Ep. 289 - Security Awareness Series - The Good The Bad and The Ugly CISOs with David Holtzman
The Social-Engineer Podcast · Social-Engineer
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Show Notes
Today on the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Security Awareness Series, Chris is joined by David Holtzman. David has been the CTO for Network Solutions, Chief Scientist at IBM, CTO & Cybersecurity advisor to 2 presidential candidates, and a former intelligence agent. David is now advising on web3 and blockchain. [Jan 20, 2025]
00:00 - Intro
00:18 - Intro Links:
- Social-Engineer.com - http://www.social-engineer.com/
- Managed Voice Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/
- Managed Email Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/
- Adversarial Simulations - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/
- Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb
- CLUTCH - http://www.pro-rock.com/
- innocentlivesfoundation.org - http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/
02:01 - David Holtzman Intro
02:30 - The Ever-Changing Threat Landscape
05:35 - Insecure Software
08:57 - Not All CISO's are Equal
12:05 - Making a Good CISO
15:33 - It's About People
17:34 - Lack of Accountability
21:28 - Rise of the AI
26:31 - The Approach of Web3
29:23 - The Blockchain Fix (For Now)
32:39 - Stuck in the Cloud
36:34 - Find David Holtzman online
- Website: davidholtzman.com
36:55 - Book Recommendations
- Crossing the Chasm - Geoffrey Moore
- How to Survive Identity Theft – David Holtzman
- Privacy Lost - David Holtzman
38:46 - Mentors
42:16 - Wrap Up & Outro