Podcasts Science Social Sciences The Social-Engineer Podcast Ep. 183 - Security Awareness Series - I Promise You That's Not Amazon On The Phone with Kevin Gowen

Ep. 183 - Security Awareness Series - I Promise You That's Not Amazon On The Phone with Kevin Gowen

Published: Oct. 17, 2022, 9:12 a.m.

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Today our guest joining us is Kevin Gowen. Kevin serves as Chief Information Security Officer for Synovus and is responsible for information and cyber security, physical security, business continuity, fraud, and financial crimes. He was named Chief Information Security Officer in 2015. Gowen earned Bachelor\\u2019s and Master\\u2019s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was a recipient of the James H. Blanchard Leadership award and was named Tech Exec Networks\\u2019 Information Security Executive of the Year in May 2022. Gowen is an alumnus of Leadership Columbus and serves as a board member of the National Technology Security Coalition along with serving on multiple advisory boards and in industry group leadership roles. [Oct 17th, 2022]\\xa0

00:00 \\u2013 Intro\\xa0

00:56 \\u2013 Intro Links:\\xa0

03:55 \\u2013 Kevin Gowen Intro\\xa0

05:55 \\u2013 What made you want to go into InfoSec?\\xa0

06:56 \\u2013 Managing Risk with teams of 10,000+\\xa0

08:24 \\u2013 How do you stay in front of the next attack?\\xa0

10:15 \\u2013 Top 3 Talking Points to assure the stakeholders\\xa0

11:27 \\u2013 How do you educate the customer?\\xa0

13:04 \\u2013 The "push" during Cybersecurity Awareness Month\\xa0

14:23 \\u2013 That\'s not Amazon!\\xa0

15:55 \\u2013 How are you attracting and retaining talent during this employee drought?\\xa0

20:23 \\u2013 Poaching vs Developing\\xa0

22:46 \\u2013 Communicating the need for diversity down the ladder\\xa0

24:25 \\u2013 Cross-industry and Inter-department hiring\\xa0

26:24 \\u2013 If I knew then...\\xa0

28:41 \\u2013 Defining our "true" critical assets\\xa0

30:03 \\u2013 Be willing to be evaluated\\xa0

32:32 \\u2013 Who helped get you to where you are today?\\xa0

34:47 \\u2013 Find Kevin Gowen online\\xa0

35:59 \\u2013 Book Recommendations\\xa0

39:28 \\u2013 Wrap Up\\xa0\\xa0

40:13 \\u2013 Outro\\xa0

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