Episodes

In this episode of Chattinn Cyber, host Mark Schein talks with Curtis Dukes, the former director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and the current Executive Vice President of the Center for Internet Security (CIS), a non-profit organization that aims to make the connected world a safer place. Their conversation begins with a discussion on Curtis’ background, specifically on his experience in the NSA. After spending more than three decades in service to the agency, he learned the following: ...

In this episode of CHATTINN CYBER, Marc Schein interviews Michael A.L. Balboni, CEO of Redland Strategies Inc. Prior to Redland Strategies, Mike worked as a New York State Senator and chairman of Homeland Security and Law Enforcement committee. Born in Burns Town New York, Mike studied law and had a unique experience of serving in the New York State Senate for 10 years. Afterward, he went to Albany where he was appointed the first chairman of the Senate homeland security committee. As a chairma...

In this episode of CHATTINN CYBER, Marc Schein interviews Judith H. Germano, a nationally recognized thought leader on cybersecurity governance and privacy issues. She is a Senior Fellow at the NYU Center for Cybersecurity (CCS) and the Reiss Center on Law and Security and an Adjunct Professor of Law at NYU School of Law. Judith was a federal prosecutor for 11 years, from 2002 to 2013. Today, she shares that her last role was as the Chief of economic crimes, which oversaw cybersecurity, securit...

In this episode of Chattinn Cyber, Marc Schein interviews Darren Blatt, a pioneer of Professional Internet marketing and the CEO of Affiliate Ball. Darren begins the conversation with a reference to how it all started for him and how he transitioned seamlessly into the industry that had the Internet at its center. He then reflects upon the definition of an Affiliate, pertaining to the Affiliate industry before getting into the technicalities of the contemporary world’s most prominent field — Di...

In this episode of CHATTINN CYBER, host Marc Schein is joined by Matthew Pachman, the Vice President, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer at FTI Consulting. Matthew has an extensive background in Compliance and Risk Management. Originally hailing from New Jersey, Matthew Pachman has a degree in Law from the University of Virginia. He has been awarded Compliance Week’s Top Minds Award. He was named “Top Ethics and Compliance Officer” by the Ethisphere Institute for three consecutive years. He is a...

In this episode of CHATTINN CYBER, Marc Schein interviews Jeff Cohen, Senior Vice President of Zywave and former President of Advisen. In November 2020, Zywave acquired Advisen, the leading provider of data, media, and technology solutions for casualty insurance markets. Jeff led Advisen’s strategies for Global Business Development and for the company’s Data and Media businesses and resources. As a sales and marketing executive, Jeff Cohen has over thirty years of experience in data management,...

In part two of our Chattinn Cyber with with host Marc Schein, our guests, Sherri and Michael, continue talking about ransomware. They start with the question of whether or not you should actually pay the ransom. Sherri recommends making sure you have backups. Have a plan to resecure your data even if you have to engage with the hackers. From the legal side, Michael recommends contacting law enforcement—but not the local police. These days, the FBI works really hard to help. It also helps to have...

In this episode of Chattinn Cyber Marc Schein interviews guests; Sherri Davidoff, CEO of LMG Security and author of the recently released book, “Data Breaches.” And Michael A. Kleinman, Special Counsel, Fried Frank. Sherri started working in cyber security before that was even a term. And Michael, on the other hand, comes from the legal world. A litigator, Michael started to see more and more clients needing counsel with regard to cyber and use privacy issues. They begin their conversation digg...

In this episode of CHATTINN CYBER, Marc Schein interviews Kristin Judge, a Leading Voice for Cybercrime Victims. Kristin educates small businesses, elected officials, and nontechnical individuals to use best practices to avoid cyber risks. Small businesses and individuals are facing a huge risk with the rapid growth of cybercrime, people are losing their livelihood, homes, and mental health. Businesses, as well as communities, are suffering globally. Kristin discusses the top 3 cyber risks tha...

In this episode of CHATTINN CYBER, Marc Schein interviews Kilian Koepsell, CTO and Co-Founder of Caption Health. As Caption Health CTO and Co-Founder Kilian Koepsell leads the company’s efforts to use the latest in artificial intelligence and deep learning to bring the diagnostic power of ultrasound to more healthcare providers, democratizing access to healthcare and improving patient outcomes. Prior to co-founding Caption Health, he worked on developing computer vision algorithms matched to th...

In this episode of CHATTINN CYBER, Marc Schein interviews Sean Hoar, of Lewis Brisbois and chair of the Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice. He has extensive experience managing responses to digital crises and effectively marshaling resources to contain and remediate information security incidents. He served as the lead cyber attorney for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Oregon, and he worked closely with the Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section in Washington D.C. He holds the Certified...

In this episode of Chattinn Cyber, Marc Schein interviews retired Lieutenant General Vince Stewart. He is the Chief Innovation and Business Intelligence Officer at Ankura and Founder/CEO of Stewart Global Solutions. In previous roles, he has served as the Director of Intelligence at the USMC, Commanding General of the Marine Forces Cyberspace Command, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, and Deputy Commander of the US Cyber Command. Born in Jamaica, Vince was determined to live the Amer...

In this episode of CHATTINN CYBER, Marc Schein interviews Eduard Alpin, the Lead Cyber Actuary for the Specialty Actuarial Products division of Verisk ISO. He leads the development of loss costs and risk segmentation models for ISO’s new and existing cyber insurance programs. He also oversees the Cyber Data Exchange, which aggregates industrywide cyber insurance data and provides summarized results back to participating companies. Born in the Ukraine, he has had an interesting journey, coming to...

In this episode of CHATTINN CYBER, Marc Schein interviews Faye Francy, Executive Director of Automotive Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Auto-ISAC). She serves the global automotive industry through the analysis and sharing of trusted, timely cyber threat information about existing or potential cyber-related threats and vulnerabilities for on-road vehicle electronics and associated networks. Faye is actively engaged with private-sector partners and government agencies to facilitate infor...

In this episode of CHATTINN CYBER, Marc Schein interviews James Mottola, the Vice President of Data Privacy, Investigations, and Security for Porzio Compliance Services. He served 25 years in the United States Secret Service as former Special Agent in charge of the Newark Field Office of the United States Secret Service. Jim discusses how he leverages his experience to advise clients on matters of information security, data privacy, physical security, schools’ safety, internal corporate investig...

In this episode of CHATTINN CYBER, Marc Schein interviews Joe Mann, Founder, and CEO of Arete. He is a recognized industry leader in information risk, with over 20+ years of experience serving corporations, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations. Joe has developed information-sharing initiatives across the Financial and Legal sectors to synchronously align the interests of organizations and C-Suite decision-makers to create “win/win” scenarios for complex risk issues. Joe started Aret...

In this episode of CHATTINN CYBER, Marc Schein interviews Cory Simpson, Senior Director and Lead for the U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission, Homeland Security Professor at Clemson University & Managing Director at Ankura, with more than 15 years of experience as a U.S. Army officer, federal prosecutor, national security lawyer and strategist. Cory reports the findings of the U.S. Cyberspace Solarium Commission, an independent, bipartisan, and multisector commission, in which he acted as Senior...

In this episode of CHATTINN CYBER, Marc interviews John Mullen, Managing Partner of Mullen Coughlin, the leading and largest privacy law firm solely dedicated to privacy and cybersecurity law in the U.S. Focused on providing tailored data privacy and incident response services, John’s firm handles breach response, pre-breach planning and compliance, regulatory investigation and management, and privacy litigation defense under the umbrella of cyber insurance. John’s friend Mark Greisiger of NetD...

Today, Marc sits down with prominent insurance lawyer Robert Chesler to discuss the unique yet expansive role that cybersecurity plays in the insurance sector. Drawing from his expansive industry and legal experience, Chesler shares his insight on the current relationship between cybersecruity and insurance claims and how the growing field of cyber-law can learn from the success of other law sectors. Chesler also pulls from current and recent cases to illustrate how insurance companies may evolv...

On this episode of CHATTIN CYBER, our host sits down with Michelle Schaap to explore the ever-evolving landscape and intersectionality of the cybersecurity field. Schaap currently serves as an Attorney concentrating in Cybersecurity, Construction and Technology Law at Cheisa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC (CSG), where she has advised on privacy & data security practices for over two decades. Michelle specializes on cyber preparedness and IT disaster recovery planning as well as structuring commercial...

In this episode of CHATTINN CYBER, Marc Schein interviews Kenneth Rashbaum, a Queens native who has led the way in developing and navigating the broad field of cybersecurity and data privacy. Pulling from his diverse portfolio of education and experience, Rashbaum uses his background to involve himself comprehensively within everything that the cybersecurity world touches. Kenneth has served on e-discovery councils advocating for best practices in the exchange of international digital evidence w...

Marc Schein spends this episode of CHATTINN CYBER introducing podcast listeners to the former Superintendent of New York State Department of Financial Services, Maria Vullo. From 2016-2019, Ms. Vullo spent her years in service working to implement DFS cybersecurity regulations in an effort to prevent economic turmoil that could result from a data incident within financial services. Maria Vullos’ drive to enact NY state-wide cybersecurity regulation was, in part, realized from the devastating eff...

In this episode, Marc Schein interviews former Congressman Patrick Murphy. Beginning as a Division 1 athlete turned West Point faculty member, the Pennsylvania native eventually entered into a multi-tour deployment after 9/11 and then returned to the U.S. to serve in Congress. Accomplishing much more than the average American within just a few short decades, Murphy has experienced and witnessed some of the major formational moments that have rocked our country both for better and for worse. Fol...