The Virtual CISO Moment

Christian Espinosa is the author of "The Smartest Person in the Room: The Root Cause and New Solution for Cybersecurity", Founder and CEO of Alpine Security, a cybersecurity engineer, certified high-performance coach, professor, and lover of heavy metal music and spicy food. He’s also an Air Force veteran and Ironman triathlete. He used to value being the “smartest guy in the room,” only to realize that his greatest contribution to the fight against cybercrime is his ability to bring awareness to the issue through effective communication. Christian is a speaker, coach, and trainer in the Secure methodology, helping to make the smartest people in the room the best leaders in the field. For more information, visit www.christianespinosa.com, and to order his book, visit https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08T6QK6FN.

Midterm election caution, OpenSSL critical update, copper producer Aurubis attached, possible intrusion at Bed Bath and Beyond, Liz Truss potential phone hack, and thoughts about the risks of using personal devices for corporate business.

Australia to increase breach fines, patients affected by breach do not have standing to sue, 22-year old vulnerability discovered, two POS malware used in breach, cyber insurance considerations from the NACD blog, and some thoughts on risk treatment.

From July 12, 2022 - Johanan (Jo) Dixon talks about life in the Marine Corps, as an MMA amateur fighter, and as a Title boxing instructor, and how these helped prepare him for his journey to cybersecurity and his current role with Halcyon (https://www.halcyon.ai/). And he's starting up a new podcast!

Marci McCarthy is CEO and President at T.E.N. CEO and Chairman at ISE® Talent. She founded T.E.N.’s flagship program, the Information Security Executive® of the Year (ISE®) Program Series, which is lauded by the IT industry as the premier recognition and networking program for security professionals in the U.S. and Canada. She is a 2012 recipient of a 4th Congressional District of Georgia Citation for fostering greater visibility and professionalism for the IT security industry, naming March 13th “Marci McCarthy Day.” She was listed as one of IFSEC Global’s Security and Fire Influencers for 2018 as #3 of 20 total leaders in their Cybersecurity category; she was also the highest-ranking woman on the list. She is also the DeKalb GOP Chairman (Georgia). She joins us to discuss information security and election integrity.

Albert Whale, Founder and CEO of IT Security Solutions, Inc and the developer of ITS Safe which provides real-time continuous protection at machine speed. He has over 30 years of experience with reducing the risk for business owners, minimizing their liabilities and overall risk. He has extensive experience in the techniques that criminal hackers use and identifies the probability and impact risks to exploit their business. He is the author of #Hacked and the primary author of #Hacked2. 

"VSOC", nonprofit cybersecurity challenges, seven steps to defend healthcare agencies, workforce shortage, loss of GPS for flight navigation in Dallas, and some thoughts on aviation and navigation from my active pilot days.

Google forms COVID phish, US national cybersecurity strategy, Microsoft customer data breach, economic uncertainty and the effect on cyber risk, and skill resources and advice for CISOs - plus what I believe is an important certification for CISOs that is not talked about too often.

From July 5, 2022 - William Birchett, President of Logos Systems and creator of the vCISO Network, discusses the virtual CISO space including elements that make a successful vCISO, the biggest threat to SMBs (it's not ransomware!), and his future plans to help the vCISO field through Logos Systems, the vCISO Network, and other endeavors.

Jon Sternstein is the Founder and Principal of Stern Security, a cyber security company headquartered in Raleigh, NC. He is co-author of the Cisco Press course titled “Security Penetration Testing (The Art of Hacking) LiveLessons”, holds many security certifications including: GIAC Penetration Tester and Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), is a featured cyber security expert, and talks with us about managing risks - and a little guitar! Recorded at RETR3AT Cyber Conference Montreat College September 23, 2022.