Cybersecurity First Principles: A Reboot of Strategy and Tactics

ABOUT THE TECHNICAL EDITORS

Steve Winterfeld is the advisory CISO at Akamai where he collaborates on strategy with customers, trains internal Akamai security and sales teams about how to think about the security issues of the day, and helps drive vision for the product line. Before joining Akamai, he built security programs as the CISO for Nordstrom bank, the director of Cybersecurity for Nordstrom Corp, and the director of incident response and threat intelligence at Charles Schwab. He met Rick when he was the senior technical director and cybersecurity and group CTO at Northrop Grumman where he built RCERT South (the U.S. Army's South American Computer Emergency Response Team). He has vast experience in retail, finance, intelligence, and government contracting but has a deep understanding of how to build operational defense and compliance‐based programs that will stand up to hackers and auditors. Steve has published two books on cyber warfare (one is a Cybersecurity Canon Hall of Fame candidate), and he holds the CISSP, ITIL, and PMP certifications. Steve is a regular guest at The CyberWire's Hash Table where he provides his expertise on several of Rick's podcasts.

Brandon Karpf is the Executive Director of New Markets at N2K Networks where he oversees the company's multi‐market strategy and growth operations. His prior jobs include Technical Editor and Strategy Lead at CyberWire, and as a Cryptologic Warfare Officer in the US Navy. His tours in the Navy included assignments ...