In this episode of The Gate 15 Interview, Andy Jabbour speaks with Chris Camacho. Chris is Abstract Security’s Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer (COO). In this role, Chris is responsible for the go-to-market strategy, company vision, growth, collaboration, and client engagement. He is a leader, innovator and community builder. Before co-founding Abstract Security, Chris served as both Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Revenue Officer at Flashpoint and was responsible for helping grow the company to an acquisition by Audax PE and supporting three acquisitions to Flashpoint’s portfolio, which helped the company be an industry market leader in the information security market. Before his time at vendors like Abstract Security and Flashpoint, Chris was the Senior Vice President of Information Security at Bank of America, where he oversaw the Threat Management Program. An entrepreneur, Chris also served as CEO for NinjaJobs, a career-matching community for elite cybersecurity talent. As he continues to build trust and relationships throughout the cybersecurity community, he’s now building C2 Corner, a space for security leaders to share stories, connect through experience, and build what’s next together. Chris on LinkedIn.

In the podcast Chris and Andy discuss:

• Chris’s background and the road from financial services to becoming a vendor.
• Chris shares some threat perspective from deepfakes to the complexities of geopolitics and polarization.
• Chris talks about managing ever-increasing amounts of data and how Abstract Security is helping organizations to reduce risk.
• We discuss the idea of AI SOCs helping to enhance security operations.
• The importance of community building: from trust groups and ISACs to C2 Corner to in-person meet-ups!
• Chris shares some career advice, and
• We play 3 Questions! and talk Chris’s favorite meats, reading books (and writing books?), and the glory of the 90s.

Selected links:

• Abstract Security. “Security teams should stop adversaries—not manage security data. Abstract’s streaming-first platform simplifies the entire security data pipeline, from ingestion to detection to storage. By eliminating noise and delays, we help your team move faster, stay focused, and outpace attackers in real time.”
• Introducing C2 Corner: By Practitioners, For the Industry
• Applied Security Data Strategy: A Leader’s Guide: a practical toolkit designed to help organizations of all sizes