Dr. Jason Edwards, DM, CRISC, CISSP, is an author, professor, and a Principal in Cybersecurity Regulatory Assurance for Amazon Web Services. He is a wealth of knowledge and fun to talk with. Fair Warning, we spent a fifth of the podcast talking about Star Wars :)

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Timestamps:

3:10 - Favorite Star Wars movie

7:22 - LinkedIn content strategy

11:17 - How Jason landed in Cybersecurity

14:48 - Advice on landing a career in Cybersecurity

15:49 - Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

19:00 - Star Wars Part 2 - It brings everyone together

28:51 - Guidance on Cybersecurity certifications

34:13 - Jason's book on Cybersecurity Hiring

35:06 - Resume advice and the keyword game

39:26 - Job market in 2024 and challenges with RTO

47:38 - Cybersecurity laws (or lack there of)

57:51 - Leave the World Behind movie

1:01:27 - Concerns over AI

1:07:01 - Speculation on what happened with Open AI & Sam Altman

1:13:50 - Jason's go-to sources of info & importance of being well-rounded

1:20:34 - Return to office mandates part 2

1:21:30 - NIST 2.0

1:24:36 - Cybersecurity regulatory concerns

1:27:54 - Star Wars Part 3 & thoughts on Rebel Moon

1:31:20 - Dealing with haters (haters gonna hate no matter what)

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