Secure Talk Podcast

Dr. Danny Rittman, CTO at GBT Technologies, is an R&D technology expert with who has years of experience researching and developing new forms of cybersecurity. In this episode we discuss some critical flaws with traditional firewalls, intrusion & detection systems (IDS), and encryption methods, and introduce some best practices for protecting networks and IoT devices. GBT Technologies https://gbtti.com/

Grayson Milbourne is the Security Intelligence Director for OpenText Security Solutions. In this episode Grayson talks about the current threat landscape for small-medium businesses (SMBs) and individuals and shares some insights from the OpenText Security Solutions 2022 Global SMB Ransomeware Survey. Grayson also explains how he monitors the threat landscape in order to ensure the efficacy of OpenText Security Solutions' products.

Raveed Laeb, VP Product at KELA explains how he monitors and tracks trends with cyber criminals so that he can ensure that KELA's cyber threat intelligence capabilities evolve in a manner that enables it to provide maximum protection to its customers. Raveed also talks about cyber crime as a service on the dark web and vulnerability detection. https://ke-la.com/

Jack Naglieri is the CEO and Founder of. Panther Labs. Before starting Panther, Jack was a security engineer at Yahoo and Airbnb, where he learned first-hand how inefficient legacy SIEM platforms are at high-scale detection and response. He built Airbnb’s open-source platform called StreamAlert to solve this problem before leaving to start Panther. In this episode Jack explains the issues of legacy SIEMs, the benefits of serverless architecture, and talks about leading Panther and the evolution of Panther's platform. https://panther.com/

Javvad Malik is the Lead Security Awareness Advocate at KnowBe4, a provider of security awareness training. Javvad talks about how to select a cyber security and security training partner and shares some best practices to deploying effective training programs. KnowBe4 www.knowbe4.com/

Stephen Semmelroth is the Sr. Director of Security at Avant Communications. He's a graduate of West Point, and a former U.S. Army infantry officer who served in Afghanistan. Stephen also has experience leading cyber teams in the U.S. Army. After retiring from the Army Stephen founded and then sold a cyber recruiting company. He has led multiple cybersecurity practices and continues to lead clients through disaster and change at Avant Communications. In this episode of the Secure Talk Podcast, Stephen talks about cybersecurity in the military, how he transitioned from a platoon leader to a cyber security leader, and provides some great advice for members of the U.S. military that would like pursue a career in cybersecurity after separating from the military. Avant Communications https://goavant.net/ Hiring Our Heroes https://www.hiringourheroes.org/ DOD Skillbridge https://skillbridge.osd.mil/

As Sumo Logic’s Chief Security Officer, George Gerchow brings over 20 years of information technology and systems management expertise to the application of IT processes and disciplines. His background includes the security, compliance, and cloud computing disciplines and years of practical experience in building agile security and compliance teams, and modern day Security Operation Centers. In this episode of Secure Talk, George talks about the importance of physical security, strategies for securing hybrid IT operations, trends with DevSecOps, best practices for identifying security talent, how security certifications can be used as a sales asset, SIEMs, logs, and more. www.sumologic.com

Justin Beals is the CEO and Co-Founder of Strike Graph, a platform that helps companies achieve security certifications that can be used as sales assets. Strike Graph’s flexible platform helps customers create a scalable security and compliance program that builds trust at every stage of growth and helps organizations to become certified quickly and easily with SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and PCI DSS compliance. https://www.strikegraph.com/

Huxley Barbee is the Security Evangelist at runZero. Huxley explains the importance of running a comprehensive network asset inventory and compares various methods for doing so. He also provides some great tips for new CISOs and for home cyber protection. https://www.runzero.com/

Collin O'Brien is the Marketing Manager at Rubic, a leading cross-chain swap service that allows users to swap assets between major blockchains in one click and with low gas fees. Collin talks about whether a single chain or a multi-cross-chain crypto technology will dominate in the future, and the current state of affairs with blockchains and crypto. https://rubic.exchange/