EPISODE · Jun 26, 2019 · 47 MIN
Doug Brush - Breaches, Theft & Incident Response
from Zero Hour Podcast · host Karl Sharman
Douglas is the Vice President of Cyber Security Solutions at Special Counsel, an Adecco company. Douglas and his teams provide incident response, governance, compliance, and end-to-end preventative security solutions for clients across the globe. He is also the founder and host of Cyber Security Interviews. Douglas has previously held leadership roles with Kivu Consulting, Kraft Kennedy, and Duff & Phelps after founding cybersecurity and technology consulting firms over the past two decades. he has conducted hundreds of investigations involving data breaches, trade secret theft, insider threat, and a variety of other legal and compliance issues. KEY MINUTES 01:58 - Having parents working in consultancy 04:28 - Self Education 05:00 - First time finding cybersecurity 06:00 - Entering cybersecurity 08:00 - Difference between cyber investigations and incident response 09:28 - Where are the incidents coming from? 12:06 - Common mistakes from organisations 13:29 - Insider Threat 14:56 - Compliance landscape 16:04 - Step by step guide to handle an incident 20:33 - Speeding up detection 22:06 - Moving quickly but effectively through an incident 24:43 - Limiting damage to organisations 28:23 - Disruption of new communication and storage technologies 31:18 - Pressure from Consumers, regulators and investors 33:13 - The meaning of cybersecurity 34:23 - Making security more transparent 36:03 - Dealing with the evolving threat 37:53 - Coming out of your comfort zone 40:11 - Learn as much as you can 42:29 - Ten quick fire questions THREE KEY TAKEAWAYS - A lot of organisations feel if they don’t see a problem it doesn’t exist. - You have to know you are going to have an incident so you need to prepare your people for it - Organisations are not taking the time when doing cloud implementation to build in security or even an incident response process. You can find Doug at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglasabrush/ Website: https://cybersecurityinterviews.com/ Podcast: https://cybersecurityinterviews.com/episodes/ Follow us: Twitter: @zero_hourpod Instagram: @zerohourexperience Website: www.beechermadden.com This podcast is sponsored by: BeecherMadden - www.beechermadden.com Cyber Security Professionals - www.cybersecurity-professionals.com
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