Will Brooks

Scaling the Wall

A podcast uncovering the unexpected, human stories behind cybersecurity careers.

Author

Will Brooks

Category

Technology

Podcast website

www.fifthwallsolutions.com

Latest episode

Aug 13, 2025

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Episodes

307 - Matt Lee 13.08.2025

Matt Lee is the Senior Director of Security and Compliance at Pax8 . Scaling the Wall is brought to you by UKON. UKON is a cyber insurance marketplace that focuses on leveling up MSPs to be the ultimate cyber risk advisor for their clients. Find out more at UKON.com _____________________ Music in this Episode: https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/poem License code: EGFYAJROIAK5JAMC https://uppbeat.io/t/...

306 - Dean Trempelas 23.07.2025

Dean is the Head of MSP Success as well as the "Accountability Crab" at Empath . You can connect with him and check out his content on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drzoidberg/ Scaling the Wall is brought to you by UKON. UKON is a cyber insurance marketplace that focuses on leveling up MSPs to be the ultimate cyber risk advisor for their clients. Find out more at UKON.com _______...

305 - Jesse Miller 25.06.2025

Jesse Miller is the Founder of PowerPSA Consulting and leader of the PowerGRYD vCiso Community. Scaling the Wall is brought to you by UKON . UKON is leveling up MSPs to be the risk advisor for their clients. Find out more at UKON.com _____________________ Music in this Episode: https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/poem License code: EGFYAJROIAK5JAMC https://uppbeat.io/t/auv/long-island-evenings License...

304 - Gene Stevens 04.06.2025

Gene Stevens is the CTO of UKON . This episode is brought to you by Ukon. At Ukon, we believe everyone has the right to survive a cyber attack. Find our more at Ukon.com _____________________ Music in this Episode: https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/poem License code: EGFYAJROIAK5JAMC https://uppbeat.io/t/auv/long-island-evenings License code: SSYLRXAATARU8PC4

303 - Charlie Naughton-Rumbo 21.05.2025

Charlie Naughton-Rumbo is a former theatre director turned security architect, CISO, and now CEO of LeftBrain . This episode is brought to you by Ukon. At Ukon, we believe everyone has the right to survive a cyber attack. Find our more at Ukon.com _____________________ Music in this Episode: https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/poem License code: EGFYAJROIAK5JAMC https://uppbeat.io/t/auv/long-island-eve...

302 - Scott Kincaid 07.05.2025

Scott Kincaid is the CFO at FifthWall Solutions . This episode is brought to you by Ukon. At Ukon, we believe everyone has the right to survive a cyber attack. Find our more at Ukon.com _____________________ Music in this Episode: https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/poem License code: EGFYAJROIAK5JAMC https://uppbeat.io/t/auv/long-island-evenings License code: SSYLRXAATARU8PC4

301 - Amanda Smith 01.05.2025

Amanda Smith is the Marketing Content Director at Phin Security . Connect with her on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/mandasia/ This episode is brought to you by Ukon. At Ukon, we believe everyone has the right to survive a cyber attack. Find our more at Ukon.com Music in this Episode: https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/poem License code: EGFYAJROIAK5JAMC https://uppbeat.io/t/auv/long-island-e...

Disrupting an Industry with Cole Knuth 19.03.2025

Coming to you from xChange Orlando, host, Will Brooks, sits down with CEO of FifthWall, Cole Knuth, to reflect on the show, the FifthWall journey, and how FifthWall's new tool, UKON, is here to disrupt the cyber insurance industry. It's gonna be big! MSPs, find out more at ukon.com

So FifthWall Has Tech Now? - Reid Wellock 12.03.2025

If you're an MSP, there's a good chance you heard about UKON recently. FifthWall Solutions, our Podcast Sponsor, has recently dropped some new tech that's looking to unite the MSP and Insurance Industry. Join host, Will Brooks, and FW President and COO, Reid Wellock, as they discuss this exciting new tool! Learn more at ukon.com

Cleaning Up the MSA Mess with Eric Tilds 05.03.2025

Eric Tilds is a General Counsel with over twenty years' experience providing in-house legal advice to small, medium, and large technology companies. Connect with him on LinkedIn! If you’re an MSP tired of playing a reactive part in client cyber insurance, FifthWall has you covered. They’ll work with you to put you back in the driver’s seat for client risk. Go to fifthwallsolutions.com to learn mor...

How Did We Get Here? with Bob Miller 19.02.2025

Bob Miller is COO of Global Data Systems and Co-Founder of the IRGame. Connect with him at https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertdmiller/ _________ Scaling the Wall is a FifthWall Solutions podcast. If you’re an MSP listening in and you’re tired of all the cyber insurance chaos your client pull you into, go to FifthWallSolutions.com/MSP for a way to navigate and simplify the whole process.

Work-Life Habits with Connor Swalm 12.02.2025

Connor is CEO at and part-owner of Phin Security, a Security Awareness Training company. Connect with him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-swalm/ Scaling the Wall is brought to you by FifthWall Solutions, a wholesaler wholly focused on making cyber insurance more affordable, accessable, and attainable for businesses of all shapes an sizes. If you're an MSP tired of last minute...

The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Social Media with Wes Spencer 16.01.2025

Wes Spencer is the cofounder of Empath, the knowledge and accountability platform helping MSP standardize their growth in efficiency. __________________________ If you're an MSP looking for a cyber insurance partner, checkout FifthWall Solutions at ⁠⁠ ⁠fifthwallsolutions.com/msp⁠ Don't forget to like and subscribe! In between episodes, engage with us at  ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/scaling-t...

Thanksgiving Super Episode: Vetting Vendors, Swag, and Apps with Joy Belinda Beland 27.11.2024

Joy is VP of Cybersecurity Compliance at Summit 7 specializing in innovative cybersecurity training and education. Follow her on LinkedIn for more thought-provoking content! ____________________________ If you're an MSP looking for a cyber insurance partner, checkout FifthWall Solutions at ⁠⁠fifthwallsolutions.com/msp Don't forget to like and subscribe! In between episodes, engage with us at  http...

Using a Framework as a Security Roadmap 21.11.2024

We wrap up our conversation with Bobby Guera with a great discussion on how to use a cybersecurity framework to guide our clients towards peak security. Bobby is CEO at Axiom, an MSP based out of Jacksonville, FL and host of the Climbing Mount CMMC podcast. Find him on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbyguerra/ You can listen to his podcast, Climbing Mount CMMC on Spotify, Apple Podcast...

Putting Your Framework Foot Down with Bobby Guerra 19.11.2024

Bobby joins us for a second time to talk implementing a framework across your entire MSP client base. Bobby is CEO at Axiom, an MSP based out of Jacksonville, FL and host of the Climbing Mount CMMC podcast. Find him on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbyguerra/ Listen to his podcast, Climbing Mount CMMC on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube! __________________________ If you're an MSP...

How Can I Implement the CIS Framework at my MSP? with Bobby Guerra 11.11.2024

Bobby is CEO at Axiom, an MSP based out of Jacksonville, FL and host of the Climbing Mount CMMC podcast. Find him on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbyguerra/ Listen to his podcast, Climbing Mount CMMC on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube! __________________________ If you're an MSP looking for a cyber insurance partner, checkout FifthWall Solutions at ⁠⁠ fifthwallsolutions.com/msp⁠⁠...

Ransomware Reflections with Karla Reffold 08.11.2024

Karla is the Chief Product Officer for Surefire Cyber, an incident response company. Passionate about values-led leadership and people development, Karla an industry awards judge, a LinkedIn Learning instructor, public speaker and recipient of a number of industry awards herself. Oh, and she's a mom of three young boys. You can connect with her on Linked in at: ⁠linkedin.com/in/karlareffold/⁠ If y...

Don't Panic, It's Just Another Zero Day with Karla Reffold 06.11.2024

Karla is the Chief Product Officer for Surefire Cyber, an incident response company. Passionate about values-led leadership and people development, Karla an industry awards judge, a LinkedIn Learning instructor, public speaker and recipient of a number of industry awards herself. Oh, and she's a mom of three young boys. You can connect with her on Linked in at: ⁠linkedin.com/in/karlareffold/⁠ If y...

Why Your MSP Needs an IR Partner with Karla Reffold 04.11.2024

Karla is the Chief Product Officer for Surefire Cyber, an incident response company. Passionate about values-led leadership and people development, Karla an industry awards judge, a LinkedIn Learning instructor, public speaker and recipient of a number of industry awards herself. Oh, and she's a mom of three young boys. You can connect with her on Linked in at: linkedin.com/in/karlareffold/ If you...

Empowering MSPs in the Cyber Insurance Space with Reid Wellock 10.09.2024

"We said in the beginning that whoever's going to control risk wins. And to get as close to the risk as possible is really, really important...to not only try to work through MSPs, but have them want to collaborate." Reid Wellock (President and COO of FifthWall) joins us on the podcast as we discuss: How to redefine MSP-Insurer relationships Why the cyber insurance space is ripe for...

Building Next-Gen Insurtech for the MSP Space with Gene Stevens 06.09.2024

Gene Stevens (CTO of FifthWall, Alum of Verizon, ProtectWise) joins us on the podcast as we chat about his tech journey and his excitement to join and lead FifthWall's initiatives in cyber insurance and Tech E&O. In this episode, we discuss how: Cyber insurance has "fun" problems as an industry which lead to incredible opportunities to serve MSPs and their clients The most energi...

Reshaping the Future of Cyber Insurance with Cole Knuth 04.09.2024

Cole Knuth, a former Pax8 executive with experience in international expansion and strategy, now brings his expertise to FifthWall Solutions to carry out new ways for cyber insurance to work for MSPs and their clients. More MSPs than ever are teaming up with us at FifthWall Solutions to improve client cyber insurability by equipping them with peak security. Want to know more? Schedule a partner di...

On Pax8 Origin Stories and Joining FifthWall with Cole Knuth & Gene Stevens 29.08.2024

In this special episode of “Scaling the Wall,” we sat down with Cole Knuth (Pax8 Alum) and Gene Stevens (Verizon, ProtectWise Alum), two tech industry veterans who have recently joined forces at FifthWall Solutions as CEO and CTO! We dive into: Their unexpected partnership facilitated by Gene’s brother, Eric Stevens (Chief AI Officer at Pax8) Gene and Cole’s complementary expertise in cybersecurit...

110: Your MSP is Client Zero: How to Give Yourself the Full Client Experience with Alex Farling 05.08.2024

Alex Farling is a co-founder of ⁠Empath⁠ , an education platform for MSPs, and co-host of the ⁠MSP Dumpster Fire Podcast⁠ . Follow Alex on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ for more insights. More MSPs than ever are teaming up with us at FifthWall Solutions to improve client cyber insurability by equipping them with peak security. Want to know more? Schedule a partner discovery call at  ⁠⁠fifthwallsolutions.com/msp⁠

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