In 2010, Doug Howard, CEO of managed detection and response company Pondurance, wrote a cybersecurity book called Security 2020 in which he and 50 leading experts made predictions about what cybersecurity would be like in 2020. They were correct on many different trends such as the recent impact of the COVID pandemic, the rise of botnets, exposing documents from famous pundits and nation state cyber warfare. There were also many other predictions that border on science fiction plots.  

Cyndi Gula and I interviewed Mac Conwell for episode 20 of Gula Tech Cyber Fiction. Mac runs Rare Breed Ventures which does seed investing in tech start-ups. We spoke a lot about the venture process, why Mac started Rare Breed and some of his portfolio investments. 

Ron and Cyndi Gula interview Chris Kubecka about her time at Saudi Aramco performing incident response against Iranian intrusions, the state of Middle East cybersecurity relations, how the cybersecurity conference scene has changed over the last few years and how we can teach more people about #DataCare and inspire them to join this exciting career field. Chris is the Distinguished Chair at the Middle East Institute Cyber Program and consults with a variety of world governments on cybersecurity policy. 

Ron interviews author and cyber journalist Deb Radcliff about her fiction book, Breaking Backbones in which a group of hackers take on an evil corporation which controls the world's information. They also discuss Deb's background running the SANS Analysts program and some of the cyber stories she covered as a journalist. 

Suzanne joins Ron for episode #17 and discusses her time running DHS's critical infrastructure programs, her continuing work on the CyberSpace Solarium commission, election security and #DataCare. She also reflects on a 2010 Huffington Post article she wrote titled "No More Secrets" which talks about a world in which we have no secrecy or privacy and how this type of transparency can be a positive force for businesses. Suzanne is a Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and board members of both Defending Digital Campaigns and Girl Security. Her Twitter handle is @SpauldingSez.

In episode 16, Ron interviews NFL football player & tech investor Kelvin Beachum. Kelvin has played football for several teams and recently joined the Arizona Cardinals. He has also become an avid tech investor in drones, clean energy, robotics and cybersecurity. Ron and Kelvin speak about tech investing, increasing tech diversity, Data Care and how science fiction shapes technology. Kelvin can be followed on Twitter @KelvinBeachumJr.

Episode 16's guest is former New Jersey CTO, Dave Weinstein. Ron and Dave speak about the early days of Cyber Command, being CISO and CTO for the state of New Jersey, running Claroty's threat intelligence team and consulting in the operational technology space as a McKinsey Associate Partner.  

Dr. Eric Cole is our guest for episode 14 of Gula Tech Cyber Fiction. Eric and Ron speak about why we need certifications for Chief Information Security Officers, marketing terms like "zero trust" and "artificial intelligence", cybersecurity risk frameworks, Data Care and a good bit of hacker science fiction. Dr. Cole started his career doing cybersecurity at the CIA, has a PHD in computer science, has authored 8 computer security books including Cyber Crisis which will be available soon and runs Secure Anchor consulting which provides cybersecurity expert witness services and security consulting. 

Ron interviews Bryan Ware who started out his career as a commercial tech entrepreneur, served as a senior DHS cybersecurity executive and now runs Next5 - a technology-focused business intelligence and strategic advisory firm. We discuss all sorts of cybersecurity technologies, the latest in United States cyber policy, toast Chris Krebs and share some bourbon. 

In episode 12, Trevor Pryce is interviewed by Ron and Cyndi Gula about his latest efforts to bring animation and movie making to Baltimore. We discuss his NFL career, how he got into animation and film making, the fantasy animation Netflix series Kulipari, his current movie, series and video game productions at Outlook and how we can get more young adults into high tech jobs. Plus we name drop Mark Hamill, Ben Roethlisberger, Keith David, JJ Abrams and many other sci-fi and sports icons.