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Fully ScoredFully Scored | Ep. 55 (Andrew Mackereth & Paul Sharman)Composer Andrew Mackereth is Matthew Frost’s guest on this month’s podcast. Andrew talks about his life in music education, composing and how SASWE (Salvation Army Symphonic Wind Ensemble) came to be. Andrew also talks about cooking, sailing and why Songster Leader Karl Westwood is one of his favourite composers.Paul Sharman returns to Fully Scored to begin a two-part study of his piece ‘Quest’. This piece was written for the Territorial Youth Band in 2012. One of the New York Staff Band’s newest recruits is currently stranded on the Arid Island. Zoe Zanders...2024-06-071h 07
Adopting Zero TrustCyber Insurance: Sexy? No. Important? Critically yes.Season 3, Episode 5: Cyber Insurance may not be the sexiest topic, but it’s an important piece of any mature cyber program. We chatted with a lawyer and a VC who share their perspective.
Catch this episode on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, Amazon, or Google. You can read the show notes here.
There are many aspects of cybersecurity that are not classified as cool or sexy, but every component plays a role in securing people, data, and businesses. One particular aspect that is often seen as a necessary evil, even more so than policies and documentation, is cyber in...2024-04-1101 min
The Goats of GrowthHow To Hire for Growth Without Overhiring, with Karl SharmanHow do you hire for growth without over hiring? That's part of what I spoke to Karl Sharman, Head of Talent at Forgepoint Capital, about in this episode where he shared his perpective on the following: Why paying attention to ARR/Revenue per employee is so important and the alarming trend he saw happening 2H of 2022 The role of talent management and why he advices their porfolio companies to focus on performance efficiency How he helps their Founders/CEO to understand what great talent management looks like Why it's important that Forgepoint Capital invest in Founders a...2024-01-2251 min
Business of CyberBoC #37: Recruiting and Filling the CISO Role w/ Karl SharmanKarl Sharman is the Head of Cybersecurity Services & Solutions recruiting at Stott & May. Karl and I discuss:
Why do reporting lines matter less than authority & access for a CISO
How Karl prepares and educates a company that’s looking for a new CISO
Assessing the capabilities of a prospective CISO
Setting up a new CISO for success
2022-04-0431 min
All Things Basketball with GD podcastAll Things Basketball with GD - Week 17 ReviewWeek 17 review (00:38):Mon:Brandon Ingram (NOP) & Pascal Siakam (TOR) named Players of the WeekLaMelo Ball (CHA) & Dejounte Murray (SAS) to replace Kevin Durant & Draymond Green for the All Star GameGordon Hayward (CHA) injures his ankle in the CHA/TOR game; out indefinitelyGame of the Night: PHO on the road holds off a 4th qtr rally to beat CHI 127-124; Devin Booker 38 pts (5 3PGs)Tue:James Harden (BKN) still dealing with hamstring issues; to miss 3rd straight game15 greatest coaches announced...2022-02-1655 min
All Things Basketball with GD podcast, hosted by GD That Sports DudeAll Things Basketball with GD - Week 17 ReviewWeek 17 review (00:38):
Mon:
Brandon Ingram (NOP) & Pascal Siakam (TOR) named Players of the Week
LaMelo Ball (CHA) & Dejounte Murray (SAS) to replace Kevin Durant & Draymond Green for the All Star Game
Gordon Hayward (CHA) injures his ankle in the CHA/TOR game; out indefinitely
Game of the Night: PHO on the road holds off a 4th qtr rally to beat CHI 127-124; Devin Booker 38 pts (5 3PGs)
Tue:
James Harden (BKN) still dealing with hamstring issues; to miss 3rd straight game
15 greatest coaches announced...2022-02-1655 min
In Strange Woods: A Musical PodcastGUEST EPISODE - The Ballad of Anne & MaryPresenting a special guest episode of another wonderful musical podcast. From Long Cat Media comes The Ballad of Anne & Mary, an immersive fictionalised telling of the lives (and loves) of the pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Gritty, romantic and hilarious, it has a sweeping score and fantastic performances. You can listen to the entire 5-episode series now, wherever you get your podcasts.Researching for his book on piratical history, cash-strapped journalist Nathaniel Mist arrives at Newgate Prison to interview the two notorious survivors of the captured ship Revenge. He finds Mary Read delirious with fever, and Anne Bonny in...2022-01-2539 min
The De Trout Spinners PodcastEpisode 50 | The Best Bum in W1 (With Guest Daniel Sharman)To help us review this week's episode, we're thrilled to be joined with top actor, podcaster and self-confessed Xfm obsessive Daniel Sharman! Daniel was fantastic company and gave some truly original insights and observations not only on the episode, but also on comedy, mental health and the evolution of Ricky, Steve and Karl generally. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did, and very much looking forward to having Dan on again in the future! Series 3 | Episode 3 | 15 November 2003. Suzanne's big arse. Pop culture survey on VH1-rubbish. Jonathan Ross gave Ricky a cat, Steve's...2021-10-261h 40
Security ConfidentialS3 E6 How to Hire and Retain Cybersecurity PersonnelKarl Sharman is head of cybersecurity of solutions and consultancy for Stott and May in North America. He has helped build and scale teams across multiple types of business including Fortune 500, Pre-IPO late stage ventures, early stage startups, security consultancies and MSSPs. Karl Sharman is often brought on by companies for either extremely difficult hires, mass hires at speed and scale or discreet leadership hires. As a contributor and a consultant to the cybersecurity sector, Karl contributes with regular white papers, podcasts and public speaking, He was was recently featured in the top 1% of Search & Staffing Professionals globally by...2021-02-1547 min
Zero Hour PodcastSandro Bucchianeri - a Global CSO's perspectiveWelcome 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...2021-02-1237 min
Zero Hour PodcastDaniel Woods & Karl Sharman - Cyber Insurance, Breach Counsel & Incident Response eco-systemNow 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...2021-01-261h 07
Zero Hour PodcastDavid Edwards - the security success of Coventry Building SocietyDavid 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:
Twitter: @zero_ho...2021-01-0752 min
Zero Hour PodcastJim Phillipoff - Securing your homeWe 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...2020-12-1736 min
Zero Hour PodcastRan Pugach - Securing the workplaceWelcome 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...2020-12-0834 min
Zero Hour PodcastBrendan Kotze - Working with customers as a cyber vendor post-CovidWe 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...2020-11-1238 min
Cyber WorkAsk us anything: Developing security talent and teams (part 1) | Infosec Inspire 2020In the last two episodes, we talked about flipping the talent funnel and using the NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework to customize your company’s security training. Today, the guests of those two episodes, Danielle Santos, program manager at the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education, Leo Van Duyn, Cybersecurity & Technology Workforce Development Strategy at JPMorgan Chase, and Karl Sharman, Head of Cyber Solutions & Consultancies at Stott & May, answer some questions related to those discussions. Danielle, Leo, and Karl discuss mentoring as a method to upskill less experienced members of your team, the unseen training costs of employee churn and a lo...2020-11-1132 minCyber WorkFlip the funnel: Fixing the cybersecurity talent pipeline challenge | Infosec Inspire 2020For the next twelve days, Cyber Work will be releasing a new episode every single day. In these dozen episodes, we’ll discuss career strategies, hiring best practices, team development, security awareness essentials, the importance of storytelling in cybersecurity, and answer some questions from real cybersecurity professionals and newcomers. In our first episode, entitled “Flip the funnel: Fixing the cybersecurity talent pipeline challenge,” former Cyber Work Podcast guest Karl Sharman, Head of Cyber Solutions & Consultancies for Stott & May, and Infosec’s Director of Research & Product Marketing Megan Sawle drill down into the notion of the skills gap. Karl and...2020-11-0928 min
Zero Hour PodcastMichael McGuinness - Being a Cyber Security NewcomerWe 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-6406041...2020-10-2928 min
Zero Hour PodcastGreg Van Der Gaast - The importance of doing better in CyberWelcome 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...2020-10-2250 min
Zero Hour PodcastLior Arbel - The Purple Tribe Culture at PerformantaWe 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 Secur...2020-10-1540 min
Zero Hour PodcastErkang Zheng - The story of JupiterOneWe 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...2020-10-0100 min
Zero Hour PodcastDarren Williams - Protecting your privacyDr. 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...2020-09-2400 min
Zero Hour PodcastPaul Innella - The common sense approach to cybersecurityWelcome 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 Mi...2020-08-2700 min
Zero Hour PodcastFausto Lendeborg - Bootstrapping your cybersecurity start upWelcome 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.
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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 ma...2020-08-1300 min
Zero Hour PodcastDominic Vogal - Your cybersecurity careerWelcome 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...2020-08-0600 min
Zero Hour PodcastKevin Senator - 6 start ups done, now the 7th in OT SecurityWelcome 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...2020-07-3000 min
Zero Hour PodcastAdam Nygate - the Cybersecurity start-up journeyWelcome 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...2020-07-2300 min
Zero Hour PodcastNeil Costigan - Being a CEO in a cybersecurity companyDr. 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 ma...2020-07-1600 min
Zero Hour PodcastBrian Haugli - Being a CISO, selling to a CISO and what's next for the CISO?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...2020-07-0900 min
Zero Hour PodcastAnthony Johnson - How to sell to CISOs using empathyWelcome 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...2020-07-0300 min
Zero Hour PodcastNithin Thomas - investing in threats that don’t exist yetWelcome 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...2020-06-1800 min
Zero Hour PodcastThomas Croall - Business Continuity WeekWelcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. Today, we are joined by Thomas Croall. Thomas is the current Business Continuity and Resilience Manager for SkyScanner. Before this, he did a similar role at Bank of Scotland, Manchester City Council, HSBC, Atos and Tesco Bank. He also served in part of the resilience team that lead the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London.
Key Minutes:
6:05 - Managing natural disasters
10:00 - Scenarios for stress testing
15:07 - Communicating during crisis
18:10 - The term business continuity
20:50 - How prepared are company’s?
24:55 - Protecting your...2020-06-1200 min
Zero Hour PodcastKevin Cunningham - Business Continuity WeekWelcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. Today, we are joined by Kevin Cunningham. Kevin has over a decade of experience in business continuity, crisis management and disaster recovery for Equinix, NBC Universal, UBS and the New York City Emergency Management Department.
Key Minutes
04:13 - Protecting revenue vs protecting people
05:41 - What does success look like during Covid-19?
14:36 - Who is accountable for this?
16:02 - Gaining attention within business continuity and crisis management
22:03 - Cybersecurity partnering with business continuity
28:24 - Location risk
31:55 - Investing in risk
33:57 - Advice for a...2020-06-1100 min
Zero Hour PodcastVicki Gavin - Business Continuity WeekWelcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. Today, we are joined by Vicki Gavin. Vicki has been in business continuity, crisis management and cybersecurity since the early 90s. She has worked at organisations such as Barclays, the Economist and Kensington Mortgages. She is a public speaker and multi award winner within cybersecurity and crisis management.
Key Minutes:
1:10 - Hearing about cybersecurity and business continuity for the first time
02:46 - Focusing on the responses
07:23 - Communicating bad messages with senior executives
17:04 - Falling apart under the pressure of a crisis
19:05...2020-06-1000 min
Zero Hour PodcastMichael Faber - Business Continuity WeekWelcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. Today, we are joined by Michael Faber. Michael has been in business continuity, crisis management and operational risk since the early 90s. He has worked in financial services his entire career working at organisations like Norwich Union, JP Morgan, Schroders and TP ICAP. He is the past chairman of BSI committee responsible for the development of the first British Standard in Governance and the former vice-chairman of the European Institute of Governance Awards and the Institute of Operational Risk.
Key Minutes
5:15 - New...2020-06-0900 min
Zero Hour PodcastJames Green - Business Continuity WeekWelcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. Today, we are joined by James Green. James is Director, Risk Advisory Services at SAI Global. He is passionate about life safety and helps the C-Suite understand the importance of business continuity not just during an emergency, but as an integral part of day to day operations. He has worked on risk events that have occurred all over the globe, including civil unrest in Egypt during the Arab Spring, executive travel and protection in the Pacific Rim, and the effects of destructive tornadoes...2020-06-0800 minCyber WorkCybersecurity careers: How to stand out, get hired and make more money | Guest Karl SharmanHow can you stand out from the crowd when applying for your dream cybersecurity job, and how much should you make? Karl Sharman, a cybersecurity staffing and recruiting pro at BeecherMadden, answers those questions and more on today's episode. Learn how to get your foot in the door, how organizations can avoid writing Magical Unicorn Candidate job descriptions, and why the cybersecurity career landscape is closer to a diamond than a pyramid in shape.– Free election security resources: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/iq/election-security-training/– Start learning cybersecurity for free: https://www.infosecinstitute.com/free...2020-06-081h 03
Zero Hour PodcastKitty Parry - standing out in a crowded marketWelcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. Today, we are joined by Kitty Parry. Kitty is a serial entrepreneur with deep experience in the regulatory technology and finance. In 2014, Kitty was recognised as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum for her entrepreneurial success. She is now Founder and CEO of DeepView, an enterprise cyber security software solution using AI to alert photo and video data leaks. The privacy-forward archiving solution allows regulated employees to safely and compliantly use encrypted chat channels e.g. WhatsApp for work chats.
...2020-06-0400 min
Zero Hour PodcastNoureen Njoroge - The importance of mentors in your cybersecurity careersWelcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. Today, we are joined by Noureen Njoroge. Noureen is a Security Consultant at Cisco Systems, her area of expertise is threat intelligence. She is the President of Women in Security for North Carolina and the Founder of the Mentor/Mentees Cybersecurity Group with over 4,000 members.
Key Minutes
0:10 - Arriving in the USA
1:30 - Working at Cisco
4:00 - Entering cybersecurity from other markets
7:53 - Staying in touch during Covid-19
09:08 - Being a mentor
11:22 - Building to 4,000 members
12:38 - Growing the community further
17:15 - Diversity...2020-05-2800 min
Zero Hour PodcastNaveen Vasudeva - The dark side of being a CISOToday, we are joined by Naveen Vasadula. Naveen is an Information Security Risk professional with a strong financial services experience knowledge built over the past 23 years working in London, Paris, Zurich, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan. Covering a range of Global Senior Executive Management positions. Including Security Risk, Control and Compliance strategy, technical and Business Risk Assessments methodology and implementation, Process design, metrication and implementation, and global security consultation. Naveen is also one of the host of the Cyber Talks Interview series.
Key Minutes
02:32 Education with dyslexia
05:32 First time hearing cybersecurity
08:10 Working in financial services
11:27 The dark side of the...2020-05-2100 min
Zero Hour PodcastChristophe Foulon - Transforming in Cybersecurity by helping othersWelcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and I’m your host Karl Sharman. Today, we are joined by Christophe Foulon. Chris focuses on securing people and process with a solid understanding of the technology. He has over 10 years as an Information Security Manager and Cybersecurity Strategist with a passion for customer service, process improvement and information security. He has led teams over 30 people across multiple locations with significant experience in optimizing technology. After mainly being self-educated he has a masters degree in cybersecurity. As a career coach, Chris is passionate about helping others with their cybersecurity ca...2020-05-1400 min
#CISOlife#CISOlife - Full discussion with Karl Sharman at BeecherMadden on job hunting and recruiting!#CISOlife - Full discussion with Karl Sharman at BeecherMadden on job hunting and recruiting!--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cisolife/support2020-05-1137 min
Zero Hour PodcastHaydn Brooks - Cybersecurity Start-up, accelerators & raising venture capitalWelcome to the latest episode of the ZeroHour Podcast and as I am starting a new podcast, your host today is one of the SC Magazines top 50 women in cybersecurity, its Karla Reffold. In today’s epsiode we are joined by Haydn Brooks. Haydn started in a big4 environment working in cyber risk mainly focusing on supply chain and third party security. The pain he saw and the difficulty clients were having drove him to co-found Risk Ledger. Now as CEO he developed the product through Cylon, the cybersecurity London accelerator and has now raised their initial venture capital investment to...2020-05-0700 min
CYBER LIFESeason 3 Episode 7 JOBS👕 Get your official Cyber Life swag here: https://bit.ly/CyberLifeSwag Subscribe to the Cyber Life TV YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWpsCeUK8Wz58mFOm1vvGug Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cyber-life Follow us across other social media in the coming months as well.👉 Facebook https://www.facebook.com/therealcyberlife 👉 InstaGram https://www.instagram.com/officialcyberlife/👉 Twitter https://twitter.com/RealCyberLifewww.cyberlife.tvIn this epi...2020-03-2611 min
Zero Hour PodcastIan Edwards - From IT to Cybersecurity to ManagementWelcome to the latest episode of the ZeroHour Podcast and I’m your host Karl Sharman. Today we are joined by Ian Edwards. After leaving IT in 2017, he moved into Cybersecurity. After quick progressions, Ian was appointed as Information Security Manager for MEDICA Group in 2018 and leads the Information Security and Risk team, maintaining the Group’s information security and quality management systems and leading on risk management and cyber security strategy. In the relatively short space of time with the company Ian has driven a security transformation programme. Ian is also delivering a fresh and modern security awareness programme to f...2019-12-1300 min
Zero Hour PodcastLisa Ventura - Cybersecurity, Autism & Women in the industryWelcome to the latest episode of the ZeroHour Podcast and I’m your host Karl Sharman. Today we are joined by Lisa Ventura. Lisa is an inspiring woman in the industry of cybersecurity and was recently in the top 50 women of influence. Currently the CEO and Founder the Cybersecurity Association, Lisa has been through a lot of great and testing experiences in her life including autism. We run through her rollercoaster story till 2019 where she was the winner of “Cybersecurity Personality of the Year” at the Cyber Security Awards.
Key Minutes
1:10 Lisa’s Italian heritage
2:45 Education in writing
4:30 Managing Chris Tarrant
...2019-11-2900 min
Zero Hour PodcastScott Corzine - Consultant, Continunity & Consequences within cybersecurityScott is the Senior Managing Director at Ankura Consulting Group and Co-Leader of the Risk Management Practice. His teams focus on the operational risk and resilience challenges of their clients in the areas of cybersecurity, business continuity and disaster recovery, and emergency and crisis management. They help clients understand their risk posture, improve their readiness, and become more resilient in the face of operational disruptions.
Scott has previously held leadership roles with FTI Consulting & Risk Solutions International. Scott has worked with a variety of companies including Fortune 500 and mid-market companies in all sectors, government agencies and departments, airports, higher education...2019-07-1100 min
Zero Hour PodcastDoug Brush - Breaches, Theft & Incident ResponseDouglas is the Vice President of Cyber Security Solutions at Special Counsel, an Adecco company. Douglas and his teams provide incident response, governance, compliance, and end-to-end preventative security solutions for clients across the globe. He is also the founder and host of Cyber Security Interviews.
Douglas has previously held leadership roles with Kivu Consulting, Kraft Kennedy, and Duff & Phelps after founding cybersecurity and technology consulting firms over the past two decades.
he has conducted hundreds of investigations involving data breaches, trade secret theft, insider threat, and a variety of other legal and compliance issues.
KEY MINUTES
01:58 - Having parents working...2019-06-2600 min
Zero Hour PodcastAllan Alford - The Business, Product & Security in the role of the CISOWelcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour Podcast and I’m your host Karl Sharman. Today we are joined by Allan Alford. Allan is Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Mitel, previously CISO at Forcepoint and CISO at Polycom. With 30 years’ experience in IT and Engineering, Alford has a long history with product security as well, having served as Pearson’s Product Information Security Officer (PISO), and as Sr. Director of Product Security at Polycom.
KEY MINUTES
2:20 - Things are not stable for the adults
3:30 - Attending Harvard while at high school
6:55 - Working to pay for your education...2019-05-0800 min
Zero Hour PodcastTony Cole - Threat Detection, Deception & IntelligenceWelcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour Podcast and I’m your host Karl Sharman. Today we are joined by Tony Cole. Tony is a veteran within cybersecurity having served in senior positions at Symantec, McAfee and FireEye over a 30 year career. Tony is now the CTO for Attivo Networks, the award-winning leader in deception for cybersecurity threat detection as well as serving as a member of the NASA Advisory Council.
Key Minutes:
3:30 First time hearing about cybersecurity
4:20 What does it mean to work in cyber?
5:26 Working for FireEye, McAfee & Symantec
12:27 Now CTO at Attivo, who & why?
14:00 Delivering stra...2019-04-2400 min
Zero Hour PodcastParthasarathi Chakraborty - cybersecurity architecture, engineering & strategyPartha is the Director of Infrastructure Security Architecture at Bank of Montreal. Partha last week left Insurance company Guardian Life for a new exciting challenge at BMO in New York! Partha has worked at major organisations such as Bank of America and JP Morgan all within cyber security architecture, engineering and strategy. He has two Masters of Science within Technology and Cyber Security.
Key Minutes
03:10 - Getting into cybersecurity
04:20 - Why engineering & architecture
05:30 - Definition of Cybersecurity & AAA
08:02 - Goal of Architecture
10:42 - Changing cybersecurity architecture
15:50 - How do you work across a large organisation to impact risk?
19:00 - Banking...2019-04-1000 min
Zero Hour PodcastNic Whittaker - the people, trust and transformationNic is currently Head of Platform Engineering and Devops at Virgin Atlantic Airways. Nic started out as a chemistry teacher in the mid-nineties. Experimenting with designing molecular modelling webpages for his students led him to switch into a career in Technology in 2000.
He has worked across the development life cycle as a coder, a project and portfolio manager, a technical trainer, a solution and enterprise architect and in various delivery and operations leadership roles. He has worked in many industries including Manufacturing, Insurance, Film, Visual Effects and Broadcast.
Key Minutes
15:00 - Why Virgin?
17:00 - The Virgin Brand and the people
18:15...2018-09-0700 min
Zero Hour PodcastThomas Fischer - Organisations vs Hackers, Threats & PhishingThomas has more than 25 years of experience, he has a unique view on enterprise security with experience across multiple domains from policy and risk management, secure development and enterprise incident response and forensics. Thomas has held roles varying from a security architect for a large fortune 500 company to consultant for both industry vendors and consulting organizations. He is an active participant in the InfoSec Community including being a director of Security BSides London.
Key Minutes:
2:35 Meeting Cyber Security for the first time
3:57 What is cyber security to you?
5:55 Individuals leading to the biggest threat
9:15 The most common threats
11:55 Will the...2018-08-2300 min
Zero Hour PodcastTim Carmichael - Data, Smart Decisions & GDPRTim is an award-winning C-Suite senior leader and champion of harnessing data to improve business outcomes. He is a strong believer in the power of the data narrative and the art of story-telling to enhance Board-level insight and in the need to bring data into the heart of the business. He was the British Army’s first Chief Data Officer and Chief Analytics Officer, before founding Ensifera Limited, a consultancy specialising in data, leadership and transformation. He was recently supporting Southern Water, as Head of Data Transformation.
Key Minutes:
02:25 - Learning in the environment of the Army
03:10 - Transitioning into Data
07...2018-08-1500 min
Zero Hour PodcastBen Johnson - Hiring, developing products & democratizing Cyber SecurityBen is CTO and cofounder of Obsidian Security. He previously cofounded Carbon Black and most recently served as the company's chief security strategist. He has also has been a lecturer at University of Chicago’s Masters Program in Computer Science and a cybersecurity specialist at the National Security Agency (NSA) as well as serving on the board of a variety of security companies.
Key Minutes
1:30 The first time Ben heard of Cyber Security
4:00 What does cyber security mean to you?
6:40 Starting Carbon Black
9:15 Carbon Black reaching a global audience
10:58 Staying in front of your competitors
13:00 Why did you leave Carbon Bl...2018-08-0800 min
Zero Hour PodcastConor Sherman - Vulnerabilities, threat intelligence and huntingConor is currently VP of Security at Clear after recently leaving Apollo Global Management as Director of Cyber Security. Conor has successfully built, redesigned, and reinvigorated cyber security programs for fast paced, high performing companies. By leveraging security orchestration and automation (SOAR), and machine learning techniques, Conor delivers highly effective Security Operation Centers (SOCs), Threat Intelligence and hunting capabilities.
The programs are aligned with business objectives, and bring exponential threat reduction with incremental investment. He takes a “hands on” leadership style and builds programs with a first principles mindset following the Agile methodology.
Key minutes
07:25 - What Cyber Security Means
08:30 - Def...2018-08-0100 min
Zero Hour PodcastMike Spain - Neurodiversity in Cyber, culture and barriers in the workplaceMike Spain is an innovation and growth expert and neurodiversity advocate in the cyber sector with excellent links across UK Government, industry and academia. He is a driven, adaptable and innovative leader with influence at senior government and C-level industry. His leadership of diverse multi-organisational teams in complex and challenging environments consistently delivers measurable benefit.
Mike has over 10 years consulting experience across a variety of sectors including cyber, defence and government. He leads the operations of Cyber Growth Partnership and Cyber Exchange initiative, working passionately to enable growth of the UK cyber sector and development of a sustainable UK cyber e...2018-07-2500 min
Zero Hour PodcastChris Baynham-Hughes - Emerging technologies, Devops & being agileChris Baynham-Hughes is the UK Head of DevOps & Redhat Emerging Technology at ATOS. His background is in software delivery, business transformation, process re-engineering, practice management and business strategy. Chris works with clients to deliver solutions that not only transform delivery capability, but also set a sustained culture of relentless improvement. When Chris is not undertaking adventures in DevOps Chris is usually found running and swimming around the mountains.
Key points:
- Achieve the balance of both cultural and technological change required to maximise ROI
- Recognise, address and solve business problems
- Focus activities on pain points rather than ‘DevOps by...2018-07-1800 min
Zero Hour PodcastDan Raywood - The State of Cybersecurity, Predictions and Future TrendsDan Raywood is the contributing editor of Infosecurity Magazine. He has written about IT security since 2008, having spent five years as news editor of SC Magazine, 20 months as Editor of IT Security Guru and six months as an Analyst in the Information Security Practice at 451 Research. He has spoken at 44CON, SecuriTay, SteelCon and Infosecurity Europe, as well as writing for a number of vendor blogs and presenting on webcasts.
Key points:
- To get ahead, you need mentors;
- Hiring is key as you will hire the people to enable the technologies to work;
- Accepting cybersecurity risk for the...2018-07-0400 min
Zero Hour PodcastChristian Toon - Talent, Hiring for the modern workplace & Information SharingWe are joined by Christian Toon at InfoSec Europe 2018. Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour Podcast and I’m your host Karl Sharman. Christian Toon, is the CISO at Pinsent Masons. Christian has spent the last 14 years successfully disrupting traditional approaches to information protection and management for large international organisations. From a career in end user security, moved into Big 4 Consulting to build a practice around ‘CISO for Hire’ services that involved engagements with financial and insurance services clients. Leaving PwC after nearly 3 years, joined Pinsent Masons to lead their information protection strategy across a firm of over 3...2018-06-2700 min
Zero Hour PodcastSimon Fraser - Being a start-up, Human Security & Changing BehaviourSimon is the Co-Founder & Managing Director of Hut Six Security; a start-up creating a comprehensive solution to human error in information security. Simon works closely with clients consulting on their security awareness needs and designing specific and customised campaigns.
I'm not sure if you can tell but Simon and I had this discussion at InfoSec Europe 2018!
Three takeaways:
- Human factor in security is a massive issue with no complete solution yet;
- There's not going to be one solution as there's no one approach or similar situations in every organisation;
- When building training programmes, customise them for each...2018-06-2000 min
Zero Hour PodcastDaniel Ng - Risk appetite, profile and detecting it within millisecondsWe are joined by Daniel Ng at InfoSec Europe 2018. Daniel is the CEO of Cyber Owl - a system that provides early warnings from cyber attacks. Dan spent ten years at KPMG before Cyber Owl and is also the Chair of the Working Group at the IoT Security Foundation, a non profit working towards establishing principles and improving capability globally for security.
Three takeaways:
- You never stop learning.
- You need to be harder to breach than the next person/organisation.
- The risk profile sets out the resources required.
Connect with CyberOwl on website: www.cyberowl.io
Email...2018-06-1300 min
Zero Hour PodcastRichard Merrygold - Data Protection, Profit & GDPRRichard Merrygold is the Director of Group Data Protection at HomeServe. He is responsible for the protection of data across the European and UK business. He has recently developed and implemented a group wide privacy framework in preparation for GDPR covering all aspects of compliance for over 4 million customers.
Three takeaways:
- There is no difference between Information Security, Data Protection,
Data Privacy and Data Security - they are a combination.
- GDPR is a fantastic opportunity to provide a better relationship and insight into your customers.
- GDPR will more likely lower your costs and drive up revenue.
Follow...2018-06-0600 min
Zero Hour PodcastKarla Reffold - Talent, Networks & Money in Corporate GovernanceKarla Reffold is an experienced and passionate recruitment business owner, having set up BeecherMadden over 6 years ago. In October, she successfully sold her company to the global recruitment company, Nicoll Curtin - although she is still the CEO. Despite the tests of being a single parent to two young children, her corporate governance and cyber security recruitment company operates in UK, Europe and US. As well as this she has recently been recognised as a contributor for Forbes and a judge for the Cyber Security Awards in London.
Three takeaways:
- Transition people from relevant sectors where people have the...2018-05-2900 min
Zero Hour PodcastZane Lackey - Risk, Transformation & his parentsZane Lackey is the co-founder and Chief Security Officer at Signal Sciences and serves on the advisory boards of the Internet Bug Bounty Program and the US State Department backed Open Technology Fund. Prior to Signal Sciences, Zane was the Director of Security Engineering at Etsy and a Senior Security Consultant at ISec Partners. He has been featured by BBC, Forbes and Wired. As well as a frequent speaker at BlackHat, RSA and Microsoft BlueHat.
Three takeways:
- Cyber Security is a business risk
- Security isn't the winner, the business is
- Implement security at the heart of every...2018-05-2900 min
Zero Hour PodcastHelen Rabe - Communication, Execution & Lifestyle within SecurityHelen Rabe is an internationally experienced security professional who specialises in complex deliveries with a strong emphasis on security service management. Helen is currently the CISO at CBRE, previously holding the Director of Information Security role at Costa Coffee.
Three takeaways:
- Security needs to be a lifestyle choice
- Make the security department accessible
- Use a relatable and understandable language for all
Find Helen Rabe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenrabe/
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Zero Hour PodcastRob Knake - Cyber Policy, War & ConflictRob Knake is a Senior Fellow for Cyber Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. He focuses on governance, public and private partnerships as well as cyber conflict.
He served from 2011 to 2015 as the Director for Cyber Security Policy at the Whitehouse. Rob was responsible for the development of the presidential policy on Cyber Security. He also built and managed federal processes for cyber incident response and the policies for international cyber conflict.
Three takeaways:
- Automate audits and reviews to get continuous feedback
- Nuclear is the only bigger threat than cyber war to our environment
- Cyber Conflict...2018-05-2900 min
Talk UltraEpisode 44 - Sharman, Hollon, Clark, ClaytonThis weeks show we have a long distance theme. We have an interview with Nickademus Hollon who just recently placed 7th overall at Tor des Geants. We also have an in-depth chat with Ian Sharman about his incredible summer running the Grand Slam. We also speak to Nick Clark in his regular Grand Slam slot, Clarky’s Corner. We speak to Brit, Emma Clayton about her silver medal in the WMRA worlds in Poland. The news, Talk Training, a blog, up and coming races and of course, Speedgoat Karl.2013-09-183h 59
Talk UltraEpisode 26 - Wardian, JourneyFilm, BraggA super stacked show and maybe our longest yet... our main interview is with The North Face athlete, Mike Wardian. We speak with inspirational film makers and ultra runners, JB & Jennifer Benna from JourneyFilm. Live from the Te Araora trail in New Zealand we speak with The North Face athlete, Jez Bragg on his incredible journey. We have our first 'A year in the life of...' chat, Talk Training with Marc Laithwaite, A Meltezer Moment with Speedgoat Karl, the News with Ian Sharman, a blog post, 15mins of fame and of course the up and coming races.2013-01-113h 35
Talk UltraEpisode 25 - The Christmas SpecialA super stacked festive show with some incredible stars of 2012. Our show includes interviews with Ellie Greenwood, Timoth Olson, Western States RD Craig Thornley, Ryan Sandes and Lizzy Hawker. We announce the winners of 'A Year inthe life of...'. Talk Training is about heart rate training and Karl, Ian Sharman and myself review the year. Merry Christmas to you all and thank you for making 2012 a great year!2012-12-253h 28
Talk UltraEpisode 20 - Hutchison, Le RouxNo 34 come in... ! we speak to Speedgoat all about Grindstone 100. We have chat from the Royal Parks ultra with Dimitrios and Silvia from Salomon Running. Niandi Carmont catches up with inspirational ultra runner, Mavis Hutchison who paved the way for female running. Mike Le Roux tells us all about the Grand Slam of ultra. Ian Sharman discusses the news and Marc Laithwaite discusses 'winter' training in Talk Training. We have a blog for you and of course the up and coming races. A stacked show! Plus the Good, Bad and Ugly with Speedgoat Karl.2012-10-182h 40
Talk UltraEpisode 16 - Samantha GashFlying all over the place... Sierre Zinal, Trofeo Kima and UTMB. On the show we speak to South African Linda Doke in Zinal, we catch up with Terry Conway from the UK and break some great news upon the ultra world. Ian Sharman joins the show for the news and Talk Training is back. Our interview is with Australian, Samantha Gash and Speedgoat Karl chews the ultra fat in a Meltzer Moment. We mention three blogs, discuss the up and coming races and get ready for UTMB.2012-08-232h 19
Talk UltraEpisode 14 - Hal KoernerA stacked news section with Ian Sharman. We have three blogs for you. A brilliant interview with Hardrock 100 winner and legend of the sport, Hal Koerner. Speedgoat Karl tells us about the sleep monster and previews Speedgoat 50k. 15 Mins of Fame has a selection of interviews with runners of all abilities who will be undertaking Lakeland 50 or 100 miler and we finish off with the up and coming races for the next few weeks.2012-07-262h 37
Talk UltraEpisode 13 - Mimi AndersonIan has been in the Pyrenees with Arc'teryx and had the opportunity to catch up with Arc'teryx/ Salomon athlete Adam Campbell, we discuss the latest ultra news with Ian Sharman, Karl Meltzer discusses Hardrock 100 in a Meltzer Moment and our interview is with the lady who personifies pink and ultra running, Marvellous Mimi Anderson. We wind up the show with up and coming races and Ian is getting ready for the Lakeland 50 at the end of the month.2012-07-132h 26
Talk UltraEpisode 12 - Timothy OlsonIt's all things Western States, we catch up with The Queen, we speak to Brit Nick Clark on a stunning 3rd palce. Ian Sharman talks about 5th place and discusses the news. Speedgoat Karl gives us his feedback and previews Hardroack 100. We discuss carbohydrates in Talk Training with Marc Laithwaite and our main interview is the inspirational Western States winner and course record holder, Timothy Olson.2012-06-293h 27
Talk UltraEpisode 11 - Jez BraggIan has been running with a light saber, Ian Sharman discusses the news and gives us an insight into Western States. Our main interview is with Jez Bragg just before he heads out to America as he attempts to improve on his highest placing of 3rd at Western States. Karl gives us Aeltzer Moment, we discuss race day nutrition in Talk Training and on 15 minutes of fame we talk to Dean and Greg from The African Attachment. We recommend three blogs and we shout out about some up and coming races.2012-06-152h 54
Talk UltraEpisode 10 - Scott JurekIan C recovers from the Transvulcania La Palma and Zegama. We speak to Tom Owens, Emelie Forsberg and Lauren Jeska just after finishing the Skyrunning Zegama race. We discuss the news from around the world and catch up with Ian Sharman. On Talk Training we discuss hydration and how to get it right. Our main interview is with ultra running legend, Scott Jurek who has a new book just about to be released. We catch up with Speedgoat Karl for a Meltzer Moment and we talk to 70 year old Arthur Webb on 15 minutes of fame who this year will...2012-06-012h 32
Talk UltraEpisode 1 - Ryan SandesAn ultra running podcast with news and reviews from around the ultra world. In this show we have an interview with Ryan Sandes and a regular slot with Karl Meltzer. Your presenters are Ian Corless & Ian Sharman2012-01-231h 38