RE: Human Layer Security

We're back for another season and we're delighted to welcome Itumeleng Makgati, Group Information Security Executive at Standard Bank Group, a leading bank in South Africa. With over two decades of experience in security and business consulting, Itumeleng is a leading voice in the security space, and has appeared on a number of top 100 CISO lists.She joins Tim Sadler, CEO and co-founder of Tessian, to discuss how security leaders can align their cybersecurity strategies with the goals of the ...

This week, Ted Harrington, ethical hacker, entrepreneur, security consultant and author of the bestselling book, “Hackable”, joins us on the show. Ted and his team have helped hundreds of companies – including the likes of Google, Disney, Amazon, Netflix, and Qualcomm – discover and fix thousands of security vulnerabilities. He shares his learnings, explains why it's so important to 'think like an attacker' and provides tips on how security teams can do just that. Adopting a hacker minds...

This week Tim Sadler welcomes Craig Goodwin, the co-founder of Cyvatar - the industry’s first member-based cybersecurity as-a-service provider. As the former CISO and Chief Trust & Risk Officer at Fujitsu, and former Global Chief Security Officer at CDK Global, Craig has first-hand experience of the pressures senior security leaders - and their teams - face on a day-to-day basis. He explains how these experiences have led him to create solutions to help leaders tackle the constant fi...

Helen Patton, Advisory CISO at Cisco joins Tessian's Tim Sadler on the podcast this week to discuss the role of the CISO - now and in the years to come. She urges security leaders to remember that they “don’t operate in a vacuum" and provides tips on how security leaders can shift their mindsets to think ‘big’ and work cross-functionally. Helen also shares her views on the much-discussed topic of security getting a seat at the table with the board of directors.Tune in to hear her advice ...

This week, Tim meets with Lola Obamehinti, founder of Nigerian Techie. With significant experience in developing and leading security and awareness programs at companies including eBay and TIAA, Lola explains why security awareness training is more important than ever. She provides top tips on how to get employees engaged in training and how to get buy-in from execs to make security awareness training as successful as possible. Tim and Lola also discuss diversity in tech, with Lola shari...

How does Business Email Compromise work? Who is behind the attacks? And how do you get the money back? In this episode, Tim Sadler is joined by Andrew Frey, a Forensic Financial Analyst for the San Francisco Field Office of the U.S. Secret Service, working in the Cyber Fraud Task Force. As one of the most knowledgeable people in the US government on the threat of Business Email Compromise, Andrew works directly with companies and individuals to gather intelligence on cybercriminals behin...

This week, Tessian CEO Tim Sadler welcomes Mike Privette who, by day, is the CISO at Passport - a transportation software and payments company that helps cities manage parking and mobility infrastructure. And by night and weekends, Mike is a venture capital advisor, investor and author of the Security, Funded newsletter. Mike's in a unique position; he is a CISO and also advises the security companies that create products for security leaders. He explains what's going to get his attentio...

This week, we are talking about getting hacked, as Tim Sadler is joined by Scott Schober, cybersecurity expert and CEO of wireless security tech firm, BVS. When Scott's small business got hacked for the second time, he knew he had to share his experience with other business owners to help them understand the threat landscape they are operating in. On the show, he talks openly about how his corporate checking account was hacked, the motives behind hacks, and the shady art of social engineering...

Tim's guest this week is Joe Nocera, the Cyber & Privacy Innovation Institute Leader at PwC. With a passion for understanding the technical challenges of cybersecurity and translating these into practical business solutions, Joe joins Tim to discuss the biggest challenges companies are coming to him to solve. They talk about why human error is the leading cause of data breaches today and how to overcome the problem, starting with a new approach to security training, being empathetic ...

New year, new guests. And Tim's first guest of 2022 is the inspiring and brilliant Guy Podjarny, the co-founder and president of Snyk - the world’s first developer security platform that start-ups worldwide can build upon. Tim and Guy talk about what is driving the industry’s shift to a new developer-centric approach to security and the business value in doing so. They also discuss what it means to be developer-friendly and Guy offers advice in the wake of the log4j vulnerability. If yo...