Andy Bennett, CISO of Apollo Information Systems, chats with Apollo's new Threat Intelligence lead Jennifer Gold. They go into career trajectories and embracing "unplanned rapid disassembly"  (failure). Andy doesn't understand why SpaceX needed to do the flippy maneuver thing. Jennifer was on MTV's Apartment 2F! Jennifer and Andy dive deep into threat intelligence, taking a proactive posture in cybersecurity, how responsible disclosures work, and cybersecurity fundamentals.

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Jennifer Gold: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferfarrellgold/ 

Andy Bennett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cisoandy/  

Apollo Information Systems: https://apollo-is.com/  

Andy Bennett, CISO of Apollo Information Systems, chats with Chuck Herrin, Wib API Security CTO and CISO. They go into the CISO career path and how they “accidented” into it, as well as how to navigate large organizations and critical topics like how to get a free shirt after a merger and words of Wisdom from “A Bug’s Life.” We also learn how to pronounce CISO, SEIM, and GIF! And Chuck breaks the lightning round. 

 
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Chuck Herrin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuck-h-securityexecutive/ 

Wib: https://wib.com/  

Andy Bennett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cisoandy/  

Apollo Information Systems: https://apollo-is.com/  

Andy Bennett, CISO of Apollo Information Systems, opens up the floor to dev ops extraordinaire, coder, and advisor Elliot Graebert to chat about things CISOs want to know from dev ops and vice versa. They dive deep into the importance of cooperation and collaboration, the need for putting security early into project development, and why a sustainable workforce is better than a heroic one. We learn that Andy has a new chainsaw, what a guillotine is, and that Elliot’s daughter really, really, really likes the number 8.

Mentions:

Loonshots by Safi Bahcall 

The Princess Bride by William Goldman 

And Elliot’s blog on Medium! 

Andy Bennett, CISO of Apollo Information Systems chats with RJ Friedman, career CISO and CEO of dayONE Cyber. They play a game of Cyber Wheel of Doom to choose hot cybersecurity topics randomly. The wheel lands on a wide range of things including quantifying risk, how to make the best use of conferences, the value of certifications, addressing technical debt and asset management, understanding risk appetite, having hard conversations with employees and clients, and looking at the overall threat landscape. Tune in to find out what RJ did to surprise Andy enough into stopping the conversation to take a drink. Andy also tries to "stump the chump."

And RJ's shirt has ducks.

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Andy Bennett, CISO of Apollo Information Systems chats with security consultant, incident responder, Director of Operations of Coherent CYBER, and digital forensics analysis professor at UTSA, Jacob Stauffer. They talk about voting system security, teaching cybersecurity, digital forensic investigations, getting started in cybersecurity, and building successful teams. 

And we learn about Velociraptor. The tool. Not the dinosaur. 

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Andy Bennett, CISO of Apollo Information Systems chats with Allan Alford CISO/CTO at TrustMAPP and Host of the Cyber Ranch Podcast. On this episode, Andy plays cyber roulette. They rapid-fire through several topics including the biggest cybersecurity challenges and risks for organizations, remote work changes, Zero Trust, asset management, CISO professional development, Janet Jackson’s attack on hard drives, shadow IT, and mergers and acquisitions. 

And we learn about the proper use of cowboy hats.

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Andy Bennett, CISO of Apollo Information Systems chats with cybersecurity professional Bryan Gutierrez about raising kids in an interconnected and digital world, how to combat the "it won't happen to me" problem, and building policies to protect your home.

And we get a tour of all the mysterious artifacts in Andy’s office.

And, Dad jokes.

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Andy Bennett, CISO of Apollo Information Systems chats with Michael Fitch, SAIC Account Director for State & Local business in Texas about building and nurturing the cybersecurity community, cultivating relationships, taking care of teams, taking care of the self, and the importance of creating trust. They also dig into cybersecurity trends including ransomware and the impact to public safety.

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Andy Bennett, CISO of Apollo Information Systems chats with GameStop CISO, Jim Motes, about many different cybersecurity topics including blockchain, cybersecurity buzzwords, Zero Trust, Microsoft in the cybersecurity space, ransomware, the most neglected fundamentals, and building and training cybersecurity teams. And find out if Andy can sustain his probationary friend status.

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Andy Bennett, CISO of Apollo Information Systems chats with Collin Chung, cybersecurity consultancy Omni Group about finding and cultivating good talent, building a cybersecurity career, and the importance of people in the industry.

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