040. Leading in Cybersecurity with Gregg Smith, CEO of the Technology Advancement Center
#CyberChats7 Nov 2024

040. Leading in Cybersecurity with Gregg Smith, CEO of the Technology Advancement Center

This is a special one for fans of Cyber Saturday and Hack the Rail! Our next episode features Gregg Smith, CEO of the Technology Advancement Center (TAC), a cybersecurity nonprofit fueling the people and technology needed to solve critical cybersecurity challenges. Prior to TAC, Gregg served as a successful CEO of Attila Security, Archon Secure, Silent Circle, Koolspan, Optio Labs, AND Acuity Mobile, earning over 25 years of technology and executive business leadership experience.


Listen to learn more about Greg’s extensive career, gain tremendous insight into what it takes to lead in cybersecurity, and find out what TAC is doing to build the cybersecurity workforce!


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Topics discussed: cybersecurity, cyber entrepreneurship, cybersecurity events, getting into cyber, leading in cyber, tech macro trends.


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