Chris Eng on lessons learned from the NSA, @Stake, Veracode, and 20 years in cybersecurity

This week on Security Conversations, Ryan sits down with Chris Eng, former Chief Research Officer at Veracode, to talk about life after nearly two decades at one company and the lessons learned along the way. They dig into a career start at the NSA, the early days of @Stake and the Symantec acquisition, and the birth and ambitions of Veracode.

Plus, thoughts on how helping startups shape product strategy, what it takes to translate technical expertise into business impact, and how security culture has evolved since the early “hacker-to-enterprise” days. The conversation touches on defining your career beyond titles, how the perception of “cybersecurity” has changed over the years, and why the industry still has plenty of room for curiosity, reinvention, and good storytelling.

Links:

• Chris Eng on LinkedIn
• Chris Eng on Twitter
• Monoculture Considered Harmful
• Fired @stake CTO Says Microsoft Critique Was ‘Business as Usual’
• Microsoft Takes LSD to Test Vista Security
• Code Red (computer worm)