Cybersecurity Distilled with Andy Bennett

Episode 12: The "Intelligent" Part of Threat Intelligence

Fri, 28 Apr 2023 16:00:00 -0500

Andy Bennett, CISO of Apollo Information Systems, chats with Apollo's new Threat Intelligence lead Jennifer Gold. They go into career trajectories and embracing "unplanned rapid disassembly" (failure). Andy doesn't understand why SpaceX needed to do the flippy maneuver thing. Jennifer was on MTV's Apartment 2F! Jennifer and Andy dive deep into threat intelligence, taking a proactive posture in cybersecurity, how responsible disclosures work, and cybersecurity fundamentals.

Mentions:

Jennifer Gold: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferfarrellgold/

Andy Bennett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cisoandy/

Apollo Information Systems: https://apollo-is.com/

Episode 11: Becoming a CISO... Why?? With Chuck Herrin

Fri, 17 Feb 2023 10:00:00 -0600

Andy Bennett, CISO of Apollo Information Systems, chats with Chuck Herrin, Wib API Security CTO and CISO. They go into the CISO career path and how they “accidented” into it, as well as how to navigate large organizations and critical topics like how to get a free shirt after a merger and words of Wisdom from “A Bug’s Life.” We also learn how to pronounce CISO, SEIM, and GIF! And Chuck breaks the lightning round.

Mentions:

Chuck Herrin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuck-h-securityexecutive/

Wib: https://wib.com/

Andy Bennett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cisoandy/

Apollo Information Systems: https://apollo-is.com/

Episode 10: CISO v. DevOps AMA with Elliot Graebert

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 12:00:00 -0600

Andy Bennett, CISO of Apollo Information Systems, opens up the floor to dev ops extraordinaire, coder, and advisor Elliot Graebert to chat about things CISOs want to know from dev ops and vice versa. They dive deep into the importance of cooperation and collaboration, the need for putting security early into project development, and why a sustainable workforce is better than a heroic one. We learn that Andy has a new chainsaw, what a guillotine is, and that Elliot’s daughter really, really, really likes the number 8.

Mentions:

Loonshots by Safi Bahcall

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

And Elliot’s blog on Medium!

Episode 9: The Cyber Wheel of Doom with RJ Friedman

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 15:00:00 -0500

Andy Bennett, CISO of Apollo Information Systems chats with RJ Friedman, career CISO and CEO of dayONE Cyber. They play a game of Cyber Wheel of Doom to choose hot cybersecurity topics randomly. The wheel lands on a wide range of things including quantifying risk, how to make the best use of conferences, the value of certifications, addressing technical debt and asset management, understanding risk appetite, having hard conversations with employees and clients, and looking at the overall threat landscape. Tune in to find out what RJ did to surprise Andy enough into stopping the conversation to take a drink. Andy also tries to "stump the chump."

And RJ's shirt has ducks.

Find Andy Bennett on LinkedIn or at Apollo Information Systems.

Find RJ Friedman on LinkedIn and at dayONE Cyber .

Episode 8: Digital Forensics and Unpacking a Cybersecurity Career with Jacob Stauffer

Fri, 30 Sep 2022 17:00:00 -0500

Andy Bennett, CISO of Apollo Information Systems chats with security consultant, incident responder, Director of Operations of Coherent CYBER, and digital forensics analysis professor at UTSA, Jacob Stauffer. They talk about voting system security, teaching cybersecurity, digital forensic investigations, getting started in cybersecurity, and building successful teams.

And we learn about Velociraptor. The tool. Not the dinosaur.

Find Andy Bennett on LinkedIn or at Apollo Information Systems.

Find Jacob Stauffer on LinkedIn and at Coherent CYBER Education.

Episode 7: Cyber Roulette with Allan Alford

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 19:06:48 -0500

Andy Bennett, CISO of Apollo Information Systems chats with Allan Alford CISO/CTO at TrustMAPP and Host of the Cyber Ranch Podcast. On this episode, Andy plays cyber roulette. They rapid-fire through several topics including the biggest cybersecurity challenges and risks for organizations, remote work changes, Zero Trust, asset management, CISO professional development, Janet Jackson’s attack on hard drives, shadow IT, and mergers and acquisitions.

And we learn about the proper use of cowboy hats.

Find Andy Bennett on LinkedIn or at Apollo Information Systems.

Find Allan Alford on LinkedIn, TrustMAPP, or The Cyber Ranch Podcast.

Episode 6: Protecting Your Household from Cyberthreats with Bryan Gutierrez

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 16:00:00 -0500

Andy Bennett, CISO of Apollo Information Systems chats with cybersecurity professional Bryan Gutierrez about raising kids in an interconnected and digital world, how to combat the "it won't happen to me" problem, and building policies to protect your home.

And we get a tour of all the mysterious artifacts in Andy’s office.

And, Dad jokes.

Find Andy Bennett on LinkedIn or at Apollo Information Systems.

Find Bryan Gutierrez on LinkedIn.

Episode 5: Building Strong Cybersecurity Relationships, the Importance of Trust, and How to Find Success in Cybersecurity with Michael Fitch

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 17:00:00 -0500

Andy Bennett, CISO of Apollo Information Systems chats with Michael Fitch, SAIC Account Director for State & Local business in Texas about building and nurturing the cybersecurity community, cultivating relationships, taking care of teams, taking care of the self, and the importance of creating trust. They also dig into cybersecurity trends including ransomware and the impact to public safety.

Find Andy Bennett on LinkedIn or at Apollo Information Systems.

Find Michael Fitch on LinkedIn.

Episode 4: Blockchain, Buzzwords, and Fundamentals with Jim Motes

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 16:00:00 -0500

Andy Bennett, CISO of Apollo Information Systems chats with GameStop CISO, Jim Motes, about many different cybersecurity topics including blockchain, cybersecurity buzzwords, Zero Trust, Microsoft in the cybersecurity space, ransomware, the most neglected fundamentals, and building and training cybersecurity teams. And find out if Andy can sustain his probationary friend status.

Find Andy Bennett on LinkedIn or at Apollo Information Systems.

Find Jim Motes on LinkedIn.

Episode 3: The Cybersecurity Workforce Deficit with Collin Chung

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 16:00:53 -0500

Andy Bennett, CISO of Apollo Information Systems chats with Collin Chung, cybersecurity consultancy Omni Group about finding and cultivating good talent, building a cybersecurity career, and the importance of people in the industry.

Find Andy Bennett on LinkedIn or at Apollo Information Systems.

Find Collin Chung on LinkedIn and Omni Group Consulting.

Episode 2: “Distilling” Cybersecurity Awareness with George Finney

Thu, 07 Jul 2022 11:00:20 -0500

Andy Bennett, CISO of Apollo Information Systems sits down with award-winning author and CISO George Finney about cybersecurity awareness, making good cybersecurity habits
accessible, and how to make it a part of everyday life.

Find Andy Bennett on LinkedIn or at Apollo Information Systems.

Find George Finney on LinkedIn and find out about his book, Well Aware,

Episode 1: Taking on the Loaded Phrase "Zero Trust" with Adam Perrego

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 10:22:00 -0500

Andy Bennett, CISO of Apollo Information Systems sits down with Zscaler's Adam Perrego to tackle Zero Trust. They unpack what the word "expert" means and sniffing out cybersecurity snake oil, the origins of Zero Trust, and what Zero Trust actually means.

Find Andy Bennett on LinkedIn or at Apollo Information Systems.

Find Adam Perrego on LinkedIn or at Zscaler.