Michael McGuinness - Being a Cyber Security Newcomer

Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. We are joined by Sandro Bucchianeri. Sandro is an award-winning, globally experienced Security Executive with over two decades of cybersecurity experience, with the last 12 years at the executive level (CISO and CSO). Sandro is currently the Group CSO at Absa Group Absa Group is an African financial services company with a global perspective. They have forged a new way of getting things done, driven by bravery and passion, with the readiness to realise the possibilities on our continent and beyond. You can find Sandro at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandrobucchianeri/?originalSubdomain=za Absa Group Website: http://www.absa.africa Follow us:
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Now normally the show is hosted by Karla or Karl Sharman but this time we flipped it on its head and now Daniel Woods is hosting and interviewing Karl, which is strange. But Daniel provides a lot of research into the cyber insurance markets so we thought we would discuss the cyber insurance and primarily the Incident response eco-system in more depth. So let’s see how this goes and everyone interested in this space should certainly check out Daniel’s research. Daniel will be hosting a focus group to solicit feedback on the interview findings on February 10th (12:00 EST/17:00 GMT) at: https://www.twitch.tv/cyber_insurance If you have questions, he can be reached at [email protected] You can find Daniel at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-woods-82555199/ This podcast is sponsored by:
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David Edwards joins Karla Reffold to discuss how Coventry Building Society have addressed their cyber maturity, staffing and diversity and inclusion. This discussion really focuses on leadership and how David is driving a transformation for security but also for a culture. Key Minutes 3:55 - Working with the board on security transformation 10:10 - How to identify the gaps? 14:25 - Getting sponsorship for increased engagement 32:35 - Diversity and inclusion to support engagement 37:08 - Evil Alexa 45:30 - Ten Quick Fire Questions You can find David at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidedwardssec/ Website: https://www.coventrycareers.co.uk/ Follow us:
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We are joined by Jim Phillipoff, who is the Head of Global Business Development for Entertainment and Media at Irdeto, in his fourth year with the company. He is responsible for developing new projects and initiatives, most recently launching the Trusted Home project. Jim has extensive experience in the service provider industry having served as the founder and CEO of Xtra TV, a Ukrainian DTH company. He also founded several MMDS operators and an ISP in the region, managing several hundred staff and large deployments of capital. Irdeto protects platforms and applications for video entertainment, video games, connected transport, connected health and IoT connected industries. Key Minutes 2:10 Hearing about cybersecurity 3:35 Who are Irdeto? 09:20 Security at home 15:25 Securing IoT 19:43 Parental controls within security 26:20 Security for connected vehicles 31:10 Ten Quick Fire Questions You can find Jim at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-phillipoff-a460b8137/ Website: http://www.irdeto.com Follow us:
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Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. We are joined by Ran Pugach. Ran is the Chief Product and Development Officer at Ava Security. Ava is a global technology company with offices in the UK, Norway, and the USA. They believe that they can create a better, smarter way to deliver security. They inject intelligence into their approach to security and all their solutions. They help organizations see, understand, and act on their surroundings to protect their people, business, and reputation in real-time. Key Minutes: 02:30 - Starting on the commercial side 04:20 - How do you stand out through sales 05:55 - What is Ava Security? 11:50 - Insider threat 15:40 - Increasing awareness across the business 21:10 - Internal vs External threats 24:30 - Protecting the IoT Threat 25:20 - Next for Ava Security 31:05 - Ten Quick Fire Questions You can find Ran at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ran-p-046561/ Website: https://www.ava.uk/ Follow us:
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We are joined by Brendan Kotze who is the CEO of CyberLumeneer. Cyberlumeneer was established to solve challenges faced daily by security operations and management teams through designing world class solutions that provide near-real-time visibility, board ready reporting, digital foot printing and continuous security control monitoring. Key Minutes: 1:30 - Industry Educations and Certifications 05:22 - The new product for Core Security 11:50 - Latest trends in the security space 15:20 - Translating for board level 17:50 - The difference between compliance and security 19:30 - Launching a product during 2020 23:00 - Getting customer feedback 26:00 - What will change in 2021? 27:00 - What does the next five years look like? 30:00 - If it’s smart its vulnerable 34:00 - Ten Quick Fire Questions You can find Brendan at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendankotze/ Website: https://www.cyberlumeneer.com Follow us:
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We are joined by Michael McGuiness who is a Senior Cybersecurity Specialist at the Co-Operative Bank. The former Chemistry graduate from Durham University has recently celebrated five years at the Co-Operative Bank. Michael was also recently nominated as the Cyber Security Awards newcomer of the year for 2020. Key Minutes: 2:26 - Hearing of Cybersecurity 05:02 - Finding first job in cybersecurity 08:10 - The skills gap 09:22 - Graduate Scheme 11:22 - Launching Cyber Awareness week 18:22 - Career mapping 20:22 - Getting mentors 22:42 - Certifications 24:50 - Getting into cybersecurity 25:47 - Ten Quick Fire Questions You can find Michael at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-mcguinness-6406041a1/ Follow us:
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Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. We are joined by Greg Van Der Gaast. Starting as one of the most notorious hackers of the 1990's having been involved in the largest mass hack of the time and setting off an international incident after hacking into a nuclear weapons facility, Greg has over two decades of technical, management, and leadership experience in Information Security. A frequent speaker about bringing visibility, care, and accountability to the Information Security industry and breaking out of today's reactive status quo, he is an expert in building efficient and effective InfoSec organisations by enabling leadership, addressing root causes, and harnessing human potential. Key Minutes: 09:30 - How do security leaders do better? 15:40 - Understanding the board 21:10 - How to meet the job description? 33:43 - The vendor landscape 44:10 - Ten Quick Fire Questions You can find Greg at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregvandergaast/ Re-Thinking InfoSec: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B084KJSH92/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0 Follow us:
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We are joined by Lior Arbel, who is Performanta Group’s General Manager for Europe & North America and Chief Strategy and innovation Officer. A focused and driven security executive with nearly 20 years of IT security industry experience, Lior joined Performanta in 2013 as CTO in the UK, before becoming GM in 2015. Lior started at IBM where his passion for information technology grew. Previous roles included moving to a start-up, PortAuthority Technologies, offering a data leak prevention solution. PortAuthority Technologies  was acquired by Websense (now Forcepoint) where Lior continued to work for the next 8 years, ultimately overseeing the company’s strategic Data Security Solutions department as Senior Director. Key Minutes: 03:30 - The 12 year Education 07:55 - Journey into Cybersecurity 14:32 - The Purple Tribe culture 20:17 - Challenges of Covid-19 24:40 - The next 18 months in cybersecurity 27:00 - Standing out in the cybersecurity industry 32:00 - Innovating internally 35:25 - The Cybersecurity Awards 27:45 - Ten Quick Fire Questions You can find Lior at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liorarbel/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/performanta/ Website: http://www.performanta.com Follow us:
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We are joined by Erkang Zheng, Founder of JupiterOne, who is a leader in cybersecurity with 15 years of experience in all domains from identity and access, penetration testing and incident response to data, application and cloud security. Zheng holds several patents and is passionate about combining innovation and execution to deliver practical solutions that address cybersecurity challenges at their root cause. He was previously the head of software security architecture and assurance practice for Fidelity that serviced over 12 million customer accounts. He also led a team of engineers building customer protection solutions as well as patent-pending security R&D. Before Fidelity, Zheng held global leadership roles at IBM Security and at a number of tech startups. Key Minutes 02:25 - First time meeting cybersecurity 03:18 - Founding Jupiter One 08:57 - Improving the audit process 11:15 - DevOps implemented into security 14:35 - Identifying the people to build the products 16:32 - Focusing on your long-term career 18:30 - The big news 22:30 - Moving on up 24:57 - Funding through a VC 28:45 - Standing out in a crowded market 31:12 - What is next? 36:43 - Keeping up to date with trends 38:00 - Ten quick fire questions You can find Erkang at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin/com/in/erkang Twitter: https://twitter.com/erkang Website: https://jupiterone.com/ Follow us:
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