Christophe Foulon - Transforming in Cybersecurity by helping others

Welcome to the latest episode of the Zero Hour podcast and I’m your host Karl Sharman. Today, we are joined by Christophe Foulon. Chris focuses on securing people and process with a solid understanding of the technology. He has over 10 years as an Information Security Manager and Cybersecurity Strategist with a passion for customer service, process improvement and information security. He has led teams over 30 people across multiple locations with significant experience in optimizing technology. After mainly being self-educated he has a masters degree in cybersecurity. As a career coach, Chris is passionate about helping others with their cybersecurity careers and Co-Hosts the Breaking into Cybersecurity podcast. Hope you enjoy. Key Minutes 01:58 - Growing up in the Caribbean 03:08 - A hands on experience to learning 07:10 - Hearing cybersecurity for the first time 09:58 - Making the transition into cybersecurity from IT 11:48 - How does having IT background help you within cybersecurity? 14:11 - Digital transformation within cybersecurity 16:38 - Communicating with the business 17:31 - Objectives as a consultant 18:20 - How cybersecurity can be enable digital transformation? 19:45 - What is cyber resilience? 22:59 - What is the important skill of working in the federal cybersecurity market? 24:31 - Key advice of breaking into cybersecurity 25:51 - Avoiding burnout in cybersecurity 27:33 - The importance of helping others 29:28 - Unusual paths into cybersecurity 31:06 - Being curious in cyber 32:33 - Thoughts on the future of cybersecurity 34:18 - Keeping up with trends 35:07 - Ten Quick Fire Questions Key Takeaways - Volunteer, help and ask to show your passion - Speak to the business in a language they can understand - Don’t come into this industry just for money You can find Chris at:
Website: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-into-cybersecurity/id1463136698 Twitter: https://twitter.com/chris_foulon LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophefoulon/ Follow us:
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