Why is cybersecurity hard? Why do women make more money? These are just some the questions Karla Reffold discusses on Dark Rhino Security's Security Confidential. Karla is an experienced business owner and business leader. She has large international network in cybersecurity and is well versed on the many topics relevant to the industry. She founded the international recruitment business, BeecherMadden in 2010 before overseeing the acquisition by Nicoll Curtin. In 2020 she joined Orpheus Cyber as the Chief Operating Officer (COO). Orpheus is a threat intelligence company with a SAAS platform that helps organizations manage their own risk, and that of their third parties, with an easy to understand cyber risk score. Karla is the host of industry interviews on the Cyber Talks media platform and the Zero Hour Podcast. She was included in SC Magazine's Top 50 Women in Security in 2019. Karla discusses her transition from a recruiting firm to COO of Orpheus. She discusses gender differences in male dominated cybersecurity and why women in cybersecurity make 30% more money than men, in the field.
TOPICS DISCUSSED
Journey from Recruiting to COO
Gender differences in cybersecurity and how to overcome them
Why women get paid more in cybersecurity?
Assessing and managing risk in cybersecurity
The role of threat intelligence
Heavy reliance on cybersecurity tools vs processes
The pyramid of pain and threat hunting
The Solarwinds breach
Changes resulting from the Covid Pandemic
Zero trust
Quantifying risk on cloud platforms
European vs North American differences on cybersecurity and GDPR
IT Hygiene, why cybersecurity is hard
To learn more about Karla Reffold please visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/karlareffold/
To learn more about Dark Rhino Security please visit https://www.darkrhinosecurity.com
To learn more about Orpheus please visit https://orpheus-cyber.com/
To watch the videocast https://youtu.be/sOdy3Ct-uVA
Host: Manoj Tandon
Guest Karla Reffold
