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In this episode, Aparna Kadari speaks with Diane Tran about her role in the Data Protection Space. Diane shares the challenges organizations face to protect data in this Global age, the support system she has had in her family and how she continues to be a trailblazer supporting women in the Information Security space. She encourages women to hone their craft and create work life harmony in all areas of their lives. Please enjoy. HOST:Aparna Kadari is an Information Security Director for Operations, Endpoint Security, and Cloud Protection Engineering teams at Fannie Mae.  She has an MBA with a double major in Pharmaceutical and Chemical Management from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and a minor in International Business from Wroxton College, Oxfordshire, UK. She is an avid Cyber Security speaker and an active blogger. She also writes poetry and has four anthologies published to her credit. She continues to be a mentor at the Girls in Technology (GIT) and Women in Technology (WIT); served as Vice-Chair for the WIT Mentor - Protege program, and as the ATA Convention Women's Forum Chair. She has been involved with community give-back organizations like ASCEND ( a Pan-Asian Leadership group), Executive Women's Forum, developed online awareness campaigns such as STOP Elder Abuse (SEA), continues to advocate for equity for women in STEM and meritocracy in our education system.SPEAKER:Diane Tran is an innovative leader with a unique background consisting of cross-disciplinary skills and experience in Data Protection and Privacy, Information Security and Information Technology. As a leader, she strives for continuous improvement while leading high-performance teams in diverse and dynamic environments. She currently leads the Data Protection program with a big focus on Data Loss Prevention. The program’s objective is to ensure data is well protected while supporting regulatory mandates and business priorities. It includes the development and implementation of enterprise-wide data management policies, control & governance frameworks, and technical capabilities.Support the show

In this episode, Rachel sits down with Sai and they speak about Sai's journey from being a technologist, to challenging herself in various roles and responsibilities in Governance Risk and Compliance and later moving to the C-suite. Sai shares her insights with others about career development, and how to be an advocate and mentor to others.HOST:Luyao (Rachel) Chen is a Senior Manager with Schellman & Company based in Austin, TX, specializing in managing and conducting examinations and compliance engagements including SOC 1, SOC 2 SOC 3, HIPPA, and ISO 27001.  Luyao has worked with organizations ranging from start‐ups to fortune 500 companies across various industries including technology, energy, cloud services, communications, healthcare, legal and financial services. GUEST SPEAKER:Sailakshmi Santhanakrishnan ( Sai) is Professional Services – Senior Security Assurance & Advisor for AWS.  She is collaborative, result driven cloud risk, compliance and security executive who has enabled Fortune 100 & 500 organizations to successfully deliver highly visible and significant regulatory, compliance and technology initiatives.As a trusted advisor, her core strengths are in partnering with the C-suite and business segments to enable their cloud adoption journey to build resilient and regulatory-compliant organizations in the Cloud. Sai enjoys global travel and learning about cultural variances. Sai is involved in her community as a NextGen advisor, volunteer, and mentor and as a guest faculty University of Texas, Dallas.  Support the show

In this episode, Preeti conducts an engaging interview with Ashwini Rao, the co-founder and CEO of Eydle. Throughout their conversation, Ashwini talks about her career in cybersecurity, as well as the impact of her findings within the field. We hope that you will enjoy it and thank you so much for listening!Guest - Ashwini RaoAshwini Rao, PhD is a cybersecurity expert, and Cofounder and CEO of Eydle, a startup that protects people and brands from impersonation scams on social media. Previously, she was the CISO at Spring Labs. She has also worked at companies such as Qualcomm and Appian. Her research has been recognized by the Federal Trade Commission, has been used to support a seminal privacy-related case in the US Supreme Court, and has been cited in the Big Data and Privacy report by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Her research has been covered by the popular press including NPR, Scientific American and New Scientist.Host - Preeti RavindraPreeti solves security problems with data and math with industry experience working at the intersection of security and AI. She has experience developing and operationalizing machine learning key differentiator solutions to solve cybersecurity problems in security operations, vulnerability management and endpoint protection. Her unique value proposition is working cross-functionally to help security teams succeed in adopting data science and machine learning to deliver business value. She gives back to the cybersecurity community by sharing her work at conferences and supporting women in cybersecurity through podcasting.  Preeti has a Master's degree in Information Networking with a Cybersecurity concentration from Carnegie Mellon University. She has held different roles such as Security Researcher, Applied Researcher, Machine Learning Engineer and Data Scientist. Currently, she is an Information Security Manager at BetterUp leading the security insights and automation team operating at the intersection of security and data science, helping all security teams understand, prioritize and action on their security gaps and risks in a data-driven way.Support the show

In this episode, Liz sat down with Linda to discuss her journey from being in academia to having a career in Law Enforcement and to her current role as a Senior Incident Response Analyst. Linda highlights the similarities between her time as a detective specializing in digital forensics and her current role within the private sector. She also shares advice for those who are considering a career within the Technology space whether they are fresh out of college or for those considering a career switch. Do enjoy!Guest: Linda Smith My name is Linda Smith and I like to break hacker’s hearts. I am also the Founder of Codify Zone a Tech-Education company where children learn programming, logical and critical thinking skills. I am an ex-cop with extensive experience in the field of Digital Forensics.Currently I am a Senior Incident Response Analyst with one of the best companies in the field of cyber security, Sophos. I am a mom of 2 beautiful children and a wife, in my spare time I run to support local and international charities.  I am a workout freak, and I can’t sit still. I love to travel, boxing and I absolutely could not live without caffeine.I love what I doI do what I loveI do what I do to protect business and humans.Host: Liz JaluagueLiz Jaluague is a Cyber Testing Associate at RSM Canada where she performs penetration tests for clients in a wide span of industries. Her previous work experience includes full-stack development, cloud automation, and security governance consulting at a Big Four firm. She earned a BSc in Biochemistry and a postgraduate certificate in Computer Security and Digital Forensics.Liz serves as a mentor in several organizations for people who are in their first cybersecurity role or looking to enter the field. She also co-leads the EWF's Podcast Action Team.Support the show

In this episode, Preeti sat down with Laura to discuss the challenges of moving into the cloud, interoperability between cloud platforms, security anti-patterns, and mentorship success stories. Laura also shares her go-to resources for anyone looking to enhance their skills in DevSecOps and cloud security.Resource list: https://attack.mitre.org/matrices/enterprise/cloud/https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/research/working-groups/top-threats/https://tldrsec.com/https://cloudseclist.com/https://acloudguru.com/https://madhuakula.com/ (great workshop guy, some resources on his site too)https://aws.amazon.com/certification/https://cloud.google.com/certificationhttps://www.lastweekinaws.com/https://meanwhileinsecurity.com/Guest:Laura Haller is currently a cloud-infrastructure-focused security engineer on Hashicorp’s Threat Detection and Response team. She is passionate about helping non-cloud-native companies make their journey to public cloud safe, optimized, and cost-effective, as well as deepening her understanding of pure cloud-native design.Like many others in the field of security, she had a non-traditional path. She pursued a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a specialization in Power and Energy Systems but decided to shift into the world of software engineering after falling in love with programming during her undergraduate research on microgrids.She shifted from software engineering to security engineering during her time at Capital One while gaining a deep understanding of cloud infrastructure and AWS best practices. She recently closed out her time at Charles Schwab as a cloud security engineer and cybersecurity research engineer with a focus on helping the firm take security-minded steps in their nascent cloud journey.Outside of work, she loves to hike at her local botanical gardens and see her mentees thrive.Connect with Laura on LinkedInHost:Preeti is a Senior Security Data Scientist at VMware Carbon Black. where she provides technical expertise to artificial intelligence projects for cybersecurity. She has experience in developing practical solutions using data science and machine learning for information technology programs as well as commercial security products. She has prior experience as an applied security researcher at IBM X-Force where her work has contributed to intellectual property and conference talks.During her spare time, she gives back to the community by creating podcast content to create awareness about emerging technologies in cybersecurity. She also engages in women in cybersecurity initiatives both within and outside of her organization. Preeti holds a Masters Degree in Information Networking with a concentration in Cybersecurity from Carnegie Mellon University.Connect with Preeti on LinkedInSupport the show

In this episode, Ashley chats with Inhel, a Senior Director of Information Security Engineering at BD, one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. With privacy in healthcare at the forefront of current events, our guests delve into the nuances of the medical device industry. Inhel also provides actionable advice about career transitions, navigating the workplace, and other lessons learned from her experiences in the field.Guest:Inhel Rekik is the Sr Director of Information Security Engineering at BD, a global medical technology company that is advancing the world of health by improving medical discovery, diagnostics and the delivery of care. She currently leads all information security engineering initiatives for Enterprise IT, BD products, manufacturing/OT and R&D. Before joining BD,  Inhel was the Director of Health Technology Security at MedStar Health where she founded the program of medical device security, IoMT and IoT security.Prior to moving into information security, Inhel held various roles of Healthcare Technology Management in HDOs. Inhel is CISM certified. Inhel pursued her education in Canada where she received her Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from Laval University and her Master’s degree in Biomedical engineering from Polytechnic School of Montreal. Inhel is an active member of HISAC Medical Device Security Information Sharing Advisory Committee, MDIC (Medical Device Innovation Consortium) and EWF (Executive Women Forum). Awards include Intelligent Health Association (IHA) Grand Award and (IHA) Improving Patient Care and Health Delivery Award.Host:Ashley Baich is a Cybersecurity Consulting Analyst at Accenture with experience in many disciplines of cybersecurity.  Her analytical background in marketing, communications, technology and business development inform her mindful but competitive approach.Ashley is fueled by her desire to bridge the communication between IT Professionals and Business Executives.  She considers herself a ‘forever student’, eager to continue to build her academic foundation to be innovative and forward thinking in the world of cybersecurity.  She is in the process of earning her MBA in information security and is an active participant in the EWF, currently as a co-lead for the Rising Leader Forum.  Support the show

In this episode, we’re bringing to you a discussion around critical national infrastructure with our host Kristen and her guests Chantel and Sandy. With OT technologies taking prime spot in news headlines with the recent ransomware attacks, our guests provide their insight on the different threat vectors that OT face with components of critical national infrastructure being exposed to the internet. Sandy and Chantel talk about how IT and OT can come together and how regulatory bodies are responding  to tackle the external adversaries that are exploiting the gaps in the dynamics of IT/OT and Cloud. Guests:Chantel HaswellChantel Haswell, PMP, is a Deloitte Advisory Manager within the Cyber Risk Services practice within the East Region.  Chantel has over 15 years of experience in the Energy industry, with a focus on the Power and Utilities sector.  In particular, Chantel has significant experience in regulatory reliability and compliance standards, including NERC Order 693 and Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP).  Broadly, her activities have included Project Management, Cyber Policy development, Cyber metrics reporting, Compliance Training development and implementation, and overall Compliance program support and internal controls implementation.  Most recently, Chantel supported a large Cloud Service Provider (CSP) by performing analysis of the implications of Power & Utility customers hosting NERC CIP assets on the cloud. Sandy BacikSandy Bacik, CISSP, ISSMP, CGEIT, CISA, CDPSE, PCI QSA, is CipherTechs’ Director Audit & Compliance, has over 20 years’ direct information security and operational experience in the areas of IT Audit and Compliance, BCP/DR, Incident Response, Physical security, Privacy, Regulatory Compliance and Audit, Policies/Procedures, Operations, and Management. With an additional 15 years in Information Technology Operations.  Ms. Bacik has been heavily involved with local, national, and international security industry events.  Ms. Bacik is the author of Building an Effective Security Policy Architecture and a contributing author to the past years of Information Security Management Handbook.Host:Kristen Wilbur, CPA, CISSP, CCSK, CISA, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, is a Director at Schellman & Company LLC, with over 10 years of experience in providing IT attestation and compliance services. Kristen has evaluated risk and controls for Global 1000, Fortune 500, and regional companies during the course of her career with a strong focus in the technology sector. Kristen currently leads the New York City practice at Schellman where she specializes in SOC 1, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and HIPAA reporting. In her portfolio she also oversees large scale engagements that include assessments around FedRAMP, HITRUST, and Privacy.Support the show

In this episode of the Next Exec podcast, Ashley sits down with Christa White, Vice President of Customer Success and Services at Protenus, a healthcare compliance analytics platform that empowers health systems to monitor patient privacy and drug diversion through artificial intelligence. Christa shares her journey to Customer Success, the importance of her role and a customer friendly view of the in depth analytics that build trust, uncover patient risk, and identity potential theft and misuse of controlled substances in healthcare organizations. Guest: Christa White is the VP, Customer Success and Services at Protenus. She has been a member of the Protenus team since October 2016. In her time at Protenus, she has grown the Customer Success division from a team of one to a team of six Customer Success Managers (CSMs) and six professional services consultants. Her role involves collaborating across the revenue, product, and technical operations teams to streamline and optimize the customer journey, and crafting meaningful customer relationship management initiatives. She is also the community manager for the Protenus PANDAS (People and Analytics) user group, which hosts quarterly webinars and an annual conference with over 250 compliance professionals at the top healthcare organizations across the country. Prior to Protenus, Christa gained experience in leadership, customer engagement, training, and support for software platforms. She spent eight years at Booz Allen Hamilton as a Senior Technologist. Her experience there ranged from managing a support/training team for thousands of global users to developing and delivering precision technical documentation for DoD clients. Christa holds an MBA from the combined University of Baltimore/Towson University program. She received her BS in Applied Mathematics with a minor in Economics from Loyola University Maryland.Host:Ashley McArthur-Dean is a Senior Consultant at Deloitte the Risk & Financial Advisory practice with a focus in Cyber Data Privacy. She has over ten years of experience in the healthcare industry including privacy monitoring, data governance and project execution. She has experience and knowledge in HIPAA Security and Privacy Rules, compliance, information security, data analytics, risk management and privacy regulations. She previously led the planning and execution of training, workflow, and operational readiness during mergers & acquisitions, supported enterprise-wide compliance and privacy initiatives including audit readiness, program maturity, and access / process controls. Ashley has provided services to clients in the commercial, healthcare, and life sciences industries.Ashley has the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, is OneTrust Certified, and has her Masters in Business Administration.Support the show

In this episode of NextExec, Brooke and Haylee discuss the SolarWinds supply chain attack that has captured many cybersecurity headlines this year. Our guests bring a much needed dose of hacker lingo and chatter to our podcast while they break down the technical details of the attack for our listeners and discuss how the cybersecurity industry needs to be prepared to address these attacks. Hosts:Haylee Mills used to work as an animator and became a security content engineer working in a financial technology company with a passion for risk-based behavioral alerting systems and cybersecurity education outreach. Brooke Miller is a data solution specialist who has worked in the cybersecurity field for five years. She works at a large insurance company in Columbus Ohio. Support the show

In this episode, Alicia chats with Divya, a privacy engineer at Google. Divya talks about the different manifestations of the role of a privacy engineer and how her work is an amalgamation of different disciplines such as philosophy, legal, policy, theory and systems. Hear about the technical considerations that are in scope as part of respecting the user’s choice in designing products and services. Guest:Divya Sharma is a Senior Privacy Engineer in the Search and Assistant Privacy Engineering team at Google. Previously, she has held roles as privacy engineering lead for Google AI Healthcare Research and for Google Assistant, as part of the Central Privacy and Security team. Her research interests lie at the intersection of privacy and security, explainability, applied machine learning and human‐computer interaction. Prior to Google, Divya was part of the Technology Associates Program at Thomson Reuters where she worked on the `Privacy by Design' initiative and as part of the Applied ML Research team. Divya completed her PhD at Carnegie Mellon University, specializing in data privacy and security.Host:Alicia Villalpando is a Sr. Data Privacy Analyst at Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE).  Alicia supports various privacy initiatives across the organization, including the implementation of a privacy management platform and localized data subject rights processes.  Prior to joining SPE, Alicia worked as a privacy associate for a large toy company where she worked on GDPR preparedness and privacy certification for IoT products.Support the show

In this episode, Jessica hosts former EWF Executive Director, Lynn Terwoerds. From ‘classics to cybersecurity’, Lynn walks us through her career journey and how it led to her current portfolio life. Lynn also explains her helpful guiding principles such as -Change is not only good, but it also mattersPay it forward – everyone has the ability to give backYou are the best investment you’ll ever makeLearn the difference between a dream and a planFind your peopleGuest: Lynn Terwoerds, Digital Resilience LLCFor more than 21 years, Lynn Terwoerds has been a technology thought leader and cybersecurity strategist for global companies – Microsoft, Barclays PLC, Oracle Global Healthcare, Executive Women's Forum. Her career journey spans from hands-on experience running global security incident response to top secret clearance working on critical infrastructure long term security strategy. Lynn’s background also includes leadership positions in multiple vertical markets ranging from technology to banking and healthcare. She’s supported the EWF since the beginning and serves on their advisory board. Today she is semi-retired, splitting her day between nonprofit and corporate advisory board service, and cybersecurity consulting through her business, Digital Resilience LLC. Host: Jessica Patterson, Mindful Business Mentor and Cybersecurity Professional, OptivJessica Valentine is a mindful business mentor and cybersecurity professional.Her breadth of experience in strategy, operations, program management, and client services allow her to apply a holistic approach to secure client’s digital transformation initiatives at Optiv, a security solutions integrator.Her notable achievements include creating the inaugural cybersecurity internship program for Dell, launching her own non-profit, Own I.T., for women in cybersecurity, and teaching yoga at the RSA conference and EWF National Conference in 2019. As an industry speaker and wellness entrepreneur, Jessica Valentine is passionate about empowering women to embody their vision and weave wellness with work. She is currently developing her own methodology to offer to individuals and organizations seeking fulfillment, engagement, and holistic professional development. She is an activist for diversity, equity, and inclusion and women’s initiatives and is inspired to pioneer a new path for the next generation of leaders in our field.Instagram @iamjessicavalentine | Website: www.jessicavalentinepatterson.comSupport the show

Jessica hosts our first guest from across the Atlantic, Dr. Sorcha Healy.  Sorcha talks about how she used her transferable data wrangling skills acquired as an academic in her current role as Principal Data Scientist. Her enthusiasm when talking about extracting value from data to help fight cybersecurity adversaries by scaling and operationalizing machine learning models is contagious! She offers tips on storytelling with data along with the skills she looks for in a data scientist working in cybersecurity. Guest:Sorcha Healy is a Principal Engineer and Senior Data Scientist with McAfee in the Office of the Chief Technology Officer.  She leads Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Analytics Projects for our internal classification and prioritization.   In 2018 she was involved with the Office of the CTO’s Insights and Analytics of global customer threat data shown at our Global Customer show MPOWER in Las Vegas and is heavily involved with developing public cloud analytics.    She has partnerships with Applied Maths in UCC on Anomaly Detection in computer networks and mentors interns from CIT and UCC .  Her research career started in the Physics Departments of UCC and the Tyndall Institute where she was involved in the modelling of semiconductor and photonic materials and  devices.  Thereafter she spent 4 years in the Revenue Commissioners as an analyst and a project manager before being recruited by McAfee to develop internal efficacy statistics in 2014.In her personal life, Sorcha has 2 rugby mad children and she coaches and manages her daughter’s Rugby teamHost:Jessica Valentine is a Client Advisor at Optiv and Mindful Business Mentor.Her breadth of experience in strategy, operations, program management, and client services allow her to apply a holistic approach to secure client’s digital transformation initiatives at Optiv, a security solutions integrator.Her notable achievements include creating the inaugural cybersecurity internship program for Dell, launching her own non-profit, Own I.T., for women in cybersecurity, and teaching yoga at the RSA conference and EWF National Conference in 2019.As an industry speaker and wellness entrepreneur, Jessica Valentine is passionate about empowering women to embody their vision and weave wellness with work. She is currently developing her own methodology to offer to individuals and organizations seeking fulfillment, engagement, and holistic professional development. She is an activist for diversity, equity, and inclusion and women’s initiatives and is inspired to pioneer a new path for the next generation of leaders in our field.Instagram @iamjessicavalentine | Website: www.jessicavalentinepatterson.comSupport the show

In this episode,  Preeti hosts Ploy Buraparate, a user experience and design researcher in cybersecurity. Ploy vividly paints a picture about how she delivers excellence in security tooling by researching and evangelizing insights from empathizing with the users of products and services. She also talks about skills needed to start an exciting career in user experience research (user experience). Ploy and Preeti have a conversation on the tradeoff between security, usability and privacy and how diverse viewpoints can make these tradeoffs frictionless. Guest:Ploy Buraparate is a user researcher, storyteller, and design thinking leader in Austin, Texas. Her work focuses on finding real, human insights and embedding them into practices that make impact and drive change. She works as a design research lead with IBM Security.Host:Preeti is a Senior Security Machine Learning Specialist at Charles Schwab Corporation where she provides technical expertise to artificial intelligence projects for cybersecurity. She has experience in developing practical solutions using data science and machine learning for information technology programs as well as commercial security products. She has prior experience as an applied security researcher at IBM X-Force where her work has contributed to intellectual property and conference talks.During her spare time, she gives back to the community by creating podcast content to create awareness about emerging technologies in cybersecurity. She also engages in women in cybersecurity initiatives both within and outside of her organization. Preeti holds a Masters Degree in Information Networking with a concentration in Cybersecurity from Carnegie Mellon University.Support the show

In this episode, Ashley sat down for a chat with Ariel about her career path, experience and transition to leadership.  Ashley and Ariel discuss topics such as career influence, time management, leading a team, and the impacts of the pandemic.Guest - Ariel Weintraub: Ariel Weintraub joined MassMutual in the fall of 2019 as the Head of Security Operations & Engineering, where she is responsible for the Global Security Operations Center, Security Engineering, Security Intelligence and Identity & Access Management. Prior to joining MassMutual, Ariel served as Senior Director of Data & Access Security within Cybersecurity Operations at TIAA where she led a three-year business transformation program to position IAM as a digital business enabler. Prior to TIAA, Ariel held the position of Global Head of Vulnerability Management at BNY Mellon and was part of the Threat & Vulnerability Management practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).Ariel holds a Masters of Science in Cybersecurity from New York University (NYU) Tandon School of Engineering and a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration from the University of Southern California (USC) Marshall School of Business. Ariel has a passion for empowering women, especially the next generation of female cybersecurity leaders and serves on the Board for the Executive Women’s Forum (EWF) and the ISACA One in Tech Foundation.Host - Ashley McArthur: Ashley McArthur is a Cyber Risk Senior Consultant within the Deloitte Risk & Financial Advisory practice with a focus on Data Privacy. Ashley has a wide array of experience from over 11 years in the healthcare industry with a background in privacy monitoring, data governance, compliance and privacy programs, to information security, data analytics, and risk management. She has experience with regulations such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). She has coordinated training, workflow and operational readiness during acquisitions, led and supported enterprise-wide compliance and privacy initiatives including audit readiness, program maturity and process controls. Ashley also analyzed large data sets to direct corporate strategy initiatives, implemented Artificial Intelligence (AI) software and process controls for data governance and data classification.Support the show (https://www.ewf-usa.com/)Support the show

In this episode, our guest Vidya Murthy talks about a wide range of topics such as critical problems to solve in the medical device security space and her vision for bringing regulation, business and technology together to solve such problems. She also has some sage advice for millennials on working in a startup and how pursuing an advanced degree in business propelled her to success. Guest - Vidya MurthyVidya is fascinated by the impact of cybersecurity on the healthcare space.  Beginning her career in consulting, she realized a passion for healthcare and worked for global medical device manufacturer Becton Dickinson. She has since joined MedCrypt, a company focused on bringing cybersecurity leading practices to medical device manufacturers as Vice President of Operations. Vidya holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business. Host - Preeti RavindraPreeti is a security data scientist leading a team of security analytics researchers at IBM providing technical expertise to artificial intelligence projects for security and contributing intellectual property to IBM's portfolio. She is passionate about formulating and developing practical applications incorporating data science and machine learning to enhance security products and solutions in a constantly evolving threat landscape. Preeti has prior experience as a software developer in Cisco and as a security researcher at IBM X-Force. During her spare time, she gives back to the community by creating podcast content to create awareness about emerging technologies in cybersecurity. She also engages in women in cybersecurity initiatives both within and outside of her organization. Preeti holds a Masters Degree in Information Networking with a concentration in Cybersecurity from Carnegie Mellon University.Support the show

In this episode, Melissa Ramirez (Prado), Third Party Risk Manager at Sony Pictures Entertainment sat down for a chat with Julie Glover, Founder and Principal of 6 Degrees Privacy Consulting, LLC, to discuss her career path, experience and what ultimately lead to her “Solo-Preneur”.  Melissa and Julie discuss topics such as corporate America verses being self-employed, how to market yourself, finding the balance between work and life, and some of the lessons learned with taking the leap as a Solo-Preneur. Guest - Julie Glover: Julie Glover started her consulting business in 2013, after several years working as a practicing attorney, technology company privacy manager and strategist, and in-house counsel. She focuses on designing privacy programs and compliance strategies that meet the needs of individual clients in the technology, retail, healthcare, non-profit and other corporate sectors.Host - Melissa Ramirez (Prado): Melissa Ramirez (Prado) is a Third Party Risk Manager at Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE). With over 10 years at SPE, she currently oversees the Third Party Risk Management program, which consists of working with multiple lines of business and third party suppliers.  Melissa has a BS in Information Technology with a concentration in Information Security Systems and is CISA-certified.Support the show

Washing hands and not touching your face isn’t the only hygiene advice we need to consider during covid-19. Working from home requires us to level up on cybersecurity hygiene! In this episode, Brooke and Jillian get together to talk about ways for both organizations and their employees to maintain security hygiene during covid-19 times. They discuss securely connecting to organizations, best practices to handle an increase in attack surface exposure, security of video conferencing and collaboration tools and offer some fantastic tips on securely working from home.Support the show

In this episode, Shamla Naidoo talks about her journey to Managing Partner at IBM. She talks about her approach to fearless decision making and being resilient in uncharted waters such as new teams, organizations and culture. She also provides tips to rising leaders on cultivating leadership habits such as adapting to change and embracing innovationGuest - Shamla Naidoo:Shamla is the Managing Partner of IBM Global Security Services and is one of the most influential security executives among Fortune 50 companies. Shamla has worked in Information Technology and Information Security over the last 35 years, in every role from programmer, network designer, engineer, functional director to global leader. She has earned the respect of industry peers by taking the time to understand their businesses inside and out - aligning her activities with strategic business objectives. Her training as a lawyer gives her a unique ability to align business objectives with the legal requirements specific to different industries. She has earned the affection of her team by acting as a catalyst for unprecedented change, helping previously-stagnant organizations achieve dynamic results, leading to growth opportunities for the business and for individual contributors.Shamla serves on advisory, not-for-profit and academic boards of various public and private institutions.She has been admitted to the Illinois State Bar and the DC Bar and teaches technology and privacy law at John Marshall Law School. Host - Preeti Ravindra :Preeti leads a team of security analytics researchers at IBM providing technical expertise to artificial intelligence projects for security and contributing intellectual property to IBM's portfolio. She is passionate about formulating and developing practical applications incorporating data science and machine learning to enhance security products and solutions in a constantly evolving threat landscape. Preeti has prior experience as a software developer in Cisco and as a security resea rcher at IBM X-Force. During her spare time, she gives back to the community by creating awareness about new technologies across universities and to the general public through her speaking engagements. She also engages in women in cybersecurity initiatives both within and outside of her organization. Preeti holds a Masters Degree in Information Networking with a concentration in Cybersecurity from Carnegie Mellon University.Support the show

In this episode, host Kristen Wilbur interviews Debbie Zaller, Principal at Schellman & Company LLC about the privacy landscape today.  They discuss the current challenges facing privacy professionals and companies.  You’ll get answers to some burning questions about  what is happening now with various privacy regulations and frameworks and what we might see in the near future.Guest: Debbie ZallerDebbie Zaller is a Principal at Schellman & Company, LLC. Debbie leads the SOC 2, SOC 3 and Privacy service lines and is also an AICPA-approved and nationally listed SOC Specialist. As practice leader she is responsible for internal training, methodology creation and quality reporting.  Debbie also leads the firm’s Midwest market.  Debbie has over 20 years of IT compliance and attestation experience.  Debbie was on the AICPA Task Force for the Advanced SOC for Certification Exam, was a member of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants Board of Governors and served on the Finance and Office Advisory Committee.  She is currently an Advisory Board Member for the MidAmerica Club.Host: Kristen WilburKristen Wilbur is a Senior Manager with Schellman & Company LLC, with over 10 years of experience in providing IT attestation and compliance services.  Kristen has evaluated risk and controls for Global 1000, Fortune 500, and regional companies during the course of her career with a strong focus in the technology sector.   Kristen currently leads the New York City practice at Schellman where she specializes in SOC 1, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and HIPAA reporting. Kristen has a strong passion for giving back and recently helped to establish the corporate social responsibility program at Schellman called SchellmanCARES.Support the show

In this episode, Stacey Champagne sits down with Candace Worley to discuss her rise through the ranks at McAfee and her perspective on how owning your role will and career path will allow you to reach your potential, regardless of whether you are male or female.Guest: Candace WorleyCandace Worley is the Vice President and Chief Technical Strategist for McAfee. There she managed a worldwide team of Technical Strategists responsible for driving thought leadership and advancing technical innovation in McAfee security solutions.Prior to this role, Candace served as Vice President of Enterprise Endpoint Security for the Intel Security Group at Intel Corporation. She had worldwide responsibility for all facets of product and vertical marketing for the complete corporate products solutions set.Worley joined McAfee in 2000 and has held a number of technology leadership positions in her McAfee career including, five and a half years as the SVP and General Manager of the Enterprise Endpoint Security business. Prior to joining McAfee in 2000, she spent seven years with Mentor Graphics, where she led a team of product managers responsible for electronic design automation and electronic component software.Worley holds a bachelor's degree in management from Oregon State University and an MBA degree from Marylhurst University.Host: Stacey ChampagneSupport the show