Ep. 130 - Live Podcast with Kevin Gowen, CISO at Synovus & Andrew Barnett, CSO at Cymulate

A few weeks before baby CISO made his grand entrance, I hosted a live podcast with my good Friend Kevin Gowen, CISO at Synovus and Andrew Barnett, Chief Strategy Officer at Cymulate joined me to discuss how Tech and Security meet and how as partners we need to solve the latest challenges and technology evolutions to the new security challenges.   Bio: Andrew Barnett A Cyber Security leader with over 15 years of experience, Andrew has built a career combining business, technical, and sales acumen. As chief strategy officer, he leads Cymulate’s go-to-market partnerships, technology alliances and product strategy.   Previously, Andrew was a Senior Manager in Deloitte’s Cyber Risk Services Practice, leading IT Risk and Security management consulting services for Fortune 500 clients and building Deloitte’s Breach and Attack Simulation solutions.  Prior roles include serving as VP of Business Development at Verodin (now Mandiant Security), and Senior Director of Portfolio Programs at Optiv where he served as a technical advisor for M&A activities and co-developed security strategies for The Blackstone Group and its investment portfolio. Andrew began his career building networks for companies like McKesson and News Corp and holds his BS in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University.     CISO Talk is supported by these great partners please make sure to check them out: Cymulate:  For companies that want to assure their security against the evolving threat landscape. Cymulate SaaS-based Continuous Security Validation automates security risk assessments end-to-end, enabling them to challenge, assess and optimize their cyber-security posture simply and continuously. Because security professionals need to know and control their dynamic environment. KnowBe4: https://info.knowbe4.com/phishing-security-test-cyberhub (https://info.knowbe4.com/phishing-security-test-cyberhub)  **** Find James Azar Host of CyberHub Podcast, CISO Talk, Goodbye Privacy, Tech Town Square, and Other Side of Cyber James on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-j-azar/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-j-azar/) James on Parler: @realjamesazar Telegram: CyberHub Podcast Locals: https://cyberhubpodcast.locals.com ****** Sign up for our newsletter with the best of CyberHub Podcast delivered to your inbox once a month: http://bit.ly/cyberhubengage-newsletter (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=64OtAZsDEeo&event=video_description&redir_token=7clfSb1AyXDXZa4GVIPiUJ3h9LB8MTU5MDU5MjczOUAxNTkwNTA2MzM5&q=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Fcyberhubengage-newsletter)   ****** Website: https://www.cyberhubpodcast.com (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=64OtAZsDEeo&event=video_description&redir_token=7clfSb1AyXDXZa4GVIPiUJ3h9LB8MTU5MDU5MjczOUAxNTkwNTA2MzM5&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cyberhubpodcast.com) Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPoU8iZfKFIsJ1gk0UrvGFw (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPoU8iZfKFIsJ1gk0UrvGFw) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CyberHubpodcast/ (https://www.facebook.com/CyberHubpodcast/) Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cyberhubpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/cyberhubpodcast (http://www.twitter.com/cyberhubpodcast) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cyberhubpodcast Listen Here: https://linktr.ee/CISOtalk (https://linktr.ee/CISOtalk)   The Hub of the Infosec Community. Our mission is to provide substantive and quality content that’s more than headlines or sales pitches. We want to be a valuable source to assist those cybersecurity practitioners in their mission to keep their organizations secure.