Hacker Valley Studio

Being an expert Threat Hunter is great, but how do you scale as fast as the adversary? Roberto Rodriguez (cyb3rward0g) joins the podcast and shares experience for breaking into cybersecurity and creating a community around scaling cybersecurity solutions. 

Cyber Threat Intelligence is a topic that evolves as the adversary changes Tactics Techniques and Procedures. In this episode, Rick Holland join Chris and Ron to discuss his journey through CTI and the upcoming CTI Summit   We'd love to meet everyone at the SANS CTI Summit in Washington DC on January 20 Link:  http://www.sans.org/u/XJ4 Discount Code: CTIPOD20

While progressing through a career in Cybersecurity (Or Technology), there will be opportunities to present research at conferences and events. In this episode, Ron and Chris chat with Jennifer Santiago - Director of Content Development and Speaker Management at SANS Institute. Jennifer shares insight on selecting conference topics and how to make an impact while giving a presentation at SANS.   S...

Upgrading the human is critical to cybersecurity and life. In this episode, host of Humans 2.0 - Mark Metry joins Ron and Chris to discuss the evolution of technology and purpose.

Information Security / Cybersecurity can be an extremely lucrative path. In this episode, Chris and Ron explore the financial playbook with Kimberly Hodgdon - Stock Plan Manager @ Netflix

In this webcast/podcast series simply called "Underrepresented"—a series recorded and produced in conjunction with our good friends, Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli —we want to merge conversations and actions. In this first episode, we get to speak with someone well outside of the InfoSec industry, Chris’ dad, Doug Cochran. Doug is joined by someone that does amazing things for the greater communi...

Your most reputable source of marketing is YOU! With Today's tools like LinkedIn this becomes a realistic task and something that every professional should take advantage of. During this episode, Brynne Tillman gives invaluable insight for enhancing presence on LinkedIn.

Ever met someone with a Nuclear Physics and Cybersecurity background? If not, meet Markus De Shon - Detection Engineering Lead @ Netflix. In this episode, Markus shares experience moving from one industry to another and operating in high performance environments

In this episode, Ody Lupescu joins Chris and Ron to discus building Security Programs and Onboarding Third Party Vendors Looking for more content and interaction from industry experts? Join Hacker Valley Studio at the DevGuild Conference Nov 14 with promo code hackervalley15

Notice something new? What better to way unveil the new podcast name Hacker Valley Studio with an amazing guest - Tanya Janca. Tanya has made a huge impact to Application Security and to many other infosec domains. I'd highly recommend staying in touch with Tanya and following her work.   Tanya Janca: https://twitter.com/shehackspurple https://dev.to/shehackspurple https://medium.com/@shehackspurp...

Episode 20 Is Here 🚨In this special episode Chris and Ron are joined by Security Imagineer Will Rankin. The group discusses personal strategies for embracing the grind and move towards the next level. SecDevOps. AI Would like to give a special thanks to Will for his appearance on this episode and all of his support promoting the platform.

In this episode Ashley Tolbert joins Chris and Ron to discuss fashion in Cybersecurity. Fashion tribes, Attire, and Style Preferences are all points to consider when making an impression.  

From Security Architect to Principal Red Team Engineer, KMAP joins Chris and Ron to discuss his diverse background and how he plans to use Discrete Math and BloodHound to advanced the capabilities of red teams.

New Episode Alert 🚨In this episode, Chris and Ron are joined by Charity Wright - An exceptional Threat Intelligence Analyst focusing on criminal activity on the deep and dark web. Charity also shares insight on how she began her career in intelligence and infosec.

In this powerful episode, Jonathan Wood joins Chris and Ron and shares insight on growth - personal, professional, and sales. Jonathan has a diverse background in cybersecurity startups and is currently leading his 4th startup, TruStar Technologies, to success.

In this episode, Chris and Ron learn about the impressive background of Kris Harms. Kris has a decorated career and extensive experience in Intrusion Detection, Incident Response, and Threat Hunting. He's been an early member at both Mandiant and Cylance which resulted in successful acquisitions.

In this episode, Ron and Chris are joined by Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli from ITSPMagazine.com. Both set of podcasters have ambitious goals to start unique conversations and bring more diversity to Cybersecurity. Tune in and hear about the vision of both SecDevOps. AI and ITSP Magazine.

Mentors and Leaders help shape our profession and our future. In this episode, Didi Dayton from Wing Venture Capital joins the podcast to discuss the importance of mentoring and leadership. Didi has scaled and shaped successful channel programs - She's now shaping and scaling to a greater magnitude in her new role as Partner at Wing VC. Didi Dayton https://www.linkedin.com/in/didi-dayton-8204501/

Robert Pingor is the equalizer to Physical and Network Red Teaming. Chris has had the opportunity to moonlight his career with Robert and witness him obtain mastery at his craft. During this interview, Chris, Ron, and Robert share red team stories and resources for Red Team Alliance.

Information Security vendors offer a wide variety of products and services that can enable success for organizations. Derek Eid joins us this episode to share wisdom in selling products and services. Derek is an expert communicator and leverages technical and non-technical conversations to capture necessities for existing and potential customers. Derek's most effective tool in his repertoire is hi...

Neelima Rustagi joins Chris and Ron in this episode to share her experiences creating valuable work to dissolve barriers, gatekeepers, and glass ceilings. While transitioning from Software Engineer to Cybersecurity Product Manager, Neelima provided value to her stakeholders, mentors and advocates to position herself as a key resource in the industry. Neelima celebrates a decorated background in st...

In this Episode, Ron and Napoleon put Chris in the hot seat and reviewed his EASY framework for making an impact in threat intelligence.   - Elicit Requirements - Assess Collection - Plan Strive for Impact - Yield to Feedback   All four pillars are vital for ensuring success during each phase of providing threat intelligence as a service    

New Member Alert 🚨! Napoleon Bing joins forces with Chris and Ron and present a Serverless Threat Intel Bot. As organizations mature and scale their security infrastructure, it's vital that analysts, engineers, and other team members are able to query and enrich data on demand. Additionally, application features are being introduced at an increasing rate, creating the need for software defined in...

How important is being vulnerable in life and in your career? In Episode 7, our guest of honor - Charles Nwatu ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/cnwatu/ ) joins Ron and Chris in starting the conversation about vulnerability and diversity. Charles Nwatu celebrates a decorated infosec career - and has built security teams at companies such as Twilio, Stitch Fix, and Netflix.

In this episode, Chris Cochran and Ronald Eddings review the MITRE ATTACK Matrix and discuss related threat actors, TTPs, Threat Intelligence, and vendor evaluations.