Data Protection, Privacy and Security Radio Show

Join co-hosts Anyck Turgeon (Crossroads Systems) and Scott Draughon (MyTechnologyLawyer) for a lively and informative Radio Show series dedicated to reviewing today's technology innovation challenges. As investors, politician and law makers discuss arising needs, lead IT practitioners speak about cost-effective management, recovery, protection, security and privacy solutions. The show explores various approaches to ensure the protection and availability of your most valuable corporate as well as governmental or personal assets - especially in terms of compliance, governance and e-discovery. Learn how to ensure your survival through leveraged risks and a combination of secure, yet innovative technologies.

Tune in to learn about key issues and concerns on the minds of corporate decision makers, law makers, technologists, the companies they work for, and the markets they serve. You'll hear about the latest industry trends, solutions and hear what others are doing to protect their corporate, investments and data infrastructures. Send in your questions as well as show topic suggestions by email with the subject title "Protection, Privacy and Security of Technology Innovations".

Send in your questions as well as show topic suggestions by email with the subject title "Data Protection, Privacy and Security".

Upcoming Shows

Previously Recorded Radio Broadcasts

Date:	August 25, 2010
Guest:	Dr. Mich Kabay, CTO, World-Class Security Expert and Associate Professor at Norwich University (NSA Center of Excellence)
Topic:	Cyber-Security in the Cloud: Most Common Failures & Best Solutions Features an interview with Michel E. Kabay, a highly recognized expert and thought leader in the field of cyber security. Kabay will outline the failures most often associated with cloud computing. Recognizing that most organization are unaware of the extent and nature of security breaches, he will also provide listeners with security fundamentals that are vital for preventing disaster in the cloud.
Date:	August 18, 2010
Guest:	Rebecca Herold
Topic:	Privacy Laws and Requirements Update Anyck Turgeon talks with Rebecca Herold Leading Expert in Privacy, Security and Compliance (Rebecca Herold & Associates) to discuss today's top five privacy and compliance updates.
Date:	August 11, 2010
Guest:	James Beeson, Chief Information Security Officer, GE Capital
Topic:	Building Trusted Environments in the Financial Industry Learn how to deliver more transparency without negatively impacting security, manage risks, and ensure the long-term survival of financial data. Also learn how standard frameworks are used to define corporate risk profiles, as well as what are becoming the responsibilities of all stakeholders for the protection of information. Hearing directly from the trenches, the show will also discuss best data protection, retention and deletion practices.
Date:	August 4, 2010
Guest:	Charlie Feld, The Feld Group
Topic:	BOOK: The "Blind Spot" & CIO Leadership As IT leaders are continuously asked to “do more with less”, senior IT authority Charlie Feld offers a different, proven perspective as he speaks the principles and mechanisms needed for IT departments to empower businesses worldwide further described in his book the “Blind Spot”.
Date:	July 21, 2010
Guest:	Donald L. Messick, Staff Vice President, The Sulphur Institute Kent Lambden, Managing Director, Omni Sulphur
Topic:	Explosive Growth Through Cleantech Innovation As sulphur is the 16th most common element on the planet and is perceived as the toxic recovered from oil and gas, experts demystify how to convert this non-metallic chemical into a vital nutrient to resolve some of the world’s most critical challenges. Operational, Legal, IT and physical security departments have to figure out ways to mitigate risks within their data centers and manufacturing buildings. As it is extremely difficult to astutely align with business development, risk-focussed professionals and progressive investors are looking at the use of byproducts and the recycling of potentially unsafe elements. Messick and Lambden review new security-centric programs and tools spearheaded by The Sulphur Institute as well as discuss solutions provided by companies such as Omni Sulphur to supply sulphur in a secure, healthy and efficient manner.
Date:	July 14, 2010
Guest:	Elaine Pleshek, Senior Manager, Crossroads Systems
Topic:	Doing More with Less: Improve Data Backup Performance and Save Money With a Healthy Tape Environment As IT administrators continue to face a huge uptick in data growth, tape storage environments seem to require more and more attention, not to mention that backup times exceed allocated time windows and ever-growing equipment replacement keeps on increasing costs. Pleshek will discuss proactive products and services that Crossroads has injected into some of its latest technologies to help IT administrators catch potential tape/drive errors BEFORE they become a significant problem.
Date:	June 23, 2010
Guest:	Jody Westby, CEO Global, Cyber Risk
Topic:	New Governance Standards And Requirements For Corporate Boards And Senior Executives Based On Risk Management Of Digital Assets
Date:	June 16, 2010
Guest:	Jeff Jonas, Chief Scientist, IBM
Topic:	Enterprise Intelligence or Amnesia: Open Your Mind to the Next Generation of Businesses as Social Media, Cloud Computing and Space-Time-Travel Data Become Critical Super-Foods that Will Change the Way We Live
Date:	June 9, 2010
Guest:	David Foote, Co-Founder, CEO and Chief Research Officer, Foote Partners, LLC
Topic:	Latest Technologies Enterprises and Governments are Seeking - Career Advancement and Job Market/Certification Updates
Date:	June 2, 2010
Guest:	Jon Toigo, CEO & President, Toigo Partners Rob Sims, CEO & President, Crossroads Systems
Topic:	Disaster Recovery Preparedness As we enter a potentially challenging hurricane season, it is critical that corporations pay special attention to protecting their most irreplaceable and valuable corporate asset: data. Key data management and protection guru Jon Toigo discusses the lethal impact of data unavailability within 72 hours, the importance of proactive planning and proper data recovery plans. Interruption of data access can cost firms up to $1 million each hour in terms of idle labor. Therefore, let's see how companies can stay in business - even if their staff and infrastructure are destabilized for an extended period of time.
Date:	May 26, 2010
Guest:	Peter Conley, Managing Director, MDB Capital Group Rob Sims, CEO & President, Crossroads Systems
Topic:	New IP-Based Corporate Valuation Methods Lead industry expert, Peter Conley, speaks about new IP-based matrix system that enable investors to perform better assessment of tech innovation companies. Learn why and how Crossroads Systems won prestigious ASTRUM award based on its outstanding IP portfolio from Mr. Conley and Mr. Sims.
Date:	May 5, 2010
Guest:	David Hahn, SVP & Group Information Security Officer for Internet Services, Wells Fargo Bank
Topic:	Malware On The Rise Learn about the latest malware attacks (Man in the Browser, smishing and phishing), their cost to society and how to overcome them through enhanced security practices such as e-vaults and multi-factor authorization.
Date:	April 21, 2010
Guest:	Jim Satterfield, President and CEO, Firestorm Franchising, LLC
Topic:	Worldwide IT Infrastructure And Business Impacts of Volcanoes Learn about the costs and impacts of volcanoes on your IT infrastructure and business activities worldwide. Evaluate your state of preparedness in business continuity, crisis management, environmental protection and corporate risk management from industry expert Jim Satterfield.
Date:	March 05, 2010
Guest:	Dr. Javier Torner, CISO, California State University - San Bernardino Lorraine Frost, Associate VP Information Resources & Technology, California State University - San Bernardino
Topic:	Secure IT 2010 - Conference Coverage Learn from this year show organizers about the latest developments in Information Security Management, Operational Practices & Technologies as well as Research / Curriculum Development. As social media, e-discovery and IT forensics, key industry experts are gathering to discuss about the impacts on policy and compliance, updated strategic planning practices as well as legal / legislative updates.
Date:	November 19, 2009
Guest:	Irfan Saif & Tomi Miller, Deloitte & Touche
Topic:	Cloud Computing Learn from fledged Deloitte & Touche industry experts Irfan Saif and Tomi Miller how to implement private and public cloud computing solutions that are secure and will last.
Date:	November 12, 2009
Guest:	Glenn Haley, Crossroads Systems
Topic:	Proven Data Protection and Recovery for Power Systems Learn from security expert and senior product manager Glenn Haley about Crossroads' latest virtual tape server solution for IBM Power Systems platform. Reach the data protection gap that AS/400 administrators have been crossing their fingers through the world's simplest, most reliable and most cost-effective solution, SPHiNX.
Date:	October 29, 2009
Guest:	Harish Agastya, Director of Product Management and Marketing, Incubation Products, Trend Micro
Topic:	Security in VMware Environments: Before and After VMsafe Harish Agastya, Director of Product Marketing at Trend Micro, introduces the next generation of VMsafe-enabled security solutions. Security technologies and processes imported from the physical world are generally not designed to automatically handle the dynamic nature of the virtual environment. Hypervisor introspection APIs such as VMware's VMsafe are creating new opportunities for security in virtual environments and this interview introduces a new breed of virtualization security solutions are now emerging.
Date:	October 29, 2009
Guest:	Rob Davis, Director of IT, Atlantic Aviation
Topic:	Moving Beyond the Downturn: How IT Leaders Innovates to Prepare for the Upturn Rob Davis discusses how IT leaders can make a difference today and for the future – despite decreased budgets and/or stretched staff and resources. While customers, partners, executive and business management groups expect consistent or better service levels, IT leaders are responsible for making it all work and keeping morale up. Rob discusses the dilemmas and accomplishments that his team has realized in reducing costs while maintaining acceptable service levels.
Date:	October 29, 2009
Guest:	Joe Corella, Director of Technology, Microsoft
Topic:	Delivering Business Impact: A Strategic View of Windows 7 and Optimized Desktop As the National Technology Director for Microsoft Corporation, Joe Corella highlights how a well managed desktop environment using Windows 7 can become a strategic asset for an organization. Joe will discuss the new deployment options, strategies as well as differentiators of Windows 7 as well as Exchange 2010. Six new tools will be reviewed that can help streamline desktop management, enabling increased service levels for end users. Listeners learn how deploying Windows 7 can drive immediate cost savings while increasing business agility.
Date:	October 29, 2009
Guest:	William Hurley, Chief Architect, Open Source Strategy, BMC
Topic:	Augmented Reality Advanced deployments of new Space-Time-Travel geospatial technologies are at our door steps. Whurley discusses various available and upcoming applications that will enable your GPS to track at a show all prospective customers, partners and even dates. In this interview, we discuss the benefits of such technologies and how we can meet the substantial privacy as well as security concerns that emerge with these new solutions.
Date:	October 29, 2009
Guest:	Wesley Faulkner, Evangelist, AMD
Topic:	Business Unusual Is the economy a constant source of frustration for you? Do you dream of building a breakout business? Perhaps business as usual just isn't working for you. You need to shake things up. Forget thinking out -of-the-box. Forget there's a box to begin with. Learn in this interview from Whurley and Wesley about simple projects and upcoming venture opportunities that you may not have heard from. Learn how the economic downturn can bring out a new wave of exciting new solutions from development approaches and methodologies to new businesses.
Date:	October 29, 2009
Guest:	Andres Carvallo, CIO, Austin Energy
Topic:	Building the Smart Guide: An Austin Energy Case Study The Chief Information Officer of Austin Energy, Andres Carvallo, reviews the transformation that he has been leading since 2003—resulting in the first smart grid in the United States covering 1 million consumers and 43,000 businesses. He discusses how the steps to build the nation's first smart grid have been driven by the need to simplify infrastructure, improve decision making, adapt to faster changing business needs, improve disaster recovery and business continuity planning, improve regulatory compliance, and increase reliability.
Date:	October 29, 2009
Guest:	Jeff Reich, Director of Research Operations, Institute for Cyber Security, University of Texas at San Antonio
Topic:	Cloud Security Alliance: Securing the Present and Future of Cloud Computing In April of 2009, the Cloud Security Alliance published version 1 of Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus in Cloud Computing. Version 2 of this guidance is scheduled for release by October 2009. Jeff Reich, CISSP, CHS-III, CTM, Director of Research Operations at the Institute for Cyber Security, University of Texas at San Antonio provides an overview of the updated guidance. They also identify some of the key security risks being introduced to the enterprise by the rapid adoption of cloud computing, and share a look ahead to how cloud computing will transform business and the nature of IT.
Date:	October 29, 2009
Guest:	Brian Engle, Member, ISSA - Austin Chapter
Topic:	ISSA: 25 Years of Information Security Leadership and Collaboration For the last 25 years, fledged CISOs like Brian Engle of Temple-Inland have been uniting weekly to discuss latest industry treats, solutions and strategies. Through a remarkable set of innovative approaches and activities, the Austin Chapter of ISSA won Chapter of the Year. Learn about its community, activities and industry recommendations.
Date:	October 29, 2009
Guest:	Erik Dorr, Senior Business Advisor, The Hackett Group
Topic:	Driving the Delivery of Superior IT Business Value Erik Dorr, Senior IT Research Director at The Hackett Group describe s the IT Business Value Management framework, capabilities of Top IT Performers, and share what CIOs must do to enable their IT organization to become a top performer. From an industry research conducted by The Hackett Group, Erik discusses when the IT organizations of top performing Global 200 companies have implemented value management best practices, the company, delivers 46 percent higher operating margins.
Date:	October 29, 2009
Guest:	Tom Bishop, VP of IT, StorSpeed Rob Sims, President and CEO, Crossroads Systems
Topic:	Cloud Computing: It is Not Set in Concrete Yet Tom Bishop and Rob Sims define cloud computing and discuss both sides of the cloud. One side of the coin, cloud computing is a business model similar to old-school outsourcing itself: let someone else do the hard work while benefiting from economies of scale and professional ability. On the other hand, clouds are a set of technologies that improve reliability, distribute workload, and manage data sets of all sizes. Tom and Rob provide recommendations in regards to proper deployment as well as provide concrete examples of used cloud technologies.
Date:	October 29, 2009
Guest:	Gary Buonacorsi, CIO, Office of the Attorney General, Texas
Topic:	Moving Beyond the Downturn: How a CIO Innovates to Prepare for the Upturn CIO at the Office of the Attorney General (Texas), Gary Buonacorsi, discusses how CIO's leadership, strategy and vision can make a huge difference today and for the future – despite decreased budgets and/or stretched staff and resources. While management expects consistent or better service levels, learn from Gary how he has been able to deploy cost-reducing solutions that are pro-actively securing more-fragile segment of our community like children and providing the legal communities with cost-effective tools. Learn how great CIOs are brought to the business table and how they can revolutionize IT in this economy!
Date:	October 29, 2009
Guest:	Christopher Thompson, Special Agent, FBI Steven Smith, Special Agent, FBI
Topic:	Security & Protection through Collaboration: Working with the FBI and the InfraGard Program FBI Special Agent Christopher Thompson of the Cyber Squad in Austin, Texas, discusses overall cyber crime trends in the United States and their specific relevance to the Austin and Central Texas area. Thompson provides an overview of computer intrusion investigations along with information to determine how businesses can collaborate and should report with law enforcement agencies. FBI Special Agent Steven Smith of the Human Intel Squad in San Antonio, Texas introduces the FBI's InfraGard program, why/how it was formed, and its function today. Smith will also examine some success stories and will instruct the audience how they can get involved as InfraGard members.
Date:	October 29, 2009
Guest:	David Smith, CEO, HBMG
Topic:	Driving the Delivery of Superior IT Business Value David Smith, CEO of HBMG, Inc., addresses the future direction of software and the new technology and science that are changing computation hardware. He highlights the major paradigm shifts in each of these areas that are on the horizon. His talk includes a look at the major trends in software languages, processes, architectures, and the process drivers.
Date:	October 29, 2009
Guest:	David Graham, Independent Consultant and Former CIO, Vignette
Topic:	Accelerating IT to Deliver True Value: Overcoming the Perception that IT is a Cost Center Independent business Consultant David Graham provides real-world methods and specific steps to take in order to position an IT department as a true partner to the business that delivers obvious value – overcoming the all-too-often perception that IT typically is largely a cost center.
Date:	October 29, 2009
Guest:	Bryan Menell, Editor, AustinStartUp
Topic:	Austin's Hottest New StartUps The Editor of AustinStartup, Bryan Menell, invites six central Texas-based companies to present their beta or new-to-market products to MyTechnologyLawyer.com radio show listeners. Menell introduces six new Austin-based companies companies and their new products that you may not yet be aware of yet.
Date:	October 29, 2009
Guest:	Troy Rhodes, Managing Partner, Venti Consulting
Topic:	Aligning Technology with Business Value IT professionals are under increasing pressure to support the strategic objectives of their organizations and yet are challenged to do so in light of growing IT complexity and decreasing resources. Twenty thousand organizations are currently using Microsoft's Optimization model to advance along the continuum from Basic to Dynamic IT infrastructure. An IDC study found that higher levels of IT maturity resulted in dramatic savings in IT labor and notable improvements in service levels and application deployment speed. Troy Rhodes, Managing Partner at Venti Consulting, explains how to leverage this process and apply its findings toward aligning an information technology environment to meet the expectations of executive leadership.
Date:	October 29, 2009
Guest:	Curt Finch, CEO, Journyx
Topic:	Cutting Costs with a Scalpel, Not a Chainsaw: Maintaining Profitability in a Recession In a recession, management often makes unwise decisions out of panic. They might cut employees or reduce spending on various programs that are good for the company. Consequently, many companies that slash costs in response to an economic recession find themselves unable to achieve top-line growth when the recession ends. Curt Finch, CEO at Journyx, explains how overzealous cutting of people and projects can be avoided, or at the very least, can be performed with more intelligent precision. All that are required to handle such problems the right way are per-customer per-project profitability metrics. Finch elaborates on how understanding project costs can be the first step toward understanding profitability.
Date:	October 22, 2009
Guest:	Jason Hoffman and John B. Sapp, Jr.
Topic:	Expert Advice on Balancing IT Risk and Return As organizations are examining expenses more than ever, risk management industry veterans discuss how to best use risk analysis to justify standard IT as well as data security investments and limit potential risks with various mitigation options. Jason Hoffman (Vice President - Technology & Operations, Security Innovation Network, and CEO, Visionary Intelligence) and John B. Sapp, Jr. (Sr. Manager - IT Governance, Risk & Compliance, McKesson Corporation) will provide unique insight in the latest IT industry trends, specifically focusing on ROI matrices and the top risk management challenges organizations face today.
Date:	October 15, 2009
Guests:	Rebecca Herold, Craig Tobias and William Leake
Topic:	Navigating Securely Through Social Networks and Web 2.0 Tools The world's leading authority in data privacy, compliance and security, Rebecca Herold, returns to speak with Web2.0 expert Craig Tobias (Wiikno's Chief Architect) and SEO expert Bill Leake (Founder, President, and CEO at Apogee Search Management) about the latest trends, benefits, risks and recommendations for positive experiences using social networks and Web 2.0 tools.
Date:	October 8, 2009
Guests:	Sean Lowery, Russ Finney, and Sam Coursen
Topic:	Escalating Tech Presence in Texas & InnoTech Austin 2009 Learn why Texas is taking over IT. Sean Lowery, Executive Director and organizer of the InnoTech Austin Conference, Sam Coursen, CIO of Freescale and Chairman of InnoTech 2009, and Russ Finney, CIO of Tokyo Electron, discuss the fast-growing presence of technology innovation in Texas. They will also talk about the significance of InnoTech as the region's largest business technology event, as well as the benefits of serving in IT leadership roles at high-tech companies.
Date:	October 1, 2009
Guest:	Curtis Breville
Topic:	The Truth About Data Storage: Don't Run Your IT Blind Storage evangelist Curtis Breville reveals lies and truths in data centers.
Date:	September 24, 2009
Guest:	Debasmita Roychowdhury
Topic:	Data Security Trends and Solutions Debasmita Roychowdhury discusses the latest data security trends and solutions...
Date:	September 17, 2009
Guest:	David Hill
Topic:	Data Protection Book Launch Industry thought leader David Hill discuses the latest data protection components, architectural considerations, and industry trends.
Date:	September 11, 2009
Guest:	Justin Drain
Topic:	IT Governance: Policy Implementation and Awareness Fledged data security, compliance and privacy practitioner Justin Drain of Fremont Bank talks about IT governance in tough economic times.
Date:	September 10, 2009
Guest:	Rebecca Herold
Topic:	Is Encryption Enough to Achieve Privacy? World leading authority in data privacy, compliance and security, Rebecca Herold, returns to discuss latest laws surrounding data encryption requirements, as well as the numerous considerations organizations should address when facing privacy issues.
Date:	August 27, 2009
Guest:	Jim Satterfield
Topic:	Corporate and Personal H1N1 Preparedness President/CEO at Firestorm, Jim Satterfield, returns to discuss communicable illness/H1N1 preparedness and business continuity challenges.
Date:	August 13, 2009
Guest:	Russell Stalters
Topic:	Best Practices for Today's Information Architecture in Large Enterprises: Common Information Infrastructure Russell Stalters (BP) speaks on the best IT practices and discusses practical implementations of common information infrastructures.
Date:	August 07, 2009
Guest:	Dr. Fred Cohen
Topic:	Today's Challenges to Digital Forensic Evidence Dr. Fred Cohen, author of several books on enterprise information protection, discusses his latest book on the challenges of digital forensic evidence.
Date:	June 30, 2009
Guest:	Rebecca Herold
Topic:	The ABCs of Data Privacy and Personally Identifiable Information Leading industry privacy expert Rebecca Herold joins to discuss today's latest legal requirements to ensure the confidentiality of personally identifiable information. Herold will provide key insight into what constitutes personally identifiable information, as well as the potential ramifications for organizations not fully complying with the latest requirements.
Date:	June 19, 2009
Guest:	Robert Riggan
Topic:	Top Tips to Protect Your Organization's Most Valuable Assets As we enter hurricane season, guest Robert Riggan (FDIC) discusses how to best protect valuable corporate assets and ensure business continuity at all times.
Date:	June 18, 2009
Guest:	Jim Pyles and Linda Stalters
Topic:	The Costs, Benefits and Pitfalls of Electronic Healthcare Records Lead healthcare lawyer Jim Pyles (Powers, Pyles, Sutter & Verville) and healthcare provider Linda Stalters (SARDAA) speak on the upcoming hidden costs in healthcare.
Date:	June 17, 2009
Guest:	Tom Lorentzen
Topic:	The Semantics of Healthcare Tom Lorentzen (former Regional Director, HHS) joins to discuss the "Semantics of Healthcare."
Date:	June 17, 2009
Guest:	Pascal Levensohn and Robert Rodriguez
Topic:	The Innovation Crisis in America Pascal Levensohn (Levensohn Venture Partners) and Robert Rodriguez (Security Information Network) joins to discuss the innovation crises in America and the ramifications for cyber security.
Date:	May 14, 2009
Guest:	Robert Sims and Jason Bourg
Topic:	Top Tips to Reducing Your Corporate IT Costs Today Special guests Robert Sims (President & CEO of Crossroads Systems) and Jason Bourg (vice president of Clearview) discuss cost-reducing data storage solutions including a revolutionary new tape verification solution.
Date:	May 13, 2009
Guest:	Robert Rodriguez and Anyck Turgeon
Topic:	Resolving Global Security Threats through Public and Private Collaboration Robert Rodriguez (Security Innovation Network) and Anyck Turgeon (Crossroads Systems) discuss with Scott Draughon (MyTechnologyLawyer) today's information security issues as well as the benefits of powerful relationships between information security industry leaders and the U.S. government.

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