In this episode I had a chance to have a candid conversation with Charles Henderson. Charles is a global managing partner at IBM and also happens to be the head of the X-Force team. IBM recently released the X-Force Threat Intelligence Index report for 2024.While the report is delves into many different areas of Threat Intelligence, we concentrated on several key areas focused primarily on artificial intelligence:Pronounced increase in Identity attacksUnderstanding how more 'business-like' ma...
Mar 1, 2024
47 min
In this episode I had a chance to sit down in person with the always insightful and never dull cybersecurity leader, Jim Kuiphof. Jim is the Deputy Chief Information Security Officer at Corewell Health. The topic for this casual conversation is Understanding Your Personal Risk Tolerance. More specifically, it speaks to understanding the different between your own risk tolerance and the business's risk tolerance.Jim has talked on this recently at events like Cloud Con and the Digital Services ...
Feb 14, 2024
46 min
In this episode I had a chance to speak with Bryan 'Woody' Woodworth around simplifying and securing multi-cloud networking. Bryan is the Director of Solution Strategy for Aviatrix. As we are a few weeks into 2024 and the importance of understanding and utilizing multi-cloud strategies is becoming more and more apparent. Talking Points:What are the current trends in the industry pertaining to multi-cloud?Skills Gaps - More pronounced in Multi-Clouds, FinTech and Banking industries will '...
Jan 24, 2024
43 min
In this special episode we celebrate the 4th annual holiday fundraiser podcast. It is already a blessing to raise money for great causes all while raising security awareness for small and medium sized businesses. The topic for this episode is one that is super relevant for this day and age of Digital Transformation. However, in keeping with the format of #RealTalk, we are going to explore some 'real world' use cases for using Artificial Intelligence in Security in 2024.The have two special gu...
Dec 21, 2023
50 min
Have you ever wondered what it takes to get into the information security field? Have you thought how hard could it be? What about all of the big money I hear people make in this space? Well in this episode I talk with Mattalynn Darden and Esther Muchai about how hard it really is to break in.If you are wondering how these two talented young women know, here is a little background on what they are currently doing and why it is relevant to the this episode's topic.Mattalynn is an Information S...
Nov 29, 2023
49 min
*Disclaimer* Thoughts and opinion in this episode are solely myself or my guests and not necessarily reflective of our employers.In this episode I had a chance to sit down with Matt Nelson and do the podcast from a very cool location. Matt is a Senior Security Architect for Guidepoint Security. The topic of our rant was centered around all of the things 'wrong' with cybersecurity sales and why it hurts everyone.Talking Points Include:Ineffective Bad Behavior - You are doing you and your...
Nov 15, 2023
40 min
In this episode I talk with Lloyd 'Lucky' Guyot and Alex O'Meera about The Center for Internet Security's Critical Security Controls. Lloyd is a Security Advisor for Optiv and President of the Grand Rapids ISSA Chapter. Alex is a Security Analyst for Stack Overflow and Secretary of the Grand Rapids ISSA Chapter.Talking Points:How can the CIS 18 help an SMB build your security program?How can the CIS 18 help mature a security program?Which controls should a company start with?And many more!Epi...
Oct 31, 2023
42 min
In this episode I had a chance to speak with Chris Jordan and Al Wissigner about where a small and medium sized business (SMB) should start their security journey. This is especially important in this day and age of the ever expanding cloud infrastructure and Software as a Service (SaaS) models. Both of these fine gentlemen work for Fluency and have a TON of experience working SMBs.Talking Points:The idea of bridging the gap between what they want to do and what they can afford to do?Wh...
Oct 11, 2023
42 min
Despite the recent push by some old school (re: outdated) leaders to force employees to return the office, remote work is here to stay. While we all talk about the importance of making remote work secure, there isn't much talk about how the experience for the end-users. Fortunately, there are some companies out there that are understanding the need to balance security, business and end user needs.In this episode I talk with Melinda Ann O'Neill about Digital Employee Experience (DEX). Melinda ...
Sep 27, 2023
39 min
In this episode I head out to The Unicorn Tavern in Grand Haven, Michigan to talk Network Segmentation with Steve Barnes and Tyler Adams. Steve is an Enterprise Security Architect for Fortinet and Tyler is a Information Security Analyst for Corewell Health.Talking Points:How has Network Segmentation changed in 2023?Who is responsible? Is that team being supported enough?How are you compartmentalizing things?Should you separate your IT and your OT?Does network segmentation make it easier to st...
Sep 6, 2023
39 min