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  • Robert Daigle is the Director of Global AI Business at Lenovo. He's a public speaker & visionary tech leader with over a decade of AI experience within startups to fortune 200 companies. He helped launch one of the first AI recruiting platforms in 2014 and now leads a global AI team supporting AI deployments around the world. He's a LinkedIn Top AI Voice with an MBA.

    In this conversation, we explore the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, focusing on its implications for businesses, technology, and society. We discuss Robert's background in AI, Lenovo's strategic investments in the field, and the technical aspects of AI hardware. The conversation also delves into the rise of generative AI, the future of AI agents, and the importance of responsible AI practices.

    GUEST:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rdaigle/

    Website: https://robertdaigle.com/

    The podcast is available on YouTube, Spotify, Rumble, Odysee, Apple Podcast, Pandora, Amazon Music, Samsung Podcast, Podcast Index, Podcast Addict, iHeartRadio, Listener Notes, Deezer, and RSS dot com.

    TIMESTAMPS:

    9:23 - Robert's background

    15:58 - Where Lenovo fits into the AI ecosystem

    21:19 - Emergence of NPUs on each device

    32:51 - How Robert is using AI

    36:30 - RAG Architecture Explained

    40:45 - Agentic AI

    45:37 - Human versus AI generated content

    52:19 - AI adoption speed

    54:09 - Corporate responsible AI committees

    57:28 - AI power consumption concerns

    58:51 - Trend Towards Selective AI Usage

    1:00:23 - High-efficiency liquid cooled datacenters

    HOST:

    Hosted by Blake Williams, Founder / Headhunter @ Hyperdrive Recruiting

    Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u

    Fix Your Resume & Double Your Interviews @ https://HRapproved.com

    Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire @ https://hyperdriverecruiting.com

  • Imanuel Babadostov is the Lead BISO at Blackbaud. He has over 20 years of cybersecurity experience in various industries including Government, Healthcare, Managed Services, and SaaS. He is a leader, presenter, trainer, writer, scrum master, and highly certified - CISSP, CEH, GDAT, GSLC, GSEC, CHFI, GMON, Security+. He is focused on performing the role of a BISO - Business Information Security Officer. He is on a mission to clarify what the role entails, how to better the company using it, and define the concrete skills and KPIs one can use to improve as a BISO or a BISO team lead.

    GUEST:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/imanuelb2/

    Website: https://ibabadostov.wixsite.com/the-blog

    The podcast is available on YouTube, Spotify, Rumble, Odysee, Apple Podcast, Pandora, Amazon Music, Samsung Podcast, Podcast Index, Podcast Addict, iHeartRadio, Listener Notes, Deezer, and RSS dot com.

    TIMESTAMPS:

    1:50 - Imanuel's Background

    3:58 - What's Happening in Cyber

    4:28 - Cyber Skills Gap

    5:49 - The BISO role, what is it?

    8:17 - BISO versus GRC

    10:02 - How BISO's Divide Responsibilities

    11:23 - How to Find Your Way Into a BISO role

    13:15 - Apprenticeship Program Advocacy

    15:12 - Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

    16:56 - Healthcare Industry Cybersecurity

    19:10 - Is Work More Stressful at Home or In-Office?

    22:21 - Amazon's RTO 5 Days Per Week

    23:31 - Layoffs from AI

    24:07 - How Imanuel is using AI

    27:51 - Hackers Using AI to Their Advantage

    30:32 - ChatGPT o1

    31:15 - AI's Mad Cow Effect

    32:32 - Did The Movie Wall-E Predict Our Future?

    33:44 - Black Mirror on Netflix

    36:24 - Idiocracy Movie & Concern for Our Kids

    45:36 - Ask Me Anything - Recruiter Edition

    57:46 - Love, Death, Robots on Netflix

    59:23 - How to Measure BISO Performance

    HOST:

    Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting

    Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u

    Fix Your Resume and Double Your Interview Requests with HR Approved Website: https://HRapproved.com

    Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com

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  • Shankar Viswanathan serves as Senior Director, Head of Cloud Security at Credit Karma. He has over 15 years of experience in IAM, Applied Crypto, Security Engineering, Cloud Engineering, especially in the FinTech industry. He's a Startup Advisor and Forbes Technology Council Member.

    GUEST:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shankarnviswanathan/

    TIMESTAMPS:

    2:39 - How he landed in Cybersecurity

    4:07 - Forbes Technology Council

    5:06 - What is Applied Crypto?

    6:58 - What's happening in cyber?

    9:14 - Non-Human Identity Security

    22:24 - What Keeps Cyber Talent Engaged & Happy

    26:20 - His Approach to Hiring Junior Level

    28:54 - What tools would he learn first?

    30:07 - Sources of threat intel

    32:10 - Favorite Movies (it's not Star Wars)

    33:12 - Hiring

    33:46 - Questions for a recruiter

    37:02 - Resume Reviews & Coaching

    38:44 - Why AI Can't Write Your Resume For You

    40:35 - What's led to his success 44:57 - Cruise Ship Mucker Story

    48:34 - How he deals with stress of the job

    HOST:

    Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting

    Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u

    Fix Your Resume and Double Your Interview Requests with HR Approved

    Website: https://HRapproved.com

    Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting

    Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.comj

  • Brandon Mathis is a talented Full Stack Developer in Raleigh, NC currently serving as CTO of vTestify. He runs Triangle Devs, a prominent local meetup/slack/discord group. He is a lifelong tinkerer, coder & product builder. He's also a husband, dad, gamer, and writer. His has a focus on web development using: Javascript (Node, React, ect), Ruby (Rails, Sinatra, Chef), DevOps (AWS, Ansible, Docker), Test Driven Development, Object Oriented Design, REST API Development, and SQL/NoSQL. If you're trying to build high quality software products at scale and planning to leverage local Raleigh talent you should start by scheduling a conversation with Brandon.

    GUEST:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathisbrandon/

    Website: www.brandonmathis.me

    GitHub: https://github.com/BrandonMathis

    Triangle Devs: https://triangledevelopers.com/

    Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/triangle-devs/

    TIMESTAMPS:

    1:36 - Favorite movie

    5:28 - Star Wars chat

    9:07 - Acolyte cancellation

    13:57 - How he landed in software engineering

    21:26 - Golang vs Rust

    24:59 - His favorite language

    26:58 - JavaScript vs TypeScript

    29:57 - Where he recommends newbies start coding

    33:09 - Would he recommend getting in a dev career

    35:05 - GitHub Go-Pilot

    37:21 - Dev skills becoming part of life

    43:03 - Mac or PC

    46:15 - Alfred on Mac

    46:43 - Spotlight on iPhone

    51:28 - His recent focus on Cybersecurity

    54:34 - Polyfill.js hack

    58:48 - Reallocation from QA to Cybersecurity

    1:00:17 - Why can't devs test their own code

    1:04:44 - No size company is immune to cyber attacks

    1:05:34 - Ethics of storing passwords properly

    1:08:26 - What happened to Agile / Scrum

    1:13:32 - Best way to measure dev performance

    1:19:53 - Cheaply made Agencyware vs American Made Software

    1:28:14 - Roller skates vs Rollerblades

    1:29:50 - Snowblades

    1:31:18 - Future of AI writing code

    1:34:19 - What Shopify did to eCommerce development

    1:37:49 - Gen Z never leaves social media

    1:39:00 - Where can you find Brandon

    HOST:

    Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting

    Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u

    Fix Your Resume and Double Your Interview Requests with HR Approved

    Website: https://HRapproved.com

    Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting

    Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com

  • Sarah Choudhary is CEO of Aridian Technologies and ICE Innovations. She started her career in ETL development and has become a visionary AI innovator, tech leader, writer, and Forbes Council Member. She has a Ph.D. in Data Science and current spearheading the development of several AI applications. She has a newsletter called TechSpectrum where she writes about navigating VR, AI, ML, Data & Cybersecurity and offers a curated exploration into the world of AI.

    GUEST:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahchoudhary/

    Website: www.sarahchoudhary.com

    TIMESTAMPS:

    6:30 - Sarah's background

    10:07 - Pursuing her PhD in data science

    13:10 - What she learned analyzing life expectancy data

    19:03 - Bias in AI algorithms

    28:26 - Deepfakes

    30:43 - Using AI in school

    33:15 - Her time at Ernst & Young

    35:41 - What will we do when AI takes jobs

    40:09 - Quantum Computing

    49:26 - Sarah's Start-Ups - ICE Rides & iChef

    51:24 - ICE Innovations

    1:03:49 - Microsoft Fabric

    1:06:55 - Sprawberry

    1:10:48 - Advice for transitioning into AI jobs

    1:19:27 - How she found a new level of confidence

    1:23:38 - How to handle a low ball offer

    1:36:59 - Where to find Sarah

    HOST:

    Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting

    Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u

    Fix Your Resume and Double Your Interview Requests with HR Approved

    Website: https://HRapproved.com

    Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting

    Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com

  • Joe Aurilia is the SVP of Operations for Cyware, a threat intelligence sharing platform, SOAR platform, and cybersecurity managed servicing provider. He serves as the COO and CIO reporting directly to the CEO. He has over 20 years in technology, operations, and strategic planning, guiding teams and organizations to peak performance across diverse industries. He is an expert in building and scaling all aspects of company operations to meet mission and goals. He serves as an Executive Member and Membership Board Member for SIM (Society for Information Management) and a Executive Member and Raleigh (RDU) Steering Committee Leader for Pavilion - a global membership organization for high-growth operators. He is a GTM Advisor and public speaker available to help your organization optimize and grow.

    GUEST:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephauriliajr/

    Website: https://cyware.com/

    TIMESTAMPS:

    4:49 - If Aliens Asked Your Purpose Here

    6:17 - Joe's Story

    10:13 - New Market Trends

    12:47 - New Trends in Contract Terms

    14:57 - What's Happening In Cyber?

    19:57 - What Makes Cyware Different?

    22:10 - Challenges Running a 100% Remote Global Organization

    24:27 - Optimist or Pessimist on AI?

    29:38 - Who's Making Up All These Acronyms in Cyber?

    31:33 - ISOA, ISAC, & CERTS - What are they?

    33:44 - We Go Off Topic into Left Field

    36:41 - 2024 Job Market

    39:13 - Candidate Matching Challenges

    43:39 - Benefits of Hiring Offshore

    45:56 - SIM (Society for Information Management)

    48:05 - Decision to Pursue the Renewable Energy Industry (2011-2019)

    51:36 - Importance of Knowledge Base Curation

    53:54 - Joe Favorite Interview Questions

    56.06 - Personal Productivity & Efficiency Hacks

    57:08 - Reclaim.ai

    HOST:

    Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting

    Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blakewilliams4u/

    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hyperdriverecruiting

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blakewilliams4u/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blakewilliams4u

    Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/BlakeWilliams4u

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hyperdriverecruiting

    Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u

  • Daniel Miessler is the Founder of Unsupervised Learning. Creator of https://fabricai.app, and open-source framework for Augmenting humans with AI, and https://threshold.app, a new AI-based way of finding the best content onlilne. 25 years experience in Cybersecurity. Active coder, builder in the AI and Security space (langchain, langraph, AWS step functions, local models, business context use-cases). Built and ran the business intelligence team / product for Information Security at Apple. Built and ran the Vulnerability Management and AppSec at Robinhood. Active programmer (github.com/danielmiessler).

    GUEST:

    Daniel's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmiessler/

    Newsletter Website: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe

    Fabric: https://fabricai.app

    Threshold: https://threshold.app

    Substrate: https://danielmiessler.com/p/introducing-substrate

    Timestamps:

    4:10 - How He Landed in Cybersecurity

    5:25 - Advice to Job Seekers

    6:32 - Unsupervised Learning

    7:07 - How He Manages His Time

    9:18 - Why He Shifted from FTE to Solopreneur

    11:38 - How He Prioritizes

    13:39 - Human 3.0

    16:15 - Augmented

    17:42 - The Moment He Wanted Me Dead

    18:26 - Fabric

    20:06 - Threshold

    21:48 - Substrate

    26:05 - AI's Predictable Path & DA's

    30:36 - How He Would Configure His DA's

    33:15 - Jobs & Recruiting

    36:11 - Should Recruiters Find New Professions

    45:45 - AI Interviews & Veton.ai

    52:09 - Bumble

    53:26 - Lattice Introduces Digital Employee

    54:58 - Ask Me Anything

    HOST:

    Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting

    Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u

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    Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting

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  • Justin Copeland is the Director of Product Marketing with Praetorian, an offensive security and managed security services company. With over 15 years of marketing experience and 12 years in cybersecurity industry, Jason is a data-driven, growth-focused marketing leader with extensive experience developing and executing strategic marketing initiatives for elite cybersecurity SaaS organizations. His areas of expertise include: Marketing Operations, Go-to-Market Planning & Execution, Brand Development & Positioning, Demand Generation Strategy, Competitive Research & Analysis, Sales and Product Enablement, Persona Development, Product Launch Management, Content Development

    GUEST:

    Justin Copeland - Director, Product Marketing at Praetorian

    Justin's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/whoisjustincopeland/

    Company Website: https://www.praetorian.com/

    Timestamps:

    5:31 - How Justin Landed in Marketing & Cybersecurity

    7:39 - Challenges Facing Marketing Departments

    9:59 - Email Deliverability Issues

    11:13 - HTML vs Plain Text Emails

    11:59 - A/B Testing

    13:32 - Top Secret Marketing Content Trick

    14:23 - Shout Out to Ben Mena at Elite Recruiter Podcast & Castmagic

    17:36 - Marketing vs. Product Marketing

    20:00 - Campaign Personalization & Persona Development

    21:45 - What Makes Praetorian Different

    23:32 - CTEM - Continuous Threat Exposure Management

    26:21 - AI's Impact on Marketing Departments

    27:51 - What Is He Spending Time On

    30:15 - Importance of Net Promoter Score

    32:10 - How He Decides Where to Focus

    34:03 - Marketing Experimentation & Wordsmithing

    38:45 - Recruiting Questions

    HOST:

    Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting

    Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u

    Fix Your Resume and Double Your Interview Requests with HR Approved

    Website: https://HRapproved.com

    Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting

    Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com

  • Ayman Elsawah is a Fractional CISO (vCISO) for Cloud Security Labs. They specialize in providing CISO services to Start-Ups and Scale-Ups. After graduating with a Computer Science degree, his career progressed from Network Engineer to Cybersecurity Engineer to Cybersecurity Architect to Cloud Cybersecurity Consultant to Fractional CISO. He now provides coaching services, advisory services, and authors books and instructional courses online.

    GUEST:

    Ayman Elsawah - Fractional CISO at Cloud Security Labs

    Ayman's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/infosecleader/

    Ayman's Website: https://coffeewithayman.com/

    Ayman's Fractional CISO Course: https://securitycafe.thinkific.com/courses/vciso-fractional-ciso-course

    Timestamps:

    2:25 - Favorite Movie & Music

    4:45 - Coffee

    8:17 - Ayman's Book & Podcast

    9:22 - What He's Learned from Podcasting

    11:52 - Top 5 Ways to Break into Cybersecurity

    13:42 - How Ayman Landed in Cybersecurity

    15:30 - Becoming Fractional

    17:44 - Should You Go Fractional?

    23:34 - Best Parts of Being Fractional

    30:59 - Why Fractional is Becoming so Popular

    40:26 - Social Selling

    43:10 - BD Strategies for Landing Fractional Clients

    45:34 - What's Happening in Cyber?

    47:19 - Can Cyber Issues Be Solved with Hiring?

    49:24 - Opportunities for American Workers

    50:16 - What's Up with Ghost Job Postings?

    54:41 - What He Does For Fun

    HOST:

    Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting

    Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u

    Fix Your Resume and Double Your Interview Requests with HR Approved

    Website: https://HRapproved.com

    Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting

    Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com

  • Tom Mirc is the Managing Director - Principal of Shadow Hornet, a strategy consulting firm and your secret weapon in Due Diligence, Scaling, and Nearshore Site Expansion/Selection. Tom has led the firm to 226% top-line average growth (24 month), non-voting interest in 3 portcos. He serves as primary bridge between capital owners and portfolio company leadership. Infusing portcos with AI, nearshoring capability, and EBTIDA recovery as valuation multipliers. He focuses on lower mid-market PE focal verticals: Telecommunications, Energy, Electric Utilities, Financial Services, FinTech, and Technology Services. He's lead 11 business acquisitions and integrations from both the buy and sell side. A large portion of his career has involved turning around non-performing teams, transforming business cultures from pessimistic to energized, and achieving improbable goals in the process. He's led product development/R&D launches and go-to-market campaigns for $330m businesses

    GUEST:

    Tom Mirc - Managing Director - Principal of Shadow Hornet

    Tom's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasmirc/

    Company Website: https://www.shadowhornet.com/

    Timestamps:

    3:09 - Favorite Movie & Music

    5:04 - Tom's Story

    10:32 - Current Market Conditions & Statistics

    18:08 - 3 Fronts (Offshore, Nearshore, and AI)

    25:09 - Growing Energy Production Industry

    27:38 - ThorCon

    29:51 - Where Will the Opportunities Be for American Workers

    34:06 - Erosion of Trust in Employers

    35:57 - Job Security in Cybersecurity?

    38:08 - Reductions in IT Spending (Primarily Software)

    41:11 - Tom's Experience as a White House Advisor

    42:45 - Leave the World Behind Movie

    43:49 - Moore County Power Grid Incident

    45:25 - Opportunities in Solving the Feeble Power Grid

    47:14 - One Second After Book

    HOST:

    Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting

    Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u

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    Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting

    Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com

  • Ivan Fonseca is an Incident Response Consultant at Google working within the Mandiant Security team for Google Cloud. He is a talented Cybersecurity Engineer with extensive experience in threat detection, AI security automation, and cloud infrastructure. Adept at leading teams and working cross-functionally to ensure optimal security and efficiency. Prior to joining Google, he served as a Cybersecurity Researcher for Threatlocker and Cloud Engineer for Burgess.

    GUEST:

    Ivan Fonseca - Incident Response Consultant at Google (3 years in Cybersecurity)

    Ivan's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivan-fonseca-64139222b/

    Timestamps:

    3:26 - How Ivan Landed in Cybersecurity

    6:51 - How Ivan Landed at Google

    9:07 - Importance of Showcasing Work on Social Media

    12:23 - His New Role at Google

    13:24 - Shoutouts to his Mentors

    14:37 - Automap Tool (for Nmap Scanning)

    18:47 - Ivan's Favorite Cybersecurity Tools

    24:41 - Ivan's Primary Sources of Threat Intel

    28:23 - Living off the Land Binaries

    34:44 - AI Concerns

    41:26 - Ivan's Advice for Entry Level Cybersecurity Job Seekers

    48:04 - Gaming

    51:06 - The Acolyte & Star Wars chat

    HOST:

    Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting

    Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u

    Fix Your Resume and Double Your Interview Requests with HR Approved

    Website: https://HRapproved.com

    Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting

    Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com

  • Lance James - CEO of Unit 221B, is an internationally renowned cybersecurity specialist with 25 years of experience in programming, network security, digital forensics, malware research, cryptography design, cryptanalysis, counterintelligence, protocol exploitation, and executive leadership. Credited with the identification of Zeus and other malware, James is an active contributor to the evolution of security practices and counterintelligence tactics and strategies. Over the years, he has championed several FBI-led takedown operations of criminal organizations through his strategic alliances with industry, academia, and law enforcement. Lance is regularly sought out as a keynote speaker worldwide, has been a frequent commentator on MSNBC, was featured on an episode of USA Network's hit television series "Mr. Robot," and recently delivered a powerful Ted Talk on "How Attackers Can Use Your Brain Against You in Psy-Ops."

    GUEST:

    Lance James - CEO of Unit 221B (25+ years in cybersecurity)

    Lance's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/unit221b/

    Company Website: www.unit221b.com

    Timestamps:

    2:12 - Lance's Favorite Movies & Music

    6:00 - Red Team vs Blue Team AF

    11:19 - How Lance got into Cybersecurity

    21:29 - Spinscore.io - Free Tool to Detect Spin & Bias in News & Content

    24:44 - The Story Behind Unit 221B

    31:50 - Confidence & Strong Mental Game

    44:05 - The Dear Son Hack for Writing Content

    44:45 - The Art of Communicating Book & Writing a Yearly Letter to Yourself

    48:36 - How Lance is Using AI for Recruiting

    58:18 - Approach to Writing Rejection Letters with Compassion

    HOST:

    Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting

    Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u

    Fix Your Resume and Double Your Interview Requests with HR Approved

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    Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting

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  • Kevin Johnson, CEO of Secure Ideas and Elected Board Member of the OWASP Foundation. My favorite part (aside from the chat about Star Wars and the 501st Legion) is the informational bit about Identity Protection Services and what to do if your email or personal info has been found in a data breach or on the dark web. That was eye opening for me. He also breaks down the differences between all the cybersecurity conferences and picks his favorites. I plan to see him later this year at the Bsides RDU conference where he’ll be speaking. He raises awareness about the need for more corporate funding and memberships for OWASP. They create free cybersecurity tools and resources. If your company values cybersecurity and wants to support OWASP consider becoming a member. For individuals, membership is only $50/year. He had the absolute best reaction I’ve ever heard when asked if he was optimistic or pessimistic about AI. I’ll be stealing that moving forward.

    GUEST:

    Kevin Johnson - CEO of Secure Ideas (25+ years in cybersecurity)

    Kevin's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinjohnson/

    Company Website: https://www.secureideas.com/

    Join OWASP: https://owasp.org/membership/

    Timestamps:

    2:56 – 501st Legion

    12:10 – How Kevin landed in Cybersecurity

    18:24 – Dealing with Recruiters (or not actually)

    21:13 – They Ask, You Tell - Marketing Method

    25:10 – Demand for Pen Testing & Vulnerability Assessments

    27:11 – Difference between Pen Testing & Vulnerability Assessments

    32:57 – Identity Protection Services & Data Breaches

    38:15 – OWASP Foundation (he is an Elected Board Member)

    46:01 – SamuraiWTF (Web Testing Framework, not that WTF)

    47:07 – Cybersecurity Conferences he Attends & Speaks at

    51:25 – Differences between Cybersecurity Conferences

    55:21 – Top Sources of Info / 3 Recommended Newsletters

    56:20 – AI Concerns (Pessimistic or Optimistic?)

    59:56 – Recruiting Bots (should I be worried?)

    HOST:

    Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting

    Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u

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  • Richard Ford, ex-Chief Technology Officer of Praetorian, Cyren, Forcepoint and Chief Scientist / Researcher in the Cybersecurity industry shares insights on cybersecurity leadership and tells me how to stay optimistic about the future of AI.

    Richard's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-ford/

    Timestamps:

    3:04 - How Richard got into Cybersecurity

    7:51 - Malware and Ransomware

    9:47 - Recent Focus - Freebie Tech Hacking

    11:33 - 60 Minutes Special on Ransomware Attacks

    14:15 - Bot Traffic vs Human Traffic

    15:11 - How Richard is using Generative AI

    18:57 - Pomodoro Technique for Time Management

    22:50 - Daily Routines & Discipline

    28:12 - AI Concerns (Pessimism vs Optimism)

    34:55 - Automating Cybersecurity with AI

    38:03 - Staff Reductions & Reorgs

    39:17 - Leadership vs Management

    41:18 - Manager vs Hands-On Player Coach

    49:42 - Employee Retention

    55:37 - Approach to Job Offers

    56:49 - Dealing with Stress of CTO job

    59:35 - Sources of Info

    1:01:08 - Open AI Board Speculation

    1:01:56 - SEC Case Against Solarwinds

    HOST:

    Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting

    Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u

    Fix Your Resume and Double Your Interview Requests with HR Approved

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    Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting

    Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com

  • Andrew Wilder, CISO of Community Veterinary Partner, ex-CISO of Hillenbrand, and ex-CISO of Nestle for 18 years, and Cybersecurity start-up advisor shares his insight on a wide variety of topics in the cybersecurity space. I had an eye opening moment when he reveals the shocking truth behind text messaging scams.

    GUEST:

    Andrew Wilder - CISO of Community Veterinary Partners (25+ years in cybersecurity)

    Andrew Wilder LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/apwilder/

    Company Website: https://cybersecurityintheboardroom.com/

    Timestamps:

    2:37 - Favorite Star Wars Movie

    4:26 - Content Strategy

    8:03 - LinkedIn Top Voice

    10:03 - Andrew's Story

    11:33 - Dealing with the stress of the CISO job

    13:20 - Measuring a company's Cyber Maturity

    14:24 - Andrew's Focus

    16:07 - Emerging Cyber Threats

    17:48 - Pig Butchering & Text Message Scams (shocking)

    21:49 - Predictions for the rest of 2024

    23:13 - Password Protection

    26:22 - Favorite Sources of Info and Tools

    28:05 - Advice for new Cybersecurity career seekers

    29:31 - Ideal Security Team

    31:24 - Differentiating Cyber, App Sec, and DevSecOps

    32:39 - 2024 Job Market

    35:09 - Leave the World Behind movie

    35:53 - Speculation on OpenAI's Board and Sam Altman

    37:51 - Best Interview Process for success

    41:14 - Retaining Cybersecurity Talent

    45:02 - Apprenticeship Programs

    HOST:

    Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting

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  • Dr Jason Edwards, DM, CRISC, CISSP, is an author, professor, and a Principal in Cybersecurity Regulatory Assurance for Amazon Web Services. He is a wealth of knowledge and fun to talk with. Fair Warning, we spent a fifth of the podcast talking about Star Wars :)

    GUEST:

    Jason Edwards - Cybersecurity Compliance Officer at AWS (25+ years in cybersecurity)

    Jason Edwards LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonedwardsdmist/

    Company Website: https://jason-edwards.me/

    Jason's Books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jason-Edwards/author/B0CV241HQX?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

    Timestamps:

    3:10 - Favorite Star Wars movie

    7:22 - LinkedIn content strategy

    11:17 - How Jason landed in Cybersecurity

    14:48 - Advice on landing a career in Cybersecurity

    15:49 - Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

    19:00 - Star Wars Part 2 - It brings everyone together

    28:51 - Guidance on Cybersecurity certifications

    34:13 - Jason's book on Cybersecurity Hiring

    35:06 - Resume advice and the keyword game

    39:26 - Job market in 2024 and challenges with RTO

    47:38 - Cybersecurity laws (or lack there of)

    57:51 - Leave the World Behind movie 1:01:27 - Concerns over AI

    1:07:01 - Speculation on what happened with OpenAI & Sam Altman

    1:13:50 - Jason's go-to sources of info & importance of being well-rounded

    1:20:34 - Return to office mandates part 2

    1:21:30 - NIST 2.0

    1:24:36 - Cybersecurity regulatory concerns

    1:27:54 - Star Wars Part 3 & thoughts on Rebel Moon

    1:31:20 - Dealing with haters (haters gonna hate no matter what)

    HOST:

    Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting

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  • Keyaan Williams is Managing Director of CLASS, LLC a Cybersecurity advisory and consulting firm. He shares insights on cybersecurity strategy and GRC. We chat about his background, cybersecurity strategy, governance, risk management, compliance, concerns with AI, and advice on breaking into cybersecurity careers.

    GUEST:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keyaan/

    Website: https://www.class-llc.com/

    Timestamps:

    6:11 - How he landed in Cybersecurity

    10:40 - 502 Project

    13:30 - Biggest challenges in cybersecurity

    18:59 - Buying cyber insurance vs investing in cybersecurity

    24:00 - Sources of information

    26:23 - AI disruptions

    37:04 - Ideal cybersecurity team

    40:00 - Breaking into cybersecurity

    47:05 - Stress

    HOST:

    Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting

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  • Mike Curnow is the CEO of Defiant Networks, past CISO, and a Cybersecurity consultant. He is a hands-on engineering and cybersecurity expert with entrepreneurial mindset and a preference for opensource technologies. He has interesting and unique opinions that are unfiltered yet very well thought out.

    GUEST:

    Mike Curnow - CEO/CISO of Defiant Networks (15+ years in cybersecurity)

    Mike's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/takko-the-boss/

    Website: https://defiant-networks.com/

    Hachi Programming Language: https://takkotheboss.github.io/

    Timestamps:

    4:46 Defiant Networks?

    11:17 Cybersecurity Risk

    14:55 Leave the World Behind Movie

    17:31 Cyber Attacks

    21:33 Cybersecurity Tools

    26:45 Hachi Programming Language (NEW)

    32:05 Sources of Info

    38:44 Dealing with stress of CISO job

    43:46 What irritates you about the job

    46:48 AI Concerns

    49:39 Small Kids & Devices

    53:05 Data Privacy

    54:49 Advice to Job Seekers

    HOST:

    Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting

    Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u

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