Dr. Darren Williams is the founder and CEO of BlackFog. In the wake of increasing privacy concerns across the world he founded BlackFog to combat the growing number of applications and online sites that breach your privacy rights. With more than 20% of online activity associated with data profiling it was clear that something had to be done to curb this growing threat. Unlike companies that focus on malware and viruses this new category focuses specifically on data loss prevention, ransomware and malvertising.

Key Minutes

05:26 - The first time hearing Cybersecurity

06:30 - Blackfog

15:50 - Is data usage a choice for consumers?

18:00 - What effects has GDPR had?

20:25 - Delivering in a noisy market

25:50 - Changes in the landscape with remote working

27:00 - Trusted networking

31:20 - The start-up lessons

42:30 - Ten Quick Fire Questions

You can find Paul at:

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

Website: https://www.blackfog.com/

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Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. We are joined by Paul Innella the CEO of TDI in Washington DC. Since 2001, TDI has grown into a world-class consulting firm offering cybersecurity services to government agencies and commercial clients around the world. Paul is a recognised cybersecurity expert who has published articles, delivered seminars and lectures and conducted interviews to a worldwide audience. Finally, Paul chairs the charitable White Hat USA organisation which has raised over $2 million through the cybersecurity community to help children at the Children’s National Hospital.

Key Minutes

09:19 - Starting a business

13:27 - Starting young

16:49 - 20 years on

21:44 - Standing out in a crowded market

24:29 - Increased spending in cyber

28:20 - The changing shift at board level

31:00 - The changing landscape

26:15 - The diversity perspective

37:05 - WhiteHat

43:40 - Ten Quick Fire Questions

You can find Paul at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-innella-b829a9/

Website: http://www.tdisecurity.com

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Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. We are joined by Fausto Lendeborg who is the CEO and Co-Founder of Secberus. Secberus is a cloud security posture management and compliance reporting platform which allows enterprises to embed security and compliance into the CI/CD pipeline to automate the auditing of cloud infrastructure.

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Key Minutes

02:13 - The first time hearing about cybersecurity

07:08 - What’s Secberus?

15:45 - Accelerators

16:21 - Seed funding

17:35 - Hiring the first people in the company

18:20 - The differences in start-ups

19:58 - Standing out in a crowded market

24:13 - Moving to the cloud

26:03 - Getting the attention of a CISO

28:37 - How is the pandemic hitting your business?

31:36 - The importance of treating people well

37:48 - How do you keep developing?

49:28 - Ten Quick Fire Questions

You can find Fausto at:

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

Website: http://www.secberus.com

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Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. We are joined by Dom Vogal. Dominic has an established track record as a business security leader, serving in critical roles on numerous projects including security strategy development and endpoint security management in various industries (financial services, government, telecommunications and critical infrastructure). Vogel is a skilled communicator having been the keynote speaker for a number of major conferences and events. As Chief Strategist at Cyber.SC, Vogel focuses much of his energy on helping startups and small/midsize businesses with their cybersecurity challenges. His company also specializes is performing on-demand cybersecurity services for understaffed and overburdened larger enterprises.

Key Minutes

03:40 - First hearing cybersecurity

06:28 - Getting your first job in cybersecurity

08:50 - Entry level jobs in cybersecurity

11:03 - How have companies got hiring wrong?

15:52 - Why are CISOs leaving the industry?

21:30 - Being a virtual CISO

32:35 - Always be learning

34:30 - Being value led

36:50 - The latest threats

41:40 - Educating people on risk

45:20 - Ten Quick Fire Questions

You can find Kevin at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/domvogel/?originalSubdomain=ca

Twitter: https://twitter.com/domvogel

Website: https://www.cyber.sc/

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Website: www.beechermadden.com

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BeecherMadden - www.beechermadden.com


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 Kevin Senator who is the CEO of Bayshore Networks the company that is solving industrial and IT network security. Kevin is a veteran software sales executive with this being his 7th start-up. Before this, he spent 9 years as a VP of worldwide sales at Counterpane, a managed security monitoring service provides who successfully got acquired by BT.

Key Minutes

5:20 Learn from the start-up experience

13:55 The new normal

19:40 Bayshore Networks explained

32:30 Understanding cybersecurity

35:45 OT Security

45:00 Ten quick fire questions

You can find Kevin at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-senator-46bb821/

Website: http://www.bayshorenetworks.com

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Website: www.beechermadden.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 Adam Nygate, Founder of 418Sec. Adam has taken the opportunity to work and live across Europe, Southeast Asia and Australia, before returning to the UK to work in security within the government. After working at BJSS, he opted to start 418Sec with the help of CyLon, the London cybersecurity accelerator. 418Sec was designed to help secure the world’s open source code.

Key Minutes

05:00 - The idea of a start-up

09:00 - Starting a business on my own

10:30 - Using a accelerator

13:00 - Raising pre-seed investment

15:00 - Selling a product as a start-up

20:00 - Risk from source code

24:55 - How do you standout in a crowded market?

29:05 - How has the industry changed?

39:18 - Getting into the industry

42:20 - Ten Quick Fire Questions

You can find Adam at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-nygate/?originalSubdomain=uk

Twitter: https://twitter.com/adam_nygate?lang=en

Website: http://www.418sec.com/

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Website: www.beechermadden.com

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Dr. Neil Costigan brings over 25 years of effective entrepreneurial and technical leadership in venture-backed startups and global technology corporations throughout the EU and US. Before BehavioSec, he built his career in software development, executive leadership, and entrepreneurship.

The company’s Behavioral Biometrics platform is widely deployed across Global 2000 companies for its proven ability to dramatically reduce account fraud and data theft. Founded in 2008 out of groundbreaking academic research, BehavioSec technology allows companies to continuously verify digital identities with superior precision in real-time.

Key Minutes

4:05 - How was BehavioSec started?

6:30 - What do you do?

12:30 - Raising capital

26:00 - Covid-19 decision making

30:28 - Predictions in cybersecurity

35:40 - Reaching the CISO as a cyber vendor

37:15 - What's next for BehavioSec?

39:00 - Ten Quick Fire Questions

You can find Neil at:

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

Website: https://www.behaviosec.com

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Website: www.beechermadden.com

This podcast is sponsored by:


BeecherMadden - www.beechermadden.com


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 Brian Haugli, Co-Founder of SideChannel and #CISOlife. Brian is viewed as a "full stack CISO", an executive security leader and mentor focused on building high-performance security teams, deploying effective operating models, and delivering risk management capabilities for global, domestic, and local enterprises.

Key Minutes:

4:17 - SideChannel

06:50 - Next steps for a CISO

09:32 - Expanding the company

16:38 - Selling to a CISO

26:50 - Transformation following Covid-19

34:40 - Third Party Risk

40:00 - How do you keep learning?

42:10 - Ten Quick Fire Questions

You can find Brian at:

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

Website: https://www.sidechannel.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtDlpJo3O8Z08mF_KoIkxWQ

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Website: www.beechermadden.com

This podcast is sponsored by:


BeecherMadden - www.beechermadden.com


Cyber Security Professionals - www.cybersecurity-professionals.com

Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. Today, we are joined by Anthony Johnson. Anthony has served as the Global CISO and Managing Director for multiple Fortune 100 companies, where he led some of the largest, most complex cybersecurity programs in the world. In addition to advising emerging and startup companies, Anthony is currently a Managing Partner at Delve Risk, where he leads a practice focused on driving technology and risk management transformation.

Key Minutes:

3:55 - Diversity

6:40 - Delve Risk

13:55 - Supporting the security vendors

16:40 - Buying patterns following Covid-19

18:50 - The reporting lines for a CISO

21:22 - C-suite recognising the value of cybersecurity

23:12 - Are we prepared for risk?

26:20 - Changes following Covid-19

29:43 - Entrepreneurship for CISOs

32:35 - Limiting burnout

36:35 - Lessons from a start-up

42:55 - Biggest tips for anyone entering the security space

44:00 - Ten Quick Fire Questions

You can find Anthony at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-johnson-delverisk/

Website: http://www.delverisk.com

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Website: www.beechermadden.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. Today, we are joined by Nithin Thomas. He founded SQR Systems in 2010 with a platform to secure communication backbone that enables secure and compliant communications on apps and IoT sensors. He has established multiple R&D and commercial programmes and partnerships with the Ministry of Defence (UK), the US Department of Defense we well as intelligence and government agencies within the Five Eyes Community.

Key Minutes

3:10 - Education

4:45 - Hearing cybersecurity for the first time

7:59 - The evolving of his company

10:08 - Standing out in a product heavy market

11:26 - Solving CISO’s pain

14:51 - Future risks

18:24 - Investing in a threat that doesn’t exist

21:49 - AI and Machine Learning in cybersecurity

22:54 - IoT and security

28:33 - Growing a start-up during the recession

31:48 - Learning to grow a business

35:30 - Keep learning

You can find Nithin at:

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

Website: https://www.SQRSystems.com

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Website: www.beechermadden.com

This podcast is sponsored by:


BeecherMadden - www.beechermadden.com


Cyber Security Professionals - www.cybersecurity-professionals.com