Putting their money where their mouths are, they have invested in courses, bought products and attended seminars that claim to show people what they need to do to become successful in the world of social media, property investment and crypto-currency amongst other schemes.  They take a serious but light-hearted look at the global success industry and have broken down the psychology, methodology and mindset that leads millions to invest time and money into these schemes.

If I had to take a bet before Hacker Summer Camp in Las Vegas 2019 I wouldn’t have put my money on “collaboration” being the topic that, more than anything, spontaneously came up during the many conversations we had. Sure, there were some hints from conversations we had prior to the event, and I was hoping that sooner than later it would become one of the core topics to leverage and improve the future of cybersecurity. However, I didn’t expect it to come this early and to present itself this strongly as a message throughout the whole week.

Not only did I succeed in bringing Katie and Fred together for this podcast, but I also got a chance to meet Ryan Kovar [Principal Security Strategist at Splunk]—who happened to be presenting on ATT&CK with Katie that week. I asked Ryan to join us for the conversation as well. He agreed. BONUS!

For this episode of the Jenny Radcliffe Talk Show on ITSPmagazine, we welcome Susan Etlinger. Susan is an industry analyst at Altimeter Group. She is a globally recognized expert in digital strategy and has authored a series of reports and frameworks on topics including artificial intelligence, big data, analytics and digital ethics.

Marco and I are fortunate in that we get to hear a lot of stories. Of course, as one of our mantras spells out, we are always on the lookout for stories that are better than others. This story is that and a bit more.

What if you could have your cake and eat it too? No matter how many times you hear this, it still sounds good. Conversely, however, we can’t even remember how many conversations we’ve had over the years, about passwords and how inconvenient and old-fashioned they are—both for today’s businesses and for personal lives operating in the digital age.

In this Unusual Gatherings Talk Show, we get to talk about sharing the passion that moves people to choose a career as a cybersecurity professional, what is happening in this industry, and why collaboration at every level looks more and more like the future of cybersecurity.

What can we do as professionals and humans to ensure the best possible outcome and prevent the worst outcome?

During Black Hat, we had the chance to meet two of these individuals from Cequence Security: one is a security research veteran that has been with the company for a long time and the other a new-hire but with a long and solid history of looking after product marketing for another very well-known security brand.

Companies are comprised of people. It is the aggregation of individual stories that give character and life to the brand they represent, the products they develop, and the customer interactions they create. With this in mind, we often like to start our conversations with some personal notes about our guest; and that’s precisely how this one begins.