Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. We are joined by Sandro Bucchianeri. Sandro is an award-winning, globally experienced Security Executive with over two decades of cybersecurity experience, with the last 12 years at the executive level (CISO and CSO). Sandro is currently the Group CSO at Absa Group

Absa Group is an African financial services company with a global perspective. They have forged a new way of getting things done, driven by bravery and passion, with the readiness to realise the possibilities on our continent and beyond.

You can find Sandro at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandrobucchianeri/?originalSubdomain=za

Absa Group Website: http://www.absa.africa

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Cyber Security Professionals: www.cybersecurity-professionals.com

Now normally the show is hosted by Karla or Karl Sharman but this time we flipped it on its head and now Daniel Woods is hosting and interviewing Karl, which is strange. But Daniel provides a lot of research into the cyber insurance markets so we thought we would discuss the cyber insurance and primarily the Incident response eco-system in more depth. So let’s see how this goes and everyone interested in this space should certainly check out Daniel’s research.

Daniel will be hosting a focus group to solicit feedback on the interview findings on February 10th (12:00 EST/17:00 GMT) at:

https://www.twitch.tv/cyber_insurance

If you have questions, he can be reached at [email protected]

You can find Daniel at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-woods-82555199/

This podcast is sponsored by:


Cyber Security Professionals: www.cybersecurity-professionals.com

David Edwards joins Karla Reffold to discuss how Coventry Building Society have addressed their cyber maturity, staffing and diversity and inclusion. This discussion really focuses on leadership and how David is driving a transformation for security but also for a culture.

Key Minutes

3:55 - Working with the board on security transformation

10:10 - How to identify the gaps?

14:25 - Getting sponsorship for increased engagement

32:35 - Diversity and inclusion to support engagement

37:08 - Evil Alexa

45:30 - Ten Quick Fire Questions

You can find David at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidedwardssec/

Website: https://www.coventrycareers.co.uk/

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Cyber Security Professionals - www.cybersecurity-professionals.com

We are joined by Jim Phillipoff, who is the Head of Global Business Development for Entertainment and Media at Irdeto, in his fourth year with the company. He is responsible for developing new projects and initiatives, most recently launching the Trusted Home project. Jim has extensive experience in the service provider industry having served as the founder and CEO of Xtra TV, a Ukrainian DTH company. He also founded several MMDS operators and an ISP in the region, managing several hundred staff and large deployments of capital.

Irdeto protects platforms and applications for video entertainment, video games, connected transport, connected health and IoT connected industries.

Key Minutes

2:10 Hearing about cybersecurity

3:35 Who are Irdeto?

09:20 Security at home

15:25 Securing IoT

19:43 Parental controls within security

26:20 Security for connected vehicles

31:10 Ten Quick Fire Questions

You can find Jim at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-phillipoff-a460b8137/

Website: http://www.irdeto.com

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Cyber Security Professionals: www.cybersecurity-professionals.com

Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. We are joined by Ran Pugach. Ran is the Chief Product and Development Officer at Ava Security. Ava is a global technology company with offices in the UK, Norway, and the USA. They believe that they can create a better, smarter way to deliver security. They inject intelligence into their approach to security and all their solutions. They help organizations see, understand, and act on their surroundings to protect their people, business, and reputation in real-time.

Key Minutes:

02:30 - Starting on the commercial side

04:20 - How do you stand out through sales

05:55 - What is Ava Security?

11:50 - Insider threat

15:40 - Increasing awareness across the business

21:10 - Internal vs External threats

24:30 - Protecting the IoT Threat

25:20 - Next for Ava Security

31:05 - Ten Quick Fire Questions

You can find Ran at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ran-p-046561/

Website: https://www.ava.uk/

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Cyber Security Professionals: www.cybersecurity-professionals.com

We are joined by Brendan Kotze who is the CEO of CyberLumeneer. Cyberlumeneer was established to solve challenges faced daily by security operations and management teams through designing world class solutions that provide near-real-time visibility, board ready reporting, digital foot printing and continuous security control monitoring.

Key Minutes:

1:30 - Industry Educations and Certifications

05:22 - The new product for Core Security

11:50 - Latest trends in the security space

15:20 - Translating for board level

17:50 - The difference between compliance and security

19:30 - Launching a product during 2020

23:00 - Getting customer feedback

26:00 - What will change in 2021?

27:00 - What does the next five years look like?

30:00 - If it’s smart its vulnerable

34:00 - Ten Quick Fire Questions

You can find Brendan at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendankotze/

Website: https://www.cyberlumeneer.com

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We are joined by Michael McGuiness who is a Senior Cybersecurity Specialist at the Co-Operative Bank. The former Chemistry graduate from Durham University has recently celebrated five years at the Co-Operative Bank. Michael was also recently nominated as the Cyber Security Awards newcomer of the year for 2020.

Key Minutes:

2:26 - Hearing of Cybersecurity

05:02 - Finding first job in cybersecurity

08:10 - The skills gap

09:22 - Graduate Scheme

11:22 - Launching Cyber Awareness week

18:22 - Career mapping

20:22 - Getting mentors

22:42 - Certifications

24:50 - Getting into cybersecurity

25:47 - Ten Quick Fire Questions

You can find Michael at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-mcguinness-6406041a1/

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Cyber Security Professionals: www.cybersecurity-professionals.com

Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. We are joined by Greg Van Der Gaast.

Starting as one of the most notorious hackers of the 1990's having been involved in the largest mass hack of the time and setting off an international incident after hacking into a nuclear weapons facility, Greg has over two decades of technical, management, and leadership experience in Information Security.

A frequent speaker about bringing visibility, care, and accountability to the Information Security industry and breaking out of today's reactive status quo, he is an expert in building efficient and effective InfoSec organisations by enabling leadership, addressing root causes, and harnessing human potential.

Key Minutes:

09:30 - How do security leaders do better?

15:40 - Understanding the board

21:10 - How to meet the job description?

33:43 - The vendor landscape

44:10 - Ten Quick Fire Questions

You can find Greg at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregvandergaast/

Re-Thinking InfoSec: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B084KJSH92/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0

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We are joined by Lior Arbel, who is Performanta Group’s General Manager for Europe & North America and Chief Strategy and innovation Officer. A focused and driven security executive with nearly 20 years of IT security industry experience, Lior joined Performanta in 2013 as CTO in the UK, before becoming GM in 2015.

Lior started at IBM where his passion for information technology grew. Previous roles included moving to a start-up, PortAuthority Technologies, offering a data leak prevention solution. PortAuthority Technologies  was acquired by Websense (now Forcepoint) where Lior continued to work for the next 8 years, ultimately overseeing the company’s strategic Data Security Solutions department as Senior Director.

Key Minutes:

03:30 - The 12 year Education

07:55 - Journey into Cybersecurity

14:32 - The Purple Tribe culture

20:17 - Challenges of Covid-19

24:40 - The next 18 months in cybersecurity

27:00 - Standing out in the cybersecurity industry

32:00 - Innovating internally

35:25 - The Cybersecurity Awards

27:45 - Ten Quick Fire Questions

You can find Lior at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liorarbel/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/performanta/

Website: http://www.performanta.com

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We are joined by Erkang Zheng, Founder of JupiterOne, who is a leader in cybersecurity with 15 years of experience in all domains from identity and access, penetration testing and incident response to data, application and cloud security. Zheng holds several patents and is passionate about combining innovation and execution to deliver practical solutions that address cybersecurity challenges at their root cause. He was previously the head of software security architecture and assurance practice for Fidelity that serviced over 12 million customer accounts. He also led a team of engineers building customer protection solutions as well as patent-pending security R&D. Before Fidelity, Zheng held global leadership roles at IBM Security and at a number of tech startups.

Key Minutes

02:25 - First time meeting cybersecurity

03:18 - Founding Jupiter One

08:57 - Improving the audit process

11:15 - DevOps implemented into security

14:35 - Identifying the people to build the products

16:32 - Focusing on your long-term career

18:30 - The big news

22:30 - Moving on up

24:57 - Funding through a VC

28:45 - Standing out in a crowded market

31:12 - What is next?

36:43 - Keeping up to date with trends

38:00 - Ten quick fire questions

You can find Erkang at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin/com/in/erkang

Twitter: https://twitter.com/erkang

Website: https://jupiterone.com/

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This podcast is sponsored by:


Cyber Security Professionals - www.cybersecurity-professionals.com