

Secure Talk Podcast
Justin Beals
Secure Talk reviews the latest threats, tips, and trends on security, innovation, and compliance.
Host Justin Beals interviews leading privacy, security and technology executives to discuss best practices related to IT security, data protection and compliance. Based in Seattle, he previously served as the CTO of NextStep and Koru, which won the 2018 Most Impactful Startup award from Wharton People Analytics. He is the creator of the patented Training, Tracking & Placement System and the author of “Aligning curriculum and evidencing learning effectiveness using semantic mapping of learning assets,” published in the International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJet). Justin earned a BA from Fort Lewis College.
Host Justin Beals interviews leading privacy, security and technology executives to discuss best practices related to IT security, data protection and compliance. Based in Seattle, he previously served as the CTO of NextStep and Koru, which won the 2018 Most Impactful Startup award from Wharton People Analytics. He is the creator of the patented Training, Tracking & Placement System and the author of “Aligning curriculum and evidencing learning effectiveness using semantic mapping of learning assets,” published in the International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJet). Justin earned a BA from Fort Lewis College.
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Mar 20, 2023 • 45min
How to Prevent Synthetic Identity Theft
JT Taylor, Senior Director of Fraud Investigations and Operations at ID.me, talks about synthetic identity theft, what it is, and how to prevent it. He also discusses some of the latest social engineering methods, and explains how ID.me has helped to significantly reduce the amount of fraudulent claims against government agencies.
ID.me
https://www.id.me/
The Secure Talk Cybersecurity Podcast
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Mar 17, 2023 • 48min
Cybersecurity Breach Response & More
Duane Laflotte is the CTO of Pulsar Security. Duane talks about the best way to respond to a data breach, what to do if your personal information is found on the dark web, and how to make sure your home appliances are not spying on you.
Pulsar Security
https://www.pulsarsecurity.com/
The Secure Talk Cybersecurity Podcast
https://securetalkpodcast.com/

Mar 16, 2023 • 50min
Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) with Lee Bristow, CTO of Phinity Risk Solutions
Lee Bristow is the CTO of Phinity Risk Solutions, a provider of an automated third party risk management (TPRM) solution. Lee explains the importance of TPRM and discusses some best practices related to TPRM.
Phinity Risk Solutions
https://www.phinityrisk.com/
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Mar 7, 2023 • 34min
Building Autonomy & Trust in Distributed Engineering Teams
Nickolas Means is Vice President of Engineering at Sym. He has been leading software engineering teams for more than a decade in the HealthTech and DevTools spaces. Nick also co-hosts the Managing Up podcast.
In this episode, Nick talks about the importance of autonomy and trust in distributed engineering teams and how companies facilitate the development of both. He also shares his thoughts on how to turn failures into learning lessons, leveraging a blameless mindset, and how best engineering can work alongside product and compliance teams.
Sym
https://symops.com/
The Managing Up Podcast
https://www.managingup.show/
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Mar 2, 2023 • 41min
Preventing Cyber Attacks Across the Software Supply Chain
Neatsun Ziv is the Co-Founder and CEO of Ox Security, an end-to-end software supply chain security solution. Neatsun discusses the start-up ecosystem in Israel and then explains the key elements of preventing security issues with software supply chains. He also talks about key concepts and frameworks including Single Source of Truth (ASOC), CI/CD Security Posture, SBOM vs. PBOM, and the Open Software Supply Chain Attack Reference (OSC&R) framework.
Ox Security
https://www.ox.security/
The Secure Talk Cyber Security Podcast
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Feb 20, 2023 • 41min
Security Training for Software Development Teams
Laura Bell Main is the Founder and CEO of SafeStack Academy, a mission-driven and community-centric online training platform that provides software development teams with the skills they need to build high-quality, secure software. Laura shares best practices related to cyber security education, content development and delivery, and secure software development.
SafeStack Academy
https://safestack.io/
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Feb 16, 2023 • 33min
Automating Data Discovery & Security
Tyler Young is the CISO at BigID a provider of integrated and automated data discovery, privacy, security, and governance tools. Tyler talks about the some of the must haves for data discovery and security and shares some of his observations related to funding opportunities in the cyber security space.
BigID
https://bigid.com/
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Feb 10, 2023 • 45min
Best Practices for Cybersecurity Practitioners
Luis Valenzuela is Director, Data Loss Prevention & Data Governance for InComm Payments. He is also a CISSP and PMP. Luis talks about best practices for data loss prevention, data governance, and cybersecurity leadership. He also provides insights and advice related to transitioning to a career in cybersecurity, career advancement and the importance of continual leadership and subject matter-specific learning.
InComm Payments
https://www.incomm.com/
The Secure Talk Cybersecurity Podcast
https://securetalkpodcast.com/

Feb 6, 2023 • 46min
Optimizing Cyber Threat Detection & Response
Sanjay Raja is the VP of Product Marketing and Solutions at Gurucul. Sanjay talks about the importance of automating threat detection and response through the implementation of targeted signal detection and evaluation, as well as deploying policies that allow for automated responses to various threats.
Gurucul
https://gurucul.com/
The Secure Talk Cybersecurity Podcast
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Feb 1, 2023 • 42min
Cybersecurity Solutions for the Federal Government
Steve Orrin, Federal Chief Technology Officer & Senior Principal Engineer for Intel talks about how he works with various government agencies to develop and deliver cybersecurity solutions. He explains the differences between working with enterprise customers compared to working with government agencies. He also explains how the federal government is implementing Zero Trust across all agencies, how AI is affecting cybersecurity and the cyber threat landscape, and gives some great book recommendations related to sci-fi and cybersecurity.
Intel
https://www.intel.com/
Intel Government Cybersecurity
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/government/cybersecurity.html
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