Securely Speaking

Harnessing real-time information to protect your people, assets & brand - A discussion with Ilsa Shaw from Dataminr.

In this episode of Securely Speaking I interview Ilsa Shaw from Dataminr who are one of the world's leading AI companies. Their platform provides targeted and timely alerts from an incredible depth and breadth of over 100,000 sources to enhance an organisation's ability to respond and act on developing high-impact events. We discuss some of the unique communication challenges organisations have faced over the last 12 months and importantly, how real-time alerts can filter through to enhancing awareness of emerging risk. We also cover off more broad uses of real-time alerts and some of the unique nuances of the real-time public information landscape.

"A security culture that is built on positivity and reward can literally make the difference with a breach" An interview with Chris Hadnagy

"You have to be vigilant in being observational". In this interview with Chris Hadnagy, founder and CEO of Social-Engineer, LLC , we discussed the need for frontline personnel to find the right balanced approach between friendly customer service and a vigilant challenging culture. We also discussed the importance of ego suspension in interactions and Chris shared some great takeaways on pretext development and observations that occur during interactions.

"You have a responsibility, a sacred duty to protect the information you have and to protect those who work with you". An Interview with Nick Kaldas APM.

In this interview with Nick Kaldas, we discuss the importance of secure communications in all its forms. We also delve into the unique challenges and communication issues that have occurred with the current operating landscape as well as discussing some comparison elements with various communications platforms. We also discuss "Mercury" by Secured Communications and the "Built around security" approach that the organisation took in developing its platform.

"Empathy means your pain in my heart" - An Interview with Joe Saunders M.ISRM

I found it very rewarding interviewing Joe and finding out more about his background and the unique path he has travelled through to being the passionate Security and Risk Industry Thought Leader that he is today. In the interview we discuss our thoughts on some current industry "job ready" training deficiencies, the benefits of mentoring and we also cover various elements around conflict de-escalation and the power of empathy. As expected, we throw in a few war stories along the way as well!!

The Unique Elements of Healthcare Security Service Provision with Brine Hamilton, CHPA

In this interview with Brine Hamilton we discuss the unique security and risk elements of healthcare security. We delve into specific training requirements to be truly "job ready" for the unique challenges involved and also discuss what technological innovations have had real impact in the workplace.