Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on Cybersecurity (November 2019)

During this Hyperproof live stream series, leaders in information security shed light on crucial topics that shape the modern cybersecurity landscape. This month’s episode features Jeff Warren, Owner & Principal Consultant at South Lake Cyber Risk, LLC, and our host, Kayne McGladrey, Field CISO at Hyperproof. Guided by Kayne and audience questions, Jeff will share insights into his current work and past experiences in the field. Register now for your chance to learn from one of today’s top infosec pros.

Kayne and Tom talk with Joe Evangelisto from Tango Analytics about the interesting and stressful scenario where his 3PAO lost its accreditation. Of course Kayne tackles yet another beer that elicited a memorable response.

Kayne and Tom talk with Matt Fryer about the cost structures and strategies associated with a Cloud Service Provider (CSP) FedRAMP project. Matt brings a well established perspective and helps understand the challenges of the increased controls focus apparent with FedRAMP. Plus, they try Modelo Especial, a Mexican lager.

In the past few years, security researchers and advanced persistent threat actors have demonstrated attacks on the BIOS, said Kayne McGladrey, IEEE member and director of security and IT at Seattle-based Pensar Development.

These rare attacks can provide a persistent and hidden bridgehead into an enterprise network, McGladrey said.

Besides working nights, I learned in my fifteen-minute conversation that Rosa volunteers at an elementary school. She’d met no one who worked in cyber security, and the kids she worked with hadn’t considered it as a career option. They wanted to be rappers, they wanted to be marine biologists; they didn’t know there was a high-paying position called “security operations center analyst.”