Security All In

Sam spoke with Adam Shostack about being an entrepreneur, technologist, author and game designer, focused on improving security outcomes for customers and the industry as a whole. Adam has created a wide variety of companies and organizations, software, new analytic frameworks, as well as books, games and other forms of communication at startups and at Microsoft.

Clay Carter proves to be an energetic and driven security executive with experience leading organizations through periods of creation, scale, and turnaround. Sam and Clay talk about his passion for technology and pride and his deep technical expertise across architecture, engineering, security, software, networks, and infrastructure.

Nick is a technology and security leader focused on innovation to drive business results. In his 15 years of security leadership, he has focused on building high-performance teams to ensure security is a business driver rather than a cost center. His focus on all areas of security ranging from physical security to risk management through to application security, infrastructure security, and operations gives him a unique perspective on how security can positively impact an organization.  Sam’s interview with Nick is a deep dive into how Nick got started in security and became the CIO at Gemini Trust Company, where he’s applying his learnings from security leadership building high-performance infrastructure and technology teams with a strong focus on security.

Tom talked with Sam about his path to CISO. As CISO for ServerCentral Turing Group (SCTG),  Tom is responsible for security, governance, compliance, and maintaining a culture of security and IT Risk awareness across the entire organization. Many of his company’s clients are in regulated industries, have compliance requirements or simply take the security of their data seriously. 

Dianna starts off Season 2 of Security All-in to chat with Sam about her career path from the medical field to security.  Dianna discusses how her experiences in the computer and network security industry with a strong business development professional background have helped her achieve executive positions.

Michael and Sam talk about the path from Mathematics to Astrophysics, to cybersecurity. How does one secure satellite transmission, when the technology of the time allows only for a trickle of information to come back down to earth? They further discuss how Michael got drawn into cybersecurity and what takes precedence when it comes to securing a company like Korn Ferry.

Sam and Kevin chat about what it takes to be the first CISO in an organization that’s growing its security, where biology and security meet, and why IoT is such a funny term.

Chris recalls the time he built a Tandy computer with his grandfather, and how that got him on the path to security. He explains his passion for education, tells of his time in the military, and offers advice to up and coming security professionals.

Don Welch talks about the path from Army Special Operations IT to being CISO for Penn State University. Don also tells about starting the cybersecurity education program at West Point, and how being a CISO for a major university is almost like securing a small city.

Sam and Roland discuss their continued passion for security, and how that keeps them going on a day to day basis and the power they draw from looking at the big picture and thinking about what you’re trying to accomplish beyond protecting a company and solving problems.