Episodes
Niru Ragupathy - From Almost Biotech to QA to Google Security Lead
Today we're joined by Niru Ragupathy. Niru is a Security Engineer at Google. She works as the Offensive Security Lead and manages…
John Gates - From Car Mechanic to Lead IT Security Analyst
John Gates has always liked to know how do things work - and that has proven to be a beneficial trait. From his first job as a ca…
Samantha Cowan - From National Parks Service To Head Of Compliance
Today we're joined by Samantha Cowan. Sam is currently the Head of Compliance at HackerOne. She's the former Director of Complian…
Betsy Bevilacqua - From Almost Lawyer to CISO and Security Leader
Betsy Bevilacqua is the current VP of Information Security at Chainalysis. Initially, she had her mind set on law school until sh…
Dr. Eric Cole - Accidental CIA Hacker To Fortune 500 Security Advisor…
Dr. Eric Cole's career has been a mix of sixth-sense chance encounters and wisdom/foresight of the future. When he was younger, h…
Lisa Jiggetts - From Navy Cook To Pentester To Non-Profit Founder!
Lisa Jiggetts knew from an early age that she was going to be in tech and cyber. A navy veteran who started off as a cook, she al…
Eric Strom - From Lawyer to FBI Cyber Division Unit Chief
Eric Strom is the Unit Chief of the Mission Critical Engagement Unit, Cyber Division. In this role, Mr. Strom oversees the FBI Cy…
ICS Gabe - Electrical Engineer to Accidental Cybersecurity ICS Expert
Gabriel Agboruche (@ICS_Gabe) is a senior ICS and OT cybersecurity consultant, helping organizations solve their most challenging…
BONUS - Lisa Jiggetts - Salary Negotiations
Lisa Jiggetts is the founder of the Women's Society Of Cyberjutsu. After recording, we continued talking, and the topic of salary…
Switching Into Infosec Success Story And Lessons Learned
Today's episode features a story that was sent to me by a listener. He reached out to me on LinkedIn, telling me of his success …
BONUS - Announcing Getting Into Infosec BITES
I'm creating daily (almost) videos on YouTube called Getting Into Infosec BITES: https://www.youtube.com/c/gettingintoinfosec …
Kavya Pearlman - From Hairstylist to CISO to XR Superhero
Kavya Pearlman is an award-winning cybersecurity professional with a deep interest in immersive and emerging technologies. She is…
BONUS - Pandemic and The Coming Recession / Depression
We are in the middle of a worldwide pandemic (COVID-19), a recession is here, a depression might be coming, and everyone is remot…
Syntax - Arrested Teenager to Motorcycle Racer To Pentester
Syntax had an interesting ride into infosec, filled with pitstops, detours, and countersteering along the way. At an early age, h…
Bonus - Cyber Security Job Search Frustrations (Ivan)
Random interviews with people who are actively searching for cybersecurity/infosec jobs in the field. Ivan.
Bonus - Cyber Security Job Search Frustrations (Zoe)
Random interviews with people who are actively searching for cybersecurity/infosec jobs in the field.
Bonus - Cyber Security Job Search Frustrations (Jayesh)
Random interviews with people who are actively searching for cybersecurity/infosec jobs in the field.
Bonus - David Zeichick - Cybersecurity College Professor
An impromptu interview with a College Professor teaching cybersecurity. Recorded at RSA Conference 2020.
Tanya Janca - From Insecure Developer to Appsec, Diversity/Inclusion …
Tanya is an awesome, giving person. She's a huge proponent of mentoring, diversity and inclusion, and application security. She's…
Nick Vissari - Engineering Dropout to Math Tutor to Security Architec…
Nick Vissari went from being an engineering dropout (he didn't like creative writing) to a tech consultant to a math tutor. His p…
Page Glave - Professor of Kinesiology to Cybersecurity Analyst!
Page Glave was a tenured Associate Professor of Kinesiology with a focus in exercise science and was successful in her field. How…
Nick Jeswald - Confessions of a Cybersecurity Recruiter (Part 2)
Part 2 of 2 - Nick Jeswald has been an external and internal recruiter in security. He shares with us what he looks for in a cand…
Nick Jeswald - Confessions of a Cybersecurity Recruiter (Part 1)
Part 1 of 2 - Nick Jeswald has been an external and internal recruiter in security. He shares with us what he looks for in a cand…