The Cyber Security Recruiter Podcast
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The Cyber Security Recruiter talks to Leo Pate III, Senior Managing Consultant at NetSPI
Leo Pate III, Managing Consultant at NetSPI joins The Cyber Security Recruiter Podcast........... 🎈 BRAND NEW RELEASE 🎈This episode was quite simply a master class in how to overcome adversity within your security career. Leo was extremely candid in relation to how his career journey evolved and grew. It was NOT all plain sailing. Leo had some huge setbacks along the way, he powered through countless interview rejections over a long period of time, stayed strong, & is now an overnight infosec success story holding the position of Senior Managing Consultant at NetSPI..................Boom!Anyone in security that has faced or is facing setbacks within their career should NOT miss this show! Leo's story is awesome & on that note I'd like to say thank you to my friend for being so open & sharing your journey with the community. You are helping the listener base of the POD more than you'll ever know.........What you'll learn in this show:🎈 - What does career growth & progression actually look like in cyber security?🎈 - How to handle interview rejections & more importantly how to learn from these knock backs🎈 - When you hit brick walls in your cyber security career journey, how would you progress?🎈 Mega interview tips to ensure your security career grows as fast as possibleUltimately tuning into this particular episode of The Cyber Security Recruiter Podcast will elevate & enhance your mindset. This will in turn bolster & optimize the rate at which your progress within the security community..........So, sit back! Grab that extra strong coffee & take your hands off that keyboard for just 1 hour to get awesome career gains whilst being simultaneously entertained
The Cyber Security Recruiter talks to Spencer Alessi, Penetration Tester / Podcast Host, SecurIT360
Spencer hosts a podcast - SecureIT360 - well worth checking this outHe also does blog posts, is on YouTube and Tik TokAn influential person for Spencer is Gary Vaynerchuk (Gary V) for content, strategy, emotional intelligence, work ethic and motivationA book that Spencer recommends reading, or listening to, is Cuckoo's Egg by Clff StollAnother week and another brand new release of The Cyber Security Recruiter Podcast……….How will listening to Spencer Alessi’s of SecurIT360 career story help advance your career? ✅ - Making your resume 3d is essential for long term success within the security space and few do this as well as Spencer. Check out his profile to see why! ✅ - Hearing this mega career journey & how he transformed/pivoted into cyber security is motivational and inspiring. ✅ - Learning / hearing about how niching down within security has enabled Spencer to accerlate his InfoSec career forward is super useful to all in the community.
The Cyber Security Recruiter talks with Michael Stratos, Owner, Ideal Integrations
Michael talks about 12 Rules of Chaos by Jordan PetersonMichael Stratos Owner at Ideal Integrations joins The Cyber Security Recruiter Podcast…….Michael has operated within the cyber security business world for over 20 years! This means as a community there is literally boat loads we can call learn right here.........Unpacking Michaels journey was insightful, entertaining, & packed full of self development gains for security professionals as well as business leaders within our space.........
Thomas Richard talks to Andriy Noble, Vice President, Unit 221B
Andriy explained to us on the Podcast that he reads books on psychology, and listens to leadership Podcasts.
The Cyber Security Recruiter talks to Chad Wheeler, Manager, RedLens InfoSec
Book recommendation from Chad: Gung Ho! Ken Blanchard & Sheldon Bowles Chad also mentioned Toastermasters https://www.toastmasters.org/
The Cyber Security Recruiter talks again to Andrew McNichol, CTO, BreakPoint Labs
Here are some useful Github links from Andrew: https://github.com/danielmiessler/SecLists https://github.com/hausec/Bloodhound-Custom-Queries https://github.com/mgeeky/Penetration-Testing-Tools/blob/master/red-teaming/bloodhound/Handy-BloodHound-Cypher-Queries.md
The Cyber Security Recruiter talks to Manoj Tandon, COO, Dark Rhiino Security
Awesome mindset, business & motivational advice for the cyber security community - This show will fully equip you for success within the current market… 2 books that Manoj mentioned: Big Idea by Donnie Deutsch The Perfect Weapon by David Sanger
The Cyber Security Recruiter talks to Avani Desai, CEO, Schellman
Books that Avani mentioned:Grit by Angela DuckworthEnthusiasm is common, endurance is rare' quote from GritSimon Sinek (Author) books on authentic leadership.Another brand new release of the show packed full of cyber security career growth & progression advice……..Enjoy major personal growth & self development gains for all InfoSec professionals! ✌️😀✌️
The Cyber Security Recruiter talks to Jayson E Street, Chief Adversarial Officer, Secure Yeti
Books that Jayson mentioned: - No Stars Press Hacking and Security books The Sans Reading Room
The Cyber Security Recruiter talks to Aileen Hudspeth, Technical Director, Braxton-Grant Technologies
Books that Aileen discussed: The Feisty Duck The Veteran Enterpeneur The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and The Horse by Charlie Macassay The A-hole Survival Guide
The Cyber Security Recruiter talks to Alberto Rodriguez, Managing Security Consultant, GuidePoint Security
Alberto recommended looking at the following online learning resources: Githhub repositories Social Media John Hammond - Youtube https://blog.badsectorlabs.com/ (Alberto's own blog)
The Cyber Security Recruiter talks to Kim Sourdif, Director of Offensive Security, Eviden, Canada
Kim mentioned the following resources:Podcast/Book Recommendation - The Hacker Playbook Darknet Diaries (podcast)
The Cyber Security Recruiter talks to Tab Pierce, CEO, Caliber Security Partners
Author of book called Upsurge: Wreckage to Triumph, Rebuilding your personal and Business LifeBook recommendation: - Moon Shots by Naveen JainTab's 2nd book - Outlast Everything, will be published very soon.
The Cyber Security Recruiter talks to Haseeb Dadabhoy, VP of Engineering, Fulcrum Technology
Thomas Richard, The Cyber Security Recruiter talks to Haseeb Dadabhoy, VP of Engineering, Fulcrum Technology
Bob Hillery, Co-Founder, Owner, Senior Security Analyst, InGuardians Network Intelligence
Books that Bob refers to: Snow Crash Where wizards stay up late by Katie Hafner William Gibson – Pattern Recognition Kill Decision – by Daniel Suarez Daemon by Daniel Suarez
Thomas Richard talks to Marcus Sailler, Head of Offensive Security
The books which Marcus mentioned:Red Team Development and Operations - Joe Vest & James Tubbervillehttps://yaksas.in/ycscblog/book-review-red-team-development-and-operations-by-joe-vest-and-james-tubberville/The Art of Attack by Maxie Reynoldshttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Attack-Attacker-Security-Professionals/dp/1119805465Book (non technical) – The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holidayhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=the+obstacle+is+the+way+by+ryan+holiday+paperback&crid=1SR9A8G1TYX7D&sprefix=the+obstacle+is+the+way+ryan+holiday%2Caps%2C462&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_2_36
Thomas Richard talks with Michelle Rhodes, Global Talent Acquisition Manager, Praetorian
Thomas Richard talks with Michelle Rhodes, Global Talent Acquisition Manager, Praetorian
Thomas Richard talks to Ted Harrington, Executive Partner, Independent Security Evaluators
Resources that Ted mentions:Hackable - How to do application Security - Ted HarringtonMake time - James KnappThe One Thing - Gary Keller
Thomas Richard talks to James Carroll, Co-Founder & Principal, Hacket Cyber
https://www.linkedin.com/company/hacket-cyber/ - Hacket CyberPodcast/Books:Jocko Willink - PodcastZero to One by Peter Thiel
Thomas Richard talks to Derrich Phillips, President & Founder, Aspire Cyber
Here are the resources which Derrich mentioned in the Podcast:https://www.linkedin.com/company/aspire-cyber/ - Aspire CyberUpwork.com - Freelancing Website/finding clients https://dodcio.defense.gov/CMMC/about/ - CMMC https://dodcio.defense.gov/CMMC/Model/ - DOD CMMC https://www.summit7.us/dfars-7021 - Dfars 7021https://www.toastmasters.org/ - Practice communication skills https://etactics.com/blog/cmmc-grc-toolset-essentials - GRC Application for CMMC on 2024Book Suggestions: The Bezos LettersAtomic Habits by James ClearExpert Secrets by Russell BrunsenHow to win friends and influence people by Dale CarnegieYoutube Suggestion: - https://www.youtube.com/c/professormesser - Professor Messer
Thomas Richard talks to Gustavo Mastroianni, Director of Security Programs/CISO, Cyber 74
Here are the resources that Gustavo mentioned: Podcasts: CISO Series Podcast and Defense in DepthPodcast Security News: The Hacker News, Bleeping Computer, Cybersecurity Hub, CSO Online
Thomas Richard talks to Joe Brinkley, Director of Offensive Security, Innovation, Research & Advance Testing at OnDefend
Some of the resources Joe mentions: Podcasts Joe used to listen to Security Weekly, Security Now He currently listens to the Blackhills Webinars & the Phil Wiley Show and Darknet Diaries Joe talks about the Mentor Village and Deadpixelsec.com TJ Null does some guides to help you with OSCP
Thomas Richard & Benjamin Thal, Offensive Security Manager, Emerson
Another week & another brand new release of The Cyber Security Recruiter Podcast Massive thank you to my good friend Benjamin Thal from me & the entire team at Profectus CyberBen is the Offensive Security Manager at Emerson His insights & story provide even more mega learnings for us all. Enjoy this weeks episode folks it’s packed full of career growth gains & entertainment for us allHere are some resources that Benjamin mentioned:Podcast - Darknet DiariesBook - Leaders Eat Last - Simon SinekGhidra - free reverse engineering software cdreated by the NSA
Thomas Richard and Christopher Haller, Offensive Security Practice Lead, Strong Crypto Innovations
Here are some of the resources which Chris mentioned during the Podcast:Bloodhound Slack: Join the BloodHound Gang community on Slack!SANS Offensive Operations Discord: DiscordAutomate the Boring Stuff with Python: Automate the Boring Stuff with PythonShon Harris All-in-one CISSP: https://a.co/d/3ik1QLv Web Application Hacker's Handbook: https://a.co/d/7GeocIJ Red Team Field Manual: https://a.co/d/1yVB5B2
The Cyber Security Recruiter talks to Kayne McGladrey, field CISO at Hyperproof
Here is Kayne's Linkedin URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaynemcgladrey/ And the book he mentioned: Alaine de Botton The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work https://www.alaindebotton.com/work/
The Cyber Security Recruiter talks to Marcos Vinicios Penha, Senior Manager, Questrade Financial Group
Marcos is the Senior Manager (Cybersecurity Tech Assurance) at Questrade Financial Group. Here are some of the resources he talks about on the Podcast:www.ted.com to help with communication skills Besides that, the certification called CRTE mentioned is from https://www.alteredsecurity.com. The eCMAP belongs to http://INE.com . The 4-hour Work Week by Tim Ferris The Emotional Intelligence Series by Daniel Goleman Atomic Habits by James Clear ELI5 (Explain Like I'm Five) http://Poised.com to help with your communication skills
The Cyber Security Recruiter with Jacob Hill, Director of Cyber Operations at Alamo City Engieering & Founder of GRC Academy
If you’re in the US GOV space please take note of The Cyber Security Recruiter Podcast as CMMC is becoming very real…….Very excited to announce Jacob Hill the Founder of the GRC Academy & Director of Cyber Ops at Alamo City Engineering Services IncAfter spending considerable time with Jacob I can truly say this man knows his stuff when it comes to getting your US Gov consultancy CMMC compliant. He’s been there & done it. He’s also been kind enough to lift ‘the bonnet’ of what you need to do to avoid any logistical or financial nightmares within your organization.With a 12-18 months lead time October 2025 is starting to sounds a little too close for comfort. Be proactive & not reactive! ✌️😀Let’s do this, let’s get compliant, & let’s protect livelihoods………US Gov related businesses supplying services and/or staff to the DoD sit back relax, take notes, & enjoy. It's time to get some serious value!😊 ☺️👍You can access this podcast by simply typing;‘The Cyber Security Recruiter’ into Spotify, YouTube, Apple pods, or Podcast Addicts.Here are some resources and links from Jacob: Jacob Hill, LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobrhill/ Jacob is the founder of GRCAcademy.io and Host of the GRC Academy Podcast Learning resources: CMMC Overview course: https://grcacademy.io/courses/cmmc-overview-training/ GRC Masterclass with Gerald Auger: https://simplycyber.teachable.com/ Server Academy (Microsoft technical skills): https://www.serveracademy.com/ Podcasts: GRC Academy Podcast: https://grcacademy.io/podcast/ Summit 7 Sum IT Up podcast (focused on NIST and CMMC) with Jacob Horne & Jason Sproesser: https://www.summit7.us/podcast Jacob's first security conference talk: https://cs2.cloud/denver
The Cyber Security Recruiter talks to Gabe LeBlanc, Project Manager, Occamsec
Recommendations for reading/listening from Gabe: IO Planners Coursehttps://www.1stiocmd.army.mil/Home/iotraining The Tao of Jeet Kune Do - Bruce Leehttps://www.amazon.com/Tao-Jeet-Kune-Do-Expanded/dp/0897502027/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=tao+of+jeet+kune+do+by+bruce+lee&sr=8-1 "Absorb what is useful, discard what is useless" for all aspects of life Steelian Network Series - https://www.amazon.com/Stealing-Network-How-Own-Box/dp/1931836876/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=stealing+the+network&sr=8-4 Should be required reading for anyone starting out https://www.amazon.com/Stealing-Network-How-Own-Continent/dp/1931836051/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=stealing+the+network&sr=8-5 https://www.amazon.com/Stealing-Network-How-Own-Identity-ebook/dp/B006QTO43I/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=stealing+the+network&sr=8-6 Stealing the Network How to Own a Continent.pdf https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QpyeLpPvvNiQ9pFhj1CJWRs5rk7QvlT-/view?pli=1 Battle Leadership - Captain Adolph Von Schell https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Leadership-Captain-Adolf-Schell/dp/B001SUBL4U/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=battle+leadership+adolf+von+schell&sr=8-4 Art of War - Sun Tzu https://www.amazon.com/Art-War-Pocket-Shambhala-Classics/dp/0877735379/ref=sr_1_1?crid=W2PJ1V68L33L&keywords=the+art+of+war+sun+tzu+pocket+size&qid=1696866056&sprefix=art+of+war+sun+tzu+po%2Caps%2C104&sr=8-1 Jason Andrews & Steve Witterfield https://www.amazon.com/Cyber-Warfare-Techniques-Security-Practitioners-ebook/dp/B0054IAIZA/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=cyber+warfare+syngress&sr=8-1 Could throw in tons of bonus items but I found these handy to pass out to students and good to remind folks to make their own click scripts. There are times you may be doing any assessment, red/blue or purple and you can't use the googles. Recommend this for the go bag. https://www.amazon.com/RTFM-Red-Team-Field-Manual/dp/1075091837/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=rtfm&sr=8-1
The Cyber Security Recruiter talks to Justin Elze, CTO, TrustedSec
What will YOU learn as a listener from this weeks show:✅ - You’ll hear about just how tough this weeks guest found it to break into the cyber security space. Clearly as CTO of TrustedSec Justin is literally ‘Killing it’ now but it hasn’t always been this way. How did Justin break in? How did he cope during the tough times? Massive learnings to be had around this conversation for everyone!✅ - As part of the research team Justin is researching the latest APT threats ‘in the wild’ within TrustedSec’s ERD labs. It’s fascinating to hear about this during our chat & also highly beneficial from a self development perspective.✅ - From a hiring standpoint you’ll hear what an ideal profile looks like in the eyes of TrustedSec. What are the up to the minute do’s & don’ts of an awesome profile? Hear some great interview tips from Justin & more…✅ - Resume tips are also featured within this show.✅ - What’s the latest on Cloud Security & common attacks vectors?Find out this & way more during this wks edition of the POD…….As well as recruiting the best Cyber Security professionals on this planet for my clients. I’ll do everything I can to facilitate career growth for the best Cyber Security professionals on this planet. Both Future & current.ENJOY!!!!A great Linkedin Live recording with Justin Elze with some brilliant information. Justin mentioned the great resources below: Malware Analysis on YouTube OA Labs https://www.youtube.com/c/OALabs MDSec Blog- https://www.mdsec.co.uk/category/all/ TrustedSec Blog - https://trustedsec.com/blog Great list of all running CTFs - https://ctftime.org/ Justin's personal favorite CTF - https://microcorruption.com/
The Cyber Security Recruiter talks to Joe Hudson, Director of Growth, TCM Security
Joe Hudson Growth Director of TCM Security features in the latest episode of The Cyber Security Recruiter Podcast………Please type: ‘The Cyber Security Recruiter’ into YouTube, Spotify, Apple Pods, or Podcast Addicts to access MAJOR learning gains.Find out what PNPT is really all about…….Joe it was a total pleasure having you on the show & thank you for your time ✌️😍🫶🏻😀Books that Joe talks about: The Five Languages of Love, Gary Chapman Cyber Defense Matrix, Sounil Yu
The Cyber Security Recruiter talks to Doron Samuel, Compliance Manager, Keystone Cyber Protection
Another week & yet another brand new episode of The Cyber Security Recruiter Podcast ……….Doron Samuel of Keystone Cyber Protection you were the man.Thank you so much for your time & awesome tips……..Massive appreciation from me for taking part in the Q&A afterwards. & huge thank you for giving the community awesome tips of how to break into cyber security 😍✌️This was a brilliant chat with Doron who has so much great advice.We did this on a Linkedin Live so the recording quality not perfect, but this is a fantastic episode. Doran referred to the following:1. Jay Shetty - https://jayshetty.me/2. Ariel Evans - https://www.linkedin.com/in/marielevans/3. Ayoub Fandi - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayoubfandi/Also worth checking out for great GRC resources -AJ Yawn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajyawn/) andTroy Fine (https://www.linkedin.com/in/troyjfine/)
The Cyber Security Recruiter talks to Brad Nigh, Principal Security Consultant, FRSecure
This weeks episode features Brad Nigh from FRSecure - Learnings for the Pen Testing community: You’ll get to hear how genuinely being a good guy or girl within the Offensive Security community will MASSIVELY pay off & has done for Brad & the team over at FRSecure. The best part is every single community led initiative launched by Brad & his colleagues has been launched with zero expectation of self gain & with every expectation of helping others within the community……….. There’s so many self development gains to be had here & so much we can all learn from Brad Nigh in terms of building our own personal brands ✌️😍💪 Ps the CISSP free online course that Brad is instrumental in has to be one of BEST free learning online resources around 😀😀😀😍 Enjoy!!!! Here's some links regarding some of the things Brad mentioned. Start with Why - Simon Sinek https://www.amazon.co.uk/Start-Why-Leaders-Inspire-Everyone/dp/B09J5FTXCS/ref=sr_1_1?crid=38OSEHNXX1XEC&keywords=start+with+why+simon+sinek&qid=1684671384&sprefix=start+with%2Caps%2C260&sr=8-1 CISP CISSP Mentor Program https://frsecure.com/cissp-mentor-program/ Unsecurity Podcast https://hubs.ly/Q01NVdkr0 The Hacklebox!Cyber Threat Intel https://hubs.ly/Q01PZdgk0 Project Hyphae https://frsecure.com/blog/introducing-project-hyphae/ Youtube channel for anyone new to Pen Testing https://www.youtube.com/@AMBUSHED
How to Maximise the Power of LinkedIn for Talent Acquisition Professionals with The Cyber Security Recruiter on Linkedin Live
Here's an extract from a LinkedIn Live which I recorded recently. Lots of advice here about why building a brand on LinkedIn can seriously help with your career progression, how to start posting regularly on Linkedin and automation you can use to help you.I mention in here Sean Anderson https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-anderson-hoxo/from Hoxo Media -https://www.linkedin.com/company/hoxo-media/ Check out his posts on LinkedIn as he is the real expert at branding.
The Cyber Security Recruiter talks to Tim Connell, Director of Cyber Security Services, Pulsar Security
At YOUR service! The Cyber Security Recruiter Podcast this features Tim Connell of Pulsar Security ………….We unpacked Tim's Journey from sales all the way to Director of Offensive Security!!!!!! Major moves that YOU can learn from…..Guys & girls my guest of the show this week took a VERY unauthordox approach to approaching the offensive security world many years ago when breaking into the industry. YOU CAN LEARN FROM Tim's approach :)This episode covers breaking into cyber sec, red teaming, progression, mitigation techniques you can adopt now for layoff protection, & more!!!!This show can be found by typing ‘The Cyber Security Recruiter Podcast’ into:Spotify, YouTube, or Apple Podcasts. Let’s go!!!!!!!
The Cyber Security Recruiter talks to Nick Berrie, Director of Offensive Security Operations, Assura.
Notes from the Podcast: Nick's recommendation's - Book: Extreme Ownership, Jocko Willink Writing resources: Chris Sander’s Effective Information Security Writing - https://www.networkdefense.co/courses/writing/ Stephen King’s On Writing - https://www.noredink.com/curriculum/
The Cyber Security Recruiter talks to Tera Davis, CEO, CyberOne Security
Notes from Podcast: Check out: Who Moved My Cheese, Dr Spencer Johnson Women in Tech Event, Hosted in Plano HQ by Tera Davis, bi-monthly Dev the Cyberhero - book for children written by Arushi Singh, when she was 16 - available on Amazon (see link below) https://www.amazon.com/Dev-Cyberhero-Arushi-Singh/dp/B0C87VP33S
The Cyber Security Recruiter talks to Kaitlin O'Neil, Recruiting Manager, Bishop Fox
In this short Soundbite, Kaitlin gives us lots of ways to stand out and be successful on your interview.