12 episodes

Pour a glass and sit down with one of cybersecurity's most battle-worn CISOs Andy Bennett as he and his guests break down the complex problems, concepts, and technologies facing cybersecurity professionals today while exploring the complex flavors of our favorite distilled spirits. It's a free-flowing long-form conversation. Grab a seat and listen to security professionals break down cyber threats and actionable ways to be more resilient and prepared in the face of the world's biggest issues.Produced by Apollo Information Systems

Cybersecurity Distilled with Andy Bennett Andy Bennett

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Pour a glass and sit down with one of cybersecurity's most battle-worn CISOs Andy Bennett as he and his guests break down the complex problems, concepts, and technologies facing cybersecurity professionals today while exploring the complex flavors of our favorite distilled spirits. It's a free-flowing long-form conversation. Grab a seat and listen to security professionals break down cyber threats and actionable ways to be more resilient and prepared in the face of the world's biggest issues.Produced by Apollo Information Systems

    Episode 12: The "Intelligent" Part of Threat Intelligence

    Episode 12: The "Intelligent" Part of Threat Intelligence

    Andy Bennett, CISO of Apollo Information Systems, chats with Apollo's new Threat Intelligence lead Jennifer Gold. They go into career trajectories and embracing "unplanned rapid disassembly"  (failure). Andy doesn't understand why SpaceX needed to do the flippy maneuver thing. Jennifer was on MTV's Apartment 2F! Jennifer and Andy dive deep into threat intelligence, taking a proactive posture in cybersecurity, how responsible disclosures work, and cybersecurity fundamentals.

    Mentions: 
     
    Jennifer Gold: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferfarrellgold/ 
    Andy Bennett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cisoandy/  
    Apollo Information Systems: https://apollo-is.com/  

    • 2 hr 2 min
    Episode 11: Becoming a CISO... Why?? With Chuck Herrin

    Episode 11: Becoming a CISO... Why?? With Chuck Herrin

    Andy Bennett, CISO of Apollo Information Systems, chats with Chuck Herrin, Wib API Security CTO and CISO. They go into the CISO career path and how they “accidented” into it, as well as how to navigate large organizations and critical topics like how to get a free shirt after a merger and words of Wisdom from “A Bug’s Life.” We also learn how to pronounce CISO, SEIM, and GIF! And Chuck breaks the lightning round. 
     
    Mentions: 
     
    Chuck Herrin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuck-h-securityexecutive/ 
    Wib: https://wib.com/  
    Andy Bennett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cisoandy/  
    Apollo Information Systems: https://apollo-is.com/  

    • 1 hr 51 min
    Episode 10: CISO v. DevOps AMA with Elliot Graebert

    Episode 10: CISO v. DevOps AMA with Elliot Graebert

    Andy Bennett, CISO of Apollo Information Systems, opens up the floor to dev ops extraordinaire, coder, and advisor Elliot Graebert to chat about things CISOs want to know from dev ops and vice versa. They dive deep into the importance of cooperation and collaboration, the need for putting security early into project development, and why a sustainable workforce is better than a heroic one. We learn that Andy has a new chainsaw, what a guillotine is, and that Elliot’s daughter really, really, really likes the number 8.

    Mentions:

    Loonshots by Safi Bahcall 
    The Princess Bride by William Goldman 
    And Elliot’s blog on Medium! 

    • 1 hr 25 min
    Episode 9: The Cyber Wheel of Doom with RJ Friedman

    Episode 9: The Cyber Wheel of Doom with RJ Friedman

    Andy Bennett, CISO of Apollo Information Systems chats with RJ Friedman, career CISO and CEO of dayONE Cyber. They play a game of Cyber Wheel of Doom to choose hot cybersecurity topics randomly. The wheel lands on a wide range of things including quantifying risk, how to make the best use of conferences, the value of certifications, addressing technical debt and asset management, understanding risk appetite, having hard conversations with employees and clients, and looking at the overall threat landscape. Tune in to find out what RJ did to surprise Andy enough into stopping the conversation to take a drink. Andy also tries to "stump the chump."
    And RJ's shirt has ducks.


    Find Andy Bennett on LinkedIn or at Apollo Information Systems. 


    Find RJ Friedman on LinkedIn and at dayONE Cyber. 

    • 1 hr 40 min
    Episode 8: Digital Forensics and Unpacking a Cybersecurity Career with Jacob Stauffer

    Episode 8: Digital Forensics and Unpacking a Cybersecurity Career with Jacob Stauffer

    Andy Bennett, CISO of Apollo Information Systems chats with security consultant, incident responder, Director of Operations of Coherent CYBER, and digital forensics analysis professor at UTSA, Jacob Stauffer. They talk about voting system security, teaching cybersecurity, digital forensic investigations, getting started in cybersecurity, and building successful teams. 
    And we learn about Velociraptor. The tool. Not the dinosaur. 
    Find Andy Bennett on LinkedIn or at Apollo Information Systems. 
    Find Jacob Stauffer on LinkedIn and at Coherent CYBER Education. 

    • 1 hr 55 min
    Episode 7: Cyber Roulette with Allan Alford

    Episode 7: Cyber Roulette with Allan Alford

    Andy Bennett, CISO of Apollo Information Systems chats with Allan Alford CISO/CTO at TrustMAPP and Host of the Cyber Ranch Podcast. On this episode, Andy plays cyber roulette. They rapid-fire through several topics including the biggest cybersecurity challenges and risks for organizations, remote work changes, Zero Trust, asset management, CISO professional development, Janet Jackson’s attack on hard drives, shadow IT, and mergers and acquisitions. 
    And we learn about the proper use of cowboy hats.
    Find Andy Bennett on LinkedIn or at Apollo Information Systems.
    Find Allan Alford on LinkedIn, TrustMAPP, or The Cyber Ranch Podcast.

    • 1 hr 30 min

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