

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 14, 2022 • 43min
New Approaches to Application Security with Jeff Williams Co-Founder of Contrast Security
Jeff Williams Co-Founder & CTO of Contrast Security talks about the latest developments in DevOps and application security including serverless technology, self-protecting security, and Function as a Service (FaaS)for security applications.

Feb 23, 2022 • 46min
Unlimited Decentralized Financial Markets with Eric Chen, CEO of Injective Labs
Eric Chen is the CEO and Co-founder of Injective Labs, a fintech company focused on creating revolutionary Web3 products. Eric’s passion for crypto and blockchain started with mining Ethereum and participating in cryptographic research in college while studying finance and computer science. After working at a major crypto hedge fund, he decided to drop out of college and founded Injective Labs together with Albert Chon (CTO). Injective Labs is the core contributor behind the decentralized exchange protocol Injective.
Injective is currently the fastest growing exchange platform reaching $1 Billion in trading volume within the first 30 days of release. For context, it took Coinbase a year to accomplish the same feat. Unlike Coinbase, Injective is entirely controlled by users meaning that all new markets are actually chosen by users. Injective collects zero revenue and uses any fee generated to be distributed back to their users via its unique decentralized token model.
https://injectiveprotocol.com/

Feb 17, 2022 • 48min
Crypto Mining Equipment with Mason Jappa, CEO of Blockware Solutions
Mason Jappa, CEO of Blockware Solutions talks about the various types of mining rigs, price and regulatory trends for crypto mining, and more.
https://www.blockwaresolutions.com/

Feb 15, 2022 • 33min
Open Source Device Management with Mike McNeil, CEO of Fleet DM
Mike McNeil, CEO & Co-Founder of Fleet DM explains how open source endpoint security is beneficial, using osquery, and ways to improve an organization's security posture while measuring and reducing total cost of ownership (TCO).
https://fleetdm.com/

Feb 3, 2022 • 50min
DeFi, CeFi, Blockchain and more with Yubo Ruan, Founder of Parallel Finance
Yubo Ruan is the Founder of Parallel Finance, a new decentralized lending and staking protocol that just recently passed Binance to be the largest third-party program on Polkadot.
The company has a current market share of 20.95% and is backed by top-tier investors including Polychain Capital, Pantera Capital, Lightspeed Ventures and Breyer Capital.
Yubo learned about crypto in early 2014, and by June of that year he launched his first company while still in high school. Five years later, Yubo sold the company for over $4M, and by that point had started two VC funds focusing on disruptive technologies, and blockchain and crypto.
https://parallel.fi/

Jan 28, 2022 • 37min
Security Automation with Eoin Hinchy, CEO of Tines
Eoin Hinchy, CEO of Tines, explains how no-code security automation can free security analysts from many mundane day-to-day tasks and allow them to be more productive and to focus more on high-value strategic work.
https://www.tines.com/

Jan 25, 2022 • 32min
Frances Zelazny, Co-Founder & CEO of Anonybit
Frances Zelazny, Co-Founder & CEO of Anonybit explains the importance of privacy by design and how personal data and privacy can be protected by using a decentralized biometrics infrastructure.
https://anonybit.io/

Jan 21, 2022 • 48min
Storage, Backup, and Recovery, with W. Curtis Preston of Druva
W. Curtis Preston has specialized in storage, backup, and recovery since 1993. He is an experienced expert witness and consultant who has written four books on the topic of storage back and recovery. Curtis is currently the Chief Technology Evangelist at Druva. On this episode Curtis talks about the benefits of using a SaaS-based solution for storage, backup, and recovery.
Curtis also hosts the Restore it All podcast and maintains the Backup Central website.
Restore it All
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backup-centrals-restore-it-all/id1469663053
Backup Central
https://www.backupcentral.com/
Druva
https://www.druva.com/

Jan 4, 2022 • 45min
How to Secure Your Mobile Service with Haseeb Awan, CEO of Efani
Haseeb Awan, CEO of Efani explains how a secure cell phone service can prevent SIM swaps, eavesdropping, and location tracking, and explains how a home-based cell tower can be more secure and reduce cell phone costs. Haseeb also talks about Bitcoin ATMs and crypto wallets.
https://www.efani.com/

Dec 15, 2021 • 41min
Chris Kline, COO & Co-Founder of Bitcoin IRA
Chris Kline, COO & Co-Founder of Bitcoin IRA explains the merits of being able to hold Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in an individual retirement account (IRA). He also explains how Bitcoin IRA secures customer data and complies with various banking regulations related to security and data protection.


