Our guest today is Tod Beardsley. He’s director of research at Rapid7, a cybersecurity company providing technology, services, and research to organizations around the world. Tod manages software vulnerability research efforts at Rapid7, handles vulnerability disclosures, contributes to Rapid7's data science-driven research projects, and serves as the primary spokesperson for Rapid7 on security and research topics in the media and on podcasts like this one.

Tod shares his professional journey, his views on the challenges facing the cybersecurity industry, his take on threat intelligence, and his belief that, as professionals, we share a responsibility for instilling our sense of passion for security in our friends and families.