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Welcome to the Zero Hour Podcast hosted by Karl Sharman and Karla Reffold, sponsored by Cyber Security Professionals. The podcast that speaks to the best talent in the cybersecurity industry. Each episode provides insights, techniques and tools required to be successful in the cybersecurity space. This podcast is now available on Stitcher, ITunes, SoundCloud and Spotify. Please follow our content at: Instagram: @zerohourexperience Twitter: @zero_hourpod Music by: Clark Henry-Brown

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United Kingdom

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Welcome to the Zero Hour Podcast hosted by Karl Sharman and Karla Reffold, sponsored by Cyber Security Professionals. The podcast that speaks to the best talent in the cybersecurity industry. Each episode provides insights, techniques and tools required to be successful in the cybersecurity space. This podcast is now available on Stitcher, ITunes, SoundCloud and Spotify. Please follow our content at: Instagram: @zerohourexperience Twitter: @zero_hourpod Music by: Clark Henry-Brown

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English


Episodes
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Sandro Bucchianeri - a Global CSO's perspective

2/12/2021
Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. We are joined by Sandro Bucchianeri. Sandro is an award-winning, globally experienced Security Executive with over two decades of cybersecurity experience, with the last 12 years at the executive level (CISO and CSO). Sandro is currently the Group CSO at Absa Group Absa Group is an African financial services company with a global perspective. They have forged a new way of getting things done, driven...

Duration:00:37:04

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Daniel Woods & Karl Sharman - Cyber Insurance, Breach Counsel & Incident Response eco-system

1/26/2021
Now normally the show is hosted by Karla or Karl Sharman but this time we flipped it on its head and now Daniel Woods is hosting and interviewing Karl, which is strange. But Daniel provides a lot of research into the cyber insurance markets so we thought we would discuss the cyber insurance and primarily the Incident response eco-system in more depth. So let’s see how this goes and everyone interested in this space should certainly check out Daniel’s research. Daniel will be hosting a focus...

Duration:01:07:13

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David Edwards - the security success of Coventry Building Society

1/7/2021
David Edwards joins Karla Reffold to discuss how Coventry Building Society have addressed their cyber maturity, staffing and diversity and inclusion. This discussion really focuses on leadership and how David is driving a transformation for security but also for a culture. Key Minutes 3:55 - Working with the board on security transformation 10:10 - How to identify the gaps? 14:25 - Getting sponsorship for increased engagement 32:35 - Diversity and inclusion to support engagement 37:08 - Evil...

Duration:00:52:49

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Jim Phillipoff - Securing your home

12/17/2020
We are joined by Jim Phillipoff, who is the Head of Global Business Development for Entertainment and Media at Irdeto, in his fourth year with the company. He is responsible for developing new projects and initiatives, most recently launching the Trusted Home project. Jim has extensive experience in the service provider industry having served as the founder and CEO of Xtra TV, a Ukrainian DTH company. He also founded several MMDS operators and an ISP in the region, managing several hundred...

Duration:00:36:14

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Ran Pugach - Securing the workplace

12/8/2020
Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. We are joined by Ran Pugach. Ran is the Chief Product and Development Officer at Ava Security. Ava is a global technology company with offices in the UK, Norway, and the USA. They believe that they can create a better, smarter way to deliver security. They inject intelligence into their approach to security and all their solutions. They help organizations see, understand, and act on their...

Duration:00:34:03

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Brendan Kotze - Working with customers as a cyber vendor post-Covid

11/12/2020
We are joined by Brendan Kotze who is the CEO of CyberLumeneer. Cyberlumeneer was established to solve challenges faced daily by security operations and management teams through designing world class solutions that provide near-real-time visibility, board ready reporting, digital foot printing and continuous security control monitoring. Key Minutes: 1:30 - Industry Educations and Certifications 05:22 - The new product for Core Security 11:50 - Latest trends in the security space 15:20 -...

Duration:00:38:54

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Michael McGuinness - Being a Cyber Security Newcomer

10/29/2020
We are joined by Michael McGuiness who is a Senior Cybersecurity Specialist at the Co-Operative Bank. The former Chemistry graduate from Durham University has recently celebrated five years at the Co-Operative Bank. Michael was also recently nominated as the Cyber Security Awards newcomer of the year for 2020. Key Minutes: 2:26 - Hearing of Cybersecurity 05:02 - Finding first job in cybersecurity 08:10 - The skills gap 09:22 - Graduate Scheme 11:22 - Launching Cyber Awareness week 18:22 -...

Duration:00:28:36

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Greg Van Der Gaast - The importance of doing better in Cyber

10/22/2020
Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. We are joined by Greg Van Der Gaast. Starting as one of the most notorious hackers of the 1990's having been involved in the largest mass hack of the time and setting off an international incident after hacking into a nuclear weapons facility, Greg has over two decades of technical, management, and leadership experience in Information Security. A frequent speaker about bringing visibility, care, and...

Duration:00:50:43

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Lior Arbel - The Purple Tribe Culture at Performanta

10/15/2020
We are joined by Lior Arbel, who is Performanta Group’s General Manager for Europe & North America and Chief Strategy and innovation Officer. A focused and driven security executive with nearly 20 years of IT security industry experience, Lior joined Performanta in 2013 as CTO in the UK, before becoming GM in 2015. Lior started at IBM where his passion for information technology grew. Previous roles included moving to a start-up, PortAuthority Technologies, offering a data leak prevention...

Duration:00:40:51

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Erkang Zheng - The story of JupiterOne

10/1/2020
We are joined by Erkang Zheng, Founder of JupiterOne, who is a leader in cybersecurity with 15 years of experience in all domains from identity and access, penetration testing and incident response to data, application and cloud security. Zheng holds several patents and is passionate about combining innovation and execution to deliver practical solutions that address cybersecurity challenges at their root cause. He was previously the head of software security architecture and assurance...

Duration:00:41:46

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Darren Williams - Protecting your privacy

9/24/2020
Dr. Darren Williams is the founder and CEO of BlackFog. In the wake of increasing privacy concerns across the world he founded BlackFog to combat the growing number of applications and online sites that breach your privacy rights. With more than 20% of online activity associated with data profiling it was clear that something had to be done to curb this growing threat. Unlike companies that focus on malware and viruses this new category focuses specifically on data loss prevention,...

Duration:00:46:56

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Paul Innella - The common sense approach to cybersecurity

8/27/2020
Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. We are joined by Paul Innella the CEO of TDI in Washington DC. Since 2001, TDI has grown into a world-class consulting firm offering cybersecurity services to government agencies and commercial clients around the world. Paul is a recognised cybersecurity expert who has published articles, delivered seminars and lectures and conducted interviews to a worldwide audience. Finally, Paul chairs the...

Duration:00:46:54

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Fausto Lendeborg - Bootstrapping your cybersecurity start up

8/13/2020
Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. We are joined by Fausto Lendeborg who is the CEO and Co-Founder of Secberus. Secberus is a cloud security posture management and compliance reporting platform which allows enterprises to embed security and compliance into the CI/CD pipeline to automate the auditing of cloud infrastructure. -32 Key Minutes 02:13 - The first time hearing about cybersecurity 07:08 - What’s Secberus? 15:45 - Accelerators...

Duration:00:42:22

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Dominic Vogal - Your cybersecurity career

8/6/2020
Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. We are joined by Dom Vogal. Dominic has an established track record as a business security leader, serving in critical roles on numerous projects including security strategy development and endpoint security management in various industries (financial services, government, telecommunications and critical infrastructure). Vogel is a skilled communicator having been the keynote speaker for a number of...

Duration:00:48:59

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Kevin Senator - 6 start ups done, now the 7th in OT Security

7/30/2020
Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. We are joined by Kevin Senator who is the CEO of Bayshore Networks the company that is solving industrial and IT network security. Kevin is a veteran software sales executive with this being his 7th start-up. Before this, he spent 9 years as a VP of worldwide sales at Counterpane, a managed security monitoring service provides who successfully got acquired by BT. Key Minutes 5:20 Learn from the...

Duration:00:47:19

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Adam Nygate - the Cybersecurity start-up journey

7/23/2020
Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. We are joined by Adam Nygate, Founder of 418Sec. Adam has taken the opportunity to work and live across Europe, Southeast Asia and Australia, before returning to the UK to work in security within the government. After working at BJSS, he opted to start 418Sec with the help of CyLon, the London cybersecurity accelerator. 418Sec was designed to help secure the world’s open source code. Key Minutes...

Duration:00:48:31

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Neil Costigan - Being a CEO in a cybersecurity company

7/16/2020
Dr. Neil Costigan brings over 25 years of effective entrepreneurial and technical leadership in venture-backed startups and global technology corporations throughout the EU and US. Before BehavioSec, he built his career in software development, executive leadership, and entrepreneurship. The company’s Behavioral Biometrics platform is widely deployed across Global 2000 companies for its proven ability to dramatically reduce account fraud and data theft. Founded in 2008 out of groundbreaking...

Duration:00:48:25

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Brian Haugli - Being a CISO, selling to a CISO and what's next for the CISO?

7/9/2020
Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. We are joined by Brian Haugli, Co-Founder of SideChannel and #CISOlife. Brian is viewed as a "full stack CISO", an executive security leader and mentor focused on building high-performance security teams, deploying effective operating models, and delivering risk management capabilities for global, domestic, and local enterprises. Key Minutes: 4:17 - SideChannel 06:50 - Next steps for a CISO 09:32 -...

Duration:00:47:22

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Anthony Johnson - How to sell to CISOs using empathy

7/3/2020
Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. Today, we are joined by Anthony Johnson. Anthony has served as the Global CISO and Managing Director for multiple Fortune 100 companies, where he led some of the largest, most complex cybersecurity programs in the world. In addition to advising emerging and startup companies, Anthony is currently a Managing Partner at Delve Risk, where he leads a practice focused on driving technology and risk...

Duration:00:50:32

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Nithin Thomas - investing in threats that don’t exist yet

6/18/2020
Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and your host today is Karla Reffold. Today, we are joined by Nithin Thomas. He founded SQR Systems in 2010 with a platform to secure communication backbone that enables secure and compliant communications on apps and IoT sensors. He has established multiple R&D and commercial programmes and partnerships with the Ministry of Defence (UK), the US Department of Defense we well as intelligence and government agencies within the Five Eyes...

Duration:00:41:21