Building a Life and Career in Security
Career
Jay Schulman's goal is to help grow information security professionals and developers. As an industry, we're short quality professionals who understand how to communicate security to executives and other business people. Additionally, too few developers understand security and can help build it into their software. Through interviews with infosec professionals and developers, you'll learn how others have grown their careers in security.
Location:
Chicago, IL
Genres:
Career
Description:
Jay Schulman's goal is to help grow information security professionals and developers. As an industry, we're short quality professionals who understand how to communicate security to executives and other business people. Additionally, too few developers understand security and can help build it into their software. Through interviews with infosec professionals and developers, you'll learn how others have grown their careers in security.
Twitter:
@jschulman
Language:
English
Email:
podcast@jayschulman.com
Episodes
Christopher Thompson
3/23/2016
Welcome toSeason 2 and Episode 20of the Building a Life and Career in Security Podcast. Today's guest is Christopher Thompson. Chris follows Kevin Chung from last week’s podcast. Chris and Kevin knew each other at NYU. Kevin’s graduated and Chris is still in school. Links Mentioned In This Episode: NYU Center for Cyber Security (CCS) - Lab referred to byChris The post Christopher Thompson appeared first on .
Duration:00:29:29
Kevin Chung
3/9/2016
Welcome toSeason 2 and Episode 19 of the Building a Life and Career in Security Podcast. Today's guest isKevin Chung. Kevin graduated from NYU with a focus on information security, and became a consultant with Bishop Fox in New York City. In between, he did 3 internships, and many Capture The Flags, or CTFs. Links Mentioned In This Episode: Kevin on LinkedIn Bishop Fox NYU Center for Cyber Security (CCS) - Lab referred to by Kevin The post Kevin Chung appeared first on .
Duration:00:23:11
Dan Lyon
2/24/2016
Welcome toSeason 2 and Episode 18 of the Building a Life and Career in Security Podcast. Today's guest isDan Lyon Dan started his career focusing on building medical devices. After a few twists and turns, he ended up focusing on securing them. Now, as a Principal at Cigital, he's helping secure an industry. Links Mentioned In This Episode: Dan on LinkedIn The post Dan Lyon appeared first on .
Duration:00:23:28
Matt Decker
2/17/2016
Welcome toSeason 2 and Episode 17 of the Building a Life and Career in Security Podcast. Today's guest is security recruiter Matt Decker. My goal in bringing Matt on is to give us all a couple of tips on interviewing and getting a job from the recruiter point of view. You may agree or disagree with Matt, but it all comes from many years of recruiting. Links Mentioned In This Episode: Matt on LinkedIn Seven Source Website The post Matt Decker appeared first on .
Duration:00:30:56
Special Episode: Jay Gets A Job
2/10/2016
I'm taking a break from our regularly scheduled podcast to talk about my hunt for a new job. I left Cigital in December and set off on a job search to find my next great opportunity. In this week's special episode, I walk through the entire job search process from talking with recruiters to tips and tricks in searching for a job. What did I miss? I told you the things that were top of mind to me. What would you like to know more about? Again, my hope is that my experiences (and the...
Duration:00:30:38
Brakeing Down Security
2/3/2016
Welcome toSeason 2 and Episode 15 of the Building a Life and Career in Security Podcast. Today's guest is the Brakeing Down Security Podcast team of Bryan Brake and BrianBoettcher. Both met while working at Xerox and became mentor/mentees in helping grow their own security careers. As they were trying to learn security themselves, they realized that by recording their conversations together they could help others. And the Brakeing Down Security Podcast was born. Links Mentioned In This...
Duration:00:42:50
Martin Reyes
1/27/2016
Welcome to Episode 14 of the Building a Life and Career in Security Podcast. Today's guest isMartin Reyes Martin started off on a help desk and worked his way up to a managerial position in information security for a big bank. I appreciate Martin's insight having been docked down a few times and how he got right back up. Links Mentioned In This Episode: Martin on Linkedin The post Martin Reyes appeared first on .
Duration:00:30:11
Nick Merker
1/20/2016
Welcome toSeason 2 and Episode 13of the Building a Life and Career in Security Podcast. Today's guest is Nick Merker. Nick started his career in IT information technology and security but then went to law school at night. Now he is an attorney combining his knowledge of security with the law. Nick is currently an attorney with Ice Miller. Links Mentioned In This Episode: Nick on Linkedin Nick at Ice Miller The post Nick Merker appeared first on .
Duration:00:21:14
Season 1: Masterclass
12/9/2015
Welcome to the Season 1 Masterclass. If you're a subscriber, you've heard everything in this episode. But wait! Don't skip it. The reason I put the Masterclass together was to hear different people's perspectives back-to-back. If you're new to the podcast, this is the episode that will get you up to speed and may send you to specific people's full interviews. The Masterclass contains just the highlights of what I thought were some really interesting answers over the past 12 weeks. If you...
Duration:00:31:07
Bonus: Thank You
11/25/2015
I'm spending a lot of time this week thanking you (see Monday's post here). In this week's bonus podcast episode, I walk through some interesting statistics from the podcast so far. In two weeks, I'll feature a special Masterclass episode of Season 1 featuring all of the podcast guests' highlights compressed into 30 minutes. Thank you again for listening to the podcast. The post Bonus: Thank You appeared first on .
Duration:00:01:37
#12: Dan Manley
11/18/2015
Welcome toEpisode 12of the Building a Life and Career in Security Podcast. Today's guest is Dan Manley. Dan started his career working at a help desk. That experience set the foundation for his path to chief information security officer at Allstate Insurance. Dan takes a number of points from my book --he actually read it before appearing on the podcast, so that wasn't exactly fair -- and provides a lot of great advice. Links Mentioned In This Episode: Dan on Linkedin The post #12: Dan...
Duration:00:36:54
#11: Sam Monasteri
11/11/2015
Welcome toEpisode 11of the Building a Life and Career in Security Podcast. Today's guest is Sam Monasteri. Sam started his career working in networking at the Sears Tower before transitioning into information security and now as the leader of security for an aerospace company. Sam predicts you might disagree with some of what he has to say, and that's okay with him. Links Mentioned In This Episode: Sam on Twitter The post #11: Sam Monasteri appeared first on .
Duration:00:18:45
#10: Murray Rosenthal
11/4/2015
Welcome toEpisode 10of the Building a Life and Career in Security Podcast. Today's guest is Murray Rosenthal. Murray started his information security career in the late eighties, and now works in security architecture for the city of Toronto. Murray talks about everything from smart cities to how he uses his history degree today, he is definitely a renaissance security professional. The post #10: Murray Rosenthal appeared first on .
Duration:00:20:28
#9: Joel Scambray
10/28/2015
Welcome toEpisode 9of the Building a Life and Career in Security Podcast. Today's guest is Joel Scambray. If you don't recognize the name, look on your bookshelf for your tattered copy of Hacking Exposed and you'll see Joel's name on the cover. Joel is the founding father of the modern information security profession. As you'll hear from the interview, Joel is probably one of the most humble guys that I know and likely hates that I actually call him a founding father. He took a very...
Duration:00:22:09
#8: Jake Bernier
10/21/2015
Welcome toEpisode 8of the Building a Life and Career in Security Podcast. Today's guest is Jake Bernier. Jake has worked at everything from small consulting company to a Fortune 100 organization. A Minneapolis Twin Cities residence, he’s very active in the information community there including teaching an information security course. Jake and I talk about moving jobs recently, moving around jobs, and teaching information security. Links from the show: Jake's Linkedin Profile The post #8:...
Duration:00:15:41
#7: Adam Shnider
10/14/2015
Welcome toEpisode 7of the Building a Life and Career in Security Podcast. Today's guest is Adam Shnider. Adam is currently Vice President of Professional Services at Coalfire. Besides his roles in consulting, he's also served as a Chief Information Security Officer. Adam and I talk about moving from a consultant to a CISO, moving from Chicago to Seattle, and how to deal with lots of travel. Links from the show: Adam’s Linkedin Profile Coalfire The post #7: Adam Shnider appeared first on .
Duration:00:13:46
#6: Michael “Dop” Dopheide
10/7/2015
Welcome toEpisode 6of the Building a Life and Career in Security Podcast. Today's guest is Michael "Dop" Dopheide. Dop has spent the majority of his career in the research and engineering space working for universities and research institutions with a brief stint in the corporate world. Dopand I talk abouthow you can really understand the security space (touch it with your hands). Links from the show: Dop’s Linkedin Profile Dop's current bio. The post #6: Michael “Dop” Dopheide appeared...
Duration:00:12:26
#5: Kevin Nassery
9/30/2015
Welcome toEpisode 5of the Building a Life and Career in Security Podcast. Today's guest is Kevin Nassery. Kevin is currently a Managing Consultant at Cigital. Kevin started his career in high school playing around with the local ISP and parlayed that into a networking and security career. Kevin and I talk about dropping out of college (and going back for a degree later), the foundations of a security career, and comparing consulting to working for a company. Links from the show: Kevin’s...
Duration:00:15:58
#3: Caroline Wong
9/16/2015
Welcome toEpisode 3of the Building a Life and Career in Security Podcast. Today's guest is Caroline Wong. Carolineis currently the Security Initiative Director at Cigital. Caroline wrote the awesome security metrics book I often quote called Security Metrics: A Beginner's Guide. Caroline and I talk about writing books, finding a good mentor and about her (relatively) new baby. The post #3: Caroline Wong appeared first on Jay S Schulman.
Duration:00:26:24
#2: Mike Zusman
9/9/2015
Welcome toEpisode 2of the Building a Life and Career in Security Podcast. This episode features Mike Zusman. Mike is the founder of Carve Systems, an information security consultancy. Formerly a web application developer turned computer security consultant, Mike has spoken at BlackHat, Defcon, CanSecWest, and numerous OWASP events. Mike and I talk about the aha moment when he realized security was his way forward, transition from developer to security consultant, and about work/life...
Duration:00:25:56