Imperial Security Bureau Podcast

About Imperial Security Bureau Podcast

Get ready to join the dark side of Cybersecurity, Engineering, and AI -minus the awkward gravity in space and questionable plot choices? Welcome to the Imperial Security Bureau Podcast, where we're on a mission to blow the lid off the latest trends, tools, and tactics in the galaxy of Cybersecurity, Engineering, and AI. Hosted by seasoned agency tech recruiter, Blake Williams, a millennial sci-fi nerd and AI tinkerer who is also here to help you navigate the treacherous waters of job hunting. Whether you're a job seeker looking to join an imperial bureaucracy or a hiring manager trying to assemble a team of Jedi Masters and Sith Lords, we've got the inside scoop on what it takes to succeed. May the force be with you... New episodes monthly...pending ISB approval. Available on YouTube, Spotify, Rumble, Odysee, Apple Podcast, Pandora, Amazon Music, Samsung Podcast, Podcast Index, Podcast Addict, iHeartRadio, Listener Notes, Deezer, and RSS dot com. Find Me Here: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u (https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u)

Publisher

Blake Williams

Category

business · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Mar 2024

Latest episode

18 Dec 2024

Latest episodes

19 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   18 Dec 2024

   Jim Bennett: Pieces for Developers and the Impact of AI tools - Imperial Security Bureau Podcast 19

   Jim Bennett, Head of Developer Advocacy at Pieces, explores how AI tools can boost developer productivity and adoption, revealing the impact of AI on the tech job market and the future of coding.

2. 

   1 Nov 2024

   Robert Daigle: Navigating the AI Landscape with Lenovo - Imperial Security Bureau Podcast 18

   Robert Daigle is the Director of Global AI Business at Lenovo. He's a public speaker & visionary tech leader with over a decade of AI experience within startups to fortune 200 companies. He helped launch one of the first AI recruiting platforms in 2014 and now leads a global AI team supporting AI deployments around the world. He's a LinkedIn Top AI Voice with an MBA. In this conversation, we explore the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, focusing on its implications for businesses, technology, and society. We discuss Robert's background in AI, Lenovo's strategic investments in the field, and the technical aspects of AI hardware. The conversation also delves into the rise of generative AI, the future of AI agents, and the importance of responsible AI practices. GUEST: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rdaigle/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rdaigle/) Website: https://robertdaigle.com/ (https://robertdaigle.com/) The podcast is available on YouTube, Spotify, Rumble, Odysee, Apple Podcast, Pandora, Amazon Music, Samsung Podcast, Podcast Index, Podcast Addict, iHeartRadio, Listener Notes, Deezer, and RSS dot com. TIMESTAMPS: 9:23 - Robert's background 15:58 - Where Lenovo fits into the AI ecosystem 21:19 - Emergence of NPUs on each device 32:51 - How Robert is using AI 36:30 - RAG Architecture Explained 40:45 - Agentic AI 45:37 - Human versus AI generated content 52:19 - AI adoption speed 54:09 - Corporate responsible AI committees 57:28 - AI power consumption concerns 58:51 - Trend Towards Selective AI Usage 1:00:23 - High-efficiency liquid cooled datacenters HOST: Hosted by Blake Williams, Founder / Headhunter @ Hyperdrive Recruiting Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u (https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u) Fix Your Resume & Double Your Interviews @ https://HRapproved.com (https://HRapproved.com) Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire @ https://hyperdriverecruiting.com (https://hyperdriverecruiting.com)

3. 

   7 Oct 2024

   Imanuel Babadostov: Importance of the BISO Role - Imperial Security Bureau Podcast 17

   Imanuel Babadostov is the Lead BISO at Blackbaud. He has over 20 years of cybersecurity experience in various industries including Government, Healthcare, Managed Services, and SaaS. He is a leader, presenter, trainer, writer, scrum master, and highly certified - CISSP, CEH, GDAT, GSLC, GSEC, CHFI, GMON, Security+. He is focused on performing the role of a BISO - Business Information Security Officer. He is on a mission to clarify what the role entails, how to better the company using it, and define the concrete skills and KPIs one can use to improve as a BISO or a BISO team lead. GUEST: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/imanuelb2/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/imanuelb2/) Website: https://ibabadostov.wixsite.com/the-blog (https://ibabadostov.wixsite.com/the-blog) The podcast is available on YouTube, Spotify, Rumble, Odysee, Apple Podcast, Pandora, Amazon Music, Samsung Podcast, Podcast Index, Podcast Addict, iHeartRadio, Listener Notes, Deezer, and RSS dot com. TIMESTAMPS: 1:50 - Imanuel's Background 3:58 - What's Happening in Cyber 4:28 - Cyber Skills Gap 5:49 - The BISO role, what is it? 8:17 - BISO versus GRC 10:02 - How BISO's Divide Responsibilities 11:23 - How to Find Your Way Into a BISO role 13:15 - Apprenticeship Program Advocacy 15:12 - Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 16:56 - Healthcare Industry Cybersecurity 19:10 - Is Work More Stressful at Home or In-Office? 22:21 - Amazon's RTO 5 Days Per Week 23:31 - Layoffs from AI 24:07 - How Imanuel is using AI 27:51 - Hackers Using AI to Their Advantage 30:32 - ChatGPT o1 31:15 - AI's Mad Cow Effect 32:32 - Did The Movie Wall-E Predict Our Future? 33:44 - Black Mirror on Netflix 36:24 - Idiocracy Movie & Concern for Our Kids 45:36 - Ask Me Anything - Recruiter Edition 57:46 - Love, Death, Robots on Netflix 59:23 - How to Measure BISO Performance HOST: Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u (https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u) Fix Your Resume and Double Your Interview Requests with HR Approved Website: https://HRapproved.com (https://HRapproved.com) Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com (https://hyperdriverecruiting.com)

4. 

   23 Sept 2024

   Shankar Viswanathan: Non-Human Identity Security Challenges - Imperial Security Bureau Podcast 16

   Shankar Viswanathan serves as Senior Director, Head of Cloud Security at Credit Karma. He has over 15 years of experience in IAM, Applied Crypto, Security Engineering, Cloud Engineering, especially in the FinTech industry. He's a Startup Advisor and Forbes Technology Council Member. GUEST: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shankarnviswanathan/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/shankarnviswanathan/) TIMESTAMPS: 2:39 - How he landed in Cybersecurity 4:07 - Forbes Technology Council 5:06 - What is Applied Crypto? 6:58 - What's happening in cyber? 9:14 - Non-Human Identity Security 22:24 - What Keeps Cyber Talent Engaged & Happy 26:20 - His Approach to Hiring Junior Level 28:54 - What tools would he learn first? 30:07 - Sources of threat intel 32:10 - Favorite Movies (it's not Star Wars) 33:12 - Hiring 33:46 - Questions for a recruiter 37:02 - Resume Reviews & Coaching 38:44 - Why AI Can't Write Your Resume For You 40:35 - What's led to his success 44:57 - Cruise Ship Mucker Story 48:34 - How he deals with stress of the job HOST: Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u (https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u) Fix Your Resume and Double Your Interview Requests with HR Approved Website: https://HRapproved.com (https://HRapproved.com) Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com (https://hyperdriverecruiting.com)j (https://get.apollo.io/y9oi16v2rccj)

5. 

   25 Aug 2024

   Brandon Mathis: Modern Software Engineering & App Security - Imperial Security Bureau Podcast 15

   Brandon Mathis is a talented Full Stack Developer in Raleigh, NC currently serving as CTO of vTestify. He runs Triangle Devs, a prominent local meetup/slack/discord group. He is a lifelong tinkerer, coder & product builder. He's also a husband, dad, gamer, and writer. His has a focus on web development using: Javascript (Node, React, ect), Ruby (Rails, Sinatra, Chef), DevOps (AWS, Ansible, Docker), Test Driven Development, Object Oriented Design, REST API Development, and SQL/NoSQL. If you're trying to build high quality software products at scale and planning to leverage local Raleigh talent you should start by scheduling a conversation with Brandon. GUEST: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathisbrandon/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathisbrandon/) Website: www.brandonmathis.me (http://www.brandonmathis.me) GitHub: https://github.com/BrandonMathis (https://github.com/BrandonMathis) Triangle Devs: https://triangledevelopers.com/ (https://triangledevelopers.com/) Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/triangle-devs/ (https://www.meetup.com/triangle-devs/) TIMESTAMPS: 1:36 - Favorite movie 5:28 - Star Wars chat 9:07 - Acolyte cancellation 13:57 - How he landed in software engineering 21:26 - Golang vs Rust 24:59 - His favorite language 26:58 - JavaScript vs TypeScript 29:57 - Where he recommends newbies start coding 33:09 - Would he recommend getting in a dev career 35:05 - GitHub Go-Pilot 37:21 - Dev skills becoming part of life 43:03 - Mac or PC 46:15 - Alfred on Mac 46:43 - Spotlight on iPhone 51:28 - His recent focus on Cybersecurity 54:34 - Polyfill.js hack 58:48 - Reallocation from QA to Cybersecurity 1:00:17 - Why can't devs test their own code 1:04:44 - No size company is immune to cyber attacks 1:05:34 - Ethics of storing passwords properly 1:08:26 - What happened to Agile / Scrum 1:13:32 - Best way to measure dev performance 1:19:53 - Cheaply made Agencyware vs American Made Software 1:28:14 - Roller skates vs Rollerblades 1:29:50 - Snowblades 1:31:18 - Future of AI writing code 1:34:19 - What Shopify did to eCommerce development 1:37:49 - Gen Z never leaves social media 1:39:00 - Where can you find Brandon HOST: Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u (https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u) Fix Your Resume and Double Your Interview Requests with HR Approved Website: https://HRapproved.com (https://HRapproved.com) Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com (https://hyperdriverecruiting.com)

6. 

   20 Aug 2024

   Sarah Choudhary: Leveraging AI & ML to Grow Your Career - Imperial Security Bureau Podcast 14

   Sarah Choudhary is CEO of Aridian Technologies and ICE Innovations. She started her career in ETL development and has become a visionary AI innovator, tech leader, writer, and Forbes Council Member. She has a Ph.D. in Data Science and current spearheading the development of several AI applications. She has a newsletter called TechSpectrum where she writes about navigating VR, AI, ML, Data & Cybersecurity and offers a curated exploration into the world of AI. GUEST: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahchoudhary/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahchoudhary/) Website: www.sarahchoudhary.com (http://www.sarahchoudhary.com) TIMESTAMPS: 6:30 - Sarah's background 10:07 - Pursuing her PhD in data science 13:10 - What she learned analyzing life expectancy data 19:03 - Bias in AI algorithms 28:26 - Deepfakes 30:43 - Using AI in school 33:15 - Her time at Ernst & Young 35:41 - What will we do when AI takes jobs 40:09 - Quantum Computing 49:26 - Sarah's Start-Ups - ICE Rides & iChef 51:24 - ICE Innovations 1:03:49 - Microsoft Fabric 1:06:55 - Sprawberry 1:10:48 - Advice for transitioning into AI jobs 1:19:27 - How she found a new level of confidence 1:23:38 - How to handle a low ball offer 1:36:59 - Where to find Sarah HOST: Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u (https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u) Fix Your Resume and Double Your Interview Requests with HR Approved Website: https://HRapproved.com (https://HRapproved.com) Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com (https://hyperdriverecruiting.com)

7. 

   31 Jul 2024

   Joe Aurilia: Cyber Operations & Strategically Tactical RevOps - Imperial Security Bureau Podcast 13

   Joe Aurilia is the SVP of Operations for Cyware, a threat intelligence sharing platform, SOAR platform, and cybersecurity managed servicing provider. He serves as the COO and CIO reporting directly to the CEO. He has over 20 years in technology, operations, and strategic planning, guiding teams and organizations to peak performance across diverse industries. He is an expert in building and scaling all aspects of company operations to meet mission and goals. He serves as an Executive Member and Membership Board Member for SIM (Society for Information Management) and a Executive Member and Raleigh (RDU) Steering Committee Leader for Pavilion - a global membership organization for high-growth operators. He is a GTM Advisor and public speaker available to help your organization optimize and grow. GUEST: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephauriliajr/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephauriliajr/) Website: https://cyware.com/ (https://cyware.com/) TIMESTAMPS: 4:49 - If Aliens Asked Your Purpose Here 6:17 - Joe's Story 10:13 - New Market Trends 12:47 - New Trends in Contract Terms 14:57 - What's Happening In Cyber? 19:57 - What Makes Cyware Different? 22:10 - Challenges Running a 100% Remote Global Organization 24:27 - Optimist or Pessimist on AI? 29:38 - Who's Making Up All These Acronyms in Cyber? 31:33 - ISOA, ISAC, & CERTS - What are they? 33:44 - We Go Off Topic into Left Field 36:41 - 2024 Job Market 39:13 - Candidate Matching Challenges 43:39 - Benefits of Hiring Offshore 45:56 - SIM (Society for Information Management) 48:05 - Decision to Pursue the Renewable Energy Industry (2011-2019) 51:36 - Importance of Knowledge Base Curation 53:54 - Joe Favorite Interview Questions 56.06 - Personal Productivity & Efficiency Hacks 57:08 - Reclaim.ai (http://Reclaim.ai) HOST: Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com (https://hyperdriverecruiting.com) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/blakewilliams4u/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/blakewilliams4u/) TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hyperdriverecruiting (https://www.tiktok.com/@hyperdriverecruiting) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blakewilliams4u/ (https://www.instagram.com/blakewilliams4u/) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blakewilliams4u (https://www.facebook.com/blakewilliams4u) Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/BlakeWilliams4u (https://twitter.com/BlakeWilliams4u) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hyperdriverecruiting (https://www.youtube.com/@hyperdriverecruiting) Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u (https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u)

8. 

   21 Jul 2024

   Daniel Miessler: Future of AI, Finding Purpose, & Recruiting - Imperial Security Bureau Podcast 12

   Daniel Miessler is the Founder of Unsupervised Learning. Creator of https://fabricai.app (https://fabricai.app), and open-source framework for Augmenting humans with AI, and https://threshold.app (https://threshold.app), a new AI-based way of finding the best content onlilne. 25 years experience in Cybersecurity. Active coder, builder in the AI and Security space (langchain, langraph, AWS step functions, local models, business context use-cases). Built and ran the business intelligence team / product for Information Security at Apple. Built and ran the Vulnerability Management and AppSec at Robinhood. Active programmer (github.com/danielmiessler (http://github.com/danielmiessler)). GUEST: Daniel's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmiessler/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmiessler/) Newsletter Website: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe (https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe) Fabric: https://fabricai.app (https://fabricai.app) Threshold: https://threshold.app (https://threshold.app) Substrate: https://danielmiessler.com/p/introducing-substrate (https://danielmiessler.com/p/introducing-substrate) Timestamps: 4:10 - How He Landed in Cybersecurity 5:25 - Advice to Job Seekers 6:32 - Unsupervised Learning 7:07 - How He Manages His Time 9:18 - Why He Shifted from FTE to Solopreneur 11:38 - How He Prioritizes 13:39 - Human 3.0 16:15 - Augmented 17:42 - The Moment He Wanted Me Dead 18:26 - Fabric 20:06 - Threshold 21:48 - Substrate 26:05 - AI's Predictable Path & DA's 30:36 - How He Would Configure His DA's 33:15 - Jobs & Recruiting 36:11 - Should Recruiters Find New Professions 45:45 - AI Interviews & Veton.ai (http://Veton.ai) 52:09 - Bumble 53:26 - Lattice Introduces Digital Employee 54:58 - Ask Me Anything HOST: Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u (https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u) Fix Your Resume and Double Your Interview Requests with HR Approved Website: https://HRapproved.com (https://HRapproved.com) Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com (https://hyperdriverecruiting.com)

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   21 Jul 2024

   Justin Copeland: Cybersecurity SaaS Product Marketing Strategy - Imperial Security Bureau Podcast 11

   Justin Copeland is the Director of Product Marketing with Praetorian, an offensive security and managed security services company. With over 15 years of marketing experience and 12 years in cybersecurity industry, Jason is a data-driven, growth-focused marketing leader with extensive experience developing and executing strategic marketing initiatives for elite cybersecurity SaaS organizations. His areas of expertise include: Marketing Operations, Go-to-Market Planning & Execution, Brand Development & Positioning, Demand Generation Strategy, Competitive Research & Analysis, Sales and Product Enablement, Persona Development, Product Launch Management, Content Development GUEST: Justin Copeland - Director, Product Marketing at Praetorian Justin's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/whoisjustincopeland/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/whoisjustincopeland/) Company Website: https://www.praetorian.com/ (https://www.praetorian.com/) Timestamps: 5:31 - How Justin Landed in Marketing & Cybersecurity 7:39 - Challenges Facing Marketing Departments 9:59 - Email Deliverability Issues 11:13 - HTML vs Plain Text Emails 11:59 - A/B Testing 13:32 - Top Secret Marketing Content Trick 14:23 - Shout Out to Ben Mena at Elite Recruiter Podcast & Castmagic 17:36 - Marketing vs. Product Marketing 20:00 - Campaign Personalization & Persona Development 21:45 - What Makes Praetorian Different 23:32 - CTEM - Continuous Threat Exposure Management 26:21 - AI's Impact on Marketing Departments 27:51 - What Is He Spending Time On 30:15 - Importance of Net Promoter Score 32:10 - How He Decides Where to Focus 34:03 - Marketing Experimentation & Wordsmithing 38:45 - Recruiting Questions HOST: Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u (https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u) Fix Your Resume and Double Your Interview Requests with HR Approved Website: https://HRapproved.com (https://HRapproved.com) Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com (https://hyperdriverecruiting.com)

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    21 Jul 2024

    Ayman Elsawah: When, Why, & How to Become a Fractional CISO - Imperial Security Bureau Podcast 10

    Ayman Elsawah is a Fractional CISO (vCISO) for Cloud Security Labs. They specialize in providing CISO services to Start-Ups and Scale-Ups. After graduating with a Computer Science degree, his career progressed from Network Engineer to Cybersecurity Engineer to Cybersecurity Architect to Cloud Cybersecurity Consultant to Fractional CISO. He now provides coaching services, advisory services, and authors books and instructional courses online. GUEST: Ayman Elsawah - Fractional CISO at Cloud Security Labs Ayman's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/infosecleader/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/infosecleader/) Ayman's Website: https://coffeewithayman.com/ (https://coffeewithayman.com/) Ayman's Fractional CISO Course: https://securitycafe.thinkific.com/courses/vciso-fractional-ciso-course (https://securitycafe.thinkific.com/courses/vciso-fractional-ciso-course) Timestamps: 2:25 - Favorite Movie & Music 4:45 - Coffee 8:17 - Ayman's Book & Podcast 9:22 - What He's Learned from Podcasting 11:52 - Top 5 Ways to Break into Cybersecurity 13:42 - How Ayman Landed in Cybersecurity 15:30 - Becoming Fractional 17:44 - Should You Go Fractional? 23:34 - Best Parts of Being Fractional 30:59 - Why Fractional is Becoming so Popular 40:26 - Social Selling 43:10 - BD Strategies for Landing Fractional Clients 45:34 - What's Happening in Cyber? 47:19 - Can Cyber Issues Be Solved with Hiring? 49:24 - Opportunities for American Workers 50:16 - What's Up with Ghost Job Postings? 54:41 - What He Does For Fun HOST: Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u (https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u) Fix Your Resume and Double Your Interview Requests with HR Approved Website: https://HRapproved.com (https://HRapproved.com) Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com (https://hyperdriverecruiting.com)

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    21 Jul 2024

    Tom Mirc: Impacts of AI & Future Employment Opportunities - Imperial Security Bureau Podcast 9

    Tom Mirc is the Managing Director - Principal of Shadow Hornet, a strategy consulting firm and your secret weapon in Due Diligence, Scaling, and Nearshore Site Expansion/Selection. Tom has led the firm to 226% top-line average growth (24 month), non-voting interest in 3 portcos. He serves as primary bridge between capital owners and portfolio company leadership. Infusing portcos with AI, nearshoring capability, and EBTIDA recovery as valuation multipliers. He focuses on lower mid-market PE focal verticals: Telecommunications, Energy, Electric Utilities, Financial Services, FinTech, and Technology Services. He's lead 11 business acquisitions and integrations from both the buy and sell side. A large portion of his career has involved turning around non-performing teams, transforming business cultures from pessimistic to energized, and achieving improbable goals in the process. He's led product development/R&D launches and go-to-market campaigns for $330m businesses GUEST: Tom Mirc - Managing Director - Principal of Shadow Hornet Tom's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasmirc/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasmirc/) Company Website: https://www.shadowhornet.com/ (https://www.shadowhornet.com/) Timestamps: 3:09 - Favorite Movie & Music 5:04 - Tom's Story 10:32 - Current Market Conditions & Statistics 18:08 - 3 Fronts (Offshore, Nearshore, and AI) 25:09 - Growing Energy Production Industry 27:38 - ThorCon 29:51 - Where Will the Opportunities Be for American Workers 34:06 - Erosion of Trust in Employers 35:57 - Job Security in Cybersecurity? 38:08 - Reductions in IT Spending (Primarily Software) 41:11 - Tom's Experience as a White House Advisor 42:45 - Leave the World Behind Movie 43:49 - Moore County Power Grid Incident 45:25 - Opportunities in Solving the Feeble Power Grid 47:14 - One Second After Book HOST: Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u (https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u) Fix Your Resume and Double Your Interview Requests with HR Approved Website: https://HRapproved.com (https://HRapproved.com) Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com (https://hyperdriverecruiting.com)

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    21 Jul 2024

    Ivan Fonseca: Cybersecurity Research, Tools & Career Advice - Imperial Security Bureau Podcast 8

    Ivan Fonseca is an Incident Response Consultant at Google working within the Mandiant Security team for Google Cloud. He is a talented Cybersecurity Engineer with extensive experience in threat detection, AI security automation, and cloud infrastructure. Adept at leading teams and working cross-functionally to ensure optimal security and efficiency. Prior to joining Google, he served as a Cybersecurity Researcher for Threatlocker and Cloud Engineer for Burgess. GUEST: Ivan Fonseca - Incident Response Consultant at Google (3 years in Cybersecurity) Ivan's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivan-fonseca-64139222b/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivan-fonseca-64139222b/) Timestamps: 3:26 - How Ivan Landed in Cybersecurity 6:51 - How Ivan Landed at Google 9:07 - Importance of Showcasing Work on Social Media 12:23 - His New Role at Google 13:24 - Shoutouts to his Mentors 14:37 - Automap Tool (for Nmap Scanning) 18:47 - Ivan's Favorite Cybersecurity Tools 24:41 - Ivan's Primary Sources of Threat Intel 28:23 - Living off the Land Binaries 34:44 - AI Concerns 41:26 - Ivan's Advice for Entry Level Cybersecurity Job Seekers 48:04 - Gaming 51:06 - The Acolyte & Star Wars chat HOST: Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u (https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u) Fix Your Resume and Double Your Interview Requests with HR Approved Website: https://HRapproved.com (https://HRapproved.com) Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com (https://hyperdriverecruiting.com)

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    21 Jul 2024

    Lance James: Unit 221B, Red vs Blue Team, GenAI, & Strong Mental Game - Imperial Security Bureau Podcast 7

    Lance James - CEO of Unit 221B, is an internationally renowned cybersecurity specialist with 25 years of experience in programming, network security, digital forensics, malware research, cryptography design, cryptanalysis, counterintelligence, protocol exploitation, and executive leadership. Credited with the identification of Zeus and other malware, James is an active contributor to the evolution of security practices and counterintelligence tactics and strategies. Over the years, he has championed several FBI-led takedown operations of criminal organizations through his strategic alliances with industry, academia, and law enforcement. Lance is regularly sought out as a keynote speaker worldwide, has been a frequent commentator on MSNBC, was featured on an episode of USA Network's hit television series "Mr. Robot," and recently delivered a powerful Ted Talk on "How Attackers Can Use Your Brain Against You in Psy-Ops." GUEST: Lance James - CEO of Unit 221B (25+ years in cybersecurity) Lance's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/unit221b/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/unit221b/) Company Website: www.unit221b.com (http://www.unit221b.com) Timestamps: 2:12 - Lance's Favorite Movies & Music 6:00 - Red Team vs Blue Team AF 11:19 - How Lance got into Cybersecurity 21:29 - Spinscore.io (http://Spinscore.io) - Free Tool to Detect Spin & Bias in News & Content 24:44 - The Story Behind Unit 221B 31:50 - Confidence & Strong Mental Game 44:05 - The Dear Son Hack for Writing Content 44:45 - The Art of Communicating Book & Writing a Yearly Letter to Yourself 48:36 - How Lance is Using AI for Recruiting 58:18 - Approach to Writing Rejection Letters with Compassion HOST: Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u (https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u) Fix Your Resume and Double Your Interview Requests with HR Approved Website: https://HRapproved.com (https://HRapproved.com) Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com (https://hyperdriverecruiting.com)

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    21 Jul 2024

    Kevin Johnson: Identity Protection & Cybersecurity Conferences - Imperial Security Bureau Podcast 6

    Kevin Johnson, CEO of Secure Ideas and Elected Board Member of the OWASP Foundation. My favorite part (aside from the chat about Star Wars and the 501st Legion) is the informational bit about Identity Protection Services and what to do if your email or personal info has been found in a data breach or on the dark web. That was eye opening for me. He also breaks down the differences between all the cybersecurity conferences and picks his favorites. I plan to see him later this year at the Bsides RDU conference where he’ll be speaking. He raises awareness about the need for more corporate funding and memberships for OWASP. They create free cybersecurity tools and resources. If your company values cybersecurity and wants to support OWASP consider becoming a member. For individuals, membership is only $50/year. He had the absolute best reaction I’ve ever heard when asked if he was optimistic or pessimistic about AI. I’ll be stealing that moving forward. GUEST: Kevin Johnson - CEO of Secure Ideas (25+ years in cybersecurity) Kevin's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinjohnson/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinjohnson/) Company Website: https://www.secureideas.com/ (https://www.secureideas.com/) Join OWASP: https://owasp.org/membership/ (https://owasp.org/membership/) Timestamps: 2:56 – 501st Legion 12:10 – How Kevin landed in Cybersecurity 18:24 – Dealing with Recruiters (or not actually) 21:13 – They Ask, You Tell - Marketing Method 25:10 – Demand for Pen Testing & Vulnerability Assessments 27:11 – Difference between Pen Testing & Vulnerability Assessments 32:57 – Identity Protection Services & Data Breaches 38:15 – OWASP Foundation (he is an Elected Board Member) 46:01 – SamuraiWTF (Web Testing Framework, not that WTF) 47:07 – Cybersecurity Conferences he Attends & Speaks at 51:25 – Differences between Cybersecurity Conferences 55:21 – Top Sources of Info / 3 Recommended Newsletters 56:20 – AI Concerns (Pessimistic or Optimistic?) 59:56 – Recruiting Bots (should I be worried?) HOST: Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u (https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u) Fix Your Resume and Double Your Interview Requests with HR Approved Website: https://HRapproved.com (https://HRapproved.com) Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com (https://hyperdriverecruiting.com)

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    21 Jul 2024

    Richard Ford: Cybersecurity Leadership, Generative AI Optimism - Imperial Security Bureau Podcast 5

    Richard Ford, ex-Chief Technology Officer of Praetorian, Cyren, Forcepoint and Chief Scientist / Researcher in the Cybersecurity industry shares insights on cybersecurity leadership and tells me how to stay optimistic about the future of AI. Richard's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-ford/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-ford/) Timestamps: 3:04 - How Richard got into Cybersecurity 7:51 - Malware and Ransomware 9:47 - Recent Focus - Freebie Tech Hacking 11:33 - 60 Minutes Special on Ransomware Attacks 14:15 - Bot Traffic vs Human Traffic 15:11 - How Richard is using Generative AI 18:57 - Pomodoro Technique for Time Management 22:50 - Daily Routines & Discipline 28:12 - AI Concerns (Pessimism vs Optimism) 34:55 - Automating Cybersecurity with AI 38:03 - Staff Reductions & Reorgs 39:17 - Leadership vs Management 41:18 - Manager vs Hands-On Player Coach 49:42 - Employee Retention 55:37 - Approach to Job Offers 56:49 - Dealing with Stress of CTO job 59:35 - Sources of Info 1:01:08 - Open AI Board Speculation 1:01:56 - SEC Case Against Solarwinds HOST: Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u (https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u) Fix Your Resume and Double Your Interview Requests with HR Approved Website: https://HRapproved.com (https://HRapproved.com) Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com (https://hyperdriverecruiting.com)

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    21 Jul 2024

    Andrew Wilder: Cybersecurity Threats, Gen AI & Texting Scams - Imperial Security Bureau Podcast 4

    Andrew Wilder, CISO of Community Veterinary Partner, ex-CISO of Hillenbrand, and ex-CISO of Nestle for 18 years, and Cybersecurity start-up advisor shares his insight on a wide variety of topics in the cybersecurity space. I had an eye opening moment when he reveals the shocking truth behind text messaging scams. GUEST: Andrew Wilder - CISO of Community Veterinary Partners (25+ years in cybersecurity) Andrew Wilder LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/apwilder/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/apwilder/) Company Website: https://cybersecurityintheboardroom.com/ (https://cybersecurityintheboardroom.com/) Timestamps: 2:37 - Favorite Star Wars Movie 4:26 - Content Strategy 8:03 - LinkedIn Top Voice 10:03 - Andrew's Story 11:33 - Dealing with the stress of the CISO job 13:20 - Measuring a company's Cyber Maturity 14:24 - Andrew's Focus 16:07 - Emerging Cyber Threats 17:48 - Pig Butchering & Text Message Scams (shocking) 21:49 - Predictions for the rest of 2024 23:13 - Password Protection 26:22 - Favorite Sources of Info and Tools 28:05 - Advice for new Cybersecurity career seekers 29:31 - Ideal Security Team 31:24 - Differentiating Cyber, App Sec, and DevSecOps 32:39 - 2024 Job Market 35:09 - Leave the World Behind movie 35:53 - Speculation on OpenAI's Board and Sam Altman 37:51 - Best Interview Process for success 41:14 - Retaining Cybersecurity Talent 45:02 - Apprenticeship Programs HOST: Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u (https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u) Fix Your Resume and Double Your Interview Requests with HR Approved Website: https://HRapproved.com (https://HRapproved.com) Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com (https://hyperdriverecruiting.com)

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    21 Jul 2024

    Jason Edwards: Cybersecurity Regulations, Compliance, & Star Wars - Imperial Security Bureau Podcast 3

    Dr Jason Edwards, DM, CRISC, CISSP, is an author, professor, and a Principal in Cybersecurity Regulatory Assurance for Amazon Web Services. He is a wealth of knowledge and fun to talk with. Fair Warning, we spent a fifth of the podcast talking about Star Wars :) GUEST: Jason Edwards - Cybersecurity Compliance Officer at AWS (25+ years in cybersecurity) Jason Edwards LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonedwardsdmist/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonedwardsdmist/) Company Website: https://jason-edwards.me/ (https://jason-edwards.me/) Jason's Books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jason-Edwards/author/B0CV241HQX?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true (https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jason-Edwards/author/B0CV241HQX?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true) Timestamps: 3:10 - Favorite Star Wars movie 7:22 - LinkedIn content strategy 11:17 - How Jason landed in Cybersecurity 14:48 - Advice on landing a career in Cybersecurity 15:49 - Overcoming Imposter Syndrome 19:00 - Star Wars Part 2 - It brings everyone together 28:51 - Guidance on Cybersecurity certifications 34:13 - Jason's book on Cybersecurity Hiring 35:06 - Resume advice and the keyword game 39:26 - Job market in 2024 and challenges with RTO 47:38 - Cybersecurity laws (or lack there of) 57:51 - Leave the World Behind movie 1:01:27 - Concerns over AI 1:07:01 - Speculation on what happened with OpenAI & Sam Altman 1:13:50 - Jason's go-to sources of info & importance of being well-rounded 1:20:34 - Return to office mandates part 2 1:21:30 - NIST 2.0 1:24:36 - Cybersecurity regulatory concerns 1:27:54 - Star Wars Part 3 & thoughts on Rebel Moon 1:31:20 - Dealing with haters (haters gonna hate no matter what) HOST: Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u (https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u) Fix Your Resume and Double Your Interview Requests with HR Approved Website: https://HRapproved.com (https://HRapproved.com) Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com (https://hyperdriverecruiting.com)

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    18 Jul 2024

    Keyaan Williams: Cybersecurity Governance, Bias in Hiring & AI - Imperial Security Bureau Podcast 2

    Keyaan Williams is Managing Director of CLASS, LLC a Cybersecurity advisory and consulting firm. He shares insights on cybersecurity strategy and GRC. We chat about his background, cybersecurity strategy, governance, risk management, compliance, concerns with AI, and advice on breaking into cybersecurity careers. GUEST: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keyaan/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/keyaan/) Website: https://www.class-llc.com/ (https://www.class-llc.com/) Timestamps: 6:11 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3Z3-X0vTKE&t=371s) - How he landed in Cybersecurity 10:40 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3Z3-X0vTKE&t=640s) - 502 Project 13:30 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3Z3-X0vTKE&t=810s) - Biggest challenges in cybersecurity 18:59 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3Z3-X0vTKE&t=1139s) - Buying cyber insurance vs investing in cybersecurity 24:00 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3Z3-X0vTKE&t=1440s) - Sources of information 26:23 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3Z3-X0vTKE&t=1583s) - AI disruptions 37:04 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3Z3-X0vTKE&t=2224s) - Ideal cybersecurity team 40:00 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3Z3-X0vTKE&t=2400s) - Breaking into cybersecurity 47:05 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3Z3-X0vTKE&t=2825s) - Stress HOST: Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u (https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u) Fix Your Resume and Double Your Interview Requests with HR Approved Website: https://HRapproved.com (https://HRapproved.com) Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com (https://hyperdriverecruiting.com)

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    27 Mar 2024

    Mike Curnow: Cybersecurity Tech, Tools, & Platform Engineering - Imperial Security Bureau Podcast 1

    Mike Curnow is the CEO of Defiant Networks, past CISO, and a Cybersecurity consultant. He is a hands-on engineering and cybersecurity expert with entrepreneurial mindset and a preference for opensource technologies. He has interesting and unique opinions that are unfiltered yet very well thought out. GUEST: Mike Curnow - CEO/CISO of Defiant Networks (15+ years in cybersecurity) Mike's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/takko-the-boss/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/takko-the-boss/) Website: https://defiant-networks.com/ (https://defiant-networks.com/) Hachi Programming Language: https://takkotheboss.github.io/ (https://takkotheboss.github.io/) Timestamps: 4:46 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX0T8lDDH5k&t=286s) Defiant Networks? 11:17 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX0T8lDDH5k&t=677s) Cybersecurity Risk 14:55 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX0T8lDDH5k&t=895s) Leave the World Behind Movie 17:31 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX0T8lDDH5k&t=1051s) Cyber Attacks 21:33 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX0T8lDDH5k&t=1293s) Cybersecurity Tools 26:45 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX0T8lDDH5k&t=1605s) Hachi Programming Language (NEW) 32:05 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX0T8lDDH5k&t=1925s) Sources of Info 38:44 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX0T8lDDH5k&t=2324s) Dealing with stress of CISO job 43:46 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX0T8lDDH5k&t=2626s) What irritates you about the job 46:48 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX0T8lDDH5k&t=2808s) AI Concerns 49:39 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX0T8lDDH5k&t=2979s) Small Kids & Devices 53:05 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX0T8lDDH5k&t=3185s) Data Privacy 54:49 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX0T8lDDH5k&t=3289s) Advice to Job Seekers HOST: Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u (https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u) Fix Your Resume and Double Your Interview Requests with HR Approved Website: https://HRapproved.com (https://HRapproved.com) Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com (https://hyperdriverecruiting.com)

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