Cyber Security Interviews

John Ford is the Cybersecurity Strategist at IronNet and is an information security veteran with over twenty years in a wide variety of roles. Prior to IronNet, John was CISO for ConnectWise, the global leader in providing software solutions for Managed Services Providers. In this role, he was accountable for customer-facing security activities, product security, and served as an advisor to the CE...

Brandon Hoffman is the CISO & Head of Security Strategy at Netenrich . Brandon is an admired security executive responsible for Netenrich’s technical sales and security strategy for both the company and its customers. Most recently, he oversaw solution architecture for Intel 471 ’s dark web threat intelligence business. As former CTO at Lumeta Corporation and RedSeal Networks , Brandon led tec...

This is a special episode where we celebrate the 100th episode of the Cyber Security Interviews podcast! In this episode, I have the mic turned back on me by a past guest, great friend, and an amazing asset to the community, Nadean Tanner . She crowdsourced some questions, but head plenty of her own as well as we did this Ask Me Anything special episode. Douglas Brush is an information security ex...

Fredrick "Flee" Lee is the Chief Security Officer at Gusto , where he leads information and physical security strategies including consumer protection, compliance, governance, and risk. Before Gusto, Lee spent more than 15 years leading global information security and privacy efforts at large financial services companies and technology startups, most recently as Square's Head of Information Securi...

Andrea Roberson is a product manager at Centrify Corporation, where she directs the product roadmap for Centrify Privileged Access Service. She was previously a technical support engineer at the company for almost two years and has held several engineering and support roles during her career including at Google and Apple. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Spelman Colleg...

HD Moore is the founder and CEO of Rumble Network Discovery ; a platform designed to make asset inventory quick and easy by combining active scanning with innovative research. Prior to starting Rumble, HD was best known as the founder of the Metasploit Project , the foremost open-source exploit development framework, and continues to be a prolific researcher and occasional speaker at security even...

Gabe Gumbs has a deep-rooted passion for technology, information security, and problem-solving. As Chief Innovation Officer of Spirion —a leader in rapid identification and protection of sensitive data—he’s channeling that passion to make the digital world a safer place. Wielding a unique mix of technical vision, marketing, and business acumen, Gabe is shaping the future of data security and prote...

Shahrokh Shahidzadeh is the CEO of Acceptto . Shahrokh is a seasoned technologist and leader with 29 years of contribution to modern computer architecture, device identity, platform trust elevation, large IoT initiatives, and ambient intelligence research with more than 25 issued and pending patents. Before Acceptto, Shahrokh was a senior principal technologist contributing to Intel Corporation fo...

Deborah Golden is the US Cyber & Strategic Risk leader for Deloitte Risk & Financial Advisory . In the prior six years, Deborah served as the Government & Public Services (GPS) Cyber Risk Services leader, as well as the GPS Advisory Market Offering leader, GPS Empowered Well-Being leader and the lead principal for a major federal government health care provider. Deb has more than 25 ye...

Kyle Hanslovan comes to Huntress Labs from the U.S. Intelligence Community, where he supported defensive and offensive cyber operations for the past decade. He previously co-founded the defense consulting firm StrategicIO and actively participates in the ethical hacking community as a Black Hat conference trainer, STEM mentor, and Def Con CTF champion. Additionally, he serves in the Maryland Air N...

Jack Kudale is Founder and CEO at Cowbell Cyber with over two decades of business executive experience. Previous senior roles include COO at Cavirin, CEO at Lacework, both cloud security startups; SnapLogic, a leader in hybrid cloud integration; and CA Technologies, where Jack led DevOps sales for the Fortune 500 leader. With deep operational experience in the DevOps, Cybersecurity, IT Ops, &...

Daniel Ayala is the Founder, and Managing Partner for Secratic , a strategic information security, and privacy consultancy focused on helping companies protect data and information, and be prepared before incidents happen. Daniel is also currently serving as the Interim Chief Information Security Officer for Michigan State University. Throughout his 24 year career, he has led security organiz...

Anthony Bettini is the CTO for WhiteHat Security , the leader in Application Security, enabling businesses to protect critical data, ensure compliance, and manage risk. Previously, Anthony ran Tenable Research where Anthony joined via Tenable’s acquisition of FlawCheck – a leading Container Security startup where Anthony was the CEO & Founder. Before its acquisition by Symantec, Anthony was CE...

Ed Bellis is a security industry veteran and expert and was once named “Information Security Executive of the Year”. He currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder of Kenna Security . He founded Kenna Security to deliver a data-driven risk-based approach to remediation and help IT teams prioritize and thwart would-be security threats. Ed is the former CISO of Orbitz and former...

Mikko Hypponen is a global security expert and has worked at F-Secure since 1991. Currently, he serves as F-Secure's Chief Research Officer. Mikko has written on his research for the New York Times, Wired, and Scientific American , and he frequently appears on international TV. He has lectured at the universities of Stanford, Oxford, and Cambridge. He was selected among the 50 most important peopl...

Stephen Moore is a Vice President and the Chief Security Strategist at Exabeam and is also the host of The New CISO podcast . Stephen has more than 15 years of experience in information security, intrusion analysis, threat intelligence, security architecture, and web infrastructure design. Before joining Exabeam, Stephen spent more than seven years at Anthem in a variety of cybersecurity...

David Kennedy is the founder of Binary Defense and TrustedSec . Both organizations focus on the betterment of the security industry. David also served as a board of director for the ISC2 organization. David was the former CSO for a Diebold Incorporated, where he ran the entire INFOSEC program. David is a co-author of the book "Metasploit: The Penetration Testers Guide," the cre...

John Strand is the owner of Black Hills Information Security , a firm specializing in penetration testing, Active Defense, and Hunt Teaming services. He is also the CTO of Active Countermeasures , a firm dedicated to tracking advanced attackers inside and outside your network. John has consulted and taught hundreds of organizations in the areas of cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, and pen...

Adam Hunt is the CTO and Chief Data Scientist at RiskIQ . As Chief Data Scientist, Adam leads the data science, data engineering, and research teams at RiskIQ. Adam pioneers research automating the detection of adversarial attacks across disparate digital channels, including email, web, mobile, social media. Adam also has received patents for identifying new external threats using machine learning...

Nate Fick is the General Manager of Elastic Security and former CEO of Endgame. He is also an Operating Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners. Before joining Endgame, Nate was CEO of the Center for a New American Security. He led Marine Corps infantry and reconnaissance units in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq. His book about that experience, One Bullet Away , was a New York Times bestseller, a Wash...

Jamil Jaffer is Senior Vice President for Strategy, Partnerships & Corporate Development at IronNet , a startup technology firm founded by former National Security Agency (NSA) Director Gen. Keith Alexander (ret.). Prior to joining IronNet, Jamil served as the Chief Counsel and Senior Advisor for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senior Counsel to the House Intelligence Committee wher...

James Patchett is the President and CEO of the New York City Economic Development Corporation . James has spent his career building stronger cities through investments in affordable housing, innovation, and 21st-century infrastructure. During his tenure, he has overseen some of the city’s most ambitious projects, including launching a citywide ferry system, developing Mayor de Blasio’s 100,000 job...

Heather Mahalik is the Senior Director of Digital Intelligence at Cellebrite and a Senior Instructor, author and course lead for FOR585: Smartphone Forensic Analysis In-Depth . To say that digital forensics is central to Heather's life is quite an understatement. Heather has worked on high-stress and high-profile cases, investigating everything from child exploitation to media associated with terr...

Mari DeGrazia is a Senior Vice President in the Cyber Risk practice of Kroll, a division of Duff & Phelps. Over the course of a 12-year career in the computer industry, Mari has become a leader within the digital forensics community. Mari joined Kroll from Verizon Enterprises where she served as Case Lead on various network intrusion and data breach investigations. Mari is a strong believer in...

When my 7-year-old introduced me to his second-grade class, he put it best: "My Mom teaches the good guys how to keep the bad guys out of their computers. She has a blue lightsaber." - Nadean Tanner Nadean Tanner is the Senior Manager of Technical Education Programs at Puppet . She is responsible for all things product training from working with internal knowledge sources and the instructiona...