Cyber resiliency and national defense | Guest Georgianna "George" Shea

Cyber Work

Today on Cyber Work, I’m introducing you to Dr. Georgianna, or “George” Shea, the chief technologist at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation. Shea finds new and developing technologies and develops pilot programs for implementation in a variety of locales, including DoD, the government sector and critical infrastructure. We talk about Shea's first taste of security, learn what it’s like to be knowledgeable in several dozen connected security spaces rather than being the all-knowing authority in one (and the knowledge that outside of the dozens you know, there are hundreds more to learn) and we answer the burning question: “Why don’t any of my interns know what NIST is?” All this, and some more talk about the security of the U.S. water supply (because you know I’m never going to stop asking about that), on today’s episode of Cyber Work!
0:00 - Cyber resilience
5:19 - George Shea's early cybersecurity interest
6:41 - How has cybersecurity changed in two decades?
8:53 - Learning cybersecurity in the early days
14:22 - Chief engineer at MITRE
21:00 - Work with the Foundation for Defensive Democracies
28:48 - Technology's pace versus policy
31:25 - Cyber-informed engineering
34:02 - Cybersecurity on old systems
35:29 - Cyber resilience and defense
41:41 - Working in cyber resiliency
44:01 - Why do so few know what NIST is?
48:36 - The current state of state security
54:33 - Best career advice
56:11 - Outro
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Chapters

1. Cybersecurity Boot Camps and Expert Insights (00:00:00)

2. Navigating Diverse Career Paths (00:14:49)

3. Innovative Cybersecurity Initiatives and Partnerships (00:21:30)

4. Enhancing Cyber Resilience in Infrastructure (00:28:55)

5. Building Cyber Resilience Careers (00:37:09)

6. Navigating Cybersecurity Standards and Directives (00:46:25)

7. Uneven Distribution of Cybersecurity Resources (00:49:54)