Name: Aaron Blackstone talks threat intelligence, growth in the security profession, and talent retention by HACKED: Into the minds of Cybersecurity leaders
Duration: 51 min 4 s
Description: On this episode of HACKED, we are joined by Aaron Blackstone who is the CISO for the Texas Department of Public Safety. With a background in the military and the FBI, he rose to the CISO level in under nine years. We talk about threat intelligence, how he grew into the CISO role so quickly, and ways to retain top talent. During overrated/underrated, we get his thoughts on Blockchain and BYOD.

On this episode of HACKED, we are joined by Aaron Blackstone who is the CISO for the Texas Department of Public Safety. With a background in the military and the FBI, he rose to the CISO level in under nine years. We talk about threat intelligence, how he grew into the CISO role so quickly, and ways to retain top talent. During overrated/underrated, we get his thoughts on Blockchain and BYOD.

Aaron Blackstone talks threat intelligence, growth in the security profession, and talent retention

Sandra Crosswell, CISO/CSO @sonicwall joins the HACKED podcast. We dive deep into Red Teams and all sorts of penetration testing topics. She gives an inside look to her role and the challenges of being the first individual in the seat. Additionally, she shares her thoughts on the talent gap and hiring penetration testers. During Overrated/Underrated, we get her opinion on hacking certifications and black hats moving into corporate roles.

Sandra Crosswell, CISO @sonicwall, talks Red Teams, hiring pen testers and much more

This rant / mashup puts it all out there, my beliefs, thoughts, ideals, business ideals and motivation. It embodies empathy, gratitude, hustle, speed and patience. I hope this gets you absolutely FIRED UP as we head into 2018, and that you're ready to kill it this year. &lt;3&nbsp;

Inside My Heart, Brain & Soul

Ben chats with Chris Barnes about the importance of cybersecurity for small to mid-sized business. Chris talks about his SMB advisory practice, threat landscape for SMB’s, ways to build an effective program with few to no resources, and the importance of a trusted advisor when building a program. During Overrated/Underrated, we get his take on security vulnerabilities with Amazon Alexa/Google Home and building backdoors into applications.

Chris Barnes shares everything you need to know about cybersecurity for SMB’s

Come take a dive into the minds and motivations of Black Hats from across the world. E.J. Hilbert shares stories and insights of his time in the cyber crime unit of the FBI, being on the forefront of identify and financial data theft, and working with Max Popov, a Ukrainian prisoner shackled to a conference room desk at Ant City. We also dive into Infosec education and why higher education has been slow to adopt it as a major as well as why physical/personnel security and information security are one in the same. If you want to read more about E.J.’s time with Max Popov and Ant City, here is the link: https://www.wired.com/2016/05/maksym-igor-popov-fbi/

E.J. Hilbert talks FBI Cyber Crime unit, why education is lagging, and so much more

Allen Burzen experienced first-hand the impact of having your identity stolen. He has now taken his misfortune and made it his mission to help others who have been impacted in a similar way. Having lead a post-breach incident response team, he shares insight to the evolution of data breaches, how they are advancing, how to build and test a post breach response, and why, as a community, we need to talk about these sensitive issues.

Allen Burzen talks the evolution of data breaches, post breach response, and sharing breach insight

Travis Baker and Ben go back in forth about recruitment techniques given the unique landscape of the security profession. We talk about how candidates are consumers, techniques for proactive recruitment, effectively identifying key skills, non-traditional talent, and why culture can make or break your recruitment efforts. We also dive into effective relationships between the hiring team and HR/Talent acquisition and how candidates can be smart consumers as they navigate the job market.

Travis Baker talks about recruitment at a unicorn Infosec firm

We dive deep into Chaos Engineering’s use in security and Aaron Rinehart’s brain child, ChaoSlinger. Aaron dives into the impact of objective monitoring for security components and techniques for learning how components actually function in the environment. We also dive into the difference between building a program based on regulations vs. building as an engineering discipline. 

You can find more on Aaron Rinehart and ChaoSlinger on LinkedIn at Aaron Rinehart and on Twitter @aaronrinehart.

Aaron Rinehart talks Chaos Engineering, ChaoSlinger, and objective monitoring of security components

Paul McGough is an industry veteran having been on the forefront of cybersecurity with the government in the 80’s. He has seen the evolution of hackers, the profession, and how skills are defined. We also debate certifications vs. experience and how it plays into todays job market. Paul shares some great ideas on how complexity may not be the best option for security. We dive into the company he co-founded, Qwyit, how they have simplified processes (in IoT and Telecom) and the importance of encryption. Learn more about Qwyit’s solution at Qwyit.com.

Paul McGough from Qwyit talks about the evolution of InfoSec and what’s important in today’s market

In this podcast, Ben chats with David Yakobovitch, a Data Scientist and host of the HumAIn Podcast. The conversation covers the ethics behind Artificial Intelligence, Robots and the importance of higher education in the field.

Talking Artificial Intelligence and Bots with David Yakobovitch from the HumAIn Podcast

In this episode of HACKED, Ben talks with the owner of Penetration Testing firm, Black Hills Information Security about the business and profession of pen testing and their incident response card game

The profession of Penetration Testing with John Strand

We are giving an inside look into the minds of today's cybersecurity leaders and defining trends for the upcoming threat landscape, what’s top of mind for security leaders, and advise for security leaders and practitioners.

Aaron Blackstone talks threat intelligence, growth in the security profession, and talent retention

HACKED: Into the minds of Cybersecurity leaders

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