Plaintext Podcast
11 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago -Welcome to the Plaintext Podcast! I'm Dave Lewis, Global Advisory CISO for Cisco. The idea here is an interview based series where I sit down with current and former CISOs to discuss how they got to where they are in their careers. We’ll talk about where they started and lessons learned along the way (lessons learned by falling on swords). If you, the listeners, have suggestions as to who you'd like to see join me on the show email me "hacker @ duo dot com
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E11: Dave Talks with Industry Mainstay Jen Ellis
April 11, 2023 10:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBWelcome back to the Plaintext Podcast with your host Dave Lewis, Global Advisory CISO of Cisco. In this episode, Dave chats with security industry mainstay, Jen Ellis. The pair discusses how Jen got started in security, how the security market is changing and the pandemic-driven boom in remote work. They also chat about their shared history in the security space, lessons learned and Marmite.
E9: Dave Talks to Patrick C Miller about Control Systems Security
March 28, 2023 10:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBWelcome back to the Plaintext Podcast with your host Dave Lewis, Global Advisory CISO of Cisco. In this episode, Dave chats with control systems security expert, Patrick C Miller. The pair discusses how Joe got started in security, how the security market is changing and the pandemic-driven boom in remote work. They also chat about their shared history in the Control System Security space, bourbon and the lessons learned along the way.
E10: Dave Talks With The Amazing Jaya Baloo
March 14, 2023 10:00 - 27 minutes - 19.1 MBWelcome back to the Plaintext Podcast with your host Dave Lewis, Global Advisory CISO of Cisco. In this episode, Dave chats with security expert, Jaya Baloo. The pair discusses how Jaya got started in security, how the security market is changing and the pandemic-driven boom in remote work. They also chat about their shared history in the security space, quantum computing and the lessons learned.
E8: Dave Talks To Dr. Zero Trust himself, Chase Cunningham
March 01, 2023 11:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBWelcome back to the Plaintext Podcast with your host Dave Lewis, Global Advisory CISO of Cisco. In this episode Dave chats with Dr. Zero Trust himself, Chase Cunningham. The pair discusses how Chase got started in security, how the security market is changing and the pandemic-driven boom in remote work. They also chat about their shared history in the zero trust space, life on the farm, naval ships and the future.
E7: Dave Talks to Joe Marshall from Talos Intelligence
February 15, 2023 11:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MBWelcome back to the Plaintext Podcast with your host Dave Lewis, Global Advisory CISO of Cisco. In this second episode of 2023, Dave chats with control systems security guru, Joe Marshall. The pair discusses how Joe got started in security, how the security market is changing and the pandemic-driven boom in remote work. They also chat about their shared history in the Control System Security space, squirrels and the lessons learned along the way.
E6: Dave Talks To SCADA Security Guru Chris Sistrunk
January 31, 2023 16:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBWelcome back to the Plaintext Podcast with your host Dave Lewis, Global Advisory CISO of Cisco. In this first episode of 2023, Dave chats with control systems security guru, Chris Sistrunk. The pair discusses how Chris got started in security, how the security market is changing and the pandemic-driven boom in remote work. They also chat about their shared history in the Control System Security space, squirrels and the lessons learned along the way.
E5: Dave Talks to Bugcrowd Founder Casey Ellis
March 17, 2021 12:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBWelcome back to the Plaintext Podcast with your host Dave Lewis, Global Advisory CISO for Duo Security, now part of Cisco. In this first episode of 2021, Dave chats with Casey Ellis, founder of Bugcrowd. The pair discusses how Casey got started in security, how the security market is changing and the pandemic-driven boom in remote work. They also chat about their shared love of music (and playing in bands) and how playing in a band shares similarities with a career in infosec. If you have...
E4: Dave Talks to Akamai CSO Andy Ellis
October 26, 2020 04:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBWelcome back to the Plaintext Podcast with your host Dave Lewis, Global Advisory CISO for Duo Security (now part of Cisco). In this installment I have the honour of interviewing friend and former colleague Andy Ellis, CSO of my previous employer, Akamai. In this episode, Ellis and I chat about his career path, how to adjust to a remote (or distributed) work life and advice for security pros, or those who are considering a career in information security. If you the listeners have suggestio...
E3: Dave Talks To 'The Handmaid's Tale' Author Margaret Atwood
May 08, 2020 03:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBWelcome to episode 3 of the Plaintext Podcast! You read that right, folks. Today I'm not speaking with a CISO. Instead, I'll be chatting with award-winning author, poet, inventor and activist Margaret Atwood (known for The Handmaid's Tale, Alias Grace, The Testaments and more than a dozen other novels). I first met Margaret 10 years ago while she was doing research for what became her book MaddAddam. (To hear more about that, you'll have to listen.) In this episode, Margaret and I discuss ...
E2: Dave Talks to Author Mike Rothman, President of DisruptOps & Securosis
March 16, 2020 19:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MBWelcome back to the Plaintext Podcast with your host Dave Lewis, Global Advisory CISO for Duo Security (now part of Cisco). In this installment I have the honour of interviewing a friend who also wrote the book The Pragmatic CSO. In this second episode I chat with Mike Rothman to discuss how he got to where he is in his career. He is now the president of two companies: DisruptOps and Securosis. Thanks to Mike for joining me for this episode! If you the listeners have suggestions as to who...
E1: Dave Talks to Thom Langford, CEO of (TL)2 Security and a Recovering CISO
February 06, 2020 17:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBWelcome to the Plaintext Podcast! I'm Dave Lewis, Global Advisory CISO for Duo Security (a Cisco company). This podcast is the natural progression from the awesomeness that is Decipher. See what I did there? The idea here is an interview based series where I sit down with current and former CISOs to discuss how they got to where they are in their careers. We’ll talk about where they started and lessons learned along the way. In this first episode I chat with Thom Langford, CEO of (TL)2...