Cyber Security Interviews

HD Moore is the founder and CEO of Rumble Network Discovery; a platform designed to make asset inventory quick and easy by combining active scanning with innovative research.

Prior to starting Rumble, HD was best known as the founder of the Metasploit Project, the foremost open-source exploit development framework, and continues to be a prolific researcher and occasional speaker at security events.

In this episode, we discuss starting with BBSs back in the day, starting the Metasploit project, project Sonar, his development of Rumble Networks, securing home networks, fingerprinting networks, jump boxes in IoT networks, and so much more.

Where you can find HD:

• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• Blog

Gabe Gumbs has a deep-rooted passion for technology, information security, and problem-solving. As Chief Innovation Officer of Spirion—a leader in rapid identification and protection of sensitive data—he’s channeling that passion to make the digital world a safer place. Wielding a unique mix of technical vision, marketing, and business acumen, Gabe is shaping the future of data security and protecting the sensitive personal data of customers, colleagues, and communities around the world.

Despite having held a range of leadership positions in security technology— including VP of Product Strategy at STEALTHbits and Director of Research & Products at WhiteHat Security—Gabe considers his most valuable experience to be the time he spent on the ground as a security practitioner. Thanks to his intimate understanding of the real issues security professionals face on the front lines, he’s able to identify the core of the problem and create innovative solutions that push data security technology forward.

In this episode, we discuss his early starts with the 2600 meet-ups, privacy versus security, speaking to executives in their language, cloud security, information security skills shortages, training legal teams for cyber, how to get started in cybersecurity, and so much more.

Where you can find Gabe:

• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• Spirion Blog & Podcast

Shahrokh Shahidzadeh is the CEO of Acceptto. Shahrokh is a seasoned technologist and leader with 29 years of contribution to modern computer architecture, device identity, platform trust elevation, large IoT initiatives, and ambient intelligence research with more than 25 issued and pending patents.

Before Acceptto, Shahrokh was a senior principal technologist contributing to Intel Corporation for 25 years in a variety of leadership positions where he architected and led multiple billion-dollar product initiatives.

In this episode, we discuss evolving authentication, SSO and MFA challenges, anomalous behavior detection, enforcing least privilege, his time with Intel, AI and ML, multi-cloud security, securing home users, and so much more.

Where you can find Shahrokh:

• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• Acceptto

Deborah Golden is the US Cyber & Strategic Risk leader for Deloitte Risk & Financial Advisory. In the prior six years, Deborah served as the Government & Public Services (GPS) Cyber Risk Services leader, as well as the GPS Advisory Market Offering leader, GPS Empowered Well-Being leader and the lead principal for a major federal government health care provider.

Deb has more than 25 years of information technology experience spanning numerous industries, with an in-depth focus on government and public services, life sciences and health care, and financial services.

Deb received a bachelor’s degree in Finance at Virginia Tech and a master’s degree in Information Technology at George Washington University. She serves on Virginia Tech’s Business Information Technology and Masters in Information Technology Advisory Boards is a self-proclaimed fitness junky and avid traveler and trains service dogs with the Guide Dog Foundation in her spare time.

In this episode, we discuss mental health awareness, her 1-3-5-15 routine, working with clients remotely, COVID-19 cybersecurity spend, securing home networks, diversity in the cyber workplace, The Guide Dog Foundation, and so much more.

Where you can find Deb:

• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• Deloitte Bio
• Guide Dog Foundation

Kyle Hanslovan comes to Huntress Labs from the U.S. Intelligence Community, where he supported defensive and offensive cyber operations for the past decade. He previously co-founded the defense consulting firm StrategicIO and actively participates in the ethical hacking community as a Black Hat conference trainer, STEM mentor, and Def Con CTF champion. Additionally, he serves in the Maryland Air National Guard as a Cyber Warfare Operator.

Chris Bisnett is a veteran information security researcher with more than a decade of experience in offensive and defensive cyber operations. While serving with the NSA RedTeam, he attacked government networks and systems to identify and remedy vulnerabilities. Chris is also a recognized Black Hat conference trainer and has taught his “Fuzzing For Vulnerabilities” course at several events around the world. Before founding Huntress Labs, Chris co-founded LegalConfirm, LLC, where he led product design and development until the company was acquired in 2014.

In this episode, we discuss incident response planning, their early starts in offensive theaters, red teaming, Ransomware-as-a-Service, small business and enterprise threats, breaking bad news to clients, holding leadership accountable, hacking back, tips and resources for start-ups, warnings for founders, and so much more.

(Note: If you are interested in start-ups and being a founder, Daniel Ayala and I created a regularly updated blog for founders and start-ups: Hang Out A Shingle – Starting Your Cybersecurity Company.

Where you can find Kyle and Chris:

• LinkedIn - Kyle
• LinkedIn - Chris
• Twitter - Kyle
• Twitter - Chris
• Huntress Blog

Jack Kudale is Founder and CEO at Cowbell Cyber with over two decades of business executive experience. Previous senior roles include COO at Cavirin, CEO at Lacework, both cloud security startups; SnapLogic, a leader in hybrid cloud integration; and CA Technologies, where Jack led DevOps sales for the Fortune 500 leader.

With deep operational experience in the DevOps, Cybersecurity, IT Ops, & Big Data spaces, Jack leads Cowbell to execute on its vision of bridging the cyber insurability gap. Jack also serves as a governing board member of Brighter Children, a non-profit organization.

In this episode, we discuss the importance of cyber insurance, risk management, the difference between cyber insurance vs other insurance products, the risks COVID-19 pose to small businesses, right-sizing cyber insurance policies, industries that are targets for attackers, and so much more.

Where you can find Jack:

• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• Cowbell Cyber Blog

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

Anthony Bettini is the CTO for WhiteHat Security, the leader in Application Security, enabling businesses to protect critical data, ensure compliance, and manage risk. Previously, Anthony ran Tenable Research where Anthony joined via Tenable’s acquisition of FlawCheck – a leading Container Security startup where Anthony was the CEO & Founder.

Before its acquisition by Symantec, Anthony was CEO & Founder of Appthority, a leading Mobile Security startup, and winner of the “Most Innovative Company of the Year” award at the RSA Conference.

In this episode, we discuss managing a remote team, web application security, DevSec, responsible vulnerability disclosure, Artificial Intelligence (AI), how to focus your career, being a founder, and so much more!

Where you can find Anthony:

• LinkedIn
• WhiteHat Blog

Ed Bellis is a security industry veteran and expert and was once named “Information Security Executive of the Year”. He currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder of Kenna Security. He founded Kenna Security to deliver a data-driven risk-based approach to remediation and help IT teams prioritize and thwart would-be security threats.

Ed is the former CISO of Orbitz and former Vice President, Corporate Information Security at Bank of America. He is an advisor to Dascena and former advisor to SecurityScoreboard.com, Dharma, and Society of Payment Security Professionals. Ed is a contributing author to the book, Beautiful Security. He is also a frequent speaker at industry conferences such as RSA, BlackHat, and many others.

In this episode, we discuss vulnerability management maturity, how to focus on remediation, inventory management, securing cloud services, IoT devices in the enterprise, entrepreneurship, hiring the right people, and so much more.

Where you can find Ed:

• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• Kenna Security Blog

Mikko Hypponen is a global security expert and has worked at F-Secure since 1991. Currently, he serves as F-Secure's Chief Research Officer.

Mikko has written on his research for the New York Times, Wired, and Scientific American, and he frequently appears on international TV. He has lectured at the universities of Stanford, Oxford, and Cambridge. He was selected among the 50 most important people on the web by the PC World magazine and was included in the FP Global 100 Thinkers list.

Mikko sits on the advisory boards of t2 and Social Safeguard and in the advisory panel for the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

In this episode, we discuss his early starts in information security, the rebirth of TELNET, security by design, the difference between privacy and security, mobile device security, IoT security, election security, and so much more.

Where you find Mikko:

• LinkedIn
• Twitter
• F-Secure Blog
• HBO - Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America’s Elections