Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. Today, we are joined by Thomas Croall. Thomas is the current Business Continuity and Resilience Manager for SkyScanner. Before this, he did a similar role at Bank of Scotland, Manchester City Council, HSBC, Atos and Tesco Bank. He also served in part of the resilience team that lead the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London.

Key Minutes:

6:05 - Managing natural disasters 
10:00 - Scenarios for stress testing

15:07 - Communicating during crisis

18:10 - The term business continuity

20:50 - How prepared are company’s?

24:55 - Protecting your revenues and ultimately your customers

28:20 - Standing out with customers

31:08 - Changes are coming

40:55 - Ten Quick Fire Questions

Key Messages:

Create scenarios to match the stresses of the real experience

You have to maintain a relationship with your customers and employees during a crisis

What are you going to do with your business model to be able to weather the storm?

You can find Thomas at:

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

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Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. Today, we are joined by Kevin Cunningham. Kevin has over a decade of experience in business continuity, crisis management and disaster recovery for Equinix, NBC Universal, UBS and the New York City Emergency Management Department.

Key Minutes

04:13 - Protecting revenue vs protecting people

05:41 - What does success look like during Covid-19?

14:36 - Who is accountable for this?

16:02 - Gaining attention within business continuity and crisis management

22:03 - Cybersecurity partnering with business continuity

28:24 - Location risk

31:55 - Investing in risk

33:57 - Advice for a career in business continuity

39:02 - Sharing information between organisations

40:27 - Ten Quick Fire Questions

Key Quotes

Companies have to deal with multiple emergencies or crisis’s in order to be able to be more effective

Cybersecurity needs to be hand in hand with business continuity and crisis management

Organisations need to invest in business continuity to mitigate the risk for the next pandemic.

You can find Kevin at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-cunningham-ms-cem-cbcp-6733768/

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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 Vicki Gavin. Vicki has been in business continuity, crisis management and cybersecurity since the early 90s. She has worked at organisations such as Barclays, the Economist and Kensington Mortgages. She is a public speaker and multi award winner within cybersecurity and crisis management.

Key Minutes:

1:10 - Hearing about cybersecurity and business continuity for the first time

02:46 - Focusing on the responses

07:23 - Communicating bad messages with senior executives

17:04 - Falling apart under the pressure of a crisis

19:05 - Focusing on people and mental health within crisis management

22:20 - Covid-19 surprises

27:25 - The gap between cybersecurity and business continuity

34:38 - Dealing with new risks

37:44 - Skills gap in the industry

44:50 - Ten Quick Fire Questions

Key Messages:

What happens in an incident is never what is expected.

You can never predict a black swan event.

Don’t plan for the scenarios, plan for the impact.

If you don’t do crisis exercise, you crisis team won’t be prepared.

You can find Vicki at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vickigavin/?originalSubdomain=uk

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

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This podcast is sponsored by:


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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 Michael Faber. Michael has been in business continuity, crisis management and operational risk since the early 90s. He has worked in financial services his entire career working at organisations like Norwich Union, JP Morgan, Schroders and TP ICAP. He is the past chairman of BSI committee responsible for the development of the first British Standard in Governance and the former vice-chairman of the European Institute of Governance Awards and the Institute of Operational Risk.

Key Minutes

5:15 - New business as usual

11:50 - Business continuity with cybersecurity

19:20 - Budgets in business continuity planning

24:20 - Can we produce revenue from business continuity?

29:00 - The risks that we need to manage

31:45 - How will the financial services market move forwards from here?

36:50 - Brand reputation internally and externally

45:00 - Ten Quick Fire Questions

Key Messages

Bridging the gap of knowledge and language between the business and the cybersecurity and risk lines are crucial.

Risk has two words inside it - threat and opportunity. We need to turn the word risk into the positive.

We need to map end to end process of the services we provide, and make sure we manage the risk and impact to the customer.

You can find Michael at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeljfaber/?locale=de_DE

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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 James Green. James is Director, Risk Advisory Services at SAI Global. He is passionate about life safety and helps the C-Suite understand the importance of business continuity not just during an emergency, but as an integral part of day to day operations. He has worked on risk events that have occurred all over the globe, including civil unrest in Egypt during the Arab Spring, executive travel and protection in the Pacific Rim, and the effects of destructive tornadoes in Oklahoma.

Key Minutes

02:30 - Your degree isn’t always what you do

03:45 - The first time hearing business continuity

07:30 - The focus of the risk that just happened

11:40 - How do you plan to prepare?

13:25 - We need to show more value to leadership

15:55 - Will companies invest?

18:02 - Who invested well before Covid-19?

22:42 - Connecting the dots in business continuity

26:50 - Has cybersecurity cost business continuity?

28:23 - Combining cybersecurity and business continuity

29:30 - Where does PR or marketing fit in?

33:25 - Cybersecurity during Covid-19

35:50 - What’s the predictions of change following Covid-19?

43:40 - Building a career path in risk or business continuity

46:10 - Ten Quick Fire Questions

Key Messages

1. Working together including decision making is the critical deliverable within crisis management

2. Investments needs to be increased in risk mitigation and resiliency

3. The lines between risk, business continuity and cybersecurity are becoming tied together even more so during Covid-19

You can find James at:

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

Blog: saiglobal.com/hub/authors/james-green

SAI Global: https://saiglobal.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 Kitty Parry. Kitty is a serial entrepreneur with deep experience in the regulatory technology and finance. In 2014, Kitty was recognised as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum for her entrepreneurial success. She is now Founder and CEO of DeepView, an enterprise cyber security software solution using AI to alert photo and video data leaks. The privacy-forward archiving solution allows regulated employees to safely and compliantly use encrypted chat channels e.g. WhatsApp for work chats.

Key Minutes

05:57 - Young Global Leader

07:47 - The first time meeting cybersecurity

11:27 - Developing DeepView

15:36 - Getting companies to buy-in to you

17:55 - Two products that are a easy fit for company’s

20:44 - Covid-19 trends

24:23 - Standing out in the crowd

28:04 - Building start-ups with and without funding

28:17 - Moving to California

30:57 - UK vs US funding

33:13 - Taking investment at any stage

36:12 - The next few years within cybersecurity

38:25 - Ten Quick Fire Questions

Key Takeaways

1. Personal social media is screaming out for management.

2. DeepView have built algorithms that recognise components within video and photo that could be data leakage

3. Organisations need to be privacy first.

You can find Kitty and DeepView at:

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

DeepView: http://deepview.com

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Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. Today, we are joined by Noureen Njoroge. Noureen is a Security Consultant at Cisco Systems, her area of expertise is threat intelligence. She is the President of Women in Security for North Carolina and the Founder of the Mentor/Mentees Cybersecurity Group with over 4,000 members.

Key Minutes

0:10 - Arriving in the USA

1:30 - Working at Cisco

4:00 - Entering cybersecurity from other markets

7:53 - Staying in touch during Covid-19

09:08 - Being a mentor

11:22 - Building to 4,000 members

12:38 - Growing the community further

17:15 - Diversity in cybersecurity

19:15 - Career Pathways in cybersecurity

21:38 - Plenty of resources for a career in cybersecurity

22:05 - Certifications in cybersecurity

24:30 - Managing your time to keep improving

26:30 - The importance of awards

28:15 - Threats in cybersecurity

31:20 - Changes in the industry

32:10 - Ten Quick Fire Questions

Key Takeaways

1. Choose what you are passionate about

2. Pick your mentor wisely

3. There is not one path into cybersecurity

You can find Noureen at:

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

WiCyS: http://wicys.org

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Today, we are joined by Naveen Vasadula. Naveen is an Information Security Risk professional with a strong financial services experience knowledge built over the past 23 years working in London, Paris, Zurich, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan. Covering a range of Global Senior Executive Management positions. Including Security Risk, Control and Compliance strategy, technical and Business Risk Assessments methodology and implementation, Process design, metrication and implementation, and global security consultation. Naveen is also one of the host of the Cyber Talks Interview series.

Key Minutes

02:32 Education with dyslexia

05:32 First time hearing cybersecurity

08:10 Working in financial services

11:27 The dark side of the CISO role

18:12 Influence within your organisation

21:37 Getting business skills

26:02 Values of networking

33:12 The importance of mental health

40:32 The positives for cybersecurity following Covid-19

41:52 Ten quick fire questions

Key Takeaways

1. Influence is everything.

2. Find a mentor or a leader to learn from

3. CISOs need to look after their physical and mental health.

You can find Naveen at:
Website: http://www.ciso-international.com/

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

CyberTalks: https://cybertalks.co.uk/

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Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and I’m your host Karl Sharman. Today, we are joined by Christophe Foulon. Chris focuses on securing people and process with a solid understanding of the technology. He has over 10 years as an Information Security Manager and Cybersecurity Strategist with a passion for customer service, process improvement and information security. He has led teams over 30 people across multiple locations with significant experience in optimizing technology. After mainly being self-educated he has a masters degree in cybersecurity. As a career coach, Chris is passionate about helping others with their cybersecurity careers and Co-Hosts the Breaking into Cybersecurity podcast. Hope you enjoy.

Key Minutes

01:58 - Growing up in the Caribbean

03:08 - A hands on experience to learning

07:10 - Hearing cybersecurity for the first time

09:58 - Making the transition into cybersecurity from IT

11:48 - How does having IT background help you within cybersecurity?

14:11 - Digital transformation within cybersecurity

16:38 - Communicating with the business

17:31 - Objectives as a consultant

18:20 - How cybersecurity can be enable digital transformation?

19:45 - What is cyber resilience?

22:59 - What is the important skill of working in the federal cybersecurity market?

24:31 - Key advice of breaking into cybersecurity

25:51 - Avoiding burnout in cybersecurity

27:33 - The importance of helping others

29:28 - Unusual paths into cybersecurity

31:06 - Being curious in cyber

32:33 - Thoughts on the future of cybersecurity

34:18 - Keeping up with trends

35:07 - Ten Quick Fire Questions

Key Takeaways

- Volunteer, help and ask to show your passion

- Speak to the business in a language they can understand

- Don’t come into this industry just for money

You can find Chris at:
Website: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-into-cybersecurity/id1463136698

Twitter: https://twitter.com/chris_foulon

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

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This podcast is sponsored by:
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Welcome to the latest episode of the ZeroHour Podcast and as I am starting a new podcast, your host today is one of the SC Magazines top 50 women in cybersecurity, its Karla Reffold. In today’s epsiode we are joined by Haydn Brooks. Haydn started in a big4 environment working in cyber risk mainly focusing on supply chain and third party security. The pain he saw and the difficulty clients were having drove him to co-found Risk Ledger. Now as CEO he developed the product through Cylon, the cybersecurity London accelerator and has now raised their initial venture capital investment to expand the product globally into the market. This exciting platform enables its customers to check security over their entire supply chains with minimal staff. In 2019, he was recognised as a Forbes 30 under 30 member.

Key Minutes:

02:00 - Growing up in West London

02:40 - Education in biomedical science

03:55 - Risk Ledger

04:35 - Learning from KPMG and Deloitte

06:45 - The start-up and Venture Capital scene

07:55 - Using accelerators to progress

12:45 - Speak to your future customers

14:45 - Finding your co-founder

15:55 - Building trust with people

17:15 - Finding your hacking, hustler and hipster trio

20:15 - Raising your first round of investment

24:45 - What does the product solve?

29:15 - Future of supply chain security

34:05 - How do you reach c-suite level executives?

36:10 - Learning how to build a company

43:05 - Ten quick fire questions

Key Takeaways:

- 2/3 of data breaches happen through supply chains or third parties

- Look for the right people with the right values

- Practice your pitch more than you actually do your pitch

- Learn as much as you can about running a business to provide confidence to investors

- Don’t get a Titanic ringtone for a doorbell

You can find Haydn at:

LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/haydn-brooks

Company Website: https://riskledger.com/company/about/

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This podcast is sponsored by:

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Cyber Security Professionals - www.cybersecurity-professionals.com