Episodes

Monday Apr 25, 2022
Monday Apr 25, 2022
In our third episode, we speak with Maxime Lamothe-Brassard — CEO and founder of LimaCharlie, a security infrastructure as a service tool that gives security teams full control over how they manage their security infrastructure. Maxime’s unique perspectives come from a career in security, including Canada’s NSA, Google, Arc4dia, and the early days of Crowdstrike.
Topics discussed in this episode:
The problem LimaCharlie solves.
What endpoint hygiene means and lessons Maxime learned from working at Google.
How Maxime describes the state of security today.
Maxime’s philosophy for how cybersecurity products should be marketed and sold to customers.
How small improvements can lead to major change over time.
How better tools and great APIs can remove the “boring stuff” so security teams can focus on more exciting work.
Where Maxime sees security headed in the future.

Monday Apr 11, 2022
Monday Apr 11, 2022
In our second episode, we speak with Elastic’s Product Marketing Director James Spiteri, an experienced security practitioner turned product marketer with a passion for making security accessible and easy for anyone and everyone.
Topics discussed in this episode:
Why James joined Elastic four years ago.
What Elastic is and the different use cases the company offers (Did you know every Netflix search uses their Elastic?).
How James has seen security operations evolve over the years and why the industry still faces the same data problem it faced five years ago.
What Elastic is doing to tackle analyst burnout and mental health including “shut it down days” two Fridays per month.
How Elastic leverages the power of no-code security automation.
The #1 piece of advice James has for security teams.

Monday Mar 28, 2022
Monday Mar 28, 2022
The security world has undergone a seismic shift. What a few years ago seemed impossible like having a 100% remote team without a decrease in productivity, today is a reality. But what has been the cost?
Do I have a process in place or do I have one person that's holding a lot of the processes together? What other questions should leaders ask themselves to determine the state of security operations and the impact these are having on their teams?
In our first episode, we are joined by Lena Smart, CISO of MongoDB, an inspiring leader who enjoys building teams and models from scratch, not losing sight of one of the most pressing topics of our time: burnout.
Topics discussed in this episode:
How Lena became MongoDB's first CISO.
How she sees the state of security operations today.
What MongoDB does to address burnout and mental health issues in security teams.
What Lena advises to do to overcome burnout.
How to make security roles more accessible to minorities.
Advice for CISOs who are building a security program for the first time.
What security operations will look like in a few years' time.

Monday Mar 28, 2022
Monday Mar 28, 2022
Security teams are feeling burned out and overwhelmed. They are spending most of their time on alerts and tedious manual tasks, experiencing frustration and churn.
How do you automate these mundane security work that analysts are drowning in?
The Future of Security Operations podcast is about empowering security operations teams and leaders and helping them remove the barriers that are preventing them from doing the high value strategic work that truly matters.
Welcome to our podcast show where security leaders reimagine the future of security operations!