The Virtual CISO Moment

Wes Spencer is VP and Channel Chief for FifthWall Solutions, one of the largest cyber insurance brokers in the country. He has served as a senior executive and advisor from Fortune 500 to funded startups and was awarded the 2020 Cybersecurity Educator of the Year by the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. He has served on multiple advisory committees with distinguished organizations such as American...

Tom Kemp is a Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur, investor, author, and policy advisor. Tom is the author of the book Containing Big Tech: How to Protect Our Civil Rights, Economy, and Democracy (August 2023). Tom was the founder and CEO of Centrify (renamed Delinea in 2022), a leading cybersecurity cloud provider that amassed over two thousand enterprise customers, including over 60 percent of the...

TD Ameritrade MoveIT Breach https://www.investmentnews.com/charles-schwab-announces-td-ameritrade-data-breach-239887 Docker Hub Leak https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/thousands-of-images-on-docker-hub-leak-auth-secrets-private-keys/ Gamaredon APT https://securityaffairs.com/148488/apt/gamaredon-ttps.html Teenage Hacker Criminals on Trial https://www.hackread.com/teenagers-trial-hackin...

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Derek Morris is a virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) with almost 3 decades in IT, Information Security, Cybersecurity. He possesses numerous industry certifications including: CISSP, CISM, CISA, CDPSE, PCI-QSA, CCSFP, CCNA, and MCSA. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Information Systems from Bryant University with a minor in Applied Statistics. We discuss the virtual CISO space and...

Alec Sirois is the Co-founder and CEO at IGNITE Cyber Security. Join us for an interesting discussion on email security and what you can do to improve it. Also try a free email spoof test at emailspooftest.com!

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SecurityWeek Cisco Switch Vulns - https://www.securityweek.com/vulnerability-in-cisco-enterprise-switches-allows-attackers-to-modify-encrypted-traffic/ Bleeping Computer Google Apps Send Data to China - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/apps-with-15m-installs-on-google-play-send-your-data-to-china/ vCISO Services Virtual CISO and Information Security Risk Management – https://vcisoser...

BJ Withrow, Manager, Major Accounts, East Coast at Tenable, is a self-proclaimed geek at heart and cybernerd by trade. When he is passionate about something, it comes out in everything he does, and he loves what he does. We cover a variety of topics, including cybersecurity for small and midsized businesses, exercising, and the importance of a servant's heart. Note a production error resulted...

Doug Copley is an executive IT and cybersecurity leader and advisor, founder of Data Protection Partners, and former founder of the Michigan Healthcare Cybersecurity Council. He is skilled at building IT, Security and Data Privacy programs from scratch; performing risk assessments; frameworks such as HITRUST/ISO/NIST/CMMC; and at managing security or regulatory "emergencies." He has spec...

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From January 17, 2023 - Brent Forrest is a leader, architect, and strategic advisor of holistic cybersecurity. He has developed security programs across Oil & Gas, Financial, Insurance, and Construction industries including architecture of endpoint visibility/protection, managed detection and response (MDR), and security awareness as well as leading real-world cyberbreach response efforts. He...

Shaun Cook has an extensive career in information technology and cybersecurity and is a Strategic Account Manager with Island. Island is a true disruptor, an early entry into the emerging Enterprise Browser market. According to Gartner, “By 2030, enterprise browsers will be the core platform for delivering workforce productivity and security software on managed and unmanaged devices for a seamless...

Raj Joshi, Co-Founder of RiskOne.io, is a cybersecurity executive with over 25 years of experience in building, transforming, and delivering cybersecurity, product security and information technology programs. We discuss SMB cybersecurity challenges including how an example from Toyota in the 1980s can help with SMB security.

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From January 10, 2023 - Mary-Michael Horowitz, CISM, is the Founding Partner/CEO at Asylas, LLC. Asylas is a cybersecurity solutions firm heavily focused on remarkable service and customized approaches to security, privacy and risk consulting. We discuss small and midsized business security challenges, including passwords and password managers.

Samuel Hill is the Product Marketing Director for Cyolo Security, where they created one unified platform that enables users to access all applications, servers, desktops, and files within an organization securely and with ease. Cyolo leverages agility, security, and productivity – whatever the situation, wherever their users may be. Hill is skilled in helping orchestrate and integrate critical de...

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From January 3, 2023 - Dave Evangelista has 20 years of experience with financial institutions and currently is the Vice President Information Technology for a midwestern credit union where he is responsible for the tactical direction, control, and ongoing analysis and planning for the credit union’s IT environment. Infrastructure, Operations, Critical Systems, Information Security, Development, e...

Sejal Lakhani-Bhatt is a serial Entrepreneur who has a passion for helping small and mid-sized companies. She is the top Skittle for TechWerxe, which provides small and medium sized businesses with Cyber security, Compliance, IT architecture design, infrastructure and maintenance in NY / NJ / PA. As CEO and co-owner of TechWerxe, She does a little bit of everything. From Sales and Marketing, to HR...

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