CSCP S01E07 - Allan Alford - Part 2 - CISO Talk, starting in cyber and basic 10 cyber steps to get started

<p></p> <p> </p> <p>CSCP is bringing back season 1 in a newly remastered version. </p> <p>This is the second part of the interviews with Allan Alford, Delivery CISO at NTT data and now CISO at TrustMAPP a cybersecurity startup-like AppSec Phoenix</p> <p>The episode is brought you by AppSec Phoenix Ltd with the Phoenix platform you can make Vulnerability management for software and organization SMART.  Follow the tag #appsecsmart</p> <p><a href='https://www.appsecphoenix.com'>https://www.appsecphoenix.com</a> get a free 30-day licence quoting CSCP <a href='https://landing.appsecphoenix.com/register'>https://landing.appsecphoenix.com/register</a></p> <p class="p1">Allan Alford is an experienced CISO living in Texas. In part two, Allan Alford answers listener questions about getting involved in Cybersecurity, his path to becoming a CISO, he lists the pros and cons of earning an MBA, and stresses the importance of networking and mentoring. They also discuss how video gaming and role-playing games can translate to real-life leadership skills. </p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p1">0:45 Recap of Part 1</p> <p class="p1">1:47 Part 2 with Allan</p> <p class="p1">2:20 Balancing MBA with work and life</p> <p class="p1">3:10 Do you need MBA to be a CISO</p> <p class="p1">7:35 Formal mentoring</p> <p class="p1">11:11 Typical path to CISO</p> <p class="p1">13:55 Certifications</p> <p class="p1">19:28 Curiosity and video games</p> <p class="p1">23:08 Final positive message</p> <p class="p1">25:04 Closing words</p> <p class="p1">25:40 Outro </p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p1">Allan Alford, CISO, Host of Cyber Ranch Podcast </p> <p class="p1">Twitter<a href='https://twitter.com/AllanAlfordinTX%20'> @AllanAlfordinTX </a></p> <p class="p1"><a href='https://allanalford.com/the-cyber-ranch-podcast'>https://allanalford.com/the-cyber-ranch-podcast</a> </p> <p class="p1"><a href='https://hackervalley.com/cyberranch/'> https://hackervalley.com/cyberranch/</a></p> <p class="p1"><a href='https://www.linkedin.com