Cybersecurity at the speed of Formula One – Darren Guccione, Harry Wilson – ESW #375
Ever wondered what it's like to be responsible for the cybersecurity of a sports team? How about when that sports team is one of the world's most successful Formula One teams? I can't describe how excited we are to share this interview. This interview is basically two huge F1 nerds who happen to also be cybersecurity veterans asking everything they've always wanted to know about what it takes to secure an F1 team.
For the folks out there that aren't familiar with this sport, Formula One is arguably the fastest, most watched, and most international automotive racing sport today. In the 2024 season, the racing series will feature ten teams traveling to 24 race tracks located in 21 different countries. Also, did you know that only two countries get more than one race? Italy gets to host two Grand Prix, and the United States gets to host three.
A HUGE thanks to Keeper Security and Darren Guccione for making this interview possible. This isn't a sponsored interview, but it was Keeper's PR team that pitched the idea for this interview to us, and as F1 fans, we're super grateful they did!
Segment Resources:
- Keeper Press Release on the Partnership
- Williams Press Release on the Partnership
- Some more details from Keeper on why they chose to sponsor automotive racing
Guests
Darren Guccione is the CEO and co-founder of Keeper Security, a leading provider of cloud-based zero-trust and zero-knowledge cybersecurity software designed to protect passwords, passkeys, secrets, connections and privileged access.
Darren drives the product vision, global strategy, customer experience, marketing and business development at Keeper. Under his leadership, the company has solidified its position as a market leader, advanced its enterprise and consumer product offerings and achieved significant global growth. Keeper’s FedRAMP and StateRAMP Authorizations enable it to effectively serve public sector organizations alongside commercial enterprises and consumers.
Darren has co-founded other successful ventures and advised industry-leading companies. In addition to Keeper, he co-founded Callpod, Inc. and OnlyWire, LLC. He also served as an advisor to NinthDecimal, formerly known as JiWire, the leading media and technology service provider for the Wi-Fi industry and as CFO and co-founder of Apollo Solutions, Inc., (acquired by CNET Networks; now CBS Interactive). Darren holds a master’s degree from the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business at DePaul University and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Harry is the Head of Information Security at Williams Grand Prix Engineering. He is responsible for the design, build and operation of the cybersecurity programme covering the Williams Formula 1 and E-sports teams as well as the Williams heritage department and e-commerce platform.
Before joining Williams, Harry was the Group IT Director at a global retail and manufacturing company.
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