Mr. Larry Letow is currently the CEO, North America Region for CyberCX. He works closely with his counterparts in Australia, United Kingdom, and New Zealand as CyberCX is one of the leading global providers of professional cyber security services. With a growing workforce of over 1,400 professionals, CyberCX is a trusted partner to private and public sector organizations helping their customers confidently manage cyber risk, respond to incidents, and build resilience in an increasingly complex and challenging threat environment.
Mr. Letow has over 30 years’ worth of knowledge and experience in the technology / cyber security industry. Previously, he was the CEO for InnerActiv and Convergence. Prior to selling both companies, they shared the focus of mitigating risks and protecting sensitive data in public and private sectors. However, his involvement doesn’t end there, Mr. Letow currently serves the cyber/technology community in numerous capacities, as he is presently Chairperson and Co-Founder for the Cyber Security Hall of Fame and Chairperson of CyberUSA, a nationwide organization that brings commercial entities, States and local governments, Federal Government, and leading cyber professionals together.
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Bill Atkinson launched Atkinson Strategic Communications in January 2020 after 15 years in the public relations business and 21 years as a newspaper reporter.
Prior to starting his own firm, Bill was a partner in 212 Communications, which he joined in June 2015, and focused on strategic and crisis communications, media relations and grassroots strategies. Before that he was a senior vice president at global public relations agency Weber Shandwick.
Prior to becoming a public relations practitioner, Bill worked at the Baltimore Sun as the newspaper’s economics correspondent. He also covered the banking industry, stock market, mutual funds, brokerage houses, investment banking and white-collar crime. A series of stories on Allfirst Bank was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. Bill also appeared on CNBC’s American Greed, ABC News’ podcast, “Have you seen this man?” and was featured in a Hulu documentary, “Have you seen this man?”
Bill is on the board of directors of historic Prospect Hill Cemetery of Towson, Md., and is Vice President of the board of directors of Banner Neighborhoods, a neighborhood association in east Baltimore that provides sports programs for youngsters and offers services to make sure elderly residents can remain in their homes as they age. Bill holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Saint Norbert College in DePere, Wis., and he attended Marquette University for graduate studies in journalism.
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Interview questions:
Q1: Tell us about the Cyber Security Hall of Fame, why start it?
Q2: What is the mission?
Q3: Who are the 2024 inductees?
Q4: Why is it important to celebrate people involved in cyber?
Q5: How were they selected?
Q6: Talk about past selections? Who are some of the luminaries?
Q7: There is a charitable component to this, where will the money go and how do you select organizations to receive funding?
Q8: How did you get into the cyber security?
Q9: What does CyberCX do?
Q10: Where does Maryland fit in in the world of cyber?
Q11: What role should Maryland play in cyber?
Q12: What should companies do to protect themselves from hacking and deep fakes?
Q13: What is different about hacking today compared with 10 years ago?
Q14: Who are the targets, big business or small businesses?
CyberCX is the leading independent provider of cyber security services in the trans-Tasman region, with global offices in the United Kingdom and United States.
With a workforce of over 1,400 professionals, we are a trusted partner to private and public organisations across all sectors, helping our customers confidently manage cyber risk, respond to incidents and build resilience in an increasingly complex and challenging threat environment.
Through our end-to-end range of cyber capabilities, CyberCX empowers our customers to securely accelerate opportunities in the digital economy. Our services include: consulting and advisory; governance, risk and compliance; digital forensics and incident response; privacy advisory; security testing and assurance; network and infrastructure solutions; cloud security and identity management; managed security services and cyber security training.
Recent Blogs: https://cybercx.com.au/blog/
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