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In this episode I had a chance to have a candid conversation with Charles Henderson. Charles is a global managing partner at IBM and also happens to be the head of the X-Force team. IBM recently released the X-Force Threat Intelligence Index report for 2024.While the report is delves into many different areas of Threat Intelligence, we concentrated on several key areas focused primarily on artificial intelligence:Pronounced increase in Identity attacksUnderstanding how more 'business-like' ma...

In this episode I had a chance to sit down in person with the always insightful and never dull cybersecurity leader, Jim Kuiphof. Jim is the Deputy Chief Information Security Officer at Corewell Health. The topic for this casual conversation is Understanding Your Personal Risk Tolerance. More specifically, it speaks to understanding the different between your own risk tolerance and the business's risk tolerance.Jim has talked on this recently at events like Cloud Con and the Digital Services ...

In this episode I had a chance to speak with Bryan 'Woody' Woodworth around simplifying and securing multi-cloud networking. Bryan is the Director of Solution Strategy for Aviatrix. As we are a few weeks into 2024 and the importance of understanding and utilizing multi-cloud strategies is becoming more and more apparent. Talking Points:What are the current trends in the industry pertaining to multi-cloud?Skills Gaps - More pronounced in Multi-Clouds, FinTech and Banking industries will '...

In this special episode we celebrate the 4th annual holiday fundraiser podcast. It is already a blessing to raise money for great causes all while raising security awareness for small and medium sized businesses. The topic for this episode is one that is super relevant for this day and age of Digital Transformation. However, in keeping with the format of #RealTalk, we are going to explore some 'real world' use cases for using Artificial Intelligence in Security in 2024.The have two special gu...

Have you ever wondered what it takes to get into the information security field? Have you thought how hard could it be? What about all of the big money I hear people make in this space? Well in this episode I talk with Mattalynn Darden and Esther Muchai about how hard it really is to break in.If you are wondering how these two talented young women know, here is a little background on what they are currently doing and why it is relevant to the this episode's topic.Mattalynn is an Information S...

*Disclaimer* Thoughts and opinion in this episode are solely myself or my guests and not necessarily reflective of our employers.In this episode I had a chance to sit down with Matt Nelson and do the podcast from a very cool location. Matt is a Senior Security Architect for Guidepoint Security. The topic of our rant was centered around all of the things 'wrong' with cybersecurity sales and why it hurts everyone.Talking Points Include:Ineffective Bad Behavior - You are doing you and your...