On Tuesday April 12th, The Identity Defined Security Alliance is sponsoring their second annual Identity Management Day. Julie Smith, Executive Director of the IDSA and Ravi Erukulla, Chairman of Identity Management Day join the Alliance Podcast on our "First Monday" series to talk about what the day entails and how professionals and students can engage in the conversation and talks. Identity Management Day, held the second Tuesday of April, is a global day of awareness to educate business leaders, IT decision makers, and the general public about the importance of managing and securing digital identities. A strategic partner of the Security Advisor Alliance, the IDSA is promoting best practices in Identity Management, and lessons for the next generation of "Identity Smart" professionals. https://www.idsalliance.org/identity-management-day-2022-overview-2/  

Daniel Desantis, Pam Lindemoan and Bruce Brody of Cisco Advisors join Alliance Executive Director Gary Latham and Program Director AJ Eads to discuss our new partnership. Cisco is working with the Alliance in 2021 and 2022 on challenges in workforce development and we are elated to bring on a partner with the experience and visibility of Cisco Secure. In this episode, we dive deeper into why the Alliance made sense for Cisco to partner with, each of the advisors backgrounds and some of the challenges we hope to solve in the coming years together.

Dan weeks, Chief Evangelist for Fullstack Academy joins Alliance Executive Director Gary Latham and Director of Programs AJ Eads for a conversation about our new partnership with Fullstack and the Advisory Board of Alliance members that will be guiding their curriculum development moving forward. Fullstack academy provides technical bootcamps for coding and cybersecurity.

Julie Smith, the Executive Director of the Identity Defined Security Alliance and Paul Lanzi, Co-Founder and COO of Remediant Security join Alliance Executive Director Gary Latham and host AJ Eads on the podcast to discuss Identity Management Day, on April 13, 2021. The Security Advisor Alliance believes in the mission of the IDSA, its various working groups and its commitment to helping the entire industry. Julie and Paul discuss what makes Identity Management so important in today's security organizations and across the business/government landscape. We also chat about the events on April 13, 2021 and how to get involved/promote the day.

Lukas Burzynski is one of those high school students that just wows you from the very start.  Lukas is a 4.65 student, a tutor, a volunteer and it seems, and all around good person. Lukas found out about cybersecurity through a Career Advanced Program Studies program and recently participated in a nationwide CTF with some United States Air Force Cyber officers. We speak with Lukas, Matt Evans and Devon Overstreet and we had a great conversation.  This young man will be a great recruit for many of our members. The Alliance is always looking for ways to welcome new talent into the industry and we would like to thank George Sconyers for his efforts in tackling the #talentgap. Thank you as well to CyberUp, the cyber non profit that helped organize the event!

Jitender Arora (Jit) is the Chief Information Security Officer for the UK in Deloitte.  The Alliance is elated that Jitender has accepted an offer to join our advisory board and in this conversation, we discuss Jit’s career path, his approach to building strong teams and his passion for giving back to the industry.   Jit is living the Alliance Mission every year by speaking at primary, secondary and university level schools to encourage others to pursue the career path.

Roger Hale, Chief Security Officer for BigID and long time supporter of the Alliance joins the podcast to preview an upcoming webinar, “Justifying Your Security Budget During Uncertain Times” Roger has great insight on what security organizations and enterprises should be thinking about during a wildly unpredictable time. We really enjoyed this conversation and we know you will to.

The Security Advisor Alliance is excited to announce the release of it's Cyber Futures Program, a virtual mentorship mobile app aimed at expanding the reach of our Converge Tour Program.    

Ann Johsnon, CVP of Cybersecurity Solutions Group at Microsoft and Ron Green, EVP and CSO at Mastercard join the Alliance Podcast to discuss the Cyber Talent Initiative.   This program brings together the private and public sectors of the United States and creates a direct pathway to employment in the information security industry. We discuss the #talentgap, its impact on both private and public sector jobs, who qualifies for the program, what kind of assistance is provided and much more. Ron and Ann both serve on the Alliance Board of Directors and prove just why global organizations like Microsoft and Mastercard chose them as leaders.

Brian Johnson is the CEO and co-founder at Divvycloud.  Brian chats with host AJ Eads about his career in cybersecurity, including his pathway into the industry though gaming.   We also talk about why Brian started Divvycloud, their core service offering and how they help companies innovate by better leveraging the cloud. This is a short conversation from the 2019 Executive Leadership Summit but a good one for business leaders who are struggling to understand security's role in innovation and competitive advantage.