Jason Barnes: How to Use Automation to Remove Tedious Tasks, Mitigate Risk, and Prioritize the Adoption of New Capabilities
The Future of Security OperationsShow Notes
On Today’s episode of the Future of Security Operations Podcast, Thomas speaks with Jason Barnes — the former Head of Global Security Operations at Netskope and current Senior Director at Charter Communications. *Note: this episode was recorded in late May 2022, prior to Jason departing from Netskope* Topics discussed in this episode: - How Jason describes the current state of security operations and how its evolved over the past 10 years. - What Netskope’s SOC team is focused on and what Jason’s day to day look like. - How Jason helps his team prioritize where to focus their time and resources. - Jason’s philosophy around automation and the power it can bring to a security operations team. - Tips for helping security operations team reduce the time spent on low value manual tasks (outside of automation). - Jason’s prediction for what the future of the SOC will look like. - How Netskope focuses on mental health and burnout and the resources the company offers to team members. - #1 piece of advice for security operations leaders at fast-growing tech Resources mentioned: Jason’s blog: https://www.netskope.com/blog/author/jbarnes
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