Cyber Poverty Line, Budget Dust and Today’s Security Realities with Chad McDonald

This week we welcome to the podcast Chad McDonald, Chief of Staff and CISO at Radiant Logic. He talks about the very interesting and real reality of what is becoming known as the cyber poverty line and the security vulnerabilities that funding and resource inequities can create in a supply chain and elsewhere. He also shares insights for organizations to assess where they fall on the spectrum and resources available to identify and address security gaps relative to their business. We also dive into the popular topic of Zero Trust – and ponder the philosophical questions if everything is Zero Trust is anything Zero Trust. Other topics we cover in this fun conversation include AI, deepfakes, identity and security, and what sprinkling budget dust around can get you.

Chad McDonald, Chief of Staff and CISO, Radiant Logic

Chad brings more than 20 years’ experience building and managing information security programs. Chad has leveraged his security leadership to dozens of organizations across the technology, education and medical sectors. Prior to Radiant Logic, Chad defined security and technical integrations of 5 acquisitions and attained FedRAMP-in-Process status for Digital.ai. While serving as the Executive Director of the Office of the CISO at Optiv, he defined the security strategy for a $70 billion dollar merger between two technology giants.

Chad holds a bachelor’s degree in information technology from Southern Polytechnic State University, as well as multiple certifications including CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional), CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor) and PMP (Project Management Professional).

For links and resources discussed in this episode, please visit our show notes at https://www.forcepoint.com/govpodcast/e243