Brian Contos sits down with cybersecurity veteran William (Bill) Crowell, former Deputy Director of the NSA and current partner at Alsop Louie Partners, to get a picture of the major threat landscape changes over the past 15 years. While phishing attacks, advanced persistent threats (APTs), and breach monetization become more sophisticated each day, CIOs and board members must turn their focus to implementing proper network segmentation.

In a security professional’s career, a nearly perfect success rate can be quickly and detrimentally tarnished by one mistake that puts the company at risk. Raj Samani, Fellow and Chief Scientist at McAfee, shares his professional journey and explains how his choices have reflected who he is as a mentor, peer, father, husband, and author, encouraging listeners to appreciate what they have now.

While appealing new gadgets and innovative products continue to hit the market, legal firms caution organizations about the risks of IoT devices. Technology-focused trial litigator IJay Palansky forecasts the impending boom of cyber litigation in the coming years and his recommendations for avoiding the costly consequences of an attack.

Cyber threat research is not all created equal – especially in the realm of Security Instrumentation. Mark Bagley, VP of Product at Verodin, highlights the core objectives of the Behavioral Research...

Security analyst and outdoors enthusiast Tim Waldo examines the lingering effects of malware attacks like WannaCry in the healthcare sector and exposes disturbing trends that are putting patient data at risk to future outbreaks. Tim offers precise steps that organizations can take to dramatically improve the technologies and policies safeguarding sensitive information.

In this episode, host Brian Contos reconnects with an old friend and colleague, Dr. Ulf Lindqvist, who is the Senior Technical Director of SRI International’s Computer Science Laboratory. Ulf reflects on some of SRI’s most notable technology accomplishments, elaborates on the security industry movement spurred from past work with Logic Group, and predicts the future of IoT devices.

In the spirit of Ada Lovelace Day coming up on October 9th, host Brian Contos chats with Verodin security analyst Ashley Zaya about her role on the Behavior Research Team (BRT) and the perspective she brings to the industry. Ashley reflects on her career in InfoSec thus far and the experiences she gained working in Boeing's fast-paced SOC. Ashley also shares valuable advice for women entering the field and her favorite movie soundtrack.

According to Terry Ray, SVP, Fellow, and former CTO of Imperva, Inc., practices and safety around data privacy and the cloud, though slowly improving, still leave much to be desired. He and Brian Contos discuss the concept of absolute security and why businesses benefit more from calculating acceptable risk based on their unique critical assets.

The Cybersecurity Effectiveness Podcast is kicking off the New Year with a forward-thinking episode featuring JASK CEO and Co-Founder Greg Martin. Hear his predictions about the key cybersecurity challenges that organizations will be facing in 2019. Learn about the ground-breaking developments in AI and SOC automation enabling security teams to combat the rising sophistication of cyber attacks at a super-human level.

Brian Contos straps in with Dave Ockwell-Jenner of SITA, the world's leading air transport IT and communications specialist. Having worked in IT and aviation for about 25 years, Dave explains what makes the air transportation industry unique, perspectives that executives have toward cybersecurity, and the challenges and opportunities that analysts face as they navigate today’s threats.

Cylance Chief Security and Trust Officer Malcolm Harkins reflects on his core leadership philosophies and the processes he implements to cultivate a professional culture of excellence. He walks us through his transition from working as the Chief Security & Privacy Officer at the multinational corporation, Intel, to joining the cutting-edge cybersecurity start-up, Cylance.