines, develops strategic initiatives, and has established the Applied Research and Development program. Daniel has over 15 years of experience in cybersecurity and is a subject matter expert in red teaming, insider threat, and counterintelligence. Daniel was previously the manager of security engi...

Jasson Casey is the CTO of Beyond Identity , a passwordless identity management provider. He also serves as a Fellow in CyberSecurity with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the National Security Institute (NSI). Previously, Jasson was CTO of SecurityScorecard , VP of Engineering at IronNet Cybersecurity , Founder and Executive Director of Flowgrammable and Compiled Netw...

John Hammond is a Security Researcher at Huntress as well as a cybersecurity instructor, developer, red teamer, and CTF enthusiast. John is a former Department of Defense Cyber Training Academy curriculum developer and teacher for the Cyber Threat Emulation course, educating both civilian and military members on offensive Python, PowerShell, other scripting languages and the adversarial mindset. H...

David Wong is a security engineer working on the libra Blockchain at Facebook. He is an active contributor to internet standards like Transport Layer Security and to the applied cryptography research community. David is a recognized authority in the field of applied cryptography; he’s spoken at large security conferences like Black Hat and DEF CON and has delivered cryptography training sessions i...

Jeff Hussey is the President and CEO of Tempered . Jeff, the founder of F5 Networks , is an accomplished entrepreneur with a proven track record in the networking and security markets. He maintains several board positions across a variety of technology, nonprofit and philanthropic organizations and currently is the chairman of the board for Carena and chairman and co-owner of Ecofiltro and PuraVid...