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Segment One: Notes on the News and Amy B Bought a Book!

SVB - Silicon Valley Bank failed fast...Twitter may have played a role

Does this mean anything for private equity, or our industry?

Our answer: Eh, kinda.

Also, we dive in and learn what exact book Amy B has Bought.
  
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/13/svb-collapse-2008-financial-crisis

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/business/silicon-valley-bank-gregory-becker.html 

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Segment Two: (1)5 Minutes with a Smart Guy - Asigra's Eric Simmons     

Host Karl speaks with Asigra's Eric Simmons. 

More here: 

https://info.asigra.com/new-ransomware-infiltrates-backups

Eric brings decades of experience to the company and has a proven record of taking customer-centric technology focused companies to the next level. Previously, Eric was Chief Strategy Officer at IMC, CEO of Altum Health a division of the University Health Network, Head of Innovation for automotive at Canadian Tire and General Manager of the Rogers Communications IoT business. Eric also held several leadership positions at Dell Technologies.

Eric was also a board member of both the Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) and Bialik.

In his spare time, Eric enjoys taking travel, skiing, golf, and wildlife photography.

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Host Karl talked to Corey White.

Corey is a proven security industry veteran with more than 25 years of success building and implementing security strategies and leading consulting teams. His work encompasses virtually every industry, including government, high tech, hospitality, critical infrastructure, finance, healthcare, and manufacturing.

Corey is disrupting the modern approach to cybersecurity with Cyvatar.ai, making cybersecurity effortless for businesses with fully managed customer-centric security solutions that are mapped to business outcomes. As the industry’s first membership-based, cybersecurity-as-a-service (CSaaS) company, Corey’s mission for Cyvatar is to transform the way the security industry builds, sells, and supports cyber solutions.

Corey also served as the SVP of Worldwide Consulting, Chief Experience Officer at Cylance and as the Southwest Director of Consulting for Foundstone & McAfee/Intel Professional Services. He’s an avid lover of bio-hacking, manifestation, and meditation. He can offer valuable insights into the current state of affairs as well as the dangers on the horizon. He would love to talk about cyber security as it relates to healthcare, hospitality, gaming, cannabis, and more.

https://cyvatar.ai/ 

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