211- Securing the Future: Rick Schwab on Cybersecurity Leadership and Mentoring the Next Tech Generation

Dissecting Popular IT Nerds

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5 • 49 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Rick Schwab Rick Schwab is a distinguished professional in the IT and cybersecurity industry, with a rich history in managing complex ransomware attacks and identifying banking fraud. His career trajectory led him to a prominent role as the Director of IT at Cast Nylons Limited (CNL), a major producer of cast nylon in North America, overseeing managed services and infrastructure. Schwab’s vision extends beyond his current role, as he aspires to mentor the next wave of IT talent, utilizing his expansive technical knowledge and leadership acumen to foster their development in this dynamic field. Securing the Future: Rick Schwab on Cybersecurity Leadership and Mentoring the Next Tech Generation Join Rick Schwab, seasoned IT and cybersecurity expert and current Director of IT at Cast Nylons, as he imparts invaluable insights on cybersecurity, IT infrastructure, and leadership. Dive into discussions on modern cyber threats, ransomware, team efficiency, and compliance. With a mix of humour, passion, and vision, Schwab contrasts entrepreneurial and corporate experiences, recalls the early days of computing, and shares his aspirations to mentor future IT talent. This engaging episode offers fresh perspectives on navigating and shaping the IT landscape.

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0:00.0	All right, welcome everyone back to dissecting popular IT nerds today.
0:14.0	Famous, we have a Schwab on the show, Rick Schwab.
0:17.9	Welcome to the show, man.
0:19.3	And this kind of all started because we were talking, I don't know, just I guess it's not really flexing.
0:25.3	It's just, you know, talking about the life of fatherhood.
0:28.4	And you have four kids.
0:29.7	So that's, I don't want to say it's not normal, but it's not the usual, you know.
0:35.7	And I'm just used to having eight kids.
0:37.4	And I think when I walk around in public, I'm just used to having eight kids.
0:41.7	And I think when I walk around in public, I think we look really wild and crazy,
0:44.4	piling out of like a passenger van and stuff.
0:50.0	But anyways, congratulations on, you know, raising other human beings. But more importantly, Director of Information Technology,
0:53.8	business infrastructure mastermind, Cybersecurity Ninja, and you are at Cast Nylons.
1:02.8	What is a Cast Nylon, by the way?
1:04.9	Good question.
1:05.8	So, Cast Nylon is a very, very highly needed product for a lot of the infrastructure of this country.
1:15.9	It's a, think of it like this. You know, if you go to Home Depot or Lowe's and you find like that,
1:21.9	you see that Trex decking or that really expensive decking. It's kind of like a polymer plastic where, you know, in a pulp and, you know, you spend a fortune
1:31.9	on it, but guess what?
1:33.0	You don't have to maintain it.
1:34.5	You don't have to pressure wash it.
1:36.3	If it gets chipped, it's kind of the same color throughout.
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