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According to research conducted by Gartner, B2B sales reps forget 87% of what they learn within 30 days of training. So how can you build effective learning programs that foster continuous development? Shawnna Sumaoang: Hi, and welcome to the Win-Win podcast. I am your host, Shawnna Sumaoang. Join us as we dive into changing trends in the workplace and how to navigate them successfully. Here to discuss this topic is Tom Brandon, the Director of Sales Enablement at OneSpan. Thank you for joining us, Tom. I would love for you to tell us about yourself, your background, and your role. Tom Brandon: Thanks for having me. I’m excited to be here. So I’m Tom Brandon. I’m the director of sales enablement at OneSpan, which is a workforce authentication, banking authentication, and digital agreements company. I’ve been in the training and enablement field for way too long. I don’t want to say how many years it’s been, but started out as a technical trainer, doing all of the. Microsoft training, MCSC, MCP, MCT, Cisco training, delivering all of those, and eventually became a global trainer for a cybersecurity company, Trend Micro, took on their training teams, took on their development teams, and ran their global education department, was there for about 10 years. Then moved on to another cyber security company, WebSense, which became Forcepoint, and took on their global education department, and eventually we branched off the sales and technical, and I continued on with their technical education and building out their programs. For almost 10 years as well. Then moved on again to another cyber security company, ReliaQuest, and was their VP of learning at ReliaQuest University. And then finally here at OneSpan. I’ve been at OneSpan now for about a year and a half, really enjoying working with this company and the sellers and building out a true enablement. SS: I love that. Well, Tom, thank you again for joining us. You have extensive experience in designing and delivering learning programs. So what are some of your considerations when developing programs for these different teams across go-to-market like revenue and customer success teams?  TB: That’s a great question because each team always has a unique focus and spin that you have to be aware of, but for me it really comes down to five main things. What do they need to know? Why do they need to know it? When do they need to know it? How do they do it? And then who do they go to for any questions? And so everything that we’re doing focuses on those five main areas. And whether it be a simple microlearning, whether it be a full-fledged training, or it’s a communication that we’re sending out, those are things that I always focus on because. If a sales rep or a customer success manager doesn’t know why a change was implemented or why pricing has gone up or when things go into effect or how to actually do something for our PS and our SE organizations, then they’re at a disadvantage and they’re not going to look good in front of their customers. So those are the things that I usually focus on. Anytime we’re building out any type of communication enablement or training program. SS: I think that’s great advice. Now, one thing that did catch my eye on LinkedIn was that you mentioned you actually rebuilt the onboarding program at one span to a flipped classroom model. For those that are maybe a little less familiar, can you explain what a flipped classroom model is? And can you tell us more about this effort and how your team brought it to life?  TB: Absolutely. In traditional education, think about when you’re going to a university course, you go into the lecture and you have the professor that’s up there and they’re delivering their lecture content. They probably delivered that hundreds of times for different classes. And it’s the exact same thing every time. And the students, then they take that information and then they go and they have to read some more. They have to do some worksheets and everything. And it’s It’s a one way data transfer, and it’s really not a great way for the students to learn and apply that information. Whereas with the flipped classroom, the idea is that you give the students content ahead of time. You give them all of that, that learning, that book study that they need to be doing, and they prepare for the in-class session with all of that content. Now, when they’ve done that, the time with that expert, with that SME, now can be used for deeper engagement, for communication, for role plays, for a practical application of that content that they have just read about and they’ve gone through all that self-paced learning. And then after class, this is where they can do some additional application of what they have practiced. in class, whether they have discussion forums or assessments or additional learning opportunities. And so it’s a way to not only get the information across, but have a two way communication with the students, which is going to help them to remember the content. It also allows them an opportunity to practice in a safe environment and then gives them further opportunities outside of class to apply that knowledge. SS: Amazing. Well, I think it’s really cool what you guys are doing on that front. And you actually leverage the certifications in your onboarding program, as well as other ongoing learning programs. How have you used certifications to motivate learners and validate skills? TB: Well, the validation, that’s the easy part, right? That’s what certifications are all about, is validating that somebody knows a fact or is aware of a process or whatever it may be. The motivation, that’s the hard part, is trying to figure out how you can not only validate or assess but also get people excited about what they are learning about. And this is really where things like setting up achievements for people, having specific goals that they can achieve, and then having some sort of reward for them, whether it’s digital or physical, whatever it might be. And this is also where you can start talking about. The idea of gamification or serious gaming as well. For me, I’ve never been a big one on gamification. Let’s just put something into a game just so that people will go through the content and the game has nothing to do with the content that they’re going through. But serious gaming, something that is a practical application, something that is an experiential-based learning opportunity for them that then gives them an achievement once they have actually shown that they can perform some action, whether it’s delivering a pitch or whatever it might be. But It shows them that they can be confident in what they are learning, that they are actually making progress and achieving. And so, you know, for me, it’s finding ways that you can do this serious gaming and provide achievements along the way. SS: I absolutely love that. Definitely, progress is a motivator, I think, for a lot of people. As you think about reps or go-to-market teams, oftentimes they are on the move and extremely busy. So how do you incorporate microlearning and agile curriculum methodologies into your learning programs? TB: We have all seen a decrease in our attention spans over the last several years. We’re so used to the quick hits and ever-changing content that’s put in front of us by social media that the traditional approach To lengthy training programs is not appropriate for our current audiences. And so, looking at, one, an agile development framework is absolutely important, because if you look at the traditional approach for planning out curriculum development, it could take 3, 6, 9 months for a full-fledged course to be developed. In today’s fast-paced world, in 3, 6, 9 months, that product may not even be around anymore. Nonetheless, people are interested in purchasing that product. And so the Agile development process, taking those Agile principles from software development and applying it to what we’re doing in curriculum development is absolutely critical. Setting up sprints and working very closely with development teams or with marketing teams and making sure that we are in lockstep together and releasing things at very short intervals. And those things that you’re releasing in those short intervals, whether it be one or a two-week sprint, now become those micro-learning pieces. And this is something that again, You know, with people’s attention spans, we need to be able to get quick hits out to people with the most important information and be able to share that with them on a continued basis so that they know that more information is coming. And that leads to kind of that idea of the just-in-time training as well. Get that information in front of people as they need it so that they can be prepared for whatever situation they’re facing. SS: Absolutely. What role would you say your enablement platform Highspot plays in helping you land these strategies? TB: Highspot has been fantastic for this. One, it’s been our consolidation point for all of the content that we’ve had. I’m sure everybody that’s listening to this, they are facing this problem where you have content that is spread across so many different places, and sellers are saying, I don’t know where to go to find information. And so having one definitive location where people can go and find the content has been a lifesaver for us. Second, is that it helps us with creating smaller micro-learning content and making that available to our sellers in an easy-to-consume format. And the third thing then is that it provides us with rich analytics so that we can see what is working and what isn’t. We can see who is accessing it, who is not accessing it, and how well they’re performing. And it’s not just about the people taking it. But it’s helping us to determine if our content really hitting the mark. Is there something that we need to go back and revisit? There’s something missing or something that was mistaken in there. And so from an enablement standpoint, not only is it a vehicle for us to get that content in front of our users, but it’s also a mechanism for us to ensure that we’re providing the best quality that we can to those people who are taking our enablement content. SS: Absolutely. I want to shift gears a little bit because I know that in order for enablement to be successful, you really have to have effective partnerships with key stakeholders across the organization. I know for you as well, that one of the things that was important was transitioning enablement from being an order taker to really a consultative partner for the key stakeholders across the organization. How have you built effective partnerships with your stakeholders as you’ve implemented these learning programs? TB: That’s a great question. One, as an enablement leader, I struggled with for a long time, is trying to get away from that order-taker mentality where people just come and say, we need training on this, go and create this training for us, to being that true consultative partner, where we are working hand in hand, with different departments to understand their needs and then to provide our recommendations for how we can help them to achieve those goals and needs that they have. And when I came into OneSpan, we were really order takers. It was just people telling the enablement team, to go and make these trainings. And what we’ve had to do is we’ve had to transition in three main areas. One is that we have to prove our value. We have to show that we are true professionals in our craft and that we know what we’re doing. Second, we have to build trust, and that means that we have to be working arm-in-arm with those leaders in other departments. We have to be there providing input, and we have to be listening to them as they’re telling us about their needs. And third, and perhaps the most important one, and this is one that I’ve really been focusing on the last several years, is that we have to become the communication hub. There’s a lot of siloed information in every company, and that information is critical for the success of the company. We have to get it in front of the go-to-market teams. And so I see my role as a sales enablement expert here to find that information in the silos and then to share it out. And what that does is it allows us to get better visibility into what’s happening in the organization. It allows us to ferret out where those problem areas are and to get the different departments working closer together. as well. And it all comes from that communication hub mentality. SS: Absolutely. I love that approach for gaining stakeholder buy-in and trust. You know, I know you talked a lot about how important kind of having that data and analytics set is along the way. In what ways do data and analytics also help you to enhance your continuous learning and reinforcements with your team? TB: So I’d say there are two main parts here. One is leveraging a model that gives us more information than just the smiley sheets at the end of training. We’re implementing the Kirkpatrick model of evaluations. It’s a four-level model. And, you know, really quick, you know, the idea here is that at level one, you have your basic reactions, those smiley sheets, and people like the training. And usually, it’s, did they like the trainer rather than the training? The second level Is did they actually learn something? And this is where you can have quizzes that can determine this, or you can start looking at confidence and you can start doing things like before and after surveys. And so you can see if there was an increase in confidence. in attendees’ confidence in a particular subject. This is a subjective measure, but at least you can start getting into the minds of those people who have been taking your training to see, did it made an impact. The third level then is behavioral change. Did they take that information that they learned about in the training and have they taken it back on the job? Are they actually doing the things that they learned about? And then finally, the last one is driving business results. So the people who went through the training, who’ve seen this confidence change, who are implementing it on the job, are they now performing better than those who have not gone through this training? And is it making a material impact on the business? Is it bringing more money in? Are they making more sales? And so, Leveraging a model like this that gets away from that, did you like your trainer smiley sheet and starts getting into the minds and actions of the sellers is absolutely critical. The second is the system Highspot is allows us to dig in-depth and get an analysis on what is working, and who is succeeding, and allows us then to create a model for others to emulate so that they can then have the same success as those who have gone through and are now providing that material business impact. SS: Now you said the word impact a few times. I would love to learn from you. What impact have your learning programs had on your team so far? And do you have any wins you can share? TB: Yeah, we’ve probably had maybe three key impacts. When I first came into OneSpan, we were rolling out a new first call deck that our sellers use when they get with customers for the first time. And we did a First call deck certification program where we built out not only self-study around the first call deck but then had sessions to actually do role plays with our sellers and work with them on key scenarios and key customer profiles so that they could then actually do a certification role play with their managers. And go through that. And the sellers by far were more prepared and engaged than they have ever been in any deck certification training. And we got every seller through. They all passed with an 80 percent certification or higher in that program. A second one that we’ve had, we call it our one spark, a sales kickoff. At the start of 2023, we had a change in CEO and we were supposed to have A in-person sales kickoff, but with that change in CEO and a lot of changes that were happening around the company, they decided to cancel the in-person sales kickoff, but our team in conjunction with our business unit leaders decided it’s still critical for us to create a program to start getting people the information they need to On the goals and trajectory of the company for this year, 2024. So we, the enablement team, created a week long virtual sales kickoff program, and we did this within one month period of time, and we were able to leverage the technology. Not only the content that we had, but then our systems like Highspot to help us get this information out to our sellers, held multiple webinars, and it was by far one of the most successful kickoffs that we’ve had, even though it was virtual. The final one, I know I could ramble about this for days and days, but was our revamped onboarding and really taking this old school onboarding program that was really an ad hoc for every single individual as they came in onboarding to a consistent program that’s the flipped classroom program that allows more interaction time with SMEs, with the instructor, gives the new hires an opportunity to role-play in that safe environment and gives them opportunities then to apply their knowledge outside of the classroom as well. SS: Those are some amazing wins, Tom. Continue to move forward and optimize everything that you are doing. What will be your primary focus areas for continuing to enhance One Span’s learning programs? TB: I have to say, I’m going to stick with the number three. I’ll give you three of them that we have. One is microlearning. Have to continue with the microlearning approach. I don’t see us going back to week-long, two-week-long, month-long training courses. There are situations where that may be beneficial, but working in a global company with a global go-to-market sales force, we have to leverage the technology that we have. And microlearning is a key aspect for us. The second thing that I really want to start focusing on is user-generated content. We’re a small enablement team, and we don’t have time to handle every single thing that we’d like to do. And we’re not the experts because we’re not in front of the customer every single day on some things. And so, getting Users to actually generate some content that then can be leveraged within our programs. Not only help us to create broader programs and, ones that are, are more effective, but it also gives a little bit more credence to it because it’s sellers sharing with sellers. And it helps other sellers to see that this is something that’s important. And so user-generated content is something that I’m looking to really start working on in 2025. And finally, communications. I know I’ve talked a lot about communications already, but that is one key area that really has to be focused on. I, early in my career, used to tell people, I was not a marketeer. I don’t do marketing, but you have to be able to effectively tell people what’s happening, what is available, why it’s important, and get that in front of them on a continuous basis. SS: Tom, last question for you. For organizations aiming to create effective learning programs for teams across the revenue engine, what’s maybe one piece of advice you would give them to set them up for success? TB: I’m going back to communicate. You have to use all channels that are available. I refer to it as guerrilla marketing. You have to be able to tell people not only what you are doing, but the effect it has and the benefits of it. And find new and unique ways of getting information in front of people. Start creating a microlearning series. We just started one called Behind the Curtain that takes a look at specific customer profiles and how they’re leveraging our products. We’re also doing one on cyber security awareness this month, and we’re getting things out every other day to our sellers, key aspects that they could be talking to their customers about. But the communication aspect, people may not know all the great work that enablement teams are doing. Unless they’re told about it, you have to let people know. So communicate. SS: I love that advice. Thank you again, Tom, so much for joining us and sharing your advice through this podcast. I really appreciate it. TB: Thanks for having me. SS: To our audience. Thank you for listening to this episode of the Win-Win podcast. Be sure to tune in next time for more insights on how you can maximize enablement success with Highspot.

Rebrandings are a constant in the government market and the company now known as Everfox is the newest example of that after its acquisition by one of the world's largest investment firms.The cybersecurity business formerly known as Forcepoint Federal, and before that as Websense, now exclusively focuses on global government and critical infrastructure clients as a portfolio company of TPG. In this episode, Everfox's chief executive Sean Berg goes over some of the 700-employee company's investment priorities and the overall cyber landscape's current state of play.Everfox has two decades of history behind it and to say that cyber has changed over that timeframe would be an understatement, but the emergence of nation-state actors is one of the trends Berg explains to our Ross Wilkers.Also on their agenda: the new name itself of course, commonalities between Everfox's government and critical infrastructure customers, how and where the company plans to grow its talent base.

Cleve Adams is Founder of the Trestles Group, Inc. His specialty is building and selling tech companies and has had 8 M&A Exits. Cleve has been fortunate enough to be named one of the Top 50 Non-Technical Founders In Tech Industry History, and to be Co-Founder and CEO of the #2 Company in Forbes's Most Promising Companies in America. He is also featured in the new Bestselling books "Cyberminds" and "Right Leaders, Right Time." Cleve is a 5-time award-winning VC/PE-backed Transactional CEO managing companies from pre-revenue to over $2 billion and has been hired by VC/PE firms to build and sell their portfolio companies. Cleve's average return to investors is 21x. He helped start, build and manage the largest company in the SaaS/Cloud cybersecurity software market from pre-revenue to a $1.0B IPO, the largest in San Diego county history and the first Cybersecurity Unicorn.  Cleve has over 20+ years of senior management, operations, sales and marketing experience in Security software, AI, Mobile, Wireless, SaaS/Cloud, Mobile security, digital and social media and Fintech. He has built a successful sales and marketing channel of 1100 resellers and distributors in 82 countries. Cleve has expertise in raising capital and has raised over $300M from tier-one VC's for multiple companies. Cleve led the team that started security titan Websense and grew them from pre-revenue to a $1 Billion IPO in less than 3 years. The company was subsequently sold to Raytheon for $2 billion. Cleve has been honored to serve as a software industry expert and speaker at numerous conferences, universities and corporations including the Harvard Alumni Assoc, Amazon, Investor Conferences, Cyber Security and Smart City Conferences. He has been quoted in top business publications including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and many more. -- Critical Mass Business Talk Show is Orange County, CA's longest-running business talk show, focused on offering value and insight to middle-market business leaders in the OC and beyond. Hosted by Ric Franzi, business partner at Renaissance Executive Forums Orange County. Learn more about Ric at www.ricfranzi.com. Catch up on past Critical Mass Business Talk Show interviews... YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gHKT2gmF LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/g2PzRhjQ Podbean: https://lnkd.in/eWpNVRi Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/gRd_863w Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gruexU6m #orangecountyca #mastermind #ceopeergroups #peergroups #peerlearning

Although Teresa comes from generations of makers, she was the first to pursue quilting as a career when she, as she puts it, “stumbled into the quilting industry.” It began in 2011 when she joined the crew at the Fabric Shop Network and then became editor of Websense magazine. Teresa started out making garments using patterns from The Big Four. From there she discovered Indie pattern makers and vintage patterns, and really started working with non-traditional fabrics like painted canvas and double chiffons, and other weird fabrics and piecing them together to make different types of quilts. After coming on board with Shannon Fabrics, she began specializing in Shannon's Cuddle® fabrics, a 100% polyester microfiber plush fabric. Today Teresa uses these fabrics to create unique quilts, crafts, home décor, and apparel.  (2:12 – 11:11)As she continues talking about her journey, she shares how a trip to Vietnam in 2007 with her children changed everything for her. After volunteering at several orphanages there, Teresa continued her outreach work. It's a fascinating story of bringing caring and hope to young Vietnamese children, and of working with others in the sewing community to provide much-needed goods to Vietnam orphanages. Because of the profound impact it had on her, Teresa hopes to return to Vietnam within the next couple of years. (11:11 – 15:24)Meanwhile, Teresa is traveling the US with her partner, videographer, and RV driver Hawke who is working with her to bring Shannon Fabrics' Sew Together Tuesdays to live audiences across America. On the road ten out of the last twelve months, they've been to 43 states, where Teresa has taught in all kinds of beautiful and charming quilt shops, met all kinds of interesting people, and experienced countless joyful moments. She talks about the range of different shops and fabrics and creative focuses, from heirloom sewing to embroidery, traditional quilting to modern clothes. She also shares the one thing that all of these shop owners have in common, which is their deep love for the industry. According to Teresa, her time on the road never stops being entertaining.Her connection to the myriad of people she meets on the road continues via her Facebook group, “I Love Cuddle® Fabric.” She loves what she does so much, she plans to continue teaching and hopes to add more pattern-making into her creative endeavors. “I get to teach. I get to learn. And that's the thing that makes me happy.” (22:07-30:04)Be sure to listen in on our casual conversation with Teresa for inspiration, insights, and a lot of smiles. If you'd like to connect with Teresa, you can reach her at Teresa@Shannonfabrics.com or at her I Love Cuddle® Fabric Facebook page.If you know someone who has an outstanding story that should be shared on this podcast, or what to comment or just say hello - drop Meg a note to Meg@sewandsopodcast.com or complete the form on our website

Many businesses are currently juggling two different worlds. We have the modern cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes. But on the flip side, there is 10-20-year-old legacy tech such as Oracle Solaris, old IBM and HP servers, etc. Elsewhere, business leaders are also challenged with managing security, the Cloud, and hybrid working. Anil Kumar from Citrix and Sharon Besser from GuardiCore join Neil Hughes in discussing the advantages that hybrid cloud and SAS apps can offer businesses. About Sharon Sharon Besser is an accomplished data and network security expert with a successful track record combining deep technical hands-on excellence with a market vision to incubate new solutions and develop next-generation technologies. Sharon was the CTO and co-founder of Publicom (acquired by Comsec), co-founder of Contondo (acquired by Bigtincan), co-founder of EyeOTee Inc., VP Technologies at Net Optics, (acquired by IXIA), VP of Products Strategy at Imperva, Director of security solutions at Check Point, Director of security products at Websense, through the acquisition of Port Authority Technologies. Sharon holds a BSc degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, and Geography from Bar Ilan University. About Anil As a Technical Marketing Manager at Citrix, Anil Kumar is responsible for Building and owning an Ecosystem of Networking, Security, and Cloud technology partners. He is also a subject matter expert on the Citrix cloud, networking and security products, and services. Anil is also responsible for developing and managing a test infrastructure in-house/on-prem and on Cloud for proof of concepts and for partner product verifications.

About Today's Guests Ryan Lasalle - Senior Managing Director, Accenture Security, North-America Lead Ryan leads the North America practice for Accenture Security. He is responsible for nurturing talented teams that bring transformative solutions to better defend and protect our clients. He is also accountable for delivering on our commitment to clients for high-quality, innovative delivery to address their most critical issues. Currently, Ryan is focusing on solutions at the intersection of analytics, knowledge discovery, and cyber security, with the goal of improving threat assessment methodologies and enhancing knowledge of successful responses. His deep experience in security solutions, innovation-led approaches, and market expertise have made him a sought-after security innovator with clients. Over the course of nearly two decades with Accenture, Ryan has worked with clients across commercial, non-profit, and public sector organizations, helping them identify and implement emerging technology solutions to meet their business needs. Ryan is a Ponemon Institute Fellow and is active with the Greater Washington Board of Trade. He sits on security innovation advisory councils for several clients. A seasoned innovator, Ryan holds patents in human resource management, knowledge discovery, security analytics, threat intelligence, and establishing trust between entities online. Ryan is a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from Princeton University. Mark Jenkins - GM, Accenture Partnership, Palo Alto Networks Mark Jenkins serves as General Manager of the Palo Alto Networks partnership with Accenture. Mark has over a decade of strategic partnership experience, including leading the Global Systems Integrator businesses for FireEye and Skyhigh Networks, before joining Palo Alto Networks almost six years ago. Mark also has industry experience in his background, with senior IT roles at KPMG and Websense. Mark holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Sheffield Hallam University in England About the Partner Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud, and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology, and Operations services—all powered by the world's largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners, and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com. About Us: Palo Alto Networks A global cybersecurity company, Palo Alto Networks enables your team to prevent successful cyberattacks with an automated approach that delivers consistent security across cloud, network, and mobile devices. Our mission is to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. We help address the world's greatest security challenges with continuous innovation that seizes the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, analytics, automation, and orchestration. With steady enhancements to our award-winning NextWave partner program, we are investing in, growing with, and optimizing the build the part

Didi Dayton is a partner at Wing Venture Capital responsible for Customer Network and Business Development. Prior to Wing, Didi spent 20 years in the Cyber Security field specializing in building Go-To-Market and routes to market for hyper-growth organizations such as Websense, FireEye, Tanium and Cylance.She successfully led sales and channel teams at various Companies like Symantec, Arrow and Cylance (now Blackberry) through 12 M&A and integration activities. Her focus and execution on Alliances and Managed Service Providers directly assisted FireEye with a successful IPO. She has been awarded the prestigious Channel Chief award 4 years running, the 50 most Influential Channel Chiefs and in 2019 Didi made it to the Power 100 Women of the Channel. More recently, Didi has acted as advisor to the board of JASK and 1011 Ventures.In this episode….Didi Dayton grew up in Europe and after schooling in France, worked her way through sales to leadership. She has always been fascinated with “human behavior, psychology, and what motivates people” which she says is what led her to sales. Her specialty is operationalizing a business: keeping things moving forward and in understanding the psychology of that business. She is currently a partner at Wing Venture Capital where she says she runs community for the firm, in effect matchmaking between IT buyers, advisors, and portfolio companies. Didi's work in venture capital requires a gaze set to the future and she says Wing's very name indicates that they operate as a co-pilot with their companies and, like her, are passionate about innovation. She understands the vast amount of data, research, and analysis required to be effective and uses this informational ability to assist people in solving problems. The ability to compute on the fly, catalog and analyze data, and defend a position are key skills in the job. Yet both Didi and Martin stress that attitude matters most.In this episode of What CEOs Talk About, host Martin Hunter and Didi Dayton break down what venture capital actually is and what it does, why every successful executive or leader needs a “whisperer”, and the innate value in learning how to tell a good story. They discuss the prevalent concern of burnout within the industry and draw comparisons between the intricacies of teenage sports teamwork to early stage business dynamics.

These days we're collecting more data than ever. But the data itself is worthless without undertaking the necessary transformation to extract insights from that data. Many organizations fail in achieving that transformation for one reason or another. So, how do you become a successful data-driven organization? Chip Pate is the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at SecureLink. He has worked in a variety of financial and accounting roles. Chip started as a Financial Analyst at Applied Materials, moved to CompassLearning, and later was the Senior Director of financial planning and analysis at Websense. He then became Chief Financial Officer at PDI Software and eventually moved to his current role at SecureLink. In this episode, we discuss: - How the role of CFO has evolved over the last two decades - The core of a data-driven organization - How to overcome organizational resistance when applying data For more interviews from the CFO Weekly podcast, check us out on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player! Presented by Personiv https://insights.personiv.com/cfo-weekly

Many businesses are currently juggling two different worlds. We have the modern cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes. But on the flip side, there is 10-20-year-old legacy tech such as Oracle Solaris, old IBM and HP servers, etc. Elsewhere, business leaders are also challenged with managing security, the Cloud, and hybrid working. Anil Kumar from Citrix and Sharon Besser from GuardiCore join Neil Hughes in discussing the advantages that hybrid cloud and SAS apps can offer businesses. About Sharon Sharon Besser is an accomplished data and network security expert with a successful track record combining deep technical hands-on excellence with a market vision to incubate new solutions and develop next-generation technologies. Sharon was the CTO and co-founder of Publicom (acquired by Comsec), co-founder of Contondo (acquired by Bigtincan), co-founder of EyeOTee Inc., VP Technologies at Net Optics, (acquired by IXIA), VP of Products Strategy at Imperva, Director of security solutions at Check Point, Director of security products at Websense, through the acquisition of Port Authority Technologies. Sharon holds a BSc degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, and Geography from Bar Ilan University. About Anil As a Technical Marketing Manager at Citrix, Anil Kumar is responsible for Building and owning an Ecosystem of Networking, Security, and Cloud technology partners. He is also a subject matter expert on the Citrix cloud, networking and security products, and services. Anil is also responsible for developing and managing a test infrastructure in-house/on-prem and on Cloud for proof of concepts and for partner product verifications.      

We’re back! 1) Tony has it been a month!!!??? 2) Amplified IT purchased by CDW 3) Streamlined Classroom AV 4) Tony - No more SAT/ACT - GPAs- No Grades - and What you need to do if you want to do this… 5) Amazon QuickSight - https://aws.amazon.com/quicksight/ 6) Safe search, firewall, etc. a) OnCampus b) Cisco Umbrella c) DNS Restrictions d) GoGuardian e) Websense f) 6th Gen Firewall g) Google Admin Reports h) Cisco Meraki Reports i) OffCampus j) GoGuardian k) Google Admin Reports l) Umbrella m) New training videos for parents, but they won’t watch them (we had a parent engagement webinar) m) COPPA - Children’s Online Privacy n) Protection Rule o) Must adhere to qualify for eRate https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/rules/rulemaking-regulatory-reform-proceedings/childrens-online-privacy-protection-rule 7) Podcasting news! New Zoom products - Tony bought it! a) Zoom PodTrak P8/P4 Portable Multitrack b) Podcast Recorder H8 c) Anchor.fm + Wordpress = Podcast

Wen Johanna Flower joined Crowdstrike in late 2014, cybersecurity was a growing field with a large number of vendors supplying solutions to enterprises. Worldwide spending on information security was expected to grow 4.7% to $75 billion in 2015, according to Gartner. Dozens of companies with competing products were in the market. Through her six-year career at the company, Johanna successfully led Crowdstrike's marketing organization to differentiate the product, launch outside the United States and cross over $700 million Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) all the way to a successful Initial Public Offering in 2019. In this episode, the marketing leader takes us through her journey at Crowdstrike and explains how to build a world-class marketing org that can take a company public.Get $10,000 free credits to use Freshworks products (including the brand new Freshworks CRM packed with AI-based lead scoring, phone, email, activity capture, and more) by joining the Freshworks for Startups program. Click here to check eligibility.About the GuestJohanna Flower has been leading global teams and growing companies for the past 20+ years.  Most recently, Johanna served as CrowdStrike's Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) – leading all elements of global Marketing at CrowdStrike including directing the brand, corporate communications, go-to-market strategies, and demand generation from 2014 to 2020.  Johanna played a critical role in CrowdStrike's initial public offering (IPO), largely hailed as one of the most successful cybersecurity IPOs in history. Prior to joining CrowdStrike, Johanna held the role of SVP and Chief Marketing Officer at Websense, Inc. (now Forcepoint LLC). Sign up for regular updates from The Orbit Shift Podcast.The Orbit Shift Podcast is powered by Freshworks Inc. a global SaaS company headquartered in San Mateo, California. If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, consider giving us a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts. Host and Producer - Jayadevan PKAssistant Producer - Shashwath JAudio Engineer - Rajesh Subramanian  

While women’s numbers in cybersecurity lag behind men, female leaders in our industry continue to pioneer the way forward. Episode 4 of our SON OF A BREACH! podcast series celebrates International Women’s Month with security visionary Didi Dayton, who joins host and CRITICALSTART Chief Technology Officer Randy Watkins for some timely insights into security growth investments and the expanding female influence in cybersecurity.  Dayton is a partner at Wing Venture Capital, responsible for Customer Markets and Programs. She has held executive positions in sales, channels, and alliances for more than 20 years across multiple successful cybersecurity companies, including hyper-growth organizations such as Websense, FireEye, and Tanium. She successfully led sales and channel teams at companies such as Symantec, Arrow, and Cylance (now Blackberry) through 12 M&A and integration activities. Didi has received CRN’s prestigious Channel Chief award four years running, and she was named to the 50 Most Influential Channel Chiefs and the Power 100 Women of the Channel.  Tune in for expert perspectives on: Security investment strategy and trends Which leadership traits are most important for sales and channel leaders Mistakes CIOs and procurement teams need to avoid Why organizations benefit from women’s style of decision-making Dayton’s advice to women for success in leadership  Dayton and Watkins also deliver shout-outs to some of the leaders who have influenced them most in their careers – who just happen to be women. Watkins also provides highlights of how SolarWinds testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee became a blame game, plus the recent attack against Microsoft Exchange Servers by a suspected Chinese-based attack group. 

Cleve Adams is a serial entrepreneur, with his latest venture being CEO of VoxOx, a cloud communication services company that innovates communication across networks and devices. VoxOx utilizes both 5G data and AI in its technologies. Cleve found himself in tech after following a girl (now his wife) from Southern California to the Northwest. In the journey, he met some people who then introduced him to the field. From here he worked at Texas Instruments for a few years and then for Novell, which eventually became a multibillion-dollar company. Then came Icon International, his first company, which goes down in history as his first one to sell.  Cleve was also part of the founding executive team for OG San Diego tech company Websense in the late 1990s, which he helped grow into a $1 billion public company in just three years.   Websense was eventually sold to Raytheon for $2 billion.  After the sale, Cleve took on a ‘CEO-for-Hire’ role where he helped out various small businesses grow with a revenue-centric model, which encouraged all departments to think about how they work directly to create a higher revenue stream. This is how he ended up working for VoxOx.  Cleve saw that 5G was a growing market, one worth $17 trillion. Before commiting to the CEO role at VoxOx, he ensured that the company’s devices were 5G enabled and took the leap. 5G technology increases data transfer speed up to 100 times that of 4G. Cleve advises that this speed is crucial to data collection and its use in artificial intelligence. As a result, VoxOx is growing its 5G reach and applying machine learning algorithms on the collected data. This year, VoxOx also plans to grow its team, with hopes of an increased revenue stream from partnerships with large international companies.  Listen in as Cleve tells host Neal Bloom about his work with acquisitions and how VoxOx works with small businesses to better connect them to their consumers.  Cleve’s favorite local tacos: Flamingo’s in Laguna Hills  Connect with Cleve Adams: LinkedIn Keep up with Voxox: Website LinkedIn Facebook: @VOXOX Thanks to our partners at Cox Business for their support in enabling us to grow the San Diego ecosystem.

Ericom Software is a leading provider of Zero Trust secure access solutions that protect organizations from advanced cybersecurity threats. Leveraging innovative isolation capabilities and multiple secure remote access technologies, Ericom solutions enable secure policy-driven access to mission-critical cloud and on-premises business systems and resources, including the public Internet, without impacting end-user productivity. John Peterson joins me on the podcast to talk about the Application Isolator. I learn how it provides enterprise organizations with the capability to add zero-trust network access and micro-segmentation controls to their existing VPN infrastructure, offering an alternative to costly software-defined perimeter technology. John is a Michigan bred, 30-year serial entrepreneur, executive leader, technology evangelist, and innovator with small, medium, and large company experience. I have worked in numerous capacities that have included efforts in Research & Development, Technical Support, Sales Engineering, Product Management, Marketing and Product Marketing. I specialize in assisting companies in their growth efforts to go IPO. Throughout his 30-year career, Peterson has held leadership positions at multiple security companies, including a number of startups that he helped to scale and guide toward successful acquisitions or initial-public-offerings. Most recently, he was founding Chief Product Officer at cybersecurity innovator Stellar Cyber. Before Stellar Cyber, he was General Manager of Cybersecurity Products for Comodo and VP of Enterprise Technology at Barracuda. Earlier in his career, John held product and go-to-market roles at Juniper Networks, Fortinet, Websense (now Forcepoint), Montego Networks, and Netscreen.

We are joined by Lior Arbel, who is Performanta Group’s General Manager for Europe & North America and Chief Strategy and innovation Officer. A focused and driven security executive with nearly 20 years of IT security industry experience, Lior joined Performanta in 2013 as CTO in the UK, before becoming GM in 2015. Lior started at IBM where his passion for information technology grew. Previous roles included moving to a start-up, PortAuthority Technologies, offering a data leak prevention solution. PortAuthority Technologies  was acquired by Websense (now Forcepoint) where Lior continued to work for the next 8 years, ultimately overseeing the company’s strategic Data Security Solutions department as Senior Director. Key Minutes: 03:30 - The 12 year Education 07:55 - Journey into Cybersecurity 14:32 - The Purple Tribe culture 20:17 - Challenges of Covid-19 24:40 - The next 18 months in cybersecurity 27:00 - Standing out in the cybersecurity industry 32:00 - Innovating internally 35:25 - The Cybersecurity Awards 27:45 - Ten Quick Fire Questions You can find Lior at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liorarbel/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/performanta/ Website: http://www.performanta.com Follow us:
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Ericom Software is a leading provider of Zero Trust secure access solutions that protect organizations from advanced cybersecurity threats. Leveraging innovative isolation technology and software-defined perimeter principles, Ericom solutions enable simple, secure policy-driven access to mission-critical cloud and on-premises business systems and resources, including the public Internet, without impacting end-user productivity. John Peterson, Chief Product Officer of Ericom Software, joins me on Tech Talks Daily. He is responsible for product strategy and helping to define and support Ericom’s go-to-market activity. Most recently, he was founding Chief Product Officer at Stellar Cyber. In his 30-year career, John has held executive positions at Comodo, Barracuda, Juniper, Fortinet, Websense, Montego Networks, and Netscreen. He was a key member of four companies that went public and three that were acquired. John served as a United States Marine and holds multiple patents. We talk about Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and how this new security concept can co-exist with Zero Trust. SASE can be thought of as a unified vision on how an organization can achieve Zero Trust for their network, and based on the fact that networks have changed, the security that protects them must change as well. This integration streamlines processing simplifies access and reduces latency while enforcing security. It also requires a network and network security architectures to be rethought and rebuilt from the ground up. I also learn how SASE can greatly improve network security without burdening the user.  

This week Gar gets sassy (SASE) with Mike ‘Fergo' Ferguson, Senior Sales Engineer at Netskope. Mike has been an IT geek his entire life, with a passion for computers fuelled by his father who owned a cyber cafe. Mike started in IT support and contracted out in the UK before heading to the European Central Bank in Germany, then to Australia with Websense where Mike became an SME in data leak prevention before starting his role at Netskope. In a slightly more technical episode of the GCR podcast, Mike and Gar dive into everything Secure Access Service Edge, from a high level explanation SASE and its capabilities to what protections are possible within the architecture.

Are RF Detection Systems Effective In Stopping Drones? Linda Ziemba is founder and CEO of AeroDefense, a New Jersey-based company that provides a proven drone detection solution for locating a drone and pilot simultaneously. The technology is named AirWarden™, and it uses passive radio frequency detection methods to detect and locate known and unknown drones without demodulating or decoding signals. The Department of Homeland Security recently recognized AirWarden with a Developmental Testing and Evaluation SAFETY Act Designation. The designation provides AirWarden users, who choose to take advantage, full immunity from liability claims alleging technology failure in the event of a terror attack. AirWarden is the first and only drone detection solution to be on the DHS SAFETY Act “approved technologies” list.  AirWarden is currently deployed at MetLife Stadium and correctional facilities in Georgia and Massachusetts.   Linda’s experience spans internet security, telecommunications and entrepreneurship, at companies including Websense, Secure Computing, Finjan, AT&T and Lucent Technologies. Prior to founding AeroDefense in 2015, she served as a key executive for LiveLOOK, a collaboration software company. Linda’s leadership across sales, marketing, and general operations resulted in numerous contracts with global financial services, telecommunications and computer firms, and ultimately acquisition by Oracle in 2014. In this edition of the Drone Radio Show, Linda talks about the company's proven AirWarden technology, how AeroDefense pivoted to stay within Federal regulations for Counter UAS and the challenges and opportunities of creating a Counter UAS company.

In this Seamless Podcast: TechCon Series episode, we speak with Cleve Adams, CEO of Trestles Group, Inc.  Cleve was recently named one of top 50 non-technical founders in Tech Industry History. He is also a six time VC/PE backed software CEO managing companies from pre-revenue to over $1 Billion. While acting as CEO of those companies, 4 were acquired and went 2 went IPO, including San Diego based company Websense, bought by Raytheon.

Having held a variety of senior sales and business development roles with a number of security vendors, technology start-ups and Canada's leading telecommunications providers including TELUS and Bell, Justin Malczewski is a 30+ year veteran of the technology industry in Western Canada. For the past 13+ years, the threats cyber-criminals, hacktivists and rogue nations pose to society, have led him to focus his career in the area of IT Security. Justin currently holds the position of Regional Sales Manager for CrowdStrike, the world's leading provider of incident response, threat intelligence, endpoint protection, detection, & response solutions. Prior to CrowdStrike, Justin held senior cybersecurity sales roles with Cisco Systems, Fortinet and Forcepoint (formerly Websense). Justin is an active member of the Western Canada IT security community and is keenly interested in working within and outside of the security and privacy communities to foster a collaborative environment among like-minded professionals. To that end, he currently holds the position of Chairperson, Past President's Advisory Council for ISACA Vancouver (a professional organization with 650+ members representing the IT Security/Audit/Risk/Governance professions) where he believes strongly that the team ISACA Vancouver has assembled is in the best position to direct cybersecurity resources and training where they are needed most. It's exciting to work collaboratively with industry peers, partners and customers to solve security problems and minimize organizational risk. There's never a dull day in the IT Security space! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dfiforensics/message

  First Segment: Virsec. Willy Leichter, VP of Marketing. Virsec is made up of leading experts and professionals from various disciplines including network security, semi-conductors, embedded systems and real-time memory systems. The team has broad experience across all sizes of global technology organizations, with decades of experience delivering innovative technology and leadership at companies including AMD, Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Juniper, Dell, NextGen, BMC Software, Websense, as well a long list of high-growth and successful start-up organizations.   Second Segment: Computer and Technology News Today's Topics Include: Hulu To Allow Episode Downloads and Offline Viewing Airbnb And The Housing Markets Samsung's Latest MicroSD Card For Dashcams Verizon To Get New Yahoo Bloatware On Phones And more! For full show notes, check out ComputerAmerica.com!

https://www.colorado-security.com/news/2017/4/9/podcast-10-410-show-notes In this episode: Feature interview with Cal Fussman, Writer at Large for Esquire Magazine. News from Optiv, Websense, LogRhythm, and startups and STEM in Denver! Starting it Up in Denver This week Robb is on vacation and we have Drew Labbo as guest host with Alex. We discuss a couple blog posts from Optiv and Websense. LogRhythm wins a Best SEIM award from SANS. There are more STEM jobs than job seekers in Denver and Denver is an up and coming area for startups. Sign up for our mailing list on the main site to receive weekly updates - https://www.colorado-security.com/. We're continually working to improve the show, and appreciate the feedback we get from our listeners. If you discover any audio issues, or have suggestions for our format, let us know. This week's episode is available on Soundcloud, iTunes and the Google Play store. Reach out with any questions or comments to info@colorado-security.com Feature interview: Cal Fussman is a New York Times bestselling author, writer-at-large for Esquire Magazine, keynote speaker and corporate culture consultant. As a writer for Esquire, GQ, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, and The Washington Post Sunday Magazine over the years, he has transformed oral history into an art form, conducting probing interviews with the icons who’ve shaped the last half-century of world history, including: Mikhail Gorbachev, Jimmy Carter, Ted Kennedy, Quincy Jones, Jeff Bezos, Jack Welch, Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Muhammad Ali, and hundreds of others. Local security news: STEM job openings outnumber available workers The next start-up hubs LogRhythm wins Best SEIM for second time Three Steps to Enhancing Your Third-Party Risk Program Phone spoofing unpacked Job Openings: Great West Life - Security Architect RedShield Security - Cloud Security Engineer (multiple) LogRhythm - Analytics Co-pilot Engineer Boeing - Cybersecurity Assessment Specialist Guidepoint - Vulnerability Management Consultant State of Colorado - Senior IT Security Analyst Charles Schwab - Sr. Staff Security Analyst Comcast - Senior Incident Response Engineer 2 Kaiser Permanente - Director, Cyber Risk Defense CU Denver - Instructor in Information Systems Upcoming Events: This Week's Events: ISSA Denver - April Chapter Meetings - 4/11 and 4/12 CSA - April Meeting - 4/11 CTA - Growth Series - Colorado's Next $1B Exit - 4/12 ISSA Colorado Springs - April Chapter Meetings - 4/12 and 4/13 SecureSet - Chris Petersen, LogRhythm CTO, on Threat Lifecycle Management Notable Upcoming Events: ISSA Denver's Women In Security Kick-Off 4/19 Rocky Mountain Information Security Conference (RMISC) 5/9-11 Denver BSides 5/12-13 7th Annual Cyber Security Training & Technology Forum 8/30-31 View our events page for a full list of upcoming events If you have any questions or comments, or any organizations or events we should highlight, contact Alex and Robb at info@colorado-security.com * Thanks to CJ Adams for our intro and exit! If you need any voiceover work, you can contact him here at carrrladams@gmail.com. Check out his other voice work here. * Intro and exit song: "The Language of Blame" by The Agrarians is licensed under CC BY 2.0

In this epidose, I chat with David Jones. David is a serial founder who previously started SurfControl Email Filter (now WebSENSE), SpamMATTERS and ThreatMetrix - now a Gartner "Visionary" company for Web Fraud Protection. Each of these companies process "big-data" to provide value to customers. We talk about his analytic solution to more engagement called Streethawk. David is currently offering app developers 6 months free access to his analytics called StreetHawk. It's only available to startups with revenue under $1m. You'll need to use this special link to Streethawk

According to Raytheon|Websense, the healthcare industry is four times more likely to suffer advanced malware attacks than is any other sector. The news gets more concerning, as phishing attacks are 74 percent more likely to affect healthcare organizations. What can the healthcare industry do about their unique security challenges? Listen to our latest Security Slice […]… Read More The post Security Slice: Healing Healthcare Security appeared first on The State of Security.

“Your reputation is more important than your paycheck, and your integrity is worth more than your career.” — Ryan Freitas Caphaw trojan being served up to visitors of AskMen.com, according to Websense http://www.scmagazine.com/caphaw-trojan-being-served-up-to-visitors-of-askmencom-according-to-websense/article/357631/ http://www.securityweek.com/askmen-compromised-distribute-financial-malware-report C-IT Recommendation From the end-user perspective Ensure your organization has a strong asset inventory with an accurate configuration management database. Identify […]

Topics covered Apple had a "Goto Fail" failure - yes people at Apple Computer still use Goto statements in 2014 - http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9246533/Apple_encryption_mistake_puts_many_desktop_applications_at_risk and Adam Langley's awesome blog - https://www.imperialviolet.org/2014/02/22/applebug.html Look out Terps, Univ of Maryland has lost 309,000+ staff members, students and faculty worth of personal information including social security numbers ... OUCH - http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/college-park-shady-grove-campuses-affected-by-university-of-maryland-security-breach/2014/02/19/ce438108-99bd-11e3-80ac-63a8ba7f7942_story.html ICS-CERT has a new report out that bemoans the Industrial Control sector's inability to detect and respond to incidents ...mainly due to inadequate logging - http://www.govinfosecurity.com/report-cyberthreat-detection-lacking-a-6516 and the report https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/sites/default/files/Monitors/ICS-CERT_Monitor_Oct-Dec2013.pdf Websense has done a massive analysis of Dr. Watson (MS Windows crash files) file and determined there is some new kind of APT, POS attack afoot - http://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/microsoft-windows-crash-reports-reveal-n/240166207 Many different outlets are reporting this in various ways but consumer endpoints (at this point lots of Linksys home routers) are being infected with a new worm targetting a flaw mainly because people choose to expose their management interfaces to the outside, why? - http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/02/time-to-harden-your-hardware/

Websense recently released their Information Security predictions for 2014.Tony discussed the report with Brendan, Barend and Alan from Performanta.160; Pubcast Episode 135160;Download the160;160;Full Audio Fileaudiohttp://...

Yahoo Japan, Syrian Electronic Army, Finincial Times, 2-factor won't stop stupid, Aura attacks targeted LE database, Scripps hackers, Operation Hangover, OperationGitmo, OpMarikanaMiners, Akron says attack was perplexing, Attack back, NYPD pays for email attacks, WebSense goes private.

Websense has created a team of ex-CSO's to provide pro bono agnostic Information Security guidance to organisations.Jason Clark and Neil Thacker discussed the issue with Friedelien and Tony at the 2013 ITWeb Security Summit.160; Pubcast Epi...

Why would someone use a social media blocker app? It’s a reasonable question with a reasonable answer. “Most users are only two clicks away from malicious content,” says Patricia Hogan (@patriciahogan), senior public relations specialist at WebSense, who discusses we some companies install a social media blocker on their employee’s computers, web security, email security… The post Blocking Access to Social Media appeared first on Eric Schwartzman.

SecuraBit Episode 79:  Back to the basics with Marcus Carey!April 6, 2011 Hosts:Christopher Mills – @thechrisamJason Mueller – @securabit_jayTony Huffman – @myne_us Guests:Marcus J Carey- @iFailhttp://hackersforcharity.org/ General topics: NEWS:Epsilon:http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/224192/epsilon_data_breach_expect_a_surge_in_spear_phishing_attacks.htmlhttp://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Epsilon-Data-Breach-Highlights-Cloud-Computing-Security-Concerns-637161/http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/list-companies-hit-epsilon-breach-040511https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/epsilon-data-breach-expands-include-capital-one-disney-others-040411http://www.epsilon.com/News%20&%20Events/Press_Releases_2011/Epsilon_Notifies_Clients_of_Unauthorized_Entry_into_Email_System/p1057-l3 "On March 30th, an incident was detected where a subset of Epsilon clients' customer data were exposed by an unauthorized entry into Epsilon's email system. The information that was obtained was limited to email addresses and/or customer names only. A rigorous assessment determined that no other personal identifiable information associated with those names was at risk. A full investigation is currently underway," the statement said. LizaMoon:http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/counterspin-lizamoon-web-attacks-no-big-deal-040511In a post on Cisco's security blog, senior security researcher Mary Landesman said that data from the company's ScanSafe Web security infrastructure suggests that just over 1,000 Web domains have been compromised using the SQL injection attack, not the 500,000 to 1.5 million cited in published reports. https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/widespread-lizamoon-web-attacks-push-rogue-antivirus-040111“Websense researchers wrote on Thursday that a Google search for Web sites hosting the malicious URLs identified over 1.5 million Web sites hosting the code” Pandora.com data leak:http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/pandora-mobile-app-transmits-gobs-personal-data-040611?utm_source=Home+Page&utm_medium=Top+Graphic+Bar&utm_campaign=Position+3“The data included both the owner's GPS location and tidbits the owners gender, birthday and postal code information. There was evidence that the app attempted to provide continuous location monitoring - which would tell advertisers not just where the user accessed the application from, but also allow them to track that user's movement over time. “ RSA attack:http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/rsa-securid-attack-was-phishing-excel-spreadsheet-040111“"The attacker in this case sent two different phishing emails over a two-day period. The two emails were sent to two small groups of employees; you wouldn’t consider these users particularly high profile or high value targets. The email subject line read '2011 Recruitment Plan," Uri Rivner, head of new technologies in the identity protection division of RSA wrote in a post on the attack”http://www.nsslabs.com/research/analytical-brief-rsa-breach.html ¾ Energy Firms Had Data Breach over last year:http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/study-three-four-energy-firms-had-data-breach-last-year-040511Long perceived to be beyond the attention of hackers, energy firms and utilities now report that they are being targeted. In the Ponemon study, 76% of the IT security staff interviewed reported that their organization had experienced "one or more data breaches" in the last 12 months. A similar number - 69% - said they felt a data breach was likely to occur in the next 12 months, Ponemon said. Comodo what really happened:https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/phony-ssl-certificates-issued-google-yahoo-skype-others-032311http://pastebin.com/uSdKNDN5“ I found out that TrustDll.dll takes care of signing. It was coded in C#.Simply I decompiled it and I found username/password of their GeoTrust and Comodo reseller account. “ FBI asks for help on cracking code:http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/FBI-asks-for-help-cracking-a-code-in-unsolved-murder-case-1220007.html Other Stories:http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110401/13241213732/exploit-hadopi-site-turns-it-into-pirate-bay-supporter.shtmlhttp://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Chrome-to-Block-Malicious-Downloads-193386.shtml Use our discount code "Connect_SecuraBit" to get $150.00 off of ANY training course. The discount code is good for all SANS courses in all formats. Upcoming events:ThotCon (15 Apr 2011)#BSidesChicago (16 - 17 Apr 2011)#BSides London, (20 Apr 2011)CEIC Orlando (15 – 18 May 2011)#BSidesROC Rochester, NY (21 May 2011)#BSidesDetroit (3 - 4 Jun 2011)#BSidesStJohns St. John's, NL (10 Jun 2011)#BSidesCT Meriden, CT (11 Jun 2011)FIRST Austria (12 - 17 June 2011)#BSidesVienna(18 June 2011)Toorcon (18 - 19 June 2011)#BSidesLasVegas (3-4 August 2011)BlackHat Vegas (3 - 4 August 2011)DEFCON 19 (4 - 7 August 2011)#BSidesLA Los Angeles, CA (18 - 19 August 2011)#BSidesMO(21 Oct 2011)#BSidesNewDelhi (22 - 23 October 2011)VB Barcelona October 2011 Links:http://www.securabit.comChat with us on IRC at irc.freenode.net #securabitiTunes Podcast - http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/securabit/id280048405iPhone App Now Available - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/securabit-mobile/id382484512?mt=8

The CEO of Websense, Gene Hodges is in town. The Pubcast spent some time discussing the Websense growth strategy, Buzz Aldrins flying fists, and Genes future plans for the company....