Zero Hour Podcast

Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. We are joined by Sandro Bucchianeri. Sandro is an award-winning, globally experienced Security Executive with over two decades of cybersecurity experience, with the last 12 years at the executive level (CISO and CSO). Sandro is currently the Group CSO at Absa Group Absa Group is an African financial services company with a global perspective. They have forged a new way of getting things done, driven by bravery and passion, with the readiness to realise the possibilities on our continent and beyond. You can find Sandro at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandrobucchianeri/?originalSubdomain=za Absa Group Website: http://www.absa.africa Follow us:
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Now normally the show is hosted by Karla or Karl Sharman but this time we flipped it on its head and now Daniel Woods is hosting and interviewing Karl, which is strange. But Daniel provides a lot of research into the cyber insurance markets so we thought we would discuss the cyber insurance and primarily the Incident response eco-system in more depth. So let’s see how this goes and everyone interested in this space should certainly check out Daniel’s research. Daniel will be hosting a focus group to solicit feedback on the interview findings on February 10th (12:00 EST/17:00 GMT) at: https://www.twitch.tv/cyber_insurance If you have questions, he can be reached at daniel.woods@uibk.ac.at You can find Daniel at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-woods-82555199/ This podcast is sponsored by:
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David Edwards joins Karla Reffold to discuss how Coventry Building Society have addressed their cyber maturity, staffing and diversity and inclusion. This discussion really focuses on leadership and how David is driving a transformation for security but also for a culture. Key Minutes 3:55 - Working with the board on security transformation 10:10 - How to identify the gaps? 14:25 - Getting sponsorship for increased engagement 32:35 - Diversity and inclusion to support engagement 37:08 - Evil Alexa 45:30 - Ten Quick Fire Questions You can find David at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidedwardssec/ Website: https://www.coventrycareers.co.uk/ Follow us:
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We are joined by Jim Phillipoff, who is the Head of Global Business Development for Entertainment and Media at Irdeto, in his fourth year with the company. He is responsible for developing new projects and initiatives, most recently launching the Trusted Home project. Jim has extensive experience in the service provider industry having served as the founder and CEO of Xtra TV, a Ukrainian DTH company. He also founded several MMDS operators and an ISP in the region, managing several hundred staff and large deployments of capital. Irdeto protects platforms and applications for video entertainment, video games, connected transport, connected health and IoT connected industries. Key Minutes 2:10 Hearing about cybersecurity 3:35 Who are Irdeto? 09:20 Security at home 15:25 Securing IoT 19:43 Parental controls within security 26:20 Security for connected vehicles 31:10 Ten Quick Fire Questions You can find Jim at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-phillipoff-a460b8137/ Website: http://www.irdeto.com Follow us:
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Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. We are joined by Ran Pugach. Ran is the Chief Product and Development Officer at Ava Security. Ava is a global technology company with offices in the UK, Norway, and the USA. They believe that they can create a better, smarter way to deliver security. They inject intelligence into their approach to security and all their solutions. They help organizations see, understand, and act on their surroundings to protect their people, business, and reputation in real-time. Key Minutes: 02:30 - Starting on the commercial side 04:20 - How do you stand out through sales 05:55 - What is Ava Security? 11:50 - Insider threat 15:40 - Increasing awareness across the business 21:10 - Internal vs External threats 24:30 - Protecting the IoT Threat 25:20 - Next for Ava Security 31:05 - Ten Quick Fire Questions You can find Ran at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ran-p-046561/ Website: https://www.ava.uk/ Follow us:
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We are joined by Brendan Kotze who is the CEO of CyberLumeneer. Cyberlumeneer was established to solve challenges faced daily by security operations and management teams through designing world class solutions that provide near-real-time visibility, board ready reporting, digital foot printing and continuous security control monitoring. Key Minutes: 1:30 - Industry Educations and Certifications 05:22 - The new product for Core Security 11:50 - Latest trends in the security space 15:20 - Translating for board level 17:50 - The difference between compliance and security 19:30 - Launching a product during 2020 23:00 - Getting customer feedback 26:00 - What will change in 2021? 27:00 - What does the next five years look like? 30:00 - If it’s smart its vulnerable 34:00 - Ten Quick Fire Questions You can find Brendan at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendankotze/ Website: https://www.cyberlumeneer.com Follow us:
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We are joined by Michael McGuiness who is a Senior Cybersecurity Specialist at the Co-Operative Bank. The former Chemistry graduate from Durham University has recently celebrated five years at the Co-Operative Bank. Michael was also recently nominated as the Cyber Security Awards newcomer of the year for 2020. Key Minutes: 2:26 - Hearing of Cybersecurity 05:02 - Finding first job in cybersecurity 08:10 - The skills gap 09:22 - Graduate Scheme 11:22 - Launching Cyber Awareness week 18:22 - Career mapping 20:22 - Getting mentors 22:42 - Certifications 24:50 - Getting into cybersecurity 25:47 - Ten Quick Fire Questions You can find Michael at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-mcguinness-6406041a1/ Follow us:
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Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. We are joined by Greg Van Der Gaast. Starting as one of the most notorious hackers of the 1990's having been involved in the largest mass hack of the time and setting off an international incident after hacking into a nuclear weapons facility, Greg has over two decades of technical, management, and leadership experience in Information Security. A frequent speaker about bringing visibility, care, and accountability to the Information Security industry and breaking out of today's reactive status quo, he is an expert in building efficient and effective InfoSec organisations by enabling leadership, addressing root causes, and harnessing human potential. Key Minutes: 09:30 - How do security leaders do better? 15:40 - Understanding the board 21:10 - How to meet the job description? 33:43 - The vendor landscape 44:10 - Ten Quick Fire Questions You can find Greg at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregvandergaast/ Re-Thinking InfoSec: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B084KJSH92/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0 Follow us:
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We are joined by Lior Arbel, who is Performanta Group’s General Manager for Europe & North America and Chief Strategy and innovation Officer. A focused and driven security executive with nearly 20 years of IT security industry experience, Lior joined Performanta in 2013 as CTO in the UK, before becoming GM in 2015. Lior started at IBM where his passion for information technology grew. Previous roles included moving to a start-up, PortAuthority Technologies, offering a data leak prevention solution. PortAuthority Technologies  was acquired by Websense (now Forcepoint) where Lior continued to work for the next 8 years, ultimately overseeing the company’s strategic Data Security Solutions department as Senior Director. Key Minutes: 03:30 - The 12 year Education 07:55 - Journey into Cybersecurity 14:32 - The Purple Tribe culture 20:17 - Challenges of Covid-19 24:40 - The next 18 months in cybersecurity 27:00 - Standing out in the cybersecurity industry 32:00 - Innovating internally 35:25 - The Cybersecurity Awards 27:45 - Ten Quick Fire Questions You can find Lior at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liorarbel/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/performanta/ Website: http://www.performanta.com Follow us:
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We are joined by Erkang Zheng, Founder of JupiterOne, who is a leader in cybersecurity with 15 years of experience in all domains from identity and access, penetration testing and incident response to data, application and cloud security. Zheng holds several patents and is passionate about combining innovation and execution to deliver practical solutions that address cybersecurity challenges at their root cause. He was previously the head of software security architecture and assurance practice for Fidelity that serviced over 12 million customer accounts. He also led a team of engineers building customer protection solutions as well as patent-pending security R&D. Before Fidelity, Zheng held global leadership roles at IBM Security and at a number of tech startups. Key Minutes 02:25 - First time meeting cybersecurity 03:18 - Founding Jupiter One 08:57 - Improving the audit process 11:15 - DevOps implemented into security 14:35 - Identifying the people to build the products 16:32 - Focusing on your long-term career 18:30 - The big news 22:30 - Moving on up 24:57 - Funding through a VC 28:45 - Standing out in a crowded market 31:12 - What is next? 36:43 - Keeping up to date with trends 38:00 - Ten quick fire questions You can find Erkang at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin/com/in/erkang Twitter: https://twitter.com/erkang Website: https://jupiterone.com/ Follow us:
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Dr. Darren Williams is the founder and CEO of BlackFog. In the wake of increasing privacy concerns across the world he founded BlackFog to combat the growing number of applications and online sites that breach your privacy rights. With more than 20% of online activity associated with data profiling it was clear that something had to be done to curb this growing threat. Unlike companies that focus on malware and viruses this new category focuses specifically on data loss prevention, ransomware and malvertising. Key Minutes 05:26 - The first time hearing Cybersecurity 06:30 - Blackfog 15:50 - Is data usage a choice for consumers? 18:00 - What effects has GDPR had? 20:25 - Delivering in a noisy market 25:50 - Changes in the landscape with remote working 27:00 - Trusted networking 31:20 - The start-up lessons 42:30 - Ten Quick Fire Questions You can find Paul at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrenwwilliams/ Website: https://www.blackfog.com/ Follow us: 
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Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. We are joined by Paul Innella the CEO of TDI in Washington DC. Since 2001, TDI has grown into a world-class consulting firm offering cybersecurity services to government agencies and commercial clients around the world. Paul is a recognised cybersecurity expert who has published articles, delivered seminars and lectures and conducted interviews to a worldwide audience. Finally, Paul chairs the charitable White Hat USA organisation which has raised over $2 million through the cybersecurity community to help children at the Children’s National Hospital. Key Minutes 09:19 - Starting a business 13:27 - Starting young 16:49 - 20 years on 21:44 - Standing out in a crowded market 24:29 - Increased spending in cyber 28:20 - The changing shift at board level 31:00 - The changing landscape 26:15 - The diversity perspective 37:05 - WhiteHat 43:40 - Ten Quick Fire Questions You can find Paul at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-innella-b829a9/ Website: http://www.tdisecurity.com Follow us: Twitter: @zero_hourpod Instagram: @zerohourexperience This podcast is sponsored by:
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Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. We are joined by Fausto Lendeborg who is the CEO and Co-Founder of Secberus. Secberus is a cloud security posture management and compliance reporting platform which allows enterprises to embed security and compliance into the CI/CD pipeline to automate the auditing of cloud infrastructure. -32 Key Minutes 02:13 - The first time hearing about cybersecurity 07:08 - What’s Secberus? 15:45 - Accelerators 16:21 - Seed funding 17:35 - Hiring the first people in the company 18:20 - The differences in start-ups 19:58 - Standing out in a crowded market 24:13 - Moving to the cloud 26:03 - Getting the attention of a CISO 28:37 - How is the pandemic hitting your business? 31:36 - The importance of treating people well 37:48 - How do you keep developing? 49:28 - Ten Quick Fire Questions You can find Fausto at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/faustolendeborg/ Website: http://www.secberus.com Follow us:
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Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. We are joined by Dom Vogal. Dominic has an established track record as a business security leader, serving in critical roles on numerous projects including security strategy development and endpoint security management in various industries (financial services, government, telecommunications and critical infrastructure). Vogel is a skilled communicator having been the keynote speaker for a number of major conferences and events. As Chief Strategist at Cyber.SC, Vogel focuses much of his energy on helping startups and small/midsize businesses with their cybersecurity challenges. His company also specializes is performing on-demand cybersecurity services for understaffed and overburdened larger enterprises. Key Minutes 03:40 - First hearing cybersecurity 06:28 - Getting your first job in cybersecurity 08:50 - Entry level jobs in cybersecurity 11:03 - How have companies got hiring wrong? 15:52 - Why are CISOs leaving the industry? 21:30 - Being a virtual CISO 32:35 - Always be learning 34:30 - Being value led 36:50 - The latest threats 41:40 - Educating people on risk 45:20 - Ten Quick Fire Questions You can find Kevin at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/domvogel/?originalSubdomain=ca Twitter: https://twitter.com/domvogel Website: https://www.cyber.sc/ Follow us:
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Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. We are joined by Kevin Senator who is the CEO of Bayshore Networks the company that is solving industrial and IT network security. Kevin is a veteran software sales executive with this being his 7th start-up. Before this, he spent 9 years as a VP of worldwide sales at Counterpane, a managed security monitoring service provides who successfully got acquired by BT. Key Minutes 5:20 Learn from the start-up experience 13:55 The new normal 19:40 Bayshore Networks explained 32:30 Understanding cybersecurity 35:45 OT Security 45:00 Ten quick fire questions You can find Kevin at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-senator-46bb821/ Website: http://www.bayshorenetworks.com Follow us:
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Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. We are joined by Adam Nygate, Founder of 418Sec. Adam has taken the opportunity to work and live across Europe, Southeast Asia and Australia, before returning to the UK to work in security within the government. After working at BJSS, he opted to start 418Sec with the help of CyLon, the London cybersecurity accelerator. 418Sec was designed to help secure the world’s open source code. Key Minutes 05:00 - The idea of a start-up 09:00 - Starting a business on my own 10:30 - Using a accelerator 13:00 - Raising pre-seed investment 15:00 - Selling a product as a start-up 20:00 - Risk from source code 24:55 - How do you standout in a crowded market? 29:05 - How has the industry changed? 39:18 - Getting into the industry 42:20 - Ten Quick Fire Questions You can find Adam at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-nygate/?originalSubdomain=uk Twitter: https://twitter.com/adam_nygate?lang=en Website: http://www.418sec.com/ Follow us:
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Dr. Neil Costigan brings over 25 years of effective entrepreneurial and technical leadership in venture-backed startups and global technology corporations throughout the EU and US. Before BehavioSec, he built his career in software development, executive leadership, and entrepreneurship. The company’s Behavioral Biometrics platform is widely deployed across Global 2000 companies for its proven ability to dramatically reduce account fraud and data theft. Founded in 2008 out of groundbreaking academic research, BehavioSec technology allows companies to continuously verify digital identities with superior precision in real-time. Key Minutes 4:05 - How was BehavioSec started? 6:30 - What do you do? 12:30 - Raising capital 26:00 - Covid-19 decision making 30:28 - Predictions in cybersecurity 35:40 - Reaching the CISO as a cyber vendor 37:15 - What's next for BehavioSec? 39:00 - Ten Quick Fire Questions You can find Neil at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilcostigan/ Website: https://www.behaviosec.com Follow us:
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Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. We are joined by Brian Haugli, Co-Founder of SideChannel and #CISOlife. Brian is viewed as a "full stack CISO", an executive security leader and mentor focused on building high-performance security teams, deploying effective operating models, and delivering risk management capabilities for global, domestic, and local enterprises. Key Minutes: 4:17 - SideChannel 06:50 - Next steps for a CISO 09:32 - Expanding the company 16:38 - Selling to a CISO 26:50 - Transformation following Covid-19 34:40 - Third Party Risk 40:00 - How do you keep learning? 42:10 - Ten Quick Fire Questions You can find Brian at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianhaugli/ Website: https://www.sidechannel.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtDlpJo3O8Z08mF_KoIkxWQ Follow us:
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Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. Today, we are joined by Anthony Johnson. Anthony has served as the Global CISO and Managing Director for multiple Fortune 100 companies, where he led some of the largest, most complex cybersecurity programs in the world. In addition to advising emerging and startup companies, Anthony is currently a Managing Partner at Delve Risk, where he leads a practice focused on driving technology and risk management transformation. Key Minutes: 3:55 - Diversity 6:40 - Delve Risk 13:55 - Supporting the security vendors 16:40 - Buying patterns following Covid-19 18:50 - The reporting lines for a CISO 21:22 - C-suite recognising the value of cybersecurity 23:12 - Are we prepared for risk? 26:20 - Changes following Covid-19 29:43 - Entrepreneurship for CISOs 32:35 - Limiting burnout 36:35 - Lessons from a start-up 42:55 - Biggest tips for anyone entering the security space 44:00 - Ten Quick Fire Questions You can find Anthony at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-johnson-delverisk/ Website: http://www.delverisk.com Follow us:
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Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. Today, we are joined by Nithin Thomas. He founded SQR Systems in 2010 with a platform to secure communication backbone that enables secure and compliant communications on apps and IoT sensors. He has established multiple R&D and commercial programmes and partnerships with the Ministry of Defence (UK), the US Department of Defense we well as intelligence and government agencies within the Five Eyes Community. Key Minutes 3:10 - Education 4:45 - Hearing cybersecurity for the first time 7:59 - The evolving of his company 10:08 - Standing out in a product heavy market 11:26 - Solving CISO’s pain 14:51 - Future risks 18:24 - Investing in a threat that doesn’t exist 21:49 - AI and Machine Learning in cybersecurity 22:54 - IoT and security 28:33 - Growing a start-up during the recession 31:48 - Learning to grow a business 35:30 - Keep learning You can find Nithin at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nithinthomas/ Website: https://www.SQRSystems.com Follow us:
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