Apr 26, 2018
In this #AskTHAT, I talk to Brian Contos, CISO of Verodin and we dive into cybersecurity. No MOAR excuses, we have to take an active role in our securing our applications.
Brian has over two decades of experience in the security industry. He is a seasoned executive, board advisor, security company entrepreneur and author. After getting his start in security with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and later Bell Labs, Brian began the process of building security startups and taking multiple companies through successful IPOs and acquisitions including: Riptech, ArcSight, Imperva, McAfee and Solera Networks.
Brian has worked in over 50 countries across six continents. He is a strategic board advisor for multiple companies including Cylance and Appdome. He has authored several security books, his latest with the former Deputy Director of the NSA, spoken at leading security events globally and is a Distinguished Fellow with the Ponemon Institute. Brian frequently appears in the news and has been featured in CNBC, C-SPAN, Fox, NPR, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, The London Times and many others. He most recently appeared in a cyberwar documentary alongside General Michael Hayden (former Director NSA and CIA).
Links from today’s show:
- Blog: https://verodin.com/blog/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briancontos/
- Twitter: @BrianContos
- Brian’s company - Verodin is a Security Instrumentation Platform or SIP Company: https://verodin.com/
- Open Source Threat Simulation Projects, these are more Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) related than SIP, but they can be used to test some security controls: https://blogs.gartner.com/augusto-barros/2018/04/17/threat-simulation-open-source-projects/