Lessons from the School of Security Hard Knocks

Today's Guest is Antero Päivänsalo, CISO and Head of Information Security at Nokia.

In this episode, Antero discusses his role as CISO at Nokia, his considerations around customer and supply chain risk, how 5G plays a role in security risk, his previous roles at Nokia, the Nokia Security Hackathon, what keeps him up at night, and his toughest lessons learned.

For our 25th episode, our host and CEO, Joe Saunders, reflects on his lessons learned over the past 24 episodes.

He focuses on 6 specific episodes: John Graham-Cumming, Greg Touhill, Tony Sager, Gary McGraw, Rick Howard, and Ron Ross. He shares his insight on how these episodes touch on three different kinds of lessons: personal development & leadership, business, and technical.

Today's Guest is Kurt John, Chief Cybersecurity Officer at Siemens USA.

In this episode, Kurt John discusses his role and the history of Siemens USA, "Cyber Norms", protecting the manufacturing process, how his previous roles prepared him for his current one, his work with the The Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority, what keeps him up at night, and more.

Today's Guest is Seth Carmody, VP of Regulatory Strategy at MedCrypt.

In this episode, Seth discusses his role at MedCrypt and their mission to make security easier for medical device manufacturers, medical-related security issues, his career journey and work at the FDA, what product manufacturers need to consider, and his toughest lessons learned. Additionally, Joe and Seth engage in a great discussion around what policy can do versus what industry ought to do.

Today's Guest is Gloria D'Anna, RF Systems and Antenna Applications Engineer at the Ford Motor Company.

In this episode, Gloria discusses her background, what keeps her up at night, her book, cybersecurity standards in the automotive industry, SAE G-32, Cyber-Physical Systems, and her toughest lessons learned in the cybersecurity field.

Today's Guest is John Graham-Cumming, CTO at CloudFlare.

In this episode, John Graham-Cumming discusses his early background, his role at CloudFlare, how internet infrastructure differs in China, his book "The Geek Atlas", code breaking, email filtering, movie code, what keeps him up at night, 5G, and more.

Today's Guest: Michael Fraser, Co-Founder and CEO of Refactr.

In this episode, Michael discusses his company Refactr, the trials and triumphs of a start up, getting his start in the Air Force, his time in retail, the open source movement, and more.

Today's Guest: Marc Crudgington, the CISO and SVP of Information Security at Woodforest National Bank.

In this episode, we learn ways to shorten the time to mitigate a breach, what it takes to become a Chief Information Security Officer, and what you, executives, and the board should know about the coming Cyber War.

Today's Guest: Dr. Gary McGraw, Co-Founder of the Berryville Institute of Machine Learning.

In this episode, Dr. Gary McGraw discusses co-founding the Berryville Institute of Machine Learning, the risk factors associated with machine learning, his background and early career work, the difficulties surrounding software security, and a fun story here and there.

Dr. McGraw is an advisor to RunSafe Security.

Today's Guest: General Greg Touhill, the first Federal CISO.

In this episode General Touhill discusses his service in the military, his work at DHS, our new administration's top priorities, and embracing zero trust as a business imperative. General Touhill highlights the importance of adopting a framework, communication, and follow through.