Greg is a former professional athlete. He played in the minor league for three seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals. He is the author of the book Growing into you. Greg Tomchick is driven by a passion for cybersecurity from an experience he had with a former company. He is currently the Partner and CEO of Valorr. They focused on identifying and mitigating cyber threats upfront and when necessary, countering cyber attacks with targeted and strategic responses.
Chapter Titles:
00:00 Introduction
01:36 Gregs Origin Story
04:15 Incubation Technologies
05:42 The right mindset
10:26 Cyberattack
15:12 Cybersecurity is a business problem
15:56 100% Cyber security?
16:56 Stimulation Output
17:50 How much cybersecurity is enough?
19:17 The process at Valor
22:38 Communicating with the Department of No
24:50 Advise for CEOs when talking about digital risk
27:16 Talking to the executive team
30:02 The Proactive side
31:58 Threat Actors
34:00 Third-Party Risk and Communicating with Vendors
37:50 Laws
43:12 Gregs Book
46:00 More about Greg
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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 8:
Ep. 1 Boyd Clewis – Cofounder, Author, and Cybersecurity Speaker
Ep. 2 Ken Underhill – CEO, Author, and Cyber Life
Ep. 3 Dr. Gerald Auger- Simply Cyber, Black Hat 2022, and Security Awareness
Ep. 4 Eddie Thomason – Humility, Negativity, and Twitter News
Ep. 5 Zinet Kemal – Author, Diversity, Cloud Security, and CISA
Ep. 6 Derek Scheller – Cyber Warrior, Veteran, and Podcaster
Ep. 7 Ted Harrington – Hackable: How to do Application Security Right
Ep. 8 Kevin Tambascio – Cyber Professional, Cleveland Clinic, and HIMSS
Ep. 9 Greg Tomchick – Pro Athlete turned Cybersecurity CEO
Ep. 10 Brian Stoner – Remote work: Can You Trust Your Employees?
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