Encore: Richard Torres: Getting that level of experience is going to be crucial. [Security Operations] [Career Notes]

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🗓️ 26 May 2024

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Director of security operations at Syntax Richard Torres talks about his path leading him working in juvenile justice to becoming a private investigator to physical security at a nuclear power plant to cybersecurity presently. Always a fan of police shows, Richard became a member of the Air Force Junior ROTC in high school and began his path there. Richard shares the challenges of working in several facets of the security industry including his transition from SWAT team member to cybersecurity. He notes the role that diplomacy plays when you're trying to get honesty and be steered in the right direction. Our thanks to Richard for sharing his story with us.

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0:50.0	My name is Richard Torres. I'm the Director of Security Operations at Syntex.
0:57.0	For some reason I was just taken by all the police shows, SWAT, the Mod Squad, and I grew up
1:09.2	always wanted to be either in law enforcement or security.
1:13.4	And when I had the opportunity in high school,
1:16.2	I joined the Air Force Junior ROTC.
1:19.4	Several years later, I wound up working
1:21.0	as a senior drill instructor at a maximum security boot camp for at-risk
1:25.9	youths.
1:26.9	The one thing that was very, very distinctive about juvenile justice is you don't have the same tools you have working with adults.
1:35.6	With adults, they're less concerned with treatment
1:39.2	and with juveniles.
1:42.0	The way the facility is set up up it is it's still very secure
1:45.0	but it's not run at all like a prison or a jail. The idea was we have to create an
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