Zero Hour Podcast

Zero Hour Podcast

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Zero Hour Podcast episodes

  • Darren Williams - Protecting your privacy
    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/
    Follow us:
    
Twitter: @zero_hourpod
    
Instagram: @zerohourexperience
    This podcast is sponsored by:

    Cyber Security Professionals - www.cybersecurity-professionals.com
    47 min
  • Paul Innella - The common sense approach to cybersecurity
    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
    Follow us:
    Twitter: @zero_hourpod
    Instagram: @zerohourexperience
    This podcast is sponsored by:

    Cyber Security Professionals - www.cybersecurity-professionals.com
    47 min
  • Fausto Lendeborg - Bootstrapping your cybersecurity start up
    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
    Follow us:

    Twitter: @zero_hourpod
    
Instagram: @zerohourexperience
    This podcast is sponsored by:

    Cyber Security Professionals - www.cybersecurity-professionals.com
    43 min
  • Dominic Vogal - Your cybersecurity career
    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/
    Follow us:

    Twitter: @zero_hourpod

    Instagram: @zerohourexperience

    Website: www.beechermadden.com
    This podcast is sponsored by:

    BeecherMadden - www.beechermadden.com

    Cyber Security Professionals - www.cybersecurity-professionals.com
    49 min
  • Kevin Senator - 6 start ups done, now the 7th in OT Security
    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
    Follow us:

    Twitter: @zero_hourpod
    
Instagram: @zerohourexperience

    Website: www.beechermadden.com
    This podcast is sponsored by:
    
BeecherMadden - www.beechermadden.com

    Cyber Security Professionals - www.cybersecurity-professionals.com
    48 min
  • Adam Nygate - the Cybersecurity start-up journey
    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/
    Follow us:

    Twitter: @zero_hourpod

    Instagram: @zerohourexperience

    Website: www.beechermadden.com
    This podcast is sponsored by:

    BeecherMadden - www.beechermadden.com

    Cyber Security Professionals - www.cybersecurity-professionals.com
    49 min
  • Neil Costigan - Being a CEO in a cybersecurity company
    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
    Follow us:
Twitter: @zero_hourpod
    
Instagram: @zerohourexperience

    Website: www.beechermadden.com
    This podcast is sponsored by:

    BeecherMadden - www.beechermadden.com
    
Cyber Security Professionals - www.cybersecurity-professionals.com
    49 min
  • Brian Haugli - Being a CISO, selling to a CISO and what's next for the CISO?
    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
    Follow us:

    Twitter: @zero_hourpod

    Instagram: @zerohourexperience

    Website: www.beechermadden.com
    This podcast is sponsored by:

    BeecherMadden - www.beechermadden.com
    
Cyber Security Professionals - www.cybersecurity-professionals.com
    48 min
  • Anthony Johnson - How to sell to CISOs using empathy
    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
    Follow us:

    Twitter: @zero_hourpod

    Instagram: @zerohourexperience

    Website: www.beechermadden.com
    This podcast is sponsored by:

    BeecherMadden - www.beechermadden.com
    
Cyber Security Professionals - www.cybersecurity-professionals.com
    51 min
  • Nithin Thomas - investing in threats that don’t exist yet
    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
    Follow us:

    Twitter: @zero_hourpod
    
Instagram: @zerohourexperience

    Website: www.beechermadden.com
    This podcast is sponsored by:

    BeecherMadden - www.beechermadden.com

    Cyber Security Professionals - www.cybersecurity-professionals.com
    42 min

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Welcome to the Zero Hour Podcast hosted by Karl Sharman and Karla Reffold, sponsored by Cyber Security Professionals. The podcast that speaks to the best talent in the cybersecurity industry. Each episode provides insights, techniques and tools required to be successful in the cybersecurity space. This podcast is now available on Stitcher, ITunes, SoundCloud and Spotify. Please follow our content at: