Podcasts about pencildata

Our guest Val B from PencilDATA and Jason McGee, CTO of IBM Cloud Platform discuss the changing face of cybersecurity threats and how we can plan for the unpredictable.

    Val Bercovici is the Founder & CEO of PencilDATA. He describes PencilDATA as a lie detector for data, but from a broader perspective, it’s a company that offers cybersecurity software that seeks to detect and prevent cyber breaches. Val has extensive experience working in executive positions as well as hands-on experience with cloud storage and data management innovations, Big Data, and storage architecture.   Val joins me today to share what it’s like being a CEO, the challenges he faced along the way, and the cybersecurity capabilities of PencilDATA. He discusses his professional journey, the companies he’s worked with, and the problems he saw regarding data security that led to the development of PencilDATA. He explains how to choose a role model, what leaders can do to humanize their employees, and why there’s no such thing as a work-life balance. Val also describes what he loves about being a CEO as well as the aspects he doesn’t like about it.       “You have to have the confidence to just go ahead and do it.” - Val Bercovici       Today on Mastering Midlife:   Val's life and upbringing before he became a CEO. The importance of keeping perspective in your life. Aspects of his life that forced him to shift gears in his career. His thoughts on the concept of work-life balance. Recognizing the human side of your employees. The fears he had to conquer when wearing the hat of a CEO. His advice when choosing role models and the standards you set for yourself. What his company does and the products they offer to customers. What is the cyberwar that they're trying to help fight? What he loves about being a CEO and what he doesn't love.     Val Bercovici’s Words of Wisdom:   You can humanize your staff even with the smallest things, like not setting seminars during the weekend. Fabricated data can be detrimental to a company’s marketing strategy. You can’t truly have a work-life balance.     Connect with Val Bercovici:   PencilDATA Twitter LinkedIn         Get FREE Access to the Only 10’s Course   Are you struggling with knowing what, when, and how to focus your efforts to get things done? As a long-time sufferer of severe ADD, I understand the struggle - and that’s why I created the Only 10’s system. This system has helped me and thousands of others clear the clutter and focus their energy on getting the right things done.   The Only 10’s free online course is based on my proven system to help you focus your attention and maintain momentum around your day-to-day life.   Sign up for the Only 10’s free course today!       Mastering Midlife...Together!   Thanks for tuning into today’s episode of the Mastering Midlife Podcast: How to Thrive When the World Asks the Most of You with Mark Silverman. If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts and leave us a review.   Be sure to visit our website and connect with us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube and don’t forget to share your favorite episodes on social media.  

This week on the podcast, an old friend joins us to talk about his newest venture into blockchain and security. Join us as we discuss Chainkit and PencilDATA with founder Val Bercovici and how you can use it to protect your enterprise environments.

Join host David Linthicum and guest Val Bercovici, founder of PencilData, as they discuss the current state of enterprise blockchain and cloud, potential future evolutions, and the value blockchain tools and technologies can provide enterprises.

Joining us this week is Val Bercovici, Founder & CEO of PencilDATA at KeyBank Emerging Tech Summit. About PencilDATA PencilDATA is a software-as-a-service startup embracing data governance allowing users to see and manipulate data easily. It achieves this with a blockchain ledger that accounts for all data activity, Highlights  0 min 48 sec: Introduction from Val Bercovici o Post – Blockchain in the Cloud by Rob Hirschfeld o Robotic Process Automation (RPA)  4 min 47 sec: What do you use Blockchain for? o Core to the value but is just an enabler  5 min 52 sec: Don't confused Blockchain with ICO/Crypto-currency o Blockchain rollouts in 2018 have paused ~ Gartner quote o HOMEWORK – Podcast with BlockChain Technology Partners o PencilDATA has built the S3 of Blockchains  10 min 08 sec: Blockchain Service or Acting on BC with distributed service? o Useful Zero Trust Solution o Autonomous Vehicle Taxi Service Use Case o Same workflow and processes needed for medical equipment  15 min 59 sec: Why Distributed Ledgers for these Use Cases? o Centralized authorities can be a single point of failure  19 min 51 sec: Data security issues around Veracity & Authentication o Data poison can train AI poorly o Explainable AI ~ Data Reproduce-ability; prove data is valid  25 min 54 sec: SalesForce Use Cases o Live on the SalesForce App Exchange o Launching at DreamForce 2018 with Customer References  27 min 18 sec: How PencilDATA provide value to SalesForce Customers? o SaaS Turnkey Solution that hides the behind the scenes work o Costs for Etherium usage  37 min 14 sec: Industrial IoT Use Case  37 min 31 sec: Wrap-Up

Tony Flath, a cybersecurity specialist out of Edmonton, Canada & Val Bercovici, founder and CEO of PencilData, join us on the show to talk about the recent announcement between IBM and Red Hat.

One of my favourite phrases is that "those who make the most of their data, will be the success stories of the future" and I think that is echoed by our obsession with data as a new all-powerful resource for us to mine and exploit. But, it's not quite that straightforward is it? There is no getting away from the importance of security and privacy when it comes to our data. Be that keeping it from unwarranted access, data leakage or maintaining compliance with ever increasing regulatory requirements, maintaining our data in a secure environment is a primary concern. That is the focus of this weeks show, as I'm joined by Val Bercovici, a well-respected technology leader, who is today working on a new project with his start-up company Pencildata, a company who's mission it is to try to address this very challenge. In a fascinating chat with Val, we explore the growing tension between getting value from data while maintaining its security. We examine some of the interesting problems that come with A.I. systems, how do you address the "cold start" problem? or ensure that your A.I. systems have a wider range of data, beyond academic and publicly available data sets to learn from? We discuss why organisations find it hard to unlock the value of their data and effectively share it, not only with 3rd party providers but even with others inside their organisations. We wrap up by looking at how to change this, how do we give an organisation the ability to maintain control of their data regardless of where it is shared and crucially the ability to change their minds, so when they no longer want to share that data they can withdraw authorisation, regardless of where that data resides. We also look at the importance of an immutable audit trail so that you always know who, where and how your data is used. I hope you enjoyed this show and discussion of the fascinating topic. For full show notes visit :- https://wp.me/p4IvtA-1xk