Why is the geopolitical landscape critical to cybersecurity strategy? CISO Mark Houpt breaks it down in this episode. Mark also shares his advice to the college and high school students he mentors, how to approach the ever-changing nature of cybersecurity, and how to think about a college education.

Mark Houpt is the CISO at DataBank. Previously he held senior security roles at organizations including State Farm, Lincoln Christian University, and Sallie Mae. Mark served in the US Navy from 1991 to 1999.

Mark Houpt on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-houpt/ 

Mark’s recommended list of classes:

-        Microsoft CISO Workshop: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security/ciso-workshop/ciso-workshop 

-        Ascend Education: https://ascendeducation.com/monthly-subscription/ 

-        Amazon Cybersecurity Awareness Training: https://learnsecurity.amazon.com/en/index.html 

-        Center for Development of Security Excellence: https://www.cdse.edu 

-        ISC2 -Certified in Cybersecurity: https://www.isc2.org/1mcc 

-        Cisco Networking Academy: https://skillsforall.com/course/introduction-to-cybersecurity 

-        Cyberbit Remote Training: https://go.cyberbit.com/100k-worth-of-free-remote-cyber-range-training/?utm_source=nist_website&utm_medium=list&utm_campaign=free-remote-soc-team-training-nam 

-        StationX - 12 Month Trial: https://www.cybersecurityjobs.com/csj-training-fund/ 

-        Cyber Training 365: https://www.cybertraining365.com/cybertraining/FreeClasses 

-        Cyber Skyline Professional: https://cyberskyline.com/professional/purchase 

-        Cybrary: https://www.cybrary.it 

-        EC.Council: https://www.eccouncil.org/cybersecurity-exchange/free-cybersecurity-resources-2022/ 

-        Elastic: https://www.elastic.co/training/free 

-        Evolve Academy: https://www.academy.evolvesecurity.com/cybersecurity-fundamentals 

-        Federal Virtual Training: https://fedvte.usalearning.gov