Imperial Security Bureau Podcast

By: Blake Williams
  • Summary

  • Home of the Imperial Security Bureau Podcast where you can find interviews with leaders in Cybersecurity & AI. We dive into each guest's career path/expertise, tactics/strategies for success, new tools & technologies, recent news/trends in Cybersecurity & AI. We routinely share advice for job seekers & how to hire/retain top talent.

    Hyperdrive Recruiting is a boutique recruiting agency based in Raleigh, NC specializing in Cybersecurity, AI, Software Engineering, Data, UX/Product Design, Digital Marketing, SaaS Sales, and Leadership roles for tech companies nationwide.

    The host of the show, Blake Williams, is a seasoned Technical Recruiter and shares insights about the current job market and recruiting trends. Guest are encouraged to ask anything they want to know about recruiting.

    You may notice the podcast and recruiting agency have a Star Wars theme so we may chat sci-fi on occasion too.

    May the force be with you.

    Find Me Here: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u

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Episodes
  • Shankar Viswanathan: Non-Human Identity Security Challenges - Imperial Security Bureau Podcast 16
    Sep 23 2024

    Shankar Viswanathan serves as Senior Director, Head of Cloud Security at Credit Karma. He has over 15 years of experience in IAM, Applied Crypto, Security Engineering, Cloud Engineering, especially in the FinTech industry. He's a Startup Advisor and Forbes Technology Council Member.

    GUEST:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shankarnviswanathan/

    TIMESTAMPS:

    2:39 - How he landed in Cybersecurity

    4:07 - Forbes Technology Council

    5:06 - What is Applied Crypto?

    6:58 - What's happening in cyber?

    9:14 - Non-Human Identity Security

    22:24 - What Keeps Cyber Talent Engaged & Happy

    26:20 - His Approach to Hiring Junior Level

    28:54 - What tools would he learn first?

    30:07 - Sources of threat intel

    32:10 - Favorite Movies (it's not Star Wars)

    33:12 - Hiring

    33:46 - Questions for a recruiter

    37:02 - Resume Reviews & Coaching

    38:44 - Why AI Can't Write Your Resume For You

    40:35 - What's led to his success 44:57 - Cruise Ship Mucker Story

    48:34 - How he deals with stress of the job

    HOST:

    Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting

    Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u

    Fix Your Resume and Double Your Interview Requests with HR Approved

    Website: https://HRapproved.com

    Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting

    Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.comj

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    52 mins
  • Brandon Mathis: Modern Software Engineering & App Security - Imperial Security Bureau Podcast 15
    Aug 25 2024

    Brandon Mathis is a talented Full Stack Developer in Raleigh, NC currently serving as CTO of vTestify. He runs Triangle Devs, a prominent local meetup/slack/discord group. He is a lifelong tinkerer, coder & product builder. He's also a husband, dad, gamer, and writer. His has a focus on web development using: Javascript (Node, React, ect), Ruby (Rails, Sinatra, Chef), DevOps (AWS, Ansible, Docker), Test Driven Development, Object Oriented Design, REST API Development, and SQL/NoSQL. If you're trying to build high quality software products at scale and planning to leverage local Raleigh talent you should start by scheduling a conversation with Brandon.

    GUEST:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathisbrandon/

    Website: www.brandonmathis.me

    GitHub: https://github.com/BrandonMathis

    Triangle Devs: https://triangledevelopers.com/

    Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/triangle-devs/

    TIMESTAMPS:

    1:36 - Favorite movie

    5:28 - Star Wars chat

    9:07 - Acolyte cancellation

    13:57 - How he landed in software engineering

    21:26 - Golang vs Rust

    24:59 - His favorite language

    26:58 - JavaScript vs TypeScript

    29:57 - Where he recommends newbies start coding

    33:09 - Would he recommend getting in a dev career

    35:05 - GitHub Go-Pilot

    37:21 - Dev skills becoming part of life

    43:03 - Mac or PC

    46:15 - Alfred on Mac

    46:43 - Spotlight on iPhone

    51:28 - His recent focus on Cybersecurity

    54:34 - Polyfill.js hack

    58:48 - Reallocation from QA to Cybersecurity

    1:00:17 - Why can't devs test their own code

    1:04:44 - No size company is immune to cyber attacks

    1:05:34 - Ethics of storing passwords properly

    1:08:26 - What happened to Agile / Scrum

    1:13:32 - Best way to measure dev performance

    1:19:53 - Cheaply made Agencyware vs American Made Software

    1:28:14 - Roller skates vs Rollerblades

    1:29:50 - Snowblades

    1:31:18 - Future of AI writing code

    1:34:19 - What Shopify did to eCommerce development

    1:37:49 - Gen Z never leaves social media

    1:39:00 - Where can you find Brandon

    HOST:

    Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting

    Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u

    Fix Your Resume and Double Your Interview Requests with HR Approved

    Website: https://HRapproved.com

    Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting

    Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com

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    1 hr and 41 mins
  • Sarah Choudhary: Leveraging AI & ML to Grow Your Career - Imperial Security Bureau Podcast 14
    Aug 20 2024

    Sarah Choudhary is CEO of Aridian Technologies and ICE Innovations. She started her career in ETL development and has become a visionary AI innovator, tech leader, writer, and Forbes Council Member. She has a Ph.D. in Data Science and current spearheading the development of several AI applications. She has a newsletter called TechSpectrum where she writes about navigating VR, AI, ML, Data & Cybersecurity and offers a curated exploration into the world of AI.

    GUEST:

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahchoudhary/

    Website: www.sarahchoudhary.com

    TIMESTAMPS:

    6:30 - Sarah's background

    10:07 - Pursuing her PhD in data science

    13:10 - What she learned analyzing life expectancy data

    19:03 - Bias in AI algorithms

    28:26 - Deepfakes

    30:43 - Using AI in school

    33:15 - Her time at Ernst & Young

    35:41 - What will we do when AI takes jobs

    40:09 - Quantum Computing

    49:26 - Sarah's Start-Ups - ICE Rides & iChef

    51:24 - ICE Innovations

    1:03:49 - Microsoft Fabric

    1:06:55 - Sprawberry

    1:10:48 - Advice for transitioning into AI jobs

    1:19:27 - How she found a new level of confidence

    1:23:38 - How to handle a low ball offer

    1:36:59 - Where to find Sarah

    HOST:

    Blake Williams - Chief Technical Recruiter at Hyperdrive Recruiting

    Linktree: https://linktr.ee/blakewilliams4u

    Fix Your Resume and Double Your Interview Requests with HR Approved

    Website: https://HRapproved.com

    Find Your Next Job / Find Your Next Hire with Hyperdrive Recruiting

    Website: https://hyperdriverecruiting.com

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    1 hr and 38 mins

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