Security Gets Serious 008: Zscaler CISO Sam Curry

In this episode of Security Gets Serious, host Ben Carr sits down with Sam Curry, Global VP and CISO at Zscaler.

Sam and Ben discuss how a Zero Trust approach minimizes ransomware risk, how can we ensure innovation in cybersecurity doesn’t just serve large enterprises but also smaller businesses, navigating the complexities of an array of cybersecurity regulations, whether we’re too focused on breach prevention and not enough on operational resilience and more.

About Our Guest

Sam Curry is also a Fellow at the National Security Institute, and prior to Zscaler, was CSO & CPO at Cybereason, CTO & CISO for Arbor Networks (NetScout), and was CSO & SVP R&D at MicroStrategy.  

He has also held executive roles at McAfee and CA. He spent 7 years at RSA, the Security Division of EMC (where he was a distinguished engineer and Fellow nominee), as General Manager, CTO, Head of RSA Labs (MIT) and SVP of Product. Sam teaches as an adjunct at Wentworth Institute of Technology and at Nichols College.  

Sam also has over two dozen active patents in cybersecurity from his time as an architect, has been a leader in two successful startups and is currently a board member of the Cybersecurity Coalition, Rampart Inc and most recently CyberTrust Massachusetts in addition to a number of advisor-ships across the technology spectrum.

Your Host, Ben Carr, Halcyon Chief Security and Trust Officer

‍Carr is a Security & Risk Executive and recognized thought leader with more than 25 years of results driven experience in developing and executing security strategies. Carr has served in global leadership roles at advanced technology, high risk, and rapid growth companies such as Ericsson (Cradlepoint), Qualys, Aristocrat, Tenable, Visa and Nokia. Ben has served as a member of the Board of Directors for organizations such as IT-ISAC and NTXPKUA. He is an advisor for Noname Security and Syn Ventures and has previously served on Advisory boards for Living Security, TruStar, Mimecast, Qualys, and Accuvant.

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