Humans of InfoSec

Jimmy Sanders, head of information security at Netflix DVD joins Cobalt CSO, Caroline Wong, for a great conversation on everything from leadership to growing and connecting with the security community.

In this weeks episode, Mike Shema interviews host, Caroline Wong, to learn more about her information security journey. Hearing how she got her start in the infosec industry, exploring her passion for security metrics, and how being a mother has transformed how she manages her time and work.

Humans Of InfoSec Episode 1, Mike Shema started out as a gamer and hacker in the late 90’s. He was part of the elite Foundstone consulting group, built a web application security scanner at Qualys, and led the Product Security team at Yahoo. Today, Mike is the VP of SecOps and Research at Cobalt. Caroline Wong sits down with Mike and discusses his journey and talks about how he has gotten to where he is today.

Security Advisor at Office of the CISO and Co-Host of Google's Cloud Security Podcast, Dr. Anton Chuvakin, chats with Caroline about the past, present and future: how a hacked computer shifted his interest from physics to security, how threats from the 80s still plague orgaizations, and how cybersecurity will continue to spill out of the digital realm into the physical world. Some helpful links on things mentioned in the episode: Anton's security predictions back in 2010: https://chuvakin.blogspot.com/2010/01/security-predictions-2020.html A review on those predictions 10 years later: https://medium.com/anton-on-security/checking-my-2010-security-predictions-in-2020-932f6233a731 Related episodes from Anton's Cloud Security podcast: https://cloud.withgoogle.com/cloudsecurity/podcast/ep75-how-we-scale-detection-and-response-at-google-automation-metrics-toil/ https://cloud.withgoogle.com/cloudsecurity/podcast/ep47-megatrends-macro-changes-microservices-oh-my-changes-in-2022-and-beyond-in-cloud-security/

Carving an unconventional path towards information security, Yael advises many a CISO, CIO and CRO. Leadership roles at BlackRock and JPMorgan during periods of crisis and growth have given her a unique technical and business perspective — instead of saying “Here’s why that won’t work.”, she asks “But what if we tried this?” In this episode you’ll learn more about Yael’s story, why she started Yass Partners, and how security teams can approach new situations with equal parts established processes and creative thinking.