
eXecutive Security
Conversations with CISOs and other important thought leaders offering advice for those wanting to enter the field, grow in the field of cybersecurity.
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Sep 2, 2022 • 15min
My Career Pivot to SOC Analyst With Lauren Campanara of ThreatX
Lauren is just starting her career in cybersecurity. She has a bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity from Champlain College and is a SOC Analyst at ThreatX.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurencampanara/

Aug 26, 2022 • 20min
The Importance of Mentoring With Ray Espinoza of Inspectiv
Ray has more than 15 years of experience in the information security space and is currently CISO at Inspectiv. He has held leadership positions at numerous organizations including, Cobalt.io, Amazon, Proofpoint, and Cisco. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ray-espinoza-b399821/ Black Girls in Cyber: https://www.blackgirlsincyber.com

Aug 22, 2022 • 30min
The Importance of Storytelling in Cybersecurity with Maarten Van Horenbeeck
Maarten Van Horenbeeck, who is the chief information security officer at Zendesk, has more than 15 years of experience managing security organizations, which includes building the cybersecurity-threat intelligence team at Amazon, and working on the security teams at Google and Microsoft. He is also a former board member and Chairman of the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST). LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maartenv/Chaos Computer Club: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_Computer_Club NIST: https://www.nist.gov MITRE: https://www.mitre.org Rand Institute: https://www.rand.org FIRST: https://www.first.org Cloud Security Alliance: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org

Aug 19, 2022 • 7min
Tips and Techniques: Black Hat and Defcon
Defcon: https://defcon.org Black Hat: https://www.blackhat.com

Aug 12, 2022 • 33min
Why a Commitment to Employee Growth Matters With Jim Routh
Jim Routh has a long history in technology and cybersecurity as a leader and management consultant. He was formerly a cybersecurity leader for many large companies including MassMutual, CVS Health, Aetna, and JP Morgan Chase. He is also the former Board Chair for the Health Information Sharing & Analysis Center (H-ISAC) where he served for five years and former Board member for the Financial Services Information Sharing & Analysis Center (FS-ISAC). Jim currently sits on several Boards and acts as an advisor for several cybersecurity companies and venture funds. Jim brings to the boards a vast business and technology background and is considered a digital and cyber security industry expert and thought leader. Finally, Jim is an ICIT Fellow and an Adjunct Faculty member for NYU.The Role of Cybersecurity Leaders as Educators: https://icitech.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ICIT-Fellow-Perspective-The-Role-of-Cybersecurity-Leaders-as-Educators.pdfLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmrouth/ Jim Routh's Book List:Cybersecurity and Cyberwar by Singer and Friedman Dark Territory by Kaplan The Perfect Weapon by Sanger Sandworm by Greenberg The Cuckoo’s Egg by Stoll Spam Nation by Krebs Future Crimes by Goodman Data and Goliath by Schneier Confront and Conceal by Sanger The Fifth Domain by Clarke America the Vulnerable by Brenner The Code Book by Singh Algorithms to Live By by Christian and Griffiths Your Government Failed You by Clarke Sting of the Drone by Clarke Countdown to Zero Day by Zetter Software Security: Building Security In by McGraw @War by Harris Fight Fire With Fire by Tarun Kingpin by Poulsen The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Zuboff The Internet in Everything by DeNardis Senior Cyber by Schober CISO Compass by Fitzgerald This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends by Perlroth Crimedotcom by White Big Breaches by Daswani and Elbayadi Innovating in a Secret World by Srivastava Cyber Mayday by Lohrmann and Tan Navigating the Cybersecurity Career Path by Patton Tribe of Hackers by Carey and Jin The PtaaS Book by Wong CyberJutsu by McCarty Cyber Defense Matrix by Yu Shape by Ellenberg So You Want to Talk About Race by Oluo White Fragility by Diangelo Hos to Be an Antiracist by Kendi

Aug 8, 2022 • 27min
Lowering the Barrier to Entry in the Cybersecurity Field With Ron Gula of Gula Tech Adventures
Ron is President at Gula Tech Adventures, which focuses on cyber technology, cyber policy and recruiting more people to the cyber workforce. Since 2017, GTA has invested in dozens of cyber start-ups and funds and supported multiple cyber nonprofits and projects. From 2002 to 2016, Ron was the co-founder and CEO of Tenable Network Security. He helped grow the company to 20,000 customers, raise $300m in venture capital and grow revenues to $100m, setting up the company for an IPO in 2018. Prior to Tenable, Ron was a cyber industry pioneer and developed one of the first commercial network intrusion detection systems called Dragon, ran risk mitigation for the first cloud company, was deploying network honeypots in the mid 90s for the DOD and was a penetration tester for the NSA and got to participate in some of the nation's first cyber exercises. Ron was also a captain in the Air Force. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rongula/ Gula Tech Adventures: https://www.gula.tech Cybrary, Free Cybersecurity Training and Career Development: https://www.cybrary.it/ SANS Institute: https://www.sans.org

Aug 1, 2022 • 17min
Balancing the Enforcer and Enabler Roles With Bill Brown of Abacus Insights
Bill Brown is an accomplished information technology and information security leader with experience leading M&A Security Due Diligence Response and Remediation, and leading global teams in start-up, mid-size, and Fortune 1000 companies. Currently he is CISO and CIO at Abacus Insights and an advisory board member to ThreatWarrior. He has also held security leadership positions in ClickSoftware, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Veracode, and Iron Mountain. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billbrownusa/ HIPPA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_Insurance_Portability_and_Accountability_Act Hiitrust: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HITRUST PII: https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/definition/personally-identifiable-information-PII Cyber Warrior: https://www.cyberwarrior.com/ Cloud Security Alliance: https://success.impartner.com/English/Customer/home.aspx

Jul 25, 2022 • 32min
Debunking the Misconceptions of Entering the Cybersecurity Industry With James Carder of iOffce + SpaceIQ
James Carder is an experienced Chief Security Officer, research and development leader, cyber security services expert, and go to market executive with over 26 years in both corporate security and consulting for public and private companies across various industries, the Fortune 500, and U.S. Government. Currently, he is the Chief Security Officer at iOffice + SpaceIQ. James also served in the Air Force. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carderj/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/carderjames ISSA: https://www.issa.org/OWASP: https://owasp.org/ Cloud Security Alliance: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/ BSides: https://bsideslv.org/ U Minnesota Certificate Program: https://bootcamp.umn.edu/cybersecurity/

Jul 18, 2022 • 29min
Why Having the Mindset of an “Eternal Student” Is the Key to Success With Ian Amit of Rapid7
Ian Amit is an executive manager in the security and software industry with vast experience in multiple fields - from enterprise security, through retail, to end-user software, large back-end systems, corporate security policy, regulatory compliance, and strategy. He has spoken at various customer-focused seminars such as DEFCON, RSA, BlackHat, BSides, and many more. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamit/ DEFCON: https://defcon.orgBSides: https://bsideslv.org

Jul 12, 2022 • 27min
Turning Information Security Into an Inclusive Community With Tanya Janca of She Hacks Purple
Tanya Janca, also known as SheHacksPurple, is the author of ‘Alice and Bob Learn Application Security’. She is also the founder of We Hack Purple, an online learning academy, community and weekly podcast that revolves around teaching everyone to create secure software. Tanya has been coding and working in IT for over twenty years, won numerous awards, and has been everywhere from startups to public service to tech. She values diversity, inclusion, and kindness. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-janca/ Jobs in InfoSec: https://shehackspurple.ca/2022/01/01/jobs-in-information-security-infosec/ We Hack Purple Community: https://community.wehackpurple.com/ #CyberMentoringMonday: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23CyberMentoringMonday&src=typed_query&f=live
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