Cyber Security: Managing Risk Within The “Ring of Security Methodology”

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Join Brad Friedman and Bryant Tow as they chat about cybersecurity and the need for businesses of all sizes to manage the risks of a cybersecurity breach.

Bryant Tow is the Chief Security Officer at Leapfrog Services. For over 25 years, Bryant has held responsibilities as an entrepreneur and senior executive in all aspects of risk management including thought leadership in the area of cybersecurity, award-winning development of security solutions, and managing large global cyber and physical security teams. He has also held executive leadership positions in multinational consulting firms and has been involved in several startups. Recently, he was the Chief Security Officer for CSC’s Financial Services Group and was responsible for securing 143 applications in 52 countries.

Bryant’s leadership positions across the security industry include the Department of Homeland Security Sector Coordinating Council, ISSA, ISACA, and as a board member and vice president of InfraGard National Members Alliance. He is recognized as a Distinguished Fellow by the Ponemon Institute, the industry’s leading research organization. He has also published several books and articles on cybersecurity topics and has received several awards, including the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security Award for Exceptional Contribution in Recognition of Outstanding Support of Tennessee’s Counter Terrorism Program.

In this Episode:

• Bryant talks about some of the amazing people he's been able to work with in the cybersecurity world.
• Bryant talks about the reliability or unreliability of what we're seeing on television with regard to cybersecurity.
• Bryant talks about the Ring of Security methodology and factors included in making a decision as to whether your business needs to have a cybersecurity plan.
• Bryant talks about the things a business owner needs to consider when developing a cybersecurity plan.
• Bryant also talks about our rush into the cloud and issues surrounding the demarcation between your responsibility as the cloud customer and their responsibility as the cloud provider.

Quotes from this Episode:
“So the very first step that we want to do is, is to understand business impact. What are we protecting?” – Bryant Tow
“So, small businesses are statistically more likely to become victims because lack of budget for IT services.” – Bryant Tow
“But one interesting thing, I would like to say that you, you may or may not hear somewhere else, that we're actively seeing in the threat world is the impact on the development of tools specifically around the internet of things, space, critical infrastructure and those kind of things.” – Bryant Tow
“When somebody says, you know, I don't have anything. Well, my response back to that is, are you connected to the internet.” – Bryant Tow
“If I am a bad actor and I want to assemble a group of machines to increase my power. Then I can very easily go after small businesses that have servers or whatever that they have connected to the internet.” – Bryant Tow
“There has to be a culture of security that is embedded into the organization.” – Bryant Tow

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Bryant Tow:
LinkedIn: Bryant G. Tow
LinkedIn: Leapfrog Services
Facebook: Leapfrog Services
Twitter: Leapfrog Services
Instagram: Leapfrog Services
Website: Leapfrog Services

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