Allison Miller talks about CISO life, protecting identities at scale

December 21st, 2023  |  38 mins 12 secs

ciso, iam, identity, ransomware

Episode sponsors:

• Binarly, the supply chain security experts (https://binarly.io)
• FwHunt (https://fwhunt.run)

Allison Miller is founder and CEO of Cartomancy Labs and former CISO and VP of Trust at Reddit. She has spent the past 20 years scaling teams and technology at Bank of America, Google, Electronic Arts, PayPal/eBay, and Visa International.

In this conversation, we discuss the convergence of security with fraud prevention and anti-abuse, the challenges and complexities in IAM implementations, the post-pandemic labor market, the evolving role of CISOs and new realities around CISO exposure to personal liability, thoughts on the 'build vs buy' debate and the nuance and dilemma of paying ransomware demands.

Jason Chan on Microsoft's security problems, layoffs and startups

August 7th, 2023  |  27 mins 7 secs

ciso, entrepreneurship, generative ai, layoffs, microsoft, open source software, transparency, vc funding

Episode sponsors:

• Binarly (https://binarly.io)
• FwHunt (https://fwhunt.run)

Bessemer Venture Partner's Jason Chan returns to the show for a frank discussion on the state of cyber, including thoughts on Microsoft's prominent security failures, the meaning of layoffs hitting security teams, the excitement around AI, and the long road ahead. The former Netflix security chief also talks about merging of the IT and security functions and the importance of cybersecurity proving its value to the business.

Robinhood CSO Caleb Sima on a career in the security trenches

November 8th, 2022  |  30 mins 38 secs

ciso, mobile stock trading, robinhood, webapp security

Episode sponsors:

• Binarly (https://binarly.io)
• FwHunt (https://fwhunt.run)

Caleb Sima is a cybersecurity lifer now responsible for security at Robinhood, a mobile stock trading platform. Caleb joins Ryan on the show to discuss the early hacking scene in Atlanta, building SPI Dynamics in a webapp security powerhouse, the evolution of attack surfaces, the CISO's changing priorities, and more...

Algirde Pipikaite, Centre for Cybersecurity, World Economic Forum

July 6th, 2021  |  40 mins 2 secs

ciso, davos, risk management

Episode sponsored by MongoDB.com.

Algirde Pipikaite, the project lead of the Governance and Policy team at the Center for Cybersecurity at the World Economic Forum, joins the podcast to discuss her work to bridge the gap between cybersecurity experts and decision makers. We chat about communicating risk to different audiences, cybersecurity as a business enabler, and the need for more global private-public collaboration.
Algirde Pipikaite, the project lead of the Governance and Policy team at the Center for Cybersecurity at the World Economic Forum, joins the podcast to discuss her work to bridge the gap between cybersecurity experts and decision makers at the highest levels to reinforce the importance of cybersecurity as a key strategic priority.

Nico Waisman, Head of Privacy & Security, Lyft

March 26th, 2021  |  56 mins 18 secs

ciso, offensive security, risk management, third-party risk, zero-days

After a 20-year career working in the offensive security reseach trenches, security industry pioneer Nico Waisman made the transition to defense to head up privacy and security efforts at ride-sharing firm Lyft. Waisman joins Ryan Naraine on the show to talk about early hacking in Argentina, the contributions of non-Americans to the security industry, and much much more...

Jason Chan, VP, Information Security, Netflix

August 18th, 2020  |  31 mins 4 secs

ciso, leadership, serverless, zero-trust

Netflix security leader Jason Chan talks about the connections between ultra-marathons and running a robust security program, his view of the defender's top priorities, the talent shortage in cybersecurity, and the shifting patterns that drive secure code delivery.

Michael Piacente, Principal, Hitch Partners

March 30th, 2020  |  33 mins 10 secs

career track, ciso, job hunting

Hitch Partners principal Michael Piacente dishes on the cybersecurity job market during an economic crisis, the intricacies of recruiting top-flight security talent, the high rate of turnover among CISOs, and why companies should spend more time on writing better job descriptions.