Today, Jeff Hussey joins Derek Harp for another podcast in the Security Leader interview series. 

Jeff is the Co-Founder, President, and CEO of Tempered. He is a serial entrepreneur who has accomplished a lot throughout his career. He founded and co-founded several companies, including the well-known F5 Networks. He is a professional board member of various businesses- both for-profit and not-for-profit. He has worked hard to make the internet more resilient, hardened, and secure, bring clean water to underprivileged countries, and enrich his community through the arts. He has also been funding and broadening technology innovation and cultivating better living standards for coffee growers in Latin America. Jeff is also a speaker, mountain climber, wine-maker, father, and lover of all things tech!

Starting from a very young age, Jeff has always been passionate about technology and communications! In this episode of the (CS)²AI Podcast, he talks about his background, his love of tech, the various businesses he started, and founding Tempered. He shares nuggets of advice around getting down to the fundamentals of what you are studying, dealing with customers, and networking, and offers some valuable tips for moving forward in the cyber security industry.  

You won’t want to miss this episode if you are starting a career in cyber security or if you are in a similar field and considering a career change! Stay tuned for more!

Show highlights:

• Jeff explains why he creates his own jobs. (3:53)
• Jeff talks about his passion for tech and communications. (4:33)
• How the first company Jeff started became the first internet service provider in Honolulu. (9:28)
• The increasing internet traffic inspired Jeff to start his next business in 1996. (10:29)
• Jeff discusses his initial foray into security and explains how the security paradigm changed after that. (12:25)
• How his dad used to advise and help him early in his career. (16:30)
• What he did to deepen his knowledge and become more effective in his career role. (18:01)
• Jeff offers some excellent advice for dealing efficiently and effectively with customers. (22:05)
• Jeff talks about his company, Tempered. (25:53)
• Jeff explains what the host identity protocol does and how his company, Tempered, approaches it to create a hyper-secure network. (30:42)
• Jeff shares his views on corporate culture. (34:16)
• Jeff explains what excites him about the Airwall Solution that Tempered brought to market. (42:50)

Links:

(CS)²AI

Jeff Hussey on LinkedIn

Tempered

Books mentioned in the show:

Steven’s TCP/IP Illustrated Volumes 1 and 2