Security Advisor Alliance Podcast

The Alliance has been incredibly active following our 2015 Leadership Summit in Dallas Texas.   Our leadership team, along side our advisory board has been building and planning for 2016 and beyond.  The most exciting projects of note that we discuss in this episode are: New Website and Branded Collateral. Communications Platform RSA - We'll be onsite all week! 2016 Alliance Leadership Summit Date Released. The episode concludes with a short discussion on leadership and self improvement.   Host:  Clayton Pummill - Executive Director, Security Advisor Alliance Guest: A.J. - Director of Communications, Security Advisor Alliance

Episode 29 - Visibility.  The SAA podcast is guest hosted by Raf Los.  Raf is joined by SAA members Renee Guttmann (VP Information Risk @ Optiv), Dustin Wilcox (CISO @ Centene) and Arian Evans (VP Product Strategy @ RiskIQ).

Episode 28 - Insider Threat management.  The SAA is joined by Chris Ray (CISO @ Epsilon) and Neil Thacker (CISO @ Raytheon|Websense) to discuss key wins to manage Insider Threat in the US and EU.

Episode 27 - The OPM breach.  The SAA podcast is hosted by Clayton Pummill and joined by Robert Bigman (President @ 2BSecure and ex-CISO for CIA), Chris Ray (ex-CISO @ Epsilon) and Neil Thacker (CISO @ Raytheon|Websense) to discuss findings of OPM breach.

Episode 26 - Legislation, Privacy & Regulation.  The SAA podcast is hosted by Mr Clayton Pummill and joined by Dustin Wilcox (CISO @ Centene) and Daniel Farris (Shareholder @ Polsinelli) to discuss Legislation, Privacy & Regulatory landscapes.

Episode 25 - Skills shortage.  The SAA podcast is hosted by Mr Raf Los.  Raf is joined by Brian Wrozek (CSO @ Alliance Data) to discuss the current skills shortage and wins the InfoSec community can take on to help new recruits join the industry.

Episode 24 - 3rd-party Risk.  The SAA podcast is hosted by Mr Raf los.  Raf is joined by David Fairman (CISO @ Royal Bank of Canada) for a deep discussion on 3rd party business engagement, risk management and risk ranking when dealing with 3rd parties.

Episode 23 - KPIs and Metrics.  The SAA podcast is guest hosted by Mr Raf Los.  Raf is joined by SAA regular James Robinson, Ed Pagett (Board of Advisors @ eGRC.com) and Robb Reck (CISO @ Pulte Group) to discuss all things KPI and metrics.

Episode 22 - A review of IoT security.  The SAA is joined by Renee Guttmann (CSO @ Accuvant), Russ Dietz (CSO & GM @ GE Software) and Charlie Isaacs (CTO for customer connection @ Salesforce.com).

Episode 21 - A Security Program Essentials special hosted by Brian Engle.  Brian is joined by Phillip Beyer, Brian Wrozek and Joseph Krull.  Brian and guests discuss their roles within the Texas CISO Council and the Security Program Essentials scheme.

Episode 20 - A review of SCADA and ICS security.  The SAA is joined by Chris Sawall (Director Cyber @ Monsanto), Larry Whiteside (CISO @ LCRA) and Parrish Gunnels (CISO @ Celanese)

Episode 19 - A review of the fundamentals of InfoSec that some organisations continue to miss.  The SAA podcast team (James Christiansen and Jason Clark) are joined by Dustin Wilcox (CISO at Centene) and Mike Eisenberg (VP @ Accuvant) to discuss the

Episode 18 - part 2 - The evolution of the CSO role.  A review of the current role and how CEOs are looking to hire the right CSO for their company.  Feedback from SAA founders Brian Engle, John Johnson, Jason Clark and James Robinson.

Episode 18 - A great discussion on the recent news with NSS vs PAN, choosing technology from continuous requirements and a SAA update.  SAA is joined by Brian Engle (CISO for state of Texas), John Johnson (Global Security Strategist @ John Deere).

Episode 17 - SAA update.  A short podcast covering updates on the activity of the SAA founders one year on including the introduction of an SAA VIP Mary Quayle and an update on the recent SAA founders meeting in St. Louis with our missions explained.

Episode 16 - Healthcare special.  The SAA is joined again by Connie Barrera, Rob Winter and Tom August to discuss InfoSec in Healthcare including a discussion on HITECH/HIPAA, clinical risk, insider threat and education for employees.

Episode 15 - Healthcare special.  The SAA is joined by Connie Barrera, Rob Winter and Tom August to discuss InfoSec in Healthcare including a discussion on HITECH/HIPAA, clinical risk, insider threat and education for employees.

Episode 14 - Threat intel special.  The SAA is joined by Rick Holland and Stu Solomon to discuss all things threat intel.  The fundamentals alongside common fails and successes with using rich threat intel to help apply context to threats relevant to you.

Episode 13 - Threat intel special.  The SAA is joined by Rick Holland and Stu Solomon to discuss all things threat intel.  The fundamentals alongside common fails and successes with using rich threat intel to help apply context to threats relevant to you.

Episode 12 - Special guest is Randy Trzeciak, CERT Technical Manager at Carnegie Mellon University.  Randy offers some great insight into insider threat characteristics, mitigation advice and future research areas that CMU CERT are working towards.