130 Strategy and Focus Protect New York City

Our guest this week is Quiessence Phillips, deputy CISO and head of threat management for New York City Cyber Command. She’s one of the leaders of a team of cybersecurity professionals working to strengthen and coordinate the cyber defenses of one of the largest and most important cities in the world. Quiessence joins us to share valuable insights into managing the scale of the responsibilities she and her team hold, the techniques she advocates for staying ahead of threats, as well as her thoughts on how best to prepare for a position in the industry.

Om Podcasten

The podcast that tells true stories about the people making and breaking our digital world. We take listeners into the world of cyber and intelligence without all the techie jargon. Every Tuesday and Friday, former NPR investigations correspondent Dina Temple-Raston and the team draw back the curtain on ransomware attacks, mysterious hackers, and the people who are trying to stop them.