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KBKast

Unlike every other security podcast, we don’t get stuck down in the technical weeds. Our remit is to speak with experts around the globe at the strategic level – how security technology can improve the experience and risk optimisation for every organisation.

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Episode 256 Deep Dive: Andre Durand | Verify More, Trust Less

Episode 256 Deep Dive: Andre Durand | Verify More, Trust Less

Founded in 2002, Ping Identity has become a leading provider of enterprise identity security, serving more than half of the Fortune 100 and protecting more than 3 billion identities worldwide. In 2016, Ping Identity was acquired by Vista Equity Partners and in 2019, became the first Vista company to IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, trading under the symbol PING. In 2022, Thoma Bravo acquired PING and took the company private for US$2.8B. Prior to Ping Identity, Durand founded Jabber to commercialise the Jabber open source instant messaging platform which was acquired by Cisco in 2008.  Durand serves on the board of Jamf (NASDAQ: JAMF) and in his spare time focuses on causes related to children in the ...

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Karissa Breen, who’s been crowned LinkedIn Top Voice in Technology, and is more commonly known as KB is a serial Entrepreneur who is the Co-Founder of TMFE Group, which is a holding company that holds three businesses relating to cybersecurity including, KBI.Media, KBI.Digital and MercSec. KBI.Media, are an independent and agnostic global cyber security multi-media company. KB who leads the journalism division and is a Cyber Security Investigative Journalist who hosts her flagship podcast, KBKast, and interviews cyber security practitioners around the globe about security and the problems business executives face. KB likes to ask real questions and gets real answers from her guests, providing a unique yet neutral position on these topics.

KB is the Producer and Host of the streaming show, 2Fa.tv , where she asks hard questions to demystify the world of cyber security, to provide insight of the world of security to businesses executives and focuses on the downstream impacts these cyber security events have on our markets. KB leads with her audience first and asks the hard questions to derive outcomes to her viewership. KB has interviewed cybersecurity practitioners in the public and private sector across the globe. KBKast, has been downloaded in 65 countries with more than 300K downloads globally. This podcast alone has an audience that controls billions in cyber capital.

She has developed an enviable public digital footprint through her social media profile and has grown her media and technology company to a globally recognised firm within the technology space. She has held solo and keynote speaking positions at innumerable conferences across APAC, USA, and Europe, delivering presentations on communication strategies for enterprise organisations, and appeared globally as a featured guest or subject matter specialist on countless programs.

Now leading a collective of specialist organisations, Karissa has taken companies in the technology sector from green field operations to market leaders within their niche. Through a mix of strategic consultation backed by a complex line of services, she helps organisations gain the visibility and traction they need to become global market leaders.

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KBI.Media is The Voice of Cyber.

We broadcast some of the most important and informative cyber content from some of the largest organisations, governments, and promising start-ups from around the world.
We're also responsible for creating a lot of it..

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