Podcast appearances and mentions of Mike D Kail

Our guest  this week is Mike D. Kail,  CTO of Everest, a decentralized platform incorporating a massively scalable payment solution, Executive Technologist at Palo Alto Strategy Group,  Strategic Advisor at Cloud Remedy, Strategic Advisor at SMV Data, and other. Mike has been CYBRIC's Chief Technology Officer, Yahoo's CIO and SVP of Infrastructure, where he led the IT and Data Center functions for the company, and Mike also formerly served as VP of IT Operations at Netflix, where he was responsible for Employee Technology and various Engineering components. Mike has been widely recognized for his insightful industry commentary on social media, and was recently named by the Huffington Post as one of the “Top 100 Most Social CIOs on Twitter.”

Former CIO and CTO, and currently CTO of Everest.org. Mike Kail was Yahoo’s CIO and SVP of Infrastructure, where he led the IT and Data Center functions for the company. He has more than 25 years of IT Operations experience with a focus on highly- scalable architectures.

We admit we've posted some rather embarrassing posts on social media. In particular, my co-host, Mike Johnson, talks about a post he initially regretted, but then realized it's what brought all of us together. In fact, it's a post that initiated much of the discussion we're having today about the relationships between CISOs and security vendors. On this week's episode of the CISO/Security Vendor Relationship Podcast, we discuss: A CISO that eagerly wants to talk to security vendors: CISO of Mitel, and former guest, Allan Alford sent a shock through the industry when he said he was going to reserve time to actually speak with security vendors. Why was this announcement such a big deal? One CISO and one CTO admit to posts they regret: Turns out posts you wish you didn't write actually shake up the pot so much that they form relations, like the two you hear on this show. We play "What's Worse?!" Possibly our toughest round of the game ever. Hint: think security policies. What Do You Think of This Pitch? Mike and our guest dissect a pitch from a listener. They advise what should be taken out, and what should be put in its place. Ask a CISO: Do CISOs need consultative resellers? When are they valuable? If not now, were they valuable? And as always, we've got launch with a great 10-second security tip. Today's episode is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), founder, Spark Media Solutions and Mike Johnson, CISO, Lyft. Our guest this week is Mike D. Kail (@mdkail), CTO of Everest.org. This episode is sponsored by Thinkst, makers of Canary deception devices. Read how much their customers love their product here. We thank Thinkst for sponsoring this episode of the podcast.

Joining us this week is Mike D. Kail, previously the CTO of Cybric and Yahoo’s CIO and SVP of Infrastructure. Highlights • RANT Cast on Cybersecurity Regulations from Governments o Security is Important but NOT a Priority • Culture around Security is Lacking • Time for Security Tech to Include UI Testing and Consider User Experience • Confusing on Not-Working Security Settings and Profit Motives o Security thru Transparency • Accountability of Provider in Turning off Security based on Requests • Definition on Distributed Ledgers / Blockchain & Scalability Challenges • Promise of Blockchain and Good Application for It / Digital Identity • Zero Trust Security Overview • Equifax Example and Regulations

Learn about CIO innovation, DevOps, and building out a world-class IT department in a major Internet company.Mike D. Kail serves as Vice President of IT Operations (CIO) at Netflix. Mr. Kail has more than 20 years of IT Operations experience. Prior to Netflix, was Vice President of IT operations at Attensity, where he was responsible for the Americas data center.