Leveling Up in Cybersecurity Today | Girard Kavelines, Technical Writer, TechHouse570

In this episode of the Be Fearless podcast, SquareX Field CISO John Carse sits down with Girard Kavelines and discusses how starting out on the help desk gave him fresh perspectives and practical insights that later shaped his work as a Network/Security Engineer. Girard also elaborates on other topics, schaas  how blogging and content creation at TechHouse570 helped him build an engaged audience, how excited he is about the potential of SquareX and its ability to fill critical gaps left by traditional EDR/XDR, address browser security blind spots, and tackle rising Shadow SaaS risks. In the end, he also shares tips for breaking into and elevating a cybersecurity career in today’s crowded job market.

0:00 Reasons behind launching TechHouse570
8:36 Escaping help desk burnout
17:38 Browser security: the "missing piece" in cyber
28:34 AI threats in the browser
30:04 Levelling up in a crowded job market

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