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Chief of Cybersecurity

by Dewayne Hart

Welcome to the Chief of Cybersecurity Podcast hosted by Dewayne Hart where we provide learning and discuss relevant information concerning the cybersecurity workforce, business development, and best practices. You can find more information for SEMAIS at www.semais.net and a list of authored publications at www.DewayneHart.com

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Episodes

  1. You Are the Firewall: Awareness in the Age of AI

    Artificial intelligence can imitate a trusted voice from a few seconds of audio, and every familiar signal your people were trained to look for has disappeared. When technology itself can be deceived, who protects the organization? Imagine a workforce that pauses, verifies, and confirms without...

  2. AI Governance Is a Leadership Responsibility

    Artificial intelligence has moved cybersecurity governance out of the technical layer and into the executive suite. Are you prepared to own enterprise AI risk, and to sign for it? Imagine walking into a board meeting with exposure expressed in dollars, decisions clearly framed, and accountability...

  3. Securing AI: Secure-by-Design and the AI Continuity Plan

    Most organizations plan for the day a system goes down. Very few plan for the day a model is wrong. Do you know what your business runs on when AI fails? Imagine having that answer written down before anyone needs it. In this session, Dewayne Hart examines the failure modes unique to AI — drift,...

  4. The AI Adoption Model: Four Pillars Before You Deploy

    Artificial intelligence is entering organizations faster than the rules that govern it, and nearly four out of five report employee use that does not match policy. Are you adopting AI on purpose, or simply keeping pace? Imagine approving an initiative knowing exactly which business outcome it...

  5. Agentic AI: Leading at Machine Speed

    Attacks no longer wait for a human being. Autonomous systems now run reconnaissance, phishing, and lateral movement with nobody at the keyboard, while most organizations still decide at committee speed. Are you ready to lead when the threat moves in seconds? Imagine leading with clear answers…

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  6. Cyber Leadership: Start Driving Business Value

    In the second of six episodes of Cybersecurity Leadership: Winning Strategies in the Age of AI, Dewayne Hart explores how many cybersecurity programs are still viewed as cost centers and shows leaders how to change that perception. Learn to transform cybersecurity into a strategic advantage by...

  7. Why AI Is Reshaping Cyber Leaders

    The Cybersecurity Leadership: Winning Strategies in the Age of AI podcast series explore how executives can transform cybersecurity from a technical function into a strategic business advantage. Across six episodes, Dewayne Hart, cybersecurity expert and author, shares insights on leading in an...

  8. Cybersecurity Leadership: How to Become a Business Champion and Strategize

    In today’s digital landscape, every business is a target. Cyber threats are evolving, and businesses need champions. Are you ready to step up and become the Cybersecurity Business Champion? Imagine leading your organization with confidence, knowing you have the strategies and tools to combat…

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  9. Cybersecurity Leadership: How to Become a Business Champion and Strategize

    In today’s digital landscape, every business is a target. Cyber threats are evolving, and businesses need champions. Are you ready to step up and become the Cybersecurity Business Champion? Imagine leading your organization with confidence, knowing you have the strategies and tools to combat…

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  10. Cybersecurity Leadership: Tips to Measure Security Capabilities and Protect the Enterprise

    Security capabilities are the backbone of any effective defense system. They encompass a range of tools and practices designed to protect assets, information, and people from threats. At their core, security capabilities help organizations identify vulnerabilities and mitigate risks. This…

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  11. Cybersecurity Leadership: Tips to Measure Security Capabilities and Protect the Enterprise

    Security capabilities are the backbone of any effective defense system. They encompass a range of tools and practices designed to protect assets, information, and people from threats. At their core, security capabilities help organizations identify vulnerabilities and mitigate risks. This…

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  12. Cybersecurity Leadership: Ways to Develop Your Organization's Cybersecurity Culture

    In today's digital landscape, it is crucial to develop a strong cybersecurity culture within your organization to protect sensitive data and fend off hackers. This podcast explores essential strategies for cybersecurity leadership that will empower your team and create a culture of security...

  13. Cybersecurity Leadership: Ways to Develop Your Organization's Cybersecurity Culture

    In today's digital landscape, it is crucial to develop a strong cybersecurity culture within your organization to protect sensitive data and fend off hackers. This podcast explores essential strategies for cybersecurity leadership that will empower your team and create a culture of security...

  14. Cybersecurity Leadership: Your Role and Responsibilities

    Today, it is particularly important to understand job duties and responsibilities in the fast-paced cybersecurity landscape due to the many threats we face. Cybersecurity leaders encounter similar challenges. They are often required to effectively communicate, build resilience, and become…

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  15. Cybersecurity Leadership: Your Role and Responsibilities

    Today, it is particularly important to understand job duties and responsibilities in the fast-paced cybersecurity landscape due to the many threats we face. Cybersecurity leaders encounter similar challenges. They are often required to effectively communicate, build resilience, and become…

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  16. Why Norfolk State University (NSU) Cyber Curriculum Is A Blueprint for HBCUs

    Interested in pursuing a career in cybersecurity? Look no further than Norfolk State University's Cyber Curriculum! As a blueprint for other Historically Black Colleges and Universities, NSU's comprehensive program covers everything from network security to ethical hacking. With the increasing...

  17. From the National Cyber Director: No Degree Required

    The new National Cyber Director, Harry Coker, stated that the White House intends "to reduce unnecessary barriers" federal contractors face in filling cybersecurity jobs, like requirements for four-year college degrees. The plan aims to build a cybersecurity workforce without needing a…

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  18. Why AI and Hackers Are Becoming Closer

    With technology rapidly advancing, hackers have adopted AI-driven tactics to carry out their cyber attacks with unprecedented sophistication. Join us on this captivating journey as we uncover the dark web of AI-powered hacking techniques and the potential threats they pose to our digital…

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  19. Unveiling The Dark Side of AI: It's About Business

    As AI continues to evolve and revolutionize traditional practices, it's crucial for entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, and decision-makers to understand its true implications. Through insightful analysis and thought-provoking examples, we unmask the business implications of AI, which often remain...

  20. CISA Has Healthcare Covered, This Podcast Tells You Why

    In this informative video, we delve into the crucial role played by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in safeguarding public health care. Join us as we explore how CISA employs its expertise to protect our invaluable healthcare systems from malicious actors, ensuring the...

  21. We can Improve Healthcare Cybersecurity, Please Listen

    The healthcare sector is particularly vulnerable to cybersecurity risks, and the stakes for patient care and safety are exceptionally high. Healthcare facilities are attractive targets for cybercriminals due to their size, technological dependence, sensitive data, and vulnerability to…

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  22. How Does The Federal Government Modernization Strategy Affect Cybersecurity?

    Cybersecurity modernization has several connectors and outcomes. The methodology requires the federal government to consider change, protection, and return on investment. Many agencies, such as the VA, CDC, and Department of Defense (DoD), have strategized and optimized their cyber protection...

  23. Will AI Provide Value or Added Risks for Government IT Systems?

    Due to stored data and security classification, the federal government's IT systems are more critical and sensitive. Over the years, many agencies have been challenged to protect and ensure proper safeguards are implemented. Now, AI has surfaced and created answers as well as concerns. What do we...

  24. Secrets and Value To Cybersecurity Authoring and Writing

    Many technical professionals have vast knowledge and desire to be heard. Some have resorted to podcasting, writing, or authoring publications. As someone who has done each, I believe they all provide the chance to market careers and business. Beyond a podcaster, writing, and authoring books, the...

  25. Mastering The Cybersecurity Mindset Part 3 - Building Cyber Connectors Platforms

    Critical systems and applications must remain available as organizations digitally modernize and onboard technologies. Typical failures are supposed to withstand cyber stress and sustain availability – since proper planning, vulnerabilities, attacks, and risk states should be known. Shifting…

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  26. Mastering The Cybersecurity Mindset Part 2 – Maturing Cybersecurity for Your Enterprise

    Every genre of business and public agencies strives for maturity. The core requires practical and fundamental approaches following a simple methodology: "Increase Protection and Lower Risk." As simple as it sounds, many have failed. These deficiencies are developed through failing to understand...

  27. Mastering The Cybersecurity Mindset Part 1 - Utilize Readiness Concepts to Operate Programs

    Do you know what's on your network? That's a serious question that many cannot answer. When invoking "The Cybersecurity Mindset," the reader can relate cyber visibility as a threat reduction tool. Many enterprises have "blindspots," misconfigured systems, and have loss tracking of their...

  28. Secret Tips To Master IT Certifications

    Many well-to-do professionals struggle to understand IT certifications and how to pass their examinations. Some have resorted to trial and error to pass. Others have studied and still have no success. Would there be a secret code for the examinations? In this podcast, I explain tips and tricks to...

  29. Secrets to Mastering Effective Cybersecurity Skills

    With all the changes and technologies surfacing, cybersecurity teams must become the best and gather valuable skill sets. The time had changed when we spoke of cybersecurity; now it's about the required skill sets. You can spend time, energy, and resources determining what skill sets are needed,...

  30. How To Choose The Perfect Cybersecurity Job

    As cyber criminals regularly launch more sophisticated attacks and with fewer barriers to entry, cybersecurity professionals are more in demand than ever before. Security engineers are becoming increasingly hard to find and expensive to hire. Because of this, there has never been a better time…

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  31. Cracking the Code: Your Guide to Entering Cybersecurity

    There has been a great discussion concerning strategies to break into cybersecurity. Many interested people have spent time wondering about the proper steps and requirements. They have also resorted to various platforms with broken promises. This sounds all too familiar and requires an in-depth...

  32. ChatGPT and the new AI are wreaking havoc on cybersecurity

    Generative artificial intelligence is transforming cybersecurity, aiding both attackers and defenders. Cybercriminals are harnessing AI to launch sophisticated and novel attacks at large scale. And defenders are using the same technology to protect critical infrastructure, government…

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  33. California's vulnerable water system faces many cyber infrastructure threats

    "Water systems, like other public utility systems, are part of the nation's critical infrastructure and can be vulnerable targets when someone desires to affect public safety adversely. In California, where epic Sierra Nevada snowpack and "the big melt" have substantially increased the stakes for...

  34. Toyota Vulnerability Management Practices Are Weak

    Automobile manufacturer Toyota recently announced a data breach that may have exposed the emails of up to 300,000 customers for nearly five years. Toyota says the breach resulted from a subcontractor posting source code for Toyota’s “T-Connect” app on the software development platform GitHub in...

  35. How Does AI Affect Public Safety During The 2024 Olympics

    Public safety has drawn a new wave of concern from many 2024 Olympics and government officials in France. AI can help bolster protection and rapidly determine threat actors and terrorists. Still, citizens worry about public safety and privacy. In this episode, we will breakdown AI and public…

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  36. How Cybersecurity Can Unlock Business Success

    Cybersecurity is now a must-have for any business, and it's no longer a matter of if but when a cyberattack will impact its operations. The emergence of cyberattacks and various exploits has changed our cybersecurity engagements. Often, when we hear of business disruption and cybersecurity, it's…

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  37. How Cyber Insurance Costs Impacts The Healthcare Industry!

    As cyberattacks become more prevalent, insurance companies are forced to raise the rates. This has serious consequences for the healthcare industry, struggling to stay afloat in the face of rising costs. Every citizen depends on healthcare – so what's the connection? You have heard of…

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  38. Secret Tips On Addressing The Cybercrime Growth Part 2

    While many online scams have originated out of older schemes, scammers are always finding new ways to play them out. Scammers love to pose as legitimate organizations like banks, hoping to trick you into handing over details, but as we’ve become accustomed to dealing with organizations online…

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  39. Secret Tips On Addressing The Cybercrime Growth Part 1

    In the fast-paced, high-stakes world of risk management, keeping informed about recent developments and cutting-edge trends is beyond essential. There are various insights to address cyber security management challenges and to accelerate security programs and infrastructure advances. The end…

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  40. Online Scams Target Veterans and Active Duty Members

    Online Scams Target Veterans and Active Duty Members The U.S. has the most robust and powerful military in the world, and though its fighting men and women can win wars, they often appear defenseless against popular online scams. In the military, you have a young population on the web. Service...

  41. How to Protect Your Church From Hackers & Cyber Attacks

    With so many important concerns occupying the time of church leaders, issues related to church computers can quickly become vulnerable. Cyber threats pose significant challenges for churches and other organizations. Any church that uses computer systems to conduct business operations should...

  42. Secret Tips to Keep Your Cryptocurrency Safe From Cybercrime

    Bitcoin and other types of cryptocurrencies have exploded onto the market in recent years, and based on virtual currency's popularity, it seems to be here to stay. Cryptocurrencies are digital or virtual currencies secured by cryptography, with many using decentralized networks based on…

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  43. How To Transition Cybersecurity Awareness Month Into A Common Practice

    Since 2004, the President of the United States and Congress have declared October to be Cybersecurity Awareness Month, helping individuals protect themselves online as threats to technology and confidential data become more commonplace. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)...

  44. Improving Businesses Cybersecurity Engagements

    Business engagements for cybersecurity have focused on being the medium between suppliers, customers, and hackers. Many organizations suffer significant security risks due to changing risk profiles and attack surfaces. The management strategies may invoke defense tactics, but unless they have an...

  45. Cybersecurity in the School System

    The shift to remote education and online learning has prompted many schools to increase their digital protection. Before COV19, online education entities and K-12 learned through classroom instructions. Since the change, many K-12 students are learning from home, and college students' enrollment...

  46. The Automobile Industry is Facing Cybersecurity Risks.

    We drive our cars daily and enjoy the luxury of the many features, but security risks are embedded. The cybersecurity landscape has no boundaries, and just as if healthcare, financial, and educational entities face risk – so does the automotive industry. Increasing demand for connected and...

  47. Supply Chain Management and Cybersecurity

    Supply chain management (SCM) is the active management of supply chain activities to maximize customer value and achieve sustainable competitive advantage. It represents a conscious effort by the supply chain firms to develop and run supply chains in the most effective & efficient ways possible....

  48. TikTok Says It's Putting New Limits on Chinese Workers' Access to U.S. User Data

    TikTok is working on a deal with the Biden administration that would "fully safeguard" the app in the U.S. and quell fears about the Chinese government's accessing Americans' data, according to a letter TikTok sent to nine Republican senators. This issue raises concern about having information...

  49. COVID-19 has transformed how companies operate today.

    With 50 percent to 90 percent of staff working remotely, organizations are now looking at remote work as the new working style in the future. While working remotely has its benefits, one of the biggest challenges it presents is cyber security problems. Remote working has a lot of benefits,...

  50. Technology is integral to a child’s life

    They will see it everywhere from birth and will inevitably grow up using it. It can be extremely educational, help build skills, and be a creative outlet. It can also be dangerous — predators, hackers, and other threats use technology to hurt others. We’ll teach you how to protect your children...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Welcome to the Chief of Cybersecurity Podcast hosted by Dewayne Hart where we provide learning and discuss relevant information concerning the cybersecurity workforce, business development, and best practices. You can find more information for SEMAIS at www.semais.net and a list of authored publications at www.DewayneHart.com

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