Episode 82 - What the Heck is Wrong with Security (Updated)

04/05/23 • 44 min

4.6.23 Update:
If you had downloaded this file before 6pm on April 6th you received the wrong episode. This error has been fixed and you have my sincerest apologies for the mess up!
*Disclaimer* While there was no physical harming of bad security vendors in this episode, there is a lot of honest #RealTalk. Opinions in this episode are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of my leadership or my employer. Additionally, this episode is not sponsored and therefore is not influenced by outside sources.

In this episode I finally had some time to go over to the 'Fresh' Coast of West Michigan and sit down with Matt Nelson to talk about the current state of the cybersecurity industry. Matt is a Senior Solutions Architect for GuidePoint Security and brings a plethora of both useful and useless security knowledge to the conversation!

We kept the conversation focused on several different key areas of information security:

How NOT to work with a business if you are a security vendor
How are companies dealing with the rising cost of cybersecurity
Giving some #RealTalk advice to people looking to break into the information security industry

While this episode went a little bit longer that I would like, it contains a TON of useful advice for not only employees and leaders, but security vendors as well.

We kept the conversation focused on several different key areas of information security:

How NOT to work with a business if you are a security vendor
How are companies dealing with the rising cost of cybersecurity
Giving some #RealTalk advice to people looking to break into the information security industry

While this episode went a little bit longer that I would like, it contains a TON of useful advice for not only employees and leaders, but security vendors as well.

Previous Episode

Episode 81 - How are you securing your hybrid cloud environment?

In this episode I had a chance to talk with Derek Smith about the importance of securing your hybrid cloud environments. Derek is the Director of Cloud Strategic Alliances and Brand for Trace3. We took the time to break down several different issues that are happening right now across multiple industries.

Talking Points:

How do you build a solution agnostic environment?
How can we learn from the recent issues with Southwest to help going forward?
How do you marry up your resiliency goals with your security goals?
Breaking down the Broadcom takeover of VMWare and what it means to your environments

Episode Sponsor:

Trace3 is a technology solutions provider based out of Irvine California with offices in Grand Rapids Michigan and other regional locations. Proceeds from the sponsorship will be going towards helping the Mecosta-Osceola Career Center reach and attract more young girls to the IT and Security program.

Next Episode

Episode 83 - Zero Trust is not a Product. It is a Mindset

In this episode I had a chance to talk with Todd Brockdorf and Chris Lawrence about Zero Trust. Todd is a Senior Sales Engineer and Chris is a Customer Success Engineer. Nowadays it is hard to sift through all of the security vendor marketing chaff to get #RealTalk about Zero Trust.

Talking Points:

What is the biggest misconception around Zero Trust that is happening right now?
What about thinking of the cloud as a segmented network?
How are upcoming government regulations, how do company’s balance with regulations and end user experience?
How does ChatGPT and other emerging AI/ML technologies play into a Zero Trust mindset?

Episode Sponsor:

This episode was sponsored by Zscaler. Zscaler is a security solution provider based out of San Jose California. Proceeds from this episode will be going toward supporting families of children with autism in Michigan via the Autism Alliance of Michigan.