Michael Manrod's guest appearances

Michael Manrod

UberKnowledge

The CISO Diaries

Andrea Bonime-Blanc

Diana Kelley

Levi Strauss

Bryson Bort

Paul Cummings

Dan Ward

Corey White

Joe Slowik

Malcolm Harkins

Josh Mason

Mike Hamilton

Taylor Lehmann

Magda Chelly

Kristina Podnar

Phil Dunkelberger

OwlTail

Michael Manrod, CISO at Grand Canyon Education Mike Manrod, MSISE, CCSBA, CSSBB, CISSP, Chief Information Security Officer--Mike presently serves as the Chief Information Security Officer for Grand Canyon Education, responsible for leading the security team and formulating the vision and strategy for protecting students, staff and information assets across the enterprise.  Previous experiences include serving as a threat prevention expert for Check Point and working as a consultant and analyst for other large enterprise customers. He is also a co-author/contributor for the joint book project, Understanding New Security Threats published by Routledge in 2019.  When not exploring the implications of the rapidly evolving threat landscape or the convergence between cognitive psychology and machine learning, he spends time playing video games with his kids, practicing martial arts and cooking.   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manrod/Twitter: @CroodSolutions 

Michael Manrod, CISO at Grand Canyon Education Mike Manrod, MSISE, CCSBA, CSSBB, CISSP, Chief Information Security Officer--Mike presently serves as the Chief Information Security Officer for Grand Canyon Education, responsible for leading the security team and formulating the vision and strategy for protecting students, staff and information assets across the enterprise.  Previous experiences include serving as a threat prevention expert for Check Point and working as a consultant and analyst for other large enterprise customers. He is also a co-author/contributor for the joint book project, Understanding New Security Threats published by Routledge in 2019.  When not exploring the implications of the rapidly evolving threat landscape or the convergence between cognitive psychology and machine learning, he spends time playing video games with his kids, practicing martial arts and cooking.   LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/manrod/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/manrod/</a>Twitter: <a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/croodsolutions" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@CroodSolutions</a>

Michael Manrod, CISO at Grand Canyon Education

Give People with Potential a Shot “As leaders we need to ask ourselves, can we take a chance on somebody with potential and invest the effort and time to train them and help them get their start?” In this episode, Mike Manrod, CISO of Grand Canyon Education, Inc., joins the podcast to discuss how the world is adapting to a mobile workforce and the state of the cybersecurity job market. He explains that while the job market is currently contracting, cybersecurity remains a needed, growing and in-demand field.  Mike goes on to talk about the closed mindset many leaders have when it comes to hiring. Constantly chasing a small pool of candidates with great experience and multiple skill sets has done nothing to close the skills gap.It has just led to inflated salaries. He believes managers should consider giving candidates with potential a chance. It is time to be flexible with the workforce.  02:05 — The job market is shrinking but cybersecurity as career field will not be going away. 07:15 — We need to give people a shot and a start. Not every cyber job requires decades of experience. 10:04 — The adversaries are still out there. We need to automate, strategize and be able to do more with less. 12:39 — Cold calling isn’t the best approach now. Vendors need to find introductions through trusted pipelines.

<h4>Give People with Potential a Shot</h4> “As leaders we need to ask ourselves, can we take a chance on somebody with potential and invest the effort and time to train them and help them get their start?” In this episode, Mike Manrod, CISO of Grand Canyon Education, Inc., joins the podcast to discuss how the world is adapting to a mobile workforce and the state of the cybersecurity job market. He explains that while the job market is currently contracting, cybersecurity remains a needed, growing and in-demand field. Mike goes on to talk about the closed mindset many leaders have when it comes to hiring. Constantly chasing a small pool of candidates with great experience and multiple skill sets has done nothing to close the skills <a href="http://gap.It" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">gap.It</a> has just led to inflated salaries. He believes managers should consider giving candidates with potential a chance. It is time to be flexible with the workforce. <ul> <li>02:05 — The job market is shrinking but cybersecurity as career field will not be going away.</li> <li>07:15 — We need to give people a shot and a start. Not every cyber job requires decades of experience.</li> <li>10:04 — The adversaries are still out there. We need to automate, strategize and be able to do more with less.</li> <li>12:39 — Cold calling isn’t the best approach now. Vendors need to find introductions through trusted pipelines.</li></ul>

#124 Michael Manrod — CISO, Grand Canyon Education