Welcome to Cybersecurity Growth. A show for aspiring and existing cybersecurity leaders.

• intro
• new followers
• who are you wearing?
• sponsorship - Cybersecurity Growth Consulting

nerd zone - 2024 Breach Roundup

• 23andMe blamed users for its massive data breach
• Change Healthcare took 7 months to confirm hackers
• Snowflake customer hacks snowballed
• Columbus, Ohio sued a security researcher
• Salt Typhoon hacked phone and internet providers
• Hot Topic stays mum after 57 million customer records spill online

hot topic - 2024 Wrap Up

• Cybersecurity Growth the company
• history of Cybersecurity Growth webcast
• brought on Garrett to the webcast
• webcast format change
• nerd zone, hot topic, war stories, let's be humans
• 30 minute show became 1+ hour show
• dialed back the agenda topics
• planned for 1 show every 2 weeks, ended up with 15 full-length shows
• introduced YouTube and TikTok short videos
• Twitch followers and YouTube subscribers doubled in 2024
• audio podcast downloads nearly doubled in 2024
• 7,000 to 8,000 monthly views & downloads in recent months
• 2025 plans
• continue what worked in 2024
• more resume workshops
• new training courses to be launched
• upcoming show topic: return to office
• That’s a Wrap
• Cybersecuritygrowth.com and cybersecuritygrowth.com/blog
• Live on Twitch bi-weekly, Fridays at 10:30 AM EDT, 7:30 AM PDT, 3:30 PM GMT in your pod feeds a few days later.

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