This week, host Manoj Tandon is joined by Rafael Nunez. Rafael is a Mentor, Motivational Speaker, Veteran, and an accomplished information and cybersecurity executive. He has many skills such as Risk Mitigation, Encryption, Vendor Collaboration, and PCI/DSS. Rafael has worked as an IT security manager and Principal Information Security Analyst for Lowes, vCiso of Fortalice Solutions, and Senior Security Architect for Sirius Computer Solutions. He is the Founder of RAYA Cyber Solutions LLC and Co-Founder of Carolinas CISO RoundTable.
Chapter Titles:
00:00 Introduction
01:30 Rafaels Background
05:40 How Rafael remained positive
08:00 Motivation for everyone
09:40 Imposter Syndrome
12:20 Firing up that ego
14:00 How to motivate yourself
16:08 “It takes an entire village to keep your data safe”
21:44 Keeping Employees/Humans aware
29:41 Vulnerabilities
32:35 Friction Security
36:00 Target breach
39:29 Third-Party Risk
43:30 Zero Trust and SASE
45:50 Corporate Failure
51:08 Personal Failure
53:03 Connecting with Rafael
Learn more about Rafael on his LinkedIn
Dark Rhino Security’s “Security Confidential” is a weekly Cybersecurity podcast where Host, Manoj Tandon, talks to Infosec and Cybersecurity professionals about the current issues going on in our industry. Guests are able to share their stories about how they began their journey into cybersecurity and connect with our audience. Listeners are able to tune in through Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, Youtube, LinkedIn, and more.
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Check out the other episodes in Season 7:
Ep. 1 Ron Eddings – Cybersecurity Advocate, Creative Director, Podcast Executive
Ep. 2 Josh Harrington – Director of Security at Wattpad
Ep. 3 Joshua Brown- H&R Block, Zero Trust, and Cyber Culture
Ep. 4 Dallas Baker – Veteran to Cyber Professional
Ep. 5 Paul Hamman – Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone
Ep. 6 Karim Hijazi – Prevailion, Entrepreneurship, and The Introverted Iconoclast
Ep. 7 Rafael Nunez – Mentor, Motivational Speaker, and Veteran
Ep. 8 Brian Haugli – Roe v Wade, Data, and Understanding Controls
Ep. 9 Greg Edwards – Canauri, Failure, and Ransomware
Ep. 10 Ranbir Bhutani – CyberCulture, Myth Busting, and Zero Trust
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