Cybersecurity Unplugged

Don Cox is the distinguished CISO at American Public Education, Inc. and former CISO at MEDNAX, a multi-billion dollar healthcare network with 8,000 employees. Cox also spent the majority of his prior career working for federal agencies in cybersecurity. He's had leadership experience at Ise, the Department of Energy, State Department, parts of Health and Human Resources, and the US Secret Service.

In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Cox discusses:

• The possibilities for improving the government's cybersecurity posture through the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA);
• Shifting our cybersecurity approach from a defensive posture to more offensive maneuvers;
• The effects of the current geopolitical landscape on cybersecurity.

Brian Barnier is the distinguished director of analytics at ValueBridge Advisors. Barnier is also professor of operations finance and economics at the graduate level across several U.S. universities. He is the 2021 recipient of the Joseph J. Wasserman award.

In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Barnier discusses:

• The coursework on applying critical and design thinking to cybersecurity that Barnier is developing for CyberEd.io;
• How cyber risk differs from other business continuity risks;
• The cybersecurity initiatives coming from Washington and predictions on their effectiveness.

Andy Jenkinson is the Group CEO of Cybersec Innovation Partners (CIP), the United Kingdom's PKI and cryptography governance and management team of experts.

In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Jenkinson discusses:

• The correlation between the increase in website numbers over the last 20 years and the increase in cyber losses;
• Why governments building offensive security capabilities incentivized ignoring defensive security;
• How some of the biggest players in the industry are their own worst enemy when it comes to security;
• His thesis for how we can get out of the seemingly insurmountable web of vulnerabilities.

Rebecca Herold is CEO and co-founder of Privacy and Security Brainiacs. She's also a Ponemon Institute fellow and the CEO and founder of Rebecca Harold LLC, a cloud-based privacy and security firm. She is currently finishing her 20th published book on information security and privacy.

In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Herold discusses:

• The gap in cybersecurity education and how to incorporate information and cybersecurity, as well as privacy, into public school curriculum;
• How to fully and successfully address privacy whether from the lens of compliance, governance or the intersection between the need for privacy and the need for security;
• The Internet of Medical Things, deadly exposure of connected medical devices and predictions for the future of medical device security.

David Brumley is the CEO of ForAllSecure, a cybersecurity company whose products are based on Mayhem, the amazing machine that David designed to autonomously and in real-time apply patching and continuous penetration testing.

In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Brumley discusses:

• Software flaw detection and how Brumley developed Mayhem;
• Brumley's contract with the Pentagon to find coding flaws in operating systems and custom programs used by the US military;
• Legal barriers to autonomously fixing software bugs.

Joe Head is co-founder of INTRUSION, a cybersecurity company that approaches cyber defense from the inside out, leveraging real-time AI to kill cyberattacks before they become breaches.

In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Head discusses:

• The difference between trying to modify human behavior and implementing robust security;
• How INTRUSION's product, Shield, satisfies the principles of zero trust;
• How big data, historical reputation references and AI will win the war on cybercrime.

Kadee Russ specializes in open-economy macroeconomics and international trade policy. She is a professor of economics at the University of California, Davis and is affiliated with the National Bureau of Economic Research, serving as a faculty research associate for the NBER's International Trade and Investment program and as co-organizer of the International Trade and Macroeconomics workshops.

In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Russ discusses:

• The correlation between cybersecurity and global economics;
• How AI is transforming international trade and the broadening range of supplies and services offered overseas;
• China's Belt and Road Initiative and the ramifications of China's increased economic footprint;
• Digital disruption and the imperative of re-staffing our cybersecurity officials in US government.

Rob Clyde is a senior board director of ISACA, the chairman of the board for White Cloud Security and an advisor to ShardSecure. Rob has a long history in cybersecurity education and training.

ISACA's recent 2021 State of Cybersecurity Study reported that 61% of respondents say that cybersecurity teams are understaffed and 55% report that they have unfilled cybersecurity positions. Among other topics, Rob and Steve theorize about the best strategies to close the cybersecurity skills and talent gap, from training non-security employees to pivot in their career to educating children in K-12.

Richard Bird is the chief customer information officer for Ping Identity. Bird is a well-known, identity-centric security expert, a former CISO and CIO. In addition, Richard serves as the global head of identity for JPMorgan Chase's consumer businesses.

In this episode, Bird discusses:

• How deep do the application controls need to go if identity is the new perimeter;
• Personal identity wallets as a possible solution to the identity and credentials issue;
• SSO, multifactor and behavioral authentication;
• The balancing act of privacy and security.

Roger Lang is the general partner of the venture capital fund known as BCP Blitz. Rogers is also the CEO and founder of Predicta.com, the leader in advanced AI market analytics and data science.

In this episode of Cybersecurity Unplugged, Lang discusses:

• The venture capitalist's view on the state of cybersecurity;
• How economic issues are causing global ecological issues such as Chronic Wasting Disease;
• The comingling of security and economic issues and expectations for this White House;
• How cyber education is key to national cybersecurity.