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Welcome to "Get IT Started. Get IT Done." the Banyan Security podcast covering the security industry and beyond. It is hosted by industry veteran Den Jones, the Chief Security Officer at Banyan Security. Den Jones brings a unique mix of leadership and IT implementation experience to Banyan as CSO. Den most recently served as Senior Director of Enterprise Security at Cisco, and prior to that as the Director of Enterprise Security at Adobe.

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February 15, 2024Episode 3238 min

Episode 32 - Tyler Farrar, CISO at Exabeam

Hello and welcome to Get It Started Get It Done, the Banyan Security podcast covering the security industry and beyond. In this episode, our host and Banyan's Chief Security Officer Den Jones speaks with Tyler Farrar. Tyler is CISO at Exabeam and is a veteran security leader with a background in defense department cyber operations and the US Navy. We hope you enjoy Den's discussion with Tyler Farrar. About Tyler: Tyler Farrar is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Exabeam. In this role, he is responsible for protecting Exabeam – its employees, customers, and data assets – against present and future digital threats. Farrar also leads efforts in supporting current and prospective customers’ move to the Exabeam cloud-native New-Scale SIEM and security operations platform by helping them to address cloud security compliance barriers. With over 17 years of broad and diversified technical experience, Farrar is recognized as a business-focused and results-oriented leader with a proven track record of advancing organizational security programs. Prior to Exabeam, Farrar was responsible for the strategy and execution of the information security program at Maxar Technologies, which included security operations, infrastructure governance, cyber assurance, and USG program protection functions. As a former Naval Officer, he managed multiple projects and cyber operations for a multimillion-dollar U.S. Department of Defense program. Farrar earned an MBA from the University of Maryland and a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the United States Naval Academy. He also holds a variety of technical and professional certifications, including the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification.

February 13, 2024Episode 3143 min

Episode 31 - John Yeoh, Global Vice President of Research at Cloud Security Alliance

Hello and welcome to Get It Started Get It Done, the Banyan Security podcast covering the security industry and beyond. In this episode, our host and Banyan's Chief Security Officer Den Jones speaks with John Yeoh. John is the Cloud Security Alliance's Global Vice President of Research, a position that allows him to share important industry analysis from a nonprofit perspective. We hope you enjoy Den's discussion with John Yeoh. About John: With over 20 years of experience in research and technology, John provides executive-level leadership, relationship management, and board strategy development. He is a published author, technologist, and researcher with areas of expertise in cybersecurity, cloud computing, information security, and next-generation technology (IoT, DevOps, Blockchain, Quantum). John specializes in risk management, third-party assessment, threat intelligence, data protection, incident response, and business development within multiple industry sectors, including the government. His works and collaborations have been presented in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, SC Magazine, USA Today, CBS, Information Week, and others. John's contributions continue with involvement in professional organizations such as CSA, IAPP, ISSA, ISC2, and ISACA. John sits on numerous technology committees in government and industry with the FCC, NIST, ISO, CSA, IEEE, and CIS. He represents the US as a delegate for cybersecurity relations to other nation-states.

October 27, 2023Episode 3029 min

Episode 30 - Anil Karmel, RegScale

In this episode of the Banyan Security Podcast, host Den Jones interviews Anil Karmel, CEO and Co-Founder of RegScale, a company that focuses on simplifying and modernizing governance, risk, and compliance in highly regulated industries. They discuss the challenges of compliance, the importance of socializing and building networks in the industry, and the benefits of using RegScale's platform. Anil explains that RegScale offers a free community edition as well as enterprise packages, and their platform can be deployed both on-premise and in the cloud. He emphasizes the value of automation and continuous monitoring in reducing risk and streamlining compliance processes. Anil also shares advice for entrepreneurs and practitioners, encouraging them to study the problem they are trying to solve and apply innovative solutions to their respective fields.

October 23, 2023Episode 2942 min

Episode 29 - Alex Bovee, CEO - ConductorOne

In this episode of the Banyan Security Podcast, host Den Jones speaks with Alex Bovee, the co-founder and CEO of ConductorOne, a technology company focused on modern identity governance and access control. They discuss the challenges of building a startup, the importance of customer success, and the future of identity security. Alex emphasizes the need for automation and visibility in managing access and permissions, and highlights ConductorOne's goal of providing a horizontal end-to-end identity security platform. He also shares advice for aspiring entrepreneurs, encouraging them to bet on themselves and take the leap.

October 17, 2023Episode 2822 min

Episode 28 - Maurice Hamilton, Infinavate

Hello and welcome to Get It Started Get It Done, the Banyan Security podcast covering the security industry and beyond. In this episode, our host and Banyan's Chief Security Officer Den Jones speaks with Maurice Hamilton, the founder of Infinavate, an IT support and Managed IT Services Provider that has mastered top-quality and reliable service for its customers. We hope you enjoy Den's discussion with Maurice Hamilton.

September 1, 2023Episode 2743 min

Episode 27 - Leadership Panel - Women in Tech

Does IT have a branding problem? On this week's Get It Started Get It Done podcast, Sarah Tenisi and Theresa Payton discuss how firms can better attract young women to technical roles. "IT is a trade—you can be successful with zero college." On the GISGID podcast, TenisiTech CEO Sarah Tenisi and Privacy in the Age of Big Data author Theresa Payton reveal how leaders really view candidate qualifications and why more people should be applying for IT jobs."You can't hang your hat on what other people think of you." TenisiTech CEO Sarah Tenisi explains the mental strategies for required for thriving as a woman in IT on this week's Get It Started Get It Done podcast.Get It Started Get It Done: On this week's podcast, Banyan CSO Den Jones speaks with security leaders Sarah Tenisi and Theresa Payton about gender, opportunity, and the culture of IT."When did you last give a woman-owned business a shot?" On this week's Get It Started Get It Done podcast, Theresa Payton discusses the unconscious biases in IT that hinder firms from partnering with the best service providers for their needs."Everyone wants to talk about it, no one wants to hire for it." TenisiTech CEO Sarah Tenisi and podcast regular Theresa Payton tell Den Jones what's working and what's failing with diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in IT.

September 1, 2023Episode 2141 min

Episode 26 - Theresa Payton, Fortilice

Hello and welcome to Get It Started Get It Done, the Banyan Security Podcast covering the security industry and beyond. In this episode, Theresa Payton returns to the podcast for a discussion focused on AI, including the work she's doing to help organizations identify and mitigate AI-related risk. We hope you enjoy Den's discussion with Theresa Peyton.

September 1, 2023Episode 2541 min

Episode 25 - Andrew Wilder, Hillenbrand

Hello and welcome to Get It Started, Get It Done, the Banyan Security podcast covering the security industry and beyond. In this episode, our host and Banyan's Chief Security Officer Den Jones speaks with veteran cybersecurity leader Andrew Wilder. Andrew discusses some key lessons from his early career and his CISO roles, with a dose of advice for those just entering the cyber security space. About Andrew Wilder:“Andrew Wilder brings more than 20 years of progressive leadership experience in Cybersecurity. He spent the majority of his career at Nestle, where he was the Regional CISO of Americas, Asia, and Europe in 2021. His most recent role was as the Global CISO of Hillenbrand, an industrial manufacturing company where he rebuilt the Cybersecurity program from scratch. Andrew is a thought leader in the Cybersecurity community and regular speaker at conferences, webinars, and podcasts where he shares his knowledge to help inspire the next generation of Cybersecurity professionals.”

July 28, 202331 min

Episode 24 - Colin Rand, Banyan Security

Welcome to Get It Started, Get It Done, the Banyan Security podcast, covering the security industry and beyond. In this episode, our host and Banyan's Chief Security Officer, Den Jones, speaks with Banyan's Head of R&D, Colin Rand, about the threats and opportunities emerging AI technologies pose for security. We hope your enjoy Den's discussion with Colin Rand. About Colin Rand Colin has extensive experience in engineering leadership and product development working at a wide range of enterprise startups to late-stage and enterprise companies. Most recently Colin helped transform Delphix from an on-premise data management appliance to create their first SaaS offering with an integrated product strategy to create a hybrid platform. Before then, he led the platform initiative for Lookout, a BeyondCorp mobile security company, managing data, identity, and security services for ML-based mobile threat protection. Colin’s wide experience brought him through Salesforce, AKQA (creative agency) as well as his own startups in NYC. Colin began his career as a hands-on developer after studying computer engineering at the University of Michigan. Key Takeaways: "It's questionable in my mind whether you'll be able to detect beyond chance whether anything is AI generated." Den speaks with Banyan's head of R&D Colin Rand on this week's GISGID podcast.Den Jones speaks with Banyan's head of R&D Colin Rand about the pitfalls and opportunities of AI on the Get It Started Get It Done podcast.Banyan head of R&D Colin Rand on the Get It Started Get It Done podcast: How AI will be used by bad actors and defenders alike.What Banyan is doing around AI for customers: R&D head Colin Rand on the Get It Started Get It Done Podcast."It'll be an enormous noise at the front door and you won't be able to tell what's real and what's fake." Banyan head of R&D Colin Rand outlines the real threats of AI—and some solutions—on this week's Get It Started Get It Done Podcast."Waiting for governance is nonsense." On this week's podcast, Banyan head of R&D Colin Rand explains why practitioners can't wait for regulators to address AI.

July 5, 202335 min

Episode 23 - Anna Belak formerly of Gartner and currently with Sysdig

Hello and welcome to Get It Started Get It Done, the Banyan Security podcast covering the security industry and beyond. In this episode, our host and Banyan's Chief Security Officer Den Jones speaks with Anna Belak, a former Gartner analyst and cloud, container, and Kubernetes buff. We hope you enjoy Den's discussion with Anna Belak. About Anna Belak, Director, Office of Cybersecurity StrategyAnna has nearly ten years of experience researching and advising organizations on cloud adoption with a focus on security best practices. As a Gartner Analyst, Anna spent six years helping more than 500 enterprises with vulnerability management, security monitoring, and DevSecOps initiatives. Anna's research and talks have been used to transform organizations' IT strategies and her research agenda helped to shape markets. Anna is the Director of Thought Leadership at Sysdig, using her deep understanding of the security industry to help IT professionals succeed in their cloud-native journey.Anna holds a PhD in Materials Engineering from the University of Michigan, where she developed computational methods to study solar cells and rechargeable batteries.