From ‘Hand-to-Hand Combat’ To Management in Cyber with Ofer Gayer

From ‘Hand-to-Hand Combat’ To Management in Cyber with Ofer Gayer

HVS Host Ron Eddings chats it up with guest Ofer Gayer, VP of Product at Hunters. While both of them reminisce about their first love in security research, Ofer clarifies how he diverted his path and reached the VP stage, while also helping to level up his teams. They’ll conclude by discussing how AI is the ‘zeitgeist of our time’ and how you can get better at whatever you’re doing in cyber.

Impactful Moments:

00:00 - Welcome

01:10 - Introducing guest, Ofer Gayer

03:12 - ‘Start-up’ in Research

07:55 - Security Research- First Love

10:55 - “A lot of People Want to be Product Managers”

14:46 - “I Had IT Remove My Privileges”

18:20 - Transitioning to Visionary/Zeitgeist

25:30 - Embracing AI Solutions

32:30 - One Step Better…

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