Cocktails, Culture, and Conversations

Maine and David examine the state of black relationships and love. Fresh off the heels of the relationship scandal that highlighted the partnership between Actress Nia Long and Ime Udoka of the Boston Celtics coaching staff, Maine poses the question to David, “What does it take to build a successful relationship in the black community?”

This week on the C3 Interview series, we have newly minted Principal Marvin Smith stopping by to talk be an educator and administrator. The challenges and opportunities he sees in the education system for black children and what teaching means to him.

Welcome to the Cocktails, Culture, and Conversations Podcast! On this episode of The C3 Podcast, David, Laurel, and Maine dig into the feasibility of African American descendants of slaves FINALLY getting reparations from the government.

Welcome to the Cocktails, Culture, and Conversations Podcast! On this episode of The C3 Podcast, Maine, Laurel, and David explore the legacy of the Jim Crow era practices imposed by the state governments throughout the country. Are we STILL suffering from the impacts of these practices that were put in place in the 1860s? How has society adjusted since the implementation of the Civil Right’s Act of the 1960s?

Welcome to the Cocktails, Culture, and Conversations Podcast! On this episode of The C3 Podcast, Maine, David, and Laurel tackle the sexualization of media in pop culture and discuss how it has affected the development of young black children. Are black kids exposed to sexual images too early in their formative development?

On this episode of The C3 Podcast, Laurel, David, and Maine reckon with the legacy of white supremacy imbedded in the U.S Constitution and how it has affected the Black community from its inception

This week on the C3 podcast special guests: Shameka Ottman and Darryl Foster swing by the pod to talk about a couple of things. One their company Nexus Federal. They give the behind the scenes story of how it came together, and what they want to accomplish going forward. We also get into the significance of HBCU's and the impact it's had on their lives and careers. And of course, we wrap up with the Last Sip and talk about legacy.

This episode I continue the Implementer Series with a conversation with Alisha Scott as we talk about her career in Identity and Access Management.

This episode I sit down with Darran Rolls and discuss the state of identity, our first encounter, and the glorious invention that was SPML. We also talk about diversity and inclusion, and Darran gives some perspective from an executive level.

This episode continues the implementer series as I sit down with Brad Tumy to talk about what makes a good IAM implementer, all while sipping bourbon. That's right folks, the cocktails are back!

This episode kicks off the Implementer Series. Over the next couple of weeks, I sit down with different folks from in the identity industry and ask them what they think it takes to be a good IAM implementer, and also what it takes to have a successful IAM implementation. The series kicks off with a good friend of mine Mr. Jom John.   Meet Jom I've been in the Identity & Access Management Industry now for 15+ years.  A great deal has changed over the years but one constant that I've seen is the underestimation of what it takes to precisely deliver a robust IAM Program.  Make no mistake, it is a Program that requires dedicated resources from Human Resources, Platform Owners, Stakeholders, Subject Matter Experts, Security, and Compliance.   I started my career as a System Administrator performing the day to day grunt work of maintaining a Global IAM deployment with 250,000+ identities in over 73 countries. Since then I've worked with a variety of products in our industry (SailPoint, Oracle, Courion, IBM, RSA, Legacy Sun, NetIQ, Ping, CyberArk, etc...).  My responsibilities varied from architecture, design, coding, testing, and deploying these solutions.  By getting my hands dirty, I've been able to understand how these products resolve business challenges effectively.

The power of community. This episode I sit down with Mr. Davin Jackson and we talk about what it's like being Black in the Cybersecurity field, burnout, and the "hacker" mentality.    Meet Davin Davin Jackson is a Father, Husband and United States Air Force Veteran. Professionally, he is an Application Security Architect, Penetration Tester, and Contributor at Alpha Cyber Security. Davin has over fourteen years of overall IT and Cyber Security experience working in government, banking, education, medical and fintech doing penetration tests, vulnerability assessments and consulting helping companies improve their security. He currently holds several certifications including his CISSP. However, he still considers himself to be a "noob" as a part of his plan to never stop learning.  Davin's goal is to share his experience and mentor people looking to start or further their cybersecurity and tech careers. He also wants to help families secure their homes and devices as well as teach the youth about the dangers of the internet.

This episode I sit down with Michelle A. Tucker, VP Cybersecurity - Identity Governance for Huntington Bank. We talk about the hilarious story of how we met, the challenges of managing an identity governance program, and her take on diversity and inclusion within the tech field.

Conversation with Jonathan Edwards from SecureITSource about how organizations can look to monetize their Identity and Access Management deployments. Historically the identity industry has taken the "insurance" route when it comes to selling and maintaining identity solutions. Jonathan and I discuss ways in which we can start to think about identity differently, and how it can become a revenue generator for your business. This episode was sponsored by SecureITSource. If you're looking for a company that delivers IAM solutions and only IAM solutions, look no further than SecureITSource.

Reunited and it feels so goooood! Special guest this episode is none other than the ever so talented Mike Kiser. I had the absolute pleasure of working with Mike on our previous podcast, and we catch up to talk about life, quarantine, and all the things: About Mike Kiser: Mike Kiser is insecure. He has been this way since birth, despite holding a panoply of industry positions over the past 20 years—from Security Strategist to Security Analyst to Security Architect—that might imply otherwise. In spite of this, he has designed, directed, and advised on large-scale security deployments for a global clientele. He is currently in a long-term relationship with fine haberdashery, is a chronic chronoptimist (look it up), and delights in needlessly convoluted verbiage. He has been a speaker on topics ranging from identity governance to security analytics, network security, and various related privacy issues, and is the co-host of a podcast illuminating all things identity. Most recently, he was presenting current research at Black Hat and DEF CON. He warmly embraces the notion that security is more of a state of mind than a destination. Identiverse 2020: 7:33 Internet and Data Usage: 14:30 The Color Blue and its history: 21:00 Zero Trust: 28:54

A live conversation about the issues of diversity and inclusion in the tech industry. This isn't a new problem, yet we haven't made much progress. I take a brief look at the history of diversity and inclusion in the workspace. Some good reference material is linked in the show notes https://hbr.org/1990/03/from-affirmative-action-to-affirming-diversity https://www.fastcompany.com/40579246/a-brief-history-of-diversity-training https://www.wintersgroup.com/corporate-diversity-training-1964-to-present.pdf

Welcome to Season 2! We kick off this season with Ms. Quatyia Gatlin and dig into the topic of generational wealth, the home buying process, and facing adversity or making excuses. So grab your favorite cocktail, pull up a chair, and let's get to it! About Quatyia: As an advocate of excellent service throughout my overall career I have delivered over 15 years of customer service and sales experience in the corporate field. During those times I mentored and influenced my peers on relationship building through customer care and how to effectively increase their productivity. In 2014 I made the decision to become a licensed Realtor in the state of Florida. 2019 I began to actively practice real estate in North Carolina with Keller Williams. My focus as a Realtor is working with sellers and providing them with beneficial strategies to sell their homes. As well as educating and assisting first time home buyers with purchasing a home.     I have a belief system of generating positive results, finding solutions and executing a win win or no deal plan of action.

This episode I sit down with Tim and talk about everything from Customer Sucess, to a favorite destination, and of course, we relive the story of how Tim earned his moniker of "Silver Tongue"

A conversation with Larry Whiteside about empowering people minorities and women through his foundation International Consortium Of Minority Cybersecurity Professionals, the importance of soft skills and networking, and his time at Huston Tillotson University.

Live version of the C3 podcast where I discuss the murder of George Floyd, racism, and giving back to the community