Episode 19: Brian Honan on How to Prepare for GDPR

by Chris Brook on Thursday August 22, 2024

In the latest episode of the Digital Guardian podcast, Brian Honan, CEO and Principal Consultant at BH Consulting, describes the ins and outs of GDPR, the divide between compliance and security, and more.

Welcome to Episode 19 of the Digital Guardian Podcast! On this episode our hosts Will Gragido and Chris Brook chat with with Brian Honan, CEO and Principal Consultant at BH Consulting about the intricacies of GDPR and how companies can best prepare for it, the divide between compliance and security, machine learning hype, and how the security industry needs to embrace failure as a learning opportunity. As always, you can listen and subscribe to our podcast via SoundCloud, iTunes, or Google Play to keep up with new episodes every month.

Highlights from this episode include:

01:31 - Brian on his background
07:22 - Brian on the gap between compliance and cybersecurity
11:03 - Brian recaps his Virus Bulletin 2017 talk and the security industry’s inability to establish trust
16:35 - What will the impact of GDPR be? Will it have an impact globally?
28:03 - From an industry standpoint what are the softest targets today?
32:49 - Will there be a movement towards money laundering utilizing cryptocurrencies?
36:22 - Brian gives his thoughts on the machine learning and artificial intelligence hype machine.

Intro/outro music: "Groovy Baby" by Jason Shaw, licensed under CC BY 3.0 US

Previously on the Digital Guardian Podcast

Tags: Podcast , GDPR

Chris Brook

Chris Brook is the editor of Digital Guardian’s Data Insider blog. He is a cybersecurity writer with nearly 15 years of experience reporting and writing about information security, attending infosec conferences like Black Hat and RSA, and interviewing hackers and security researchers. Prior to joining Digital Guardian–acquired by Fortra in 2021–he helped launch Threatpost, an independent news site that was a leading source of information about IT and business security for hundreds of thousands of professionals worldwide.