Our guest today is Dale Drew. He’s chief security officer at Zayo Group, a global provider of communications, colocation, and cloud infrastructure. Previously, he’s held leadership positions at some of the largest and most influential telecommunications companies in the world, including CenturyLink, Level 3 Communications, and MCI Communications.

He shares the story of his unlikely start in the security industry, sparked by a stolen family checkbook, which led to a position with the Arizona Attorney General’s office, working to fight organized crime and racketeering.

We’ll get his views on threat intelligence, and we’ll learn why he’s leading an effort to champion open source tools in the industry.

Our guest today is Rick Tracy. He’s chief security officer at Telos, a cybersecurity, IT risk management and compliance, secure mobility, and identity management company. In addition to his duties as CSO, Rick is co-inventor of Xacta, a cyber risk management platform.

Rick shares his experience from over three decades in the industry, his thoughts on regulations like GDPR and what we might expect to see here in the U.S., how he handles briefing his board of directors, the helpful utility of the NIST framework, and how threat intelligence can inform an organization’s approach to managing risk.

Our guest today is Rick Tracy. He’s chief security officer at Telos, a cybersecurity, IT risk management and compliance, secure mobility, and identity management company. In addition to his duties as CSO, Rick is co-inventor of Xacta, a cyber risk management platform.

Rick shares his experience from over three decades in the industry, his thoughts on regulations like GDPR and what we might expect to see here in the U.S., how he handles briefing his board of directors, the helpful utility of the NIST framework, and how threat intelligence can inform an organization’s approach to managing risk.

Joining us today is Nicolas Cairns, director of Aegis 9 Security Intelligence, a cybersecurity firm located in Canberra, Australia. In his career, Nicolas has worked in both offensive and defensive cybersecurity operations, threat intelligence, malware analysis, digital forensics and incident response, as well as threat and risk assessment.

He shares his experience building a career in security, transitioning from the military to the private sector, having a hand in Australia’s first intelligence collection system, and working as a pen tester. Throughout it all, his career has been marked by a strong work ethic and desire to keep learning, to keep improving, and to put in the extra time and effort. We’ll hear his thoughts on threat intelligence, specifically how organizations can best manage the growing volume of information available, and how to best transform that information into actionable intelligence.

Joining us today is Nicolas Cairns, director of Aegis 9 Security Intelligence, a cybersecurity firm located in Canberra, Australia. In his career, Nicolas has worked in both offensive and defensive cybersecurity operations, threat intelligence, malware analysis, digital forensics and incident response, as well as threat and risk assessment.

He shares his experience building a career in security, transitioning from the military to the private sector, having a hand in Australia’s first intelligence collection system, and working as a pen tester. Throughout it all, his career has been marked by a strong work ethic and desire to keep learning, to keep improving, and to put in the extra time and effort. We’ll hear his thoughts on threat intelligence, specifically how organizations can best manage the growing volume of information available, and how to best transform that information into actionable intelligence.

Our guest today is Paul Kurtz. He’s the co-founder and CEO of TruSTAR Technology, a company that develops collaborative intelligence-sharing platforms with the goal of streamlining the distribution of actionable information for cybersecurity professionals.

Paul Kurtz began working in cybersecurity at the White House in the late 1990s, and later served in senior positions relating to critical infrastructure and counterterrorism on the White House's National Security and Homeland Security Councils under Presidents Clinton and Bush.

We’ll hear his views on information sharing and threat intelligence, and we’ll find out why he thinks that we may not be able to count on the government to protect us in the cyber realm.

Our guest today is Paul Kurtz. He’s the co-founder and CEO of TruSTAR Technology, a company that develops collaborative intelligence-sharing platforms with the goal of streamlining the distribution of actionable information for cybersecurity professionals.

Paul Kurtz began working in cybersecurity at the White House in the late 1990s, and later served in senior positions relating to critical infrastructure and counterterrorism on the White House's National Security and Homeland Security Councils under Presidents Clinton and Bush.

We’ll hear his views on information sharing and threat intelligence, and we’ll find out why he thinks that we may not be able to count on the government to protect us in the cyber realm.

The Recorded Future team is proud to have recently published its first book, “The Threat Intelligence Handbook — A Practical Guide for Security Teams to Unlocking the Power of Intelligence.” The book aims to provide readers with the information they’ll need to integrate threat intelligence into their organizations, to ensure that it’s actionable, and to put it in the hands of people who can most effectively make use of it.

Joining us once again is Recorded Future’s Chris Pace, who served as editor of the new book. He’ll take us through the process he and his colleagues went through to organize and write it, and why he believes the book is valuable for those both new to threat intelligence and the more experienced readers as well.

 

The Recorded Future team is proud to have recently published its first book, “The Threat Intelligence Handbook — A Practical Guide for Security Teams to Unlocking the Power of Intelligence.” The book aims to provide readers with the information they’ll need to integrate threat intelligence into their organizations, to ensure that it’s actionable, and to put it in the hands of people who can most effectively make use of it.

Joining us once again is Recorded Future’s Chris Pace, who served as editor of the new book. He’ll take us through the process he and his colleagues went through to organize and write it, and why he believes the book is valuable for those both new to threat intelligence and the more experienced readers as well.

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.