

The Silicon Valley Insider Show with Keith Koo
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Discover the latest information on ’what’s hot’ in the digital world, best practices and big concepts for innovation, disruption and pivoting in the Silicon Valley. Features: Innovation | Cyber Risk & Security | Bitcoin & Blockchain | Cross - Border Business | Silicon Valley Insider airs AM 1220 KDOW and 860 AM KTRB The Answer in the Silicon Valley / San Francisco Bay Area.
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Jan 18, 2020 • 40min
Olga Mack, CEO of Parley Pro - Innovation in Legal Technology
On this episode of Silicon Valley Insider, Keith Koo's special guest is Silicon Valley stalwart Olga Mack, who is the CEO of Parley Pro a SaaS based legal technology company.
Olga and Keith discuss her inspiring background of coming to the USA with her parents as an immigrant, attending UC Berkeley Law school and living the "American Dream". Olga goes into detail about her strategic career moves ultimately leading to CEO and Chairwoman of Parley Pro.
Parley Pro is a legal technology innovator addressing the need for the legal industry to adopt new tools to stay current with the rapid change in workforce dynamics between legal and procurement stakeholders. Parely Pro's contract management platform is trying to revolutionize the way contracts get done from being "dumb" pieces of paper to "living" documents. Hear how anyone can try Parley Pro for free.
www.parleypro.com
On this week's Cyber-tip, Keith discusses the recently announced major security flaws in Windows. These flaws are so critical, the US Government - NSA disclosed the flaw to the public.
On the Pivot, Olga discusses how she mad the career move from General Counsel of CEO.
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Jan 11, 2020 • 41min
Jennylyn Gleave: Producer and Host of the "Conversations with Jennylyn" TV Show
On this episode of Silicon Valley Insider, Keith Koo's guest is Jennlyn Gleave, Producer and Host of the "Conversations with Jennylyn" cable TV show originating from Silicon Valley.
Jennylyn talks to Keith about her fascinating story which began as an immigrant from Guyana to hosting and producing her own TV show. She also gives an inside look at how she landed an her interview with Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak. Listen to the end of the show to hear what Jennylyn is passionate about in 2020!
On this week's Cyber-tip, Keith discusses SMS text scams aka "Smishing" and what you should do to stay safe.
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Listen Saturdays 10-11am 860 KTRB Silicon Valley | San Francisco
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Jan 4, 2020 • 42min
Silicon Valley Insider's 2020 Predictions
On this episode of Silicon Valley Insider, Keith Koo is joined with Ankit Srinivas, Marketing Manager of Silicon Valley Insider to talk about how 2019 was for technology companies and their predictions for 2020.
On this week's Cyber-tip, Keith talks about the Wyze camera data breach. Wyze is a widely used home and office security camera system and estimated 2.8 million users had their data stolen due to configuration errors by Wyze. Hear to make sure you keep yourself safe.
On the Pivto, Keith and Ankit discuss how many startups are adjusting their strategies for 2020.
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First airing is 10 am-11:00 am on 1220AM KTRB
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Dec 27, 2019 • 40min
CA Gov Cyber Security Task Force - Shortage of 73,000+ Cyber Security Pros
On this episode of Silicon Valley Insider, Keith Koo talks about his work with the California Governor's Cyber Security Task Force and how they are trying to address the shortage of 73,000+ skilled Cyber Security Professionals in the public and private sectors.
Keith's guests from the Workforce Development sub group are:
Jimmy Sanders, Head of Cyber Security - Netflix DVD
Keith Clement, Professor of Criminology at California State University - Fresno and the Workforce Development sub group leader for the California Governor's Cyber Security Taskforce
Markus Geissler, Professor at California Community Colleges
Keith Koo speaks with each guest about the shortage of skilled Cyber Security professionals in California and what steps are being taken to stay current in government, industry and academia.
On this week's Cyber-tip, Keith once again talks about the importance of combating ransomware with the newest targets of New Orleans, LA, Pensacola, FL and the University of Maastrict in the Netherlands.
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Listen Saturdays 10-11am 860 KTRB Silicon Valley | San Francisco
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Dec 21, 2019 • 39min
Chris Cochran, Head of Threat Intelligence - Netflix & Co-Host of Hacker Valley Studios
On this episode of Silicon Valley Insider, Keith Koo's guest is Chris Cochran, Head of Threat Intelligence for Netflix and the Co-Host of the Hacker Valley Studios podcast.
Chris talks with Keith about how he got started in the military which led to a career in Information Security leading up to his role at Netflix. Keith and Chris also talk about how to get a job in the Cyber defense industry.
As an added bonus, Keith and Chris discuss what it takes to start a podcast.
On this week's Cyber-tip, Keith discusses the continued rise in ransomware (especially with the recent New Orleans and Pensacola "state of emergencies" and how to keep your organization safe.
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Listen Saturdays 10-11am 860 KTRB Silicon Valley | San Francisco
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Dec 13, 2019 • 39min
Mark Jeffrey, CEO of Guardian Circle
On this episode of Silicon Valley Insider, Keith Koo's guest is Mark Jeffrey, Award winning author and Co-Founder and CEO of Guardian Circle.
Keith and Mark discuss how Guardian Circle strives to be a next generation "Life Alert" and the harrowing story of how Mark first conceived of the concept of creating community and incident response using blockchain technology.
On this week's Cyber-tip, Keith discusses the rise in Ponzi schemes related to crypto currencies and how all "get rick quick" investments should be scrutinized whether in crypto or fiat currencies.
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Listen Fridays 1-2pm on 1220AM KDOW & Saturdays 10-11am 860 KTRB Silicon Valley | San Francisco
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Dec 6, 2019 • 39min
Russell Korus, CEO of EZ365 - Industries Succeeding in Blockchain
On this episode of Silicon Valley Insider, Keith Koo's guest is Russell, Co-Founder and CEO of EZ365 is a digital ecosystem that combines aspects of online gaming, cryptocurrency trading and blockchain education.
Russell discusses the team behind EZ365 and their vision to for blockchain and cryptocurrencies to gain mass adoption through industries like gaming, entertainment and trading which have historically been early adopters of technology.
On this week's Cyber-tip, Keith once again highlights third party (or vendor) risk management with Sprint's announcement that thousands of its customers cell phone bills and associated call histories were left out on the public internet by one of Sprint's vendors.
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Listen Fridays 1-2pm on 1220AM KDOW & Saturdays 10-11am 860 KTRB Silicon Valley | San Francisco
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Nov 29, 2019 • 39min
Simpler and Safer Identity with Steven Sprague, Founder and CEO of Rivetz
On this week's episode of Silicon Valley Insider, Keith Koo's guest is Steven Sprague, Founder and CEO of Rivetz a company dedicated to making identity safer and simpler via their technology. www.rivetz.com
Steven discusses his background in enterprise technology and telecom and how due to the rapid advancement of connected devices there is a fundamental need to redesign how devices identify with each other.
On this week's Cyber-tip, Keith discusses the recent discovery of 1.2 billion identities found on an open server out on the web and the speculation on how all that personal information got there. This was a case where no one claimed ownership of the data breach.
On the pivot, Keith and Steven discusses the future of technology and how companies will need to transform to keep their customers and businesses safe.
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Listen Fridays 1-2pm on 1220AM KDOW Silicon Valley | San Francisco
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Nov 22, 2019 • 40min
Servane Demol, Founder & Executive Director - Code For Fun
On this episode of Silicon Valley Insider, host Keith Koo has special guest Servane Demol, Founder and Executive Director of Code for Fun a non-profit dedicate to teaching children grades K-12 coding skills as well as providing professional development for educators.
Servane shares her deep experience in technology companies such as Align and Facebook and how that spurred her passion to empower children and educators on how to embrace technology across Silicon Valley.
On this week's Cyber-tip Keith discusses "SIM swapping" a hack that takes control of your mobile phone through a combination of social engineering and often malicious "insiders" at service providers such as mobile phone operators.
On the Pivot, Servane and Keith discuss how technology and be used to transform lives and how age and location are no longer barriers to work on break-through technologies.
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Nov 15, 2019 • 39min
Connecting the Unbanked with Richard Dennis, Founder and CEO of Temtum
On this episode of Silicon Valley Insider, Keith Koo's guest is Richard Dennis, Founder and CEO of Temtum a decentralized network platform powered by blockchain and quantum computing principles whose vision is to reach the unbanked and underbanked in all parts of the world using the Temtum platform. www.temtum.com
Richard gives his background in academia as an expert in both computing and cybersecurity and discusses the advancements in quantum computing and how it will be able to crack existing cryptographic standards. However, innovation always continues and new methods to encrypt data will be created.
On this week's Cyber-tip, Keith discusses the ongoing issues with vulnerable apps in app stores such as Google Play or Apple. A recent study noted that over 42 apps in Google's app store had vulnerabilities.
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Listen Fridays 1-2pm on 1220AM KDOW Silicon Valley | San Francisco
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