Donovan Farrow is the CEO of Alias, which provides cybersecurity services, specializing in preventing, detecting, and responding to cyberattacks. He spent more than 20 years working for Schlumberger Oilfield Services, Loves Travel Stops, Chesapeake Energy and NTT Security in the fields of Information Technology, Information Security, Digital Forensics and Incident Response.

He has provided digital forensic analysis in more than 2,100 court cases, 160 incident response engagements, 250 penetration tests, was appointed Special Master by the Court, sits on the Oklahoma City Community College Advisory Board, and is ACE, PCE, CCE, and GCFA certified.

Connect with Donovan on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/donovan-farrow/

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:34 Guest Introduction Donovan Farrow

01:00 What got you into cyber security?

02:05 What were the lessons you learned along the way?

04:03 What drove you to take those risks?

05:41 What are you most afraid of?

08:07 Balancing security and cautiousness

10:51 What is it like being a court room expert witness?

11:38 CG Infinity

13:00 Data Interpretation

13:59 How do you take emotions out of it?

15:24 How do you keep your optimism after what you've seen?

17:00 Giving back to the community

18:43 Tips for people who wants to get into cybersecurity

20:12 Tips for mid-level cybersecurity officers

22:52 What kind of legacy you want to leave behind?

24:30 Tech CXO Excellence Program

26:10 Outro