In many ways, the human appetite for computing power is ever-growing. More computing power can be found in the cloud for our ever-growing thirst for power. But that’s still not enough.

Enter the next generation of computing power – quantum computing. Your host, Scott Emo, speaks with one of the world's few quantum computing and privacy experts, John O'Malley.

Scott and John discuss the difference between a regular computer vs a quantum computer, what q-bits are, problems in security due to quantum computing, and the quantum cloud.

We are joined by Dr. Larry Ponemon, Chairman and Founder of the Ponemon Institute and considered a pioneer in privacy auditing.

He was appointed by the White House to the Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee for the Department of Homeland Security. He was appointed to the Advisory Committee for Online Access & Security for the United States Federal Trade Commission. He was also appointed to two California State task forces on privacy and data security laws.

There has always been speculation that the global COVID-19 pandemic forced many IT departments into a scramble and forced the issue of many cloud application migration, often way earlier than planned to support ongoing business operations. But to what extent and to what benefit has always been a guess, until now.

Anitian and The Ponemon Institute teamed up and implemented a study to help quantify exactly this. You can download the full report at www.anitian.com/ponemon.

In this episode, we talk with Jacob Ansari, a Security Advocate at Schellman, where he leads the firm's security best practices advocacy. He develops and leads educational efforts on security practices, emerging threats, and security industry developments for both internal and external audiences.

Jacob shares his experiences as a CISO and assessor as we talk with Jacob about topics such as:

• What is a Security Advocate?
• What it means to promote good security practices
• High-profile vulnerabilities such as Spring4Shell and Log4J
• Threats and concerns around cyber regarding the Russia/Ukraine conflict

Jacob also shares his thoughts on what's most critical for companies building applications in the cloud as well as interesting updates around the area of compliance.