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Brian Haugli joins host Manoj Tandon on this week's episode of Security Confidential. Brian is a Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer at SideChannel. Brian has been driving security programs for two decades and brings a true practitioner’s approach to the industry. He has led programs for the DoD, Pentagon, Intelligence Community, Fortune 500, and many others. Brian is a renowned speaker and expert on NIST guidance, threat intelligence implementations, and strategic organizational initiatives. He is also a contributing author for the latest book from Wiley, “Cybersecurity Risk Management: Mastering the Fundamentals Using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework“. Lastly, he is a professor at Boston College, in the Woods College of Advancing Studies, Master’s Program in Cybersecurity.
00:00 Introduction
01:50 How do you see the threat landscape changing in cybersecurity?
05:00 Do you think the mid-market understands that cybersecurity is not an IT problem but a business problem?
08:30 Why are SMBs such hot targets?
12:35 Insurance brokers typically do not understand cybersecurity postures, they deal in applications. How can an SMB leverage the broker to get an underwriter to understand their posture?
20:50 Is it possible for you the client to get in front of the carrier?
23:42 How does a company access its security posture?
27:00 How do these businesses go about this practically?
33:20 News from Brian
Brian and Cynthia’s Book https://www.amazon.com/Cybersecurity-Risk-Management-Mastering-Fundamentals/dp/1119816289
To learn more about Brian visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianhaugli/
To learn more about Dark Rhino Security visit https://www.darkrhinosecurity.com
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Brian Haugli joins host Manoj Tandon on this week's episode of Security Confidential. Brian is a Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer at SideChannel. Brian has been driving security programs for two decades and brings a true practitioner’s approach to the industry. He has led programs for the DoD, Pentagon, Intelligence Community, Fortune 500, and many others. Brian is a renowned speaker and expert on NIST guidance, threat intelligence implementations, and strategic organizational initiatives. He is also a contributing author for the latest book from Wiley, “Cybersecurity Risk Management: Mastering the Fundamentals Using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework“. Lastly, he is a professor at Boston College, in the Woods College of Advancing Studies, Master’s Program in Cybersecurity.
00:00 Introduction
01:50 How do you see the threat landscape changing in cybersecurity?
05:00 Do you think the mid-market understands that cybersecurity is not an IT problem but a business problem?
08:30 Why are SMBs such hot targets?
12:35 Insurance brokers typically do not understand cybersecurity postures, they deal in applications. How can an SMB leverage the broker to get an underwriter to understand their posture?
20:50 Is it possible for you the client to get in front of the carrier?
23:42 How does a company access its security posture?
27:00 How do these businesses go about this practically?
33:20 News from Brian
Brian and Cynthia’s Book https://www.amazon.com/Cybersecurity-Risk-Management-Mastering-Fundamentals/dp/1119816289
To learn more about Brian visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianhaugli/
To learn more about Dark Rhino Security visit https://www.darkrhinosecurity.com
SOCIAL MEDIA: Stay connected with us on our social media pages where we'll give you snippets, alerts for new podcasts, and even behind the scenes of our studio!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/securityconfidential/
Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Dark-Rhino-Security-Inc-105978998396396/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/darkrhinosec
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dark-rhino-security
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs6R-jX06_TDlFrnv-uyy0w/videos
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