Daniel Ayala is the Founder, and Managing Partner for Secratic, a strategic information security, and privacy consultancy focused on helping companies protect data and information, and be prepared before incidents happen. Daniel is also currently serving as the Interim Chief Information Security Officer for Michigan State University.

Throughout his 24 year career, he has led security organizations large and small in banking and financial services, pharmaceutical, information, library, and technology companies around the world, taught university-level courses, and both writes and regularly speaks on the topics of security, privacy, data ethics, and compliance.

In this episode, we discuss remote working, being a virtual CISO, compliance vs. security vs. privacy, application development security, creating a culture of security, communication skills, giving back to the community, mentoring others, mental health, and so much more!

Where you can find Daniel:

• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• MentorCore
• Secratic
• Blog
• Hang Out A Shingle: Starting Your Own Cybersecurity Company