From Bikes to Bytes: Breaking into Security with Tim Nordvedt

About this episode

Josh Mason interviews Tim Nordvedt about his journey into cybersecurity and the importance of continuous learning in an AI-driven landscape.

Josh Mason sits down with Tim Nordvedt, Synack's Senior Manager of North American Solutions Architects, to discuss his unique cybersecurity origin story, the power of networking, automating attack surface discovery, and why "falling in love with learning" is the only way to survive an AI-driven security landscape.

People in this episode

Host: Josh Mason

Guest: Tim Nordvedt

Topics covered

• cybersecurity
• networking
• attack surface discovery
• AI in security
• learning

Keywords

• cybersecurity
• networking
• attack surface
• AI
• learning
• Tim Nordvedt
• Synack

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Synack

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