CISO IT – The Importance of Continuing Education: Live from DEF CON, E09
Download MP3Join Automox CISO Jason Kikta, live at DEF CON 32, as he discusses the importance of continuing education in cybersecurity. He emphasizes that ongoing learning and exposure to diverse perspectives are essential for professional growth in the IT field. He highlights how events like DEF CON and Black Hat serve as invaluable opportunities for learning, networking, and sharing knowledge, and encourages listeners to support and actively participate in such educational events to foster growth and innovation in cybersecurity.
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Jason Kikta
Jason Kikta is the Chief Technology Officer at Automox, where he leads the Product, Engineering, and IT/Security organizations. He has over 30 years of experience in IT, beginning with independent consulting and spanning more than two decades of military service, building and operating communications networks across the globe. During seven years at US Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force, he focused on countering state actors and ransomware threats to critical infrastructure. Jason is an adjunct lecturer for the Alperovitch Institute at Johns Hopkins SAIS and an adjunct senior technical advisor to the Institute for Security and Technology, focused on AI, cybersecurity, and ransomware.
