This week John Zangardi, President and CEO of Redhorse Corporation joins us on the podcast to talk about his remarkable career starting with his time in the Navy as a Naval Flight Officer, his many years on the frontlines of security - including his favorite professional role in government as Department of Homeland Security CIO – and shares perspective on bridging the security talent gap in government as well as the many talents veterans bring to the security industry. He also touches on the evolution of the threat environment and security approaches the last two decades as well as hot topics including the Zero Trust opportunity and criticality of taking security education and its business value deeper into organizations. And, he provides a great movie recommendation that you will definitely want to check out!

John Zangardi, President, Redhorse Corp.

John joined Redhorse in June of 2020 taking on the day to day operations responsibilities as President.

Prior to joining Redhorse, he most recently served as Senior Vice President of business initiatives and strategic partnerships with Leidos Civil Group.

Prior to joining Leidos, he enjoyed a distinguished career in government service spanning more than thirty years, concluding with his role as Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a presidential appointment. At DHS his responsibilities encompassed information technology and associated management and security. His work for DHS garnered recognition by Federal Computer Week for his work in transforming DHS into, "one of the federal government's top IT performers." John led multiple initiatives at DHS including implementation of advanced cybersecurity technology, cloud computing and data analytics, identity management and telecommunications.

He transitioned to DHS from the Department of Defense (DoD) where he served as Acting Chief Information Officer, a position he assumed from his role as Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer. He previously served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Information Operations, and Space (DASN C4I, IO, and Space), and as the Acting Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer (DON CIO).

For links and resources discussed in this episode, please visit our show notes at https://www.forcepoint.com/govpodcast/e212