Joey deVilla – a developer advocate with Auth0 and an “Accordion Guy” with rockstar aspirations
Joey deVilla is a Senior R&D Content Engineer at Auth-Zero, a division of Okta. After hours, Joey is known as the Accordion Guy and spends his time playing music and sharing his nerdy takes on his two personal blogs. In this …
General (Ret.) Frank McKenzie — former Commander, U.S. Central Command, Executive Director of Cyber Florida and an appreciator of battlefield beef enchiladas
General (Ret.) Frank McKenzie is the Executive Director of the Global and National Security Institute at the University of South Florida and the Executive Director of Cyber Florida. In April 2022, General McKenzie retired from the Marine Corps after completing over …
Andy Sekela – An FBI Special Agent’s Journey from Submarines to Anti-Corruption to Cybersecurity
Andy Sekela is the Private Sector Coordinator for the FBI Tampa Division, who may just be on a mission to have the world’s coolest resumé. In this episode, Andy joins the No Password Required team to talk about his …
Hannah Sutor – a Senior Product Manager at GitLab with an Instagram alter ego that puts her in privacy superhero territory
Hannah Sutor is the Senior Product Manager at GitLab and Digital Privacy Advocate at The Privacy Chick. Hannah joins the No Password Required team to talk about how she discovered privacy and cybersecurity in college, what she expects for the future …
Charles Shirer – the custom t-shirt wearing CEO who went from Nintendo to Network Security
Charles Shirer is the Chief Executive Officer of GlobalWave Consulting, an IT and cybersecurity consultancy. Known as the @bsdbandit to his 20,000+ Twitter followers, Charles is often considered the most positive person in cybersecurity (and for good reason!). In this episode, …
Kayley Melton – the Bob Ross of infosec, whose secretive job at KnowBe4 solves cybersecurity’s most-urgent issues with creativity
Kayley Melton is the Vice President of Security Awareness Company Courseware and Labs at KnowBe4. Although she can’t share too much about what the “labs” portion of her job entails, let’s face it, the secrecy makes her even cooler. Kayley joins …
Serge Jorgensen – the sailing CTO of Sylint Group who routinely defends against nation-state attacks on critical infrastructure
Serge Jorgensen is a founding partner and CTO at Sylint Group, where he provides response and remediation guidance on international espionage incidents, cyber-security attacks, and counter cyber-warfare. An engineer by training, he has a bias for action over theory. In this …
Tashya Denose (aka the Cyber Whisperer) – Senior Manager of Cybersecurity Analysis at Capital One and a builder of the most rad relationships in cyber
Tashya Denose is a Senior Manager of Cybersecurity Analysis at Capital One and the Director of Brand & Marketing at Black Girls in Cyber. In this episode, Tashya joins the No Password Required team to discuss her passion for making everyone …
Episode 25: Vice Admiral Mike McConnell – the former NSA director, an elite storyteller whose life resembles a Grisham novel, and an appreciator of formaldehyde-free beer
Vice Admiral Mike McConnell is the former director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and the current Executive Director of Cyber Florida. In this two-part episode, VADM McConnell stuns the No Password Required team to silence with stories of his life, …
The No Password Required Podcast brings in monthly guest who are at the very top of the cybersecurity field. We focus on their personalities and how they reached their current career status.Each guest has shared stories that made us laugh, think, and learn. We want to continue sharing this great content well into the future. If you have thoughts on how we could improve the show or would like to recommend a future guest, send us an email, we would love to hear from you.