Ep. 289 - Security Awareness Series - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly CISO’s with David Holtzman

Today on the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Security Awareness Series, Chris is joined by David Holtzman. David has been the CTO for Network Solutions, Chief Scientist at IBM, CTO & Cybersecurity advisor to 2 presidential candidates, and a former intelligence agent. David is now advising on web3 and blockchain. [Jan 20, 2025]

00:00 – Intro

00:18 – Intro Links:

• Social-Engineer.com– http://www.social-engineer.com/
• Managed Voice Phishing– https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/
• Managed Email Phishing– https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/
• Adversarial Simulations– https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/
• Social-Engineer channel on SLACK– https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb
• CLUTCH– http://www.pro-rock.com/
• org– http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/

02:01 – David Holtzman Intro

02:30 – The Ever-Changing Threat Landscape

05:35 – Insecure Software

08:57 – Not All CISO’s are Equal

12:05 – Making a Good CISO

15:33 – It’s About People

17:34 – Lack of Accountability

21:28 – Rise of the AI

26:31 – The Approach of Web3

29:23 – The Blockchain Fix (For Now)

32:39 – Stuck in the Cloud

36:34 – Find David Holtzman online

• Website: com

36:55 – Book Recommendations

• Crossing the Chasm – Geoffrey Moore
• How to Survive Identity Theft – David Holtzman
• Privacy Lost – David Holtzman

38:46 – Mentors

• Steve Jobs
• John Perry Barlow

42:16 – Wrap Up & Outro

• social-engineer.com
• innocentlivesfoundation.org