”The Cyber Hero Adventures Show: Defenders of the Digital Universe”!

Given the rapidly changing world of Covid-19, how do enterprises, small & medium businesses and government agencies prepare for and manage the risks associated with telecommuting, compliance with legislation such as GDPR, CCPA etc?

Today's guests include Jeff Shaffer from aon.com/cyber-solutions

Stacy Shaddon and Tom Kelley with McGrath | North and Bob Kardell from Baird Holm.

If YOU or the other "Unsung Heroes" want to discuss appearing on our show...please send an e-mail to: [email protected].

Hello Real-Life "Unsung CyberHero Adventurers"!

Like you, I've heard many panels at conferences about the lack of Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) within the information technology and cybersecurity Community. On today's episode, we listen and learn (and get PUMPED UP) from 5 amazing "Unsung CyberHero Adventurers" who provide their unique perspectives as women in this sector.

We begin with pioneer Anita D'Amico, founder of Code Dx. Anita shares her experience being "the only woman in the room," to the present-day, more inclusive and welcoming ecosystem.

Davina Pruitt-Mentle from the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education discusses the challenges facing the rapidly-changing learning environment as the the world instantly moves to online learning. 

Jen Holtvluwerfrom Spirion.com shares her thoughts on best practices to insure data privacy and the ability to balance being a great mom at the same time.

Aileen Cosmano discusses the challenges of communication and distilling complicated tech and cybersecurity information into fun, engaging and informative messaging.

Niamh O'Connor shares her experience as an intern with our team at CyberHero Adventures and in her FIRST assignment at Cybereason.

The world is being disrupted. Everything is changing faster than at almost any time in modern history and the our methods of communicating are working hard to not only keep pace, but to get ahead of the increasing demand for faster, more reliable and most importantly, more secure digital communications.

Today's show features Keith Fuentes, V.P. of Customer Success | B2B Sales | Samsung Electronics America. Keith has over 20 years of experience in technology in general in security in particular. Keith will share how Samsung is staying ahead of the "Black Hats" to insure the Digital Universe!

Terry Dunlap, Founder of Refirm Labs will talk about his incredible journey from his youthful Black Hat adventures to becoming a thought leader and expert on both offensive AND defensive cyber security. He share's an amazing story about Chinese government efforts to include "back-doors" in various communications products and his cautionary tales will make you take notice...and continue on YOUR mission!

Today's guests, Richard Henderson from Lastline and Mario Vuksan of ReversingLabs share their incredible insights into the complex ecosystem that is the Internet. They share real-life stories of cybercrime and the engineering and human challenges of Defending the Digital Universe. They are great examples of "Unsung Cyber Heroes".

On today's episode we've invited an amazing group of thought leaders who work at the nexus of education and cyber security:

Davina Pruitt-Mentle, Academic Lead for the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE).

Kelvin Coleman, Executive Director of the National Cybersecurity Alliance.

Heather Ricciuto, Academic Outreach Leader for IBM and

Richard Guerry, CEO of the Institute for Responsible Online and Cellphone Communication. (IROC2.ORG)

We'll discuss the future of online education and answer some important questions, such as

How do we, as the cybersecurity community, address the need for more diversity and inclusion?

Here are some great resources...

Today, we'll listen and learn from an amazing group of thought leaders discussing cyber security and dealing with the Federal government including:

Kristina Tanasichuk, CEO of the Government Technology Services Coalition and Founder of Homeland Security Today.

On today's show, we're fortunate to have two amazing thought leaders who will share their experiences and perspectives on one of the most insidious, dangerous and destructive cyber crimes that continue to haunt EVERY person who is online, from birth to death...

IDENTITY THEFT!

Adam Levin is the Chairman and Founder of Cyber Scout and co-founded Credit.com. A global industry leader in identity theft resolution and education, identity management and data breach response, CyberScout has a client base of more than 700 institutions and 800,000 small businesses. More than 45 million people participate in one or more of its resolution, life stage management or breach response programs.

On an enrollment basis, Cyber Scout is the identity theft service provider to over 10 percent of the households in the United States. Over 45 million people participate in one or more of its resolution, life stage management or breach response programs.

Bob Sullivan is a veteran journalist and the author of five books, including New York Times Best-Sellers, Gotcha Capitalism and Stop Getting Ripped Off! He has won the Society of Professional Journalists Public Service Award, a Peabody award, and the Consumer Federation of America Betty Furness Consumer Media Service Award.

He spent nearly two decades working at MSNBC.com and NBC News, and he still appears on TODAY, NBC Nightly News, and CNBC. He’s now a syndicated columnist and frequent TV guest. He is also co-host of the podcast / audio documentary “Breach“, which examines history’s biggest hacking stories, and co-host of the weekly podcast “So, Bob,” which tackles stories about the unintended consequences of technology.

His newest book, The Barstool MBA: Why Running a Bar Beats Running to Business School, was published in July 2019.

Today, we have a special, solo guest.Kevin Tierney, Vice President of Global Cybersecurity, General Motors!

Nobody could have imagined that Kevin and his team would be at the epicenter of our battle against Covid-19...as a team of General Motors people have done a PIVOT that will be written about in history books by launching Project V, a highly successful effort to manufacture ventilators. We'll learn about that and ...

How GM leadership, including their CEO Mary Barra communicated the pivot to create medical devices? What are Kevin's thoughts regarding the cybersecurity of digital medical devices? We'll discuss how Kevin developed a passion for cybersecurity and how General Motors is handling the rapid shift to working from home (non-manufacturing team members), We'll also learn about GM's focus on cybersecurity, about their supply chain and how to manage the increasing threat landscape. 

We'll gain insight into the Auto-ISAC and how the industry has come together to share information and best practices based upon their motto "An Attack on One is an Attack on All".

All of that and much more...on todays episode...

Our special guest, Chris Cochran is a highly-successful, cybersecurity professional and leader, with extensive experience building strong cybersecurity programs. He has a deep understanding of risk analysis, threat hunting, and threat intelligence tradecraft across industry sectors and organizations to identify and mitigate attack vectors, trends and cyber threat actors. He is known to be a trusted advisor for security leadership from the boardroom to the SOC floor. 

Along with his co-host, Ron Eddings, Chris hosts The Hacker Valley Studio Podcast where they focus on the whole human and not just the cybersecurity or tech dimension of a person. On today's show, Chris has shared his unique perspectives on the state of cybersecurity, the future of our children, the effects of Covid-19 and much more.

It's ONLY going to get better...enjoy!

We have a GREAT show today including Andrew Shikiar, the Executive Director and CMO of the FIDO Alliance, who will provide details on a brand new initiative from FIDO that is focused on establishing a consumer logo – the I-Mark - for sites that are replacing passwords with simpler and safer means of user logins.

The timing of our next guest, Dr. George Antoniou is amazing because just LAST WEEK he was awarded a U.S. Patent for a breakthrough innovation in identity access management utilizing the blockchain ecosystem to improve cybersecurity.

We'll begin by hearing our guest's "origin stories" and learn about their "missions". Then, we'll cover the rationale to re-imagine passwords and identity management and share real-life stories of cybercrime answering three questions:

1. What happened?

All of that and more on today's episode...