Episode 30: Riding the Cyber Trails with Cyber Rancher Allan Alford

07/28/22 • 23 min

What do cybersecurity and ranching have in common? A bit of wrangling, a lot of bull and CISO Allan Alford, host of the Cyber Ranch podcast.

Allan’s 20-year cybersecurity journey includes serving as CISO four different times in three industries and working with companies from 5 to 50,000 employees. He’s currently focused on getting ACTUAL value from your tech stack and adding a human perspective to cybersecurity.

So, saddle up and settle in. In this episode of Cybersecurity Simplified, we’ll ride the cyber trails wherever Allan’s experience takes us.

What do cybersecurity and ranching have in common? A bit of wrangling, a lot of bull and CISO Allan Alford, host of the Cyber Ranch podcast.

So, saddle up and settle in. In this episode of Cybersecurity Simplified, we’ll ride the cyber trails wherever Allan’s experience takes us.

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