Agent of Influence

Enabling Business Growth Through Data and Collaboration

In this episode of Agent of Influence, Nabil is joined by Samir Sherif, CISO at Imperva. Samir shares practical advice for building genuine connections and relationships within the information security space and leveraging risk and resiliency data to enable business growth.

 Zero Trust Misconceptions

In this episode of Agent of Influence, Rob LaMagna-Reiter, CISO at Hudl, joins Nabil for a deep dive into zero trust. Rob also shares insights for building a cybersecurity program and how to align cybersecurity data to business growth.

The Unique Challenges of Healthcare Cybersecurity

In this episode of Agent of Influence, Nabil is joined by Cecil Pineda, the SVP/CISO at R1 RCM. They discuss healthcare security concerns, the role of a CISO vs. vCISO, impactful cybersecurity budget metrics, the power of storytelling, the cybersecurity talent shortage, and community building within the industry. 

Logistics Industry Leader Discusses How to Cultivate a Relationship Between Business and Cybersecurity

In this episode of Agent of Influence, Nabil is joined by Justin Hall, newly named CEO at PRIMO and Executive in Residence at 8VC. They discuss prioritizing security in the global supply chain, holding third-party vendors accountable for security, and the true business impact of a cybersecurity breach within the transportation and logistics industry. Justin also shares advice for legacy logistics industry players looking to modernize their processes and tips for cultivating relationships between business and security. 

Getting Started as a Security Leader, Addressing the Talent Shortage, and Securing the Critical Infrastructure – A Conversation with Ballerina Turned CSO, Jessica Nemmers

In this episode of Agent of Influence, Nabil is joined by Jessica Nemmers, Chief Security Officer at Elevate. They discuss her transition from ballerina to cybersecurity leader, the cybersecurity talent shortage, how to encourage women to break into cybersecurity, advice for creating a strong security program foundation, critical infrastructure vulnerabilities, and more.

Deception Technology, Identity Detection and Response, Cloud Security, and More

In this episode of Agent of Influence, Nabil is joined by Carolyn Crandall, Chief Security Advocate and CMO at Attivo Networks, which was recently acquired by SentinelOne. They discuss hardware vs. software instability, deception technology, identity detection and response, credential management, cloud security and adoption, endpoint security, and how to make cybersecurity careers more accessible. 

What is Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and How Has it Evolved in Recent Years?

In this episode of Agent of Influence, Nabil is joined by Netskope’s Jason Clark, Chief Security Officer and Chief Strategy Officer, and James Robinson, Deputy Chief Information Security Officer. They discuss the evolution of secure access service edge (SASE), the acceleration of cloud adoption, zero trust network access, threat modeling, and more.

The State of Authentication and Best Practices for Digital Certificate Management

In this episode of Agent of Influence, Nabil speaks with Jason Soroko, CTO-PKI at Sectigo about the state of authentication. They discuss multi-factor authentication weaknesses, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), the difference between symmetric and asymmetric secrets, best practices for managing digital certificates, the role of AI and machine learning in threat detection, and more.

Contextual AppSec Testing, Open Source Security, Log4j, and More

In this episode of Agent of Influence, Nabil speaks with Idan Plotnik, CEO and Co-Founder of Apiiro. They dig into the concept of contextual application security testing, the importance of contributing to the open source community, dependency confusion, steps organizations should take to address Log4j (and similar vulnerabilities), and more.

A Deep Dive into SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM)

In this episode of Agent of Influence, Nabil speaks with Maor Bin, CEO and Co-Founder of Adaptive Shield, about all-things Software as a Service (SaaS) application security. They discuss SaaS security posture management (SSPM), what’s driving SaaS adoption, the challenges of securing a SaaS stack, the Adaptive Shield origin story, the 2021 SaaS security survey, the concept of secure by default, and the Danish Gambit chess opening.