Ron Gula interviews Matt Devost about the state of cybersecurity, red teaming, threat intelligence and advising  Michael Mann during the making of the Blackhat motion picture staring Chris Hemsworth. 

Matt is the CEO & Co-Founder of OODA LLC. Matt is a technologist, entrepreneur, and international security expert specializing in counterterrorism, critical infrastructure protection, intelligence, risk management and cyber-security issues. Matt co-founded the cyber security consultancy FusionX from 2010-2017. Matt was President & CEO of the Terrorism Research Center/Total Intel from 1996-2009.

Ron Gula interviews Nick Shevelyov of Silicon Valley Bank and author of Cyber War and Peace, about investing in cyber, his experience validating technologies, and helping advise early stage companies to develop products that are more likely to succeed in establishing themselves and getting critical investment.  The pair then dive into a deeper discussion of Nick’s recent book and how it helps—through historical storytelling—to provide non-technical business leaders a useful perspective for thinking about cyber risk in their organizations. 

Ron Gula interviews Brian Hubbard and Joy Beland, experts from Edwards Performance Solutions, on the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification.  This framework--of critical cybersecurity training, certification, and third-party assessment within the US Defense Industrial Base--helps protect Federal Contract Information and other unclassified information.  Understanding this can be critical to those seeking to get contracts with the Department of Defense and other US federal departments and agencies.