Zero Hour Podcast - SoundSage

Ben is CTO and cofounder of Obsidian Security. He previously cofounded Carbon Black and most recently served as the company's chief security strategist. He has also has been a lecturer at University of Chicago’s Masters Program in Computer Science and a cybersecurity specialist at the National Security Agency (NSA) as well as serving on the board of a variety of security companies.

Key Minutes 1:30 The first time Ben heard of Cyber Security 4:00 What does cyber security mean to you? 6:40 Starting Carbon Black 9:15 Carbon Black reaching a global audience 10:58 Staying in front of your competitors 13:00 Why did you leave Carbon Black? 14:47 Starting Obsidian Security 19:45 What’s unique about Obsidian? 24:17 Being a CTO 27:40 Learning from previous lessons 31:42 Hiring strategy 35:27 Retaining high level talent 38:48 Standing out from the crowd 42:27 Democratising cyber security 54:30 Biggest tips for founders or entrepreneurs 56:30 Ten Quick Fire Questions

Key Points - Take the approach of people first - If you have 100 employees, that 100 people increases the risk because they are human - When hiring we emphasis culture fit. You have to focus on character. - If we don't retain our staff, its because we haven't created the right environment

You can find: Conor on LinkedIn at: www.linkedin.com/in/conordsherman Obsidian on Twitter at: @obsidiansec Ben on Twitter at: @chicagoben

This podcast is sponsored by: BeecherMadden - www.beechermadden.com Cyber Security Professionals - www.cybersecurity-professionals.com

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